Article January 14, 1911 Issue

Mrs. Eddy's death comes at a time when the church is...

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Mrs. Eddy's death comes at a time when the church is not only vast numerically but potential financially. She carried it through the days of its childhood, on up to its present comparative maturity, and passed away idolized by thousands and with the knowledge that a monument is left to her memory such as has been the privilege of few women. It is inconceivable that Christian Science has been able to satisfy its thousands of devotees with a simple panacea for mental derangements. Had it not restored large numbers of bodies to normal health, it could never have had an indefinite lease of life and the ability to attract to its fold intellectual people of all races.

Mrs. Eddy was one of the most remarkable women of her day. In the face of bitter persecution and the almost unanimous opposition of society, she held fast to her faith until finally her sect became so formidable that her traducers either quit the conflict or joined her followers. Whether her Science is what it claims to be still remains a matter of opinion. But that those who believe in it have the same right to their faith as those who believe in other forms of worship there is no denying. In this country religion is left to a man's own choice. What is helpful to one may be destructive to another. It all depends on the view-point, and perhaps a little on the temperament.

Mrs. Eddy's Christian Science is here, and, we should say unhesitatingly, to stay. Like other religions it will have its defenders and its critics until the end. In the mean time, no just man or woman will withhold from Mrs. Eddy the meed of praise which her great accomplishment as one of the world's most brilliant executives and organizers deserves.

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