Article January 14, 1911 Issue

Mary Baker Eddy was a great woman

Goodwin's Weekly

Mary Baker Eddy was a great woman. Foes as well as friends must admit that. She kindled a new light on earth. Some said it was a bale-fire, such as robbers build upon the seashore to lure passing ships upon the breakers; others that it was the real star of Bethlehem, signaling a closer walk between the children of men and the dwellers in the clear light in the realms where light had its birth. Thousands and millions believe her a new prophetess; millions peace and serenity and health to tens and hundreds of thousands who were afflicted have been comforted and healed by the ministrations she prescribed. It is not for one who does not comprehend her to judge of her, but it is only justice to say she wrought a marvelous work on earth; gave peace and serenity and health to tens and hundreds of thousands of homes. She was a priestess of a faith which was broad enough to encompass all the children of men; she was as self-contained as a second Hypatia, and one sovereign proof of her power was that when assailed she not only met the assaults with a superb serenity, but so impressed her followers that they, too, had nothing but pity for her assailants.

She lived here on earth twenty years beyond man's allotted time, then, unafraid, and with faculties undimmed, without a sigh, sank peacefully into her final sleep. The impression she leaves is perhaps the most profound that any mortal, putting on immortality, has left in this age.

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