Article October 3, 1908 Issue

Christian Scientists carry on a quiet propaganda

Chicago Herald

Christian Scientists carry on a quiet propaganda. There are millions of people in America who have heard of Mrs. Eddy, but have no idea of the immensity of the organization of which she is Founder. While other organizations were using every means of publicity, Christian Scientists have been keeping their news within their own publications and have avoided noisy display of their marvelous progress.

Great movements start slowly. When Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy first set forth the fundamentals of Christian experience there were few who grasped its significance. From year to year the teachings of this remarkable woman have been spread over ever-increasing territory, and never in its history has the movement been so talked and written about as to-day. In all our cities, and throughout every State, can now be found Christian Science churches. This growth has not been accomplished without the overcoming of great obstacles. The virility of this Science of Mind-healing has astonished those who have not accepted or who do not understand its great teachings. Like all great movements, it has had strong opposition to overcome. Its adherents have been ridiculed, abused, and even persecuted; but as the gales cause the oaks to strike deeper and firmer their roots, so have opposition, misrepresentation, and calumny affected Christian Science.

Mrs. Eddy defines Christian Science as "the law of God, the law of good, interpreting and demonstrating the Principle and rule of universal harmony" (Rudimental Divine Science, p. 7). The Principle of Christian Science, says the same great teacher, "is God, the Supreme Being, infinite and immortal Mind, the Soul of man and the universe. It is our Father which is in heaven. It is substance, Spirit, Life, Truth, and Love—these are the deific Principle" (Ibid.). Having attained where its importance cannot be overlooked, having built all over the country great numbers of churches that express the architectural harmony of a people to whom harmony is the natural outcome of divine Principle, having gathered into these churches thousands of our most refined, cultured, and influential people, it is but natural in this commercial age that the Christian Science movement should attract the attention of publishers and critics.

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