Article December 24, 1910 Issue

There have been various founders of faiths, in all ages,...

Philadelphia Press

There have been various founders of faiths, in all ages, who showed that the appeal they made to an absolute unquestioned, undoubting trust and belief in the spiritual and in its immediate revelation to and knowledge by every human being who accepts and seeks it, meets a need in human nature. Whether this belief be logical and capable of proof or not, it exists; it has been preached by some conspicuous leader in almost every Christian century, and it has always had some acceptance and has often founded a new sect, communion, or church.

In no other instance in this country has this acceptance been so widely diffused, shared by so many or accompanied by such readiness to flock to a new church and to follow a new leader, as in the case of the Church of Christ, Scientist. No one in our day and few in any day have ever succeeded in this particular task as has Mrs. Eddy. She leaves great churches, great congregations, and tens of thousands who feel that their lives, their souls, and their bodies have been transformed by her teaching. Her influence has been great outside of her own following, and she has sensibly influenced the preaching and the teaching of many churches and the lives and thought of many who did not for an instant accept either her utterances or her claims.

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