Editorial July 13, 1907 Issue

AS SEEN BY AN INQUIRER

Archibald McLellan

A staff-writer for the Portland, Oregon, Spectator, after combating the assumption that Christian Science congregations are composed of "long-haired men and short-haired women," writes entertainingly of his attendence at a Christian Science service on a recent Sunday, and our readers will be interested in the excerpts from his article which follow:—

On Sunday, the great hall where First Church congregation meets was packed—that is, the seats, which were placed as close together as comfort permitted, were all occupied. Women were in the majority; the greater number of them are known to the art editor, or the writer who contributes notes on what the charitable are doing for the betterment of Portland, or the society editor who writes about the Patton Home or The Travelers' Aid or the Flower Mission; and when you read about the accomplishment of big things in civics or commerce or law or finance, you meet the names of many of the men I saw at this church.

The members of this First Church look prosperous to the point of opulence; contented, to happiness. I asked a man whose manner corroborated his words that he was glad I was investigating: "But are there no poor and needy and sorrowing Christian Scientists?" "No," he said, after a moment's thought; "no; not when they are real Christian Scientists." It sounded good; like a blast from the trumpet of faith; and the fine thing about it is, the speaker believes it. "After a man becomes a Christian Scientist," he continued, "he is a conqueror; he believes in himself; he knows what he can do and what his powers of endurance and achieving are; where he had merely strength before, he has might; where there were obstacles, there are only trifling difficulties. It is something you can take to your office with you, and it helps you."

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