Editorial April 23, 1904 Issue

A Deepening Interest

A Prominent editor is authority for the statement that from the editorial standpoint, Christian Science is not of as much interest as it was a few years ago; and while this statement may be true from his point of view, it does not alter the fact that the public is certainly more interested in the subject than ever before. There is at present a greater eagerness for authentic information about the teachings of Mrs. Eddy and their bearing on the practical problems of existence than at any previous time.

From the position of the newspaper man, only that which is unusual can be classified as news, and the progressive journalist is ever in search of something so far removed from the routine of daily life as to escape all possibility of being commonplace, and in the sense that Christian Science has become well known and its adherents have increased with great rapidity, it has become commonplace; this may account for the opinion quoted. Nevertheless, the subject has not lost interest for newspaper and magazine readers; on the contrary, their interest has increased, but along different lines. Those who were in the habit of looking upon Christian Science as a nine-day wonder, are now regarding it seriously, and their effort is to acquire reliable information.

The experience of those in a position to know of this interest is in support of the proposition that the number of persons seeking enlightenment has increased many fold during the past decade. Additional evidence of this increasing interest is shown by the greater number who attend the official lectures given under the auspices of the churches of the denomination. Still further evidence of this demand for a correct knowledge of Christian Science is presented in the numerous calls for Mrs. Eddy's book, Science and Health. It is no infrequent happening for this book to be in the list of those in greatest demand by the patrons of the libraries in all the larger cities. In other words, the reading and thinking public is taking Christian Science more seriously, and in a more sane and sensible way. Individuals are more inclined to investigate for themselves than they are to read sensational news items or articles by writers whose only claim to impartiality must rest upon their utter ignorance of the subject, and who have at best only a theoretical belief about it.

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