Editorial December 5, 1908 Issue

ONE MOTHER CHURCH IN CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Archibald McLellan

A newspaper of Nov. 30 announces, on information said to have been received from First Church of Christ, Scientist, of New York city, that: "It is proposed to have a church edifice, rivaling in beauty of architecture any other religious structure in America. ... Mrs. Eddy is known to be profoundly pleased at this new evidence of growth and prosperity in the faith of which she is Founder. ... It was learned last night that Christian Scientists here have aspired to build another and more splendid edifice, ever since the Boston Christian Scientists erected the $2,000,000 Mother Church."

Concerning these news items, it is to be said that Mrs. Eddy was not "known to be profoundly pleased" with what purports to be the plans of First Church of Christ, Scientist, of New York city, for she learned of this proposed rival to The Mother Church, for the first time, from the daily press.

Three leading facts remain immortal in the history of Christian Science, namely:

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