Article October 16, 1909 Issue

Lake county seems to offer a good field for Christian Science

Hammond (Ind.) Times

Lake county seems to offer a good field for Christian Science. Just a few days ago the organization in Gary decided upon a new location for their church, having determined to enlarge their quarters and establish a permanent reading-room. Not long since, the members of the cult in Hammond were obliged to take new quarters four times as large as those occupied by them when they started here a couple of years ago.

This speaks well for Lake county. Scientists are a desirable sect wherever located. They are made up largely of the thinking, intelligent element, and conduct their work in a modest, unostentatious manner. They win their proselytes, not by sensational revivals, in which impassioned utterances are the mainspring, but by a calm exploitation of logic. There is no fuss or feathers about the Christian Scientists. Yet while they are thus pursuing the even tenor of their way, they are perhaps more opposed by orthodox church-goers and preachers, than any other religious body. This may or may not be because the Scientists are making perceptible inroads into the ranks of other organizations, taking away from them some of their best thinkers and most desirable members.

While the Times is not committed to Christian Science, it believes in living and letting live, and would extend the welcoming hand to any creed which seems to possess enough of truth and virtue to make it a power for good in the community.

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