Article January 14, 1911 Issue

Whatever difference of views may be entertained by...

Harlem Local

[Harlem Local, New York City.]

Whatever difference of views may be entertained by those who are not connected with that great and growing religious organization as to its merits and benefits to mankind, there can be no doubt as to the sincerity of the remarkable woman who originated and promulgated the principles and doctrines of that faith. The movement which Mrs. Eddy began less than forty years ago has increased in its influence and power to an extent that has surprised even her followers, notwithstanding the virulent assaults that have been made upon it, and within the past few years many of the most cultured and eminent men and women in this country have become closely identified with the Christian Science church. The fundamental basis of the new found faith is that God is omnipotent and omnipresent good, and where He exists evil cannot prevail; that man was created in His image and likeness, and that Jesus Christ was the perfect and immaculate incarnation of His character.

Mrs. Eddy announced, as she doubtless believed, that "divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need" (Science and Health, p.494), and that the man who loves God will also love his fellow-men under all circumstances and conditions. Christian Scientists believe that if their faith were universally accepted there would be no need of battleships, armories, fortifications, hospitals, almshouses, prisons, police, nor criminal courts, and that Mr. Carnegie's admirable system to encourage temperance would be entirely useless and unnecessary; all of which is only another reawakening of the spirit of the teachings of the holy Scriptures.

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