Article July 11, 1908 Issue

Whatever may be said of Christian Science and its...

The New York Call

Whatever may be said of Christian Science and its Founder, Mrs. Eddy,—and much is being said that is not true,—it must be conceded that the one is sincere and disinterested (a marvelous enough thing of itself in this day) and that the other has radically influenced the thought-force of the world. Mrs. Eddy is not a trifler. She is tremendously in earnest. No one could accomplish what she has accomplished without the impulsion of a compelling purpose. Charlatans are transitory and their works are ephemeral. Whatever the mistakes of Mrs. Eddy's doctrine,—and no human thought or theory can be without its proportion of error,—few will care to deny that, however cumbered with husks, it contains the germ of a very great truth. Its vitality seems to verify this, and the class of followers she has attracted—men and women of high intelligence and lofty character—could scarcely be attached to an empty chimera or a frivolous fraud. For the disciples of this doctrine are many, and they are tenaciously true.

Mrs. Eddy is brave and she is victorious. No matter if in time her doctrine be disproved, her victory already is won. In her zeal for truth she has dared defy orthodoxy and has triumphed over tradition. This should be ample reason for rejoicing by all progressive persons, even though they do not agree with her. With her Christian Science she has confounded the preachers and the doctors, many of whom are neither Christians nor scientists. She is driving the monster of drugs from the world and preventing the surgeons from butchering the race to extinction.

If any one can exorcise the devil of disease, by whatever means, why should any object? None do object except those who are influenced by bigotry or those who find their economic interests interfered with. To be misjudged and maligned is invariably the fate of any minority movement; to be distrusted and discredited is always the reward of the Apostle of the New. None should know this more than the Socialist, and by the same token none should be more tolerant than he.

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