Article July 5, 1913 Issue

Ossoli Circle studied "Women Prominent in Religious...

The Journal and Tribune

Ossoli Circle studied "Women Prominent in Religious Movements" on Monday afternoon. Mrs. Emma Lee Rice was chairman pro tem., and the meeting closed her department on "The Women Workers of America." "Christian Science," "New Thought," and "Theosophy" were studied, and the whole was of unusual interest.

Mrs. George W. Denney, president of the club, read the first paper, on "Mary Baker Eddy and Christian Science," which was a comprehensive summary of the Christian Science belief, and was heard with approval by a number of Scientists who were present. She gave a brief sketch of the life and character of Mrs. Eddy, and told something of her work and struggles. She said that she was truly a wonderful woman, and that she succeeded in founding and maintaining a system of religion in spite of every handicap possible to encounter. This system rested upon the cornerstone of Love and brought to the world the brief message, "Be not afraid." She told of the growth of The Christian Science Monitor, a paper published for and in behalf of the Christian Science church, and also spoke of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," mentioning in particular its beauty of composition and the purity of its phrases.

In closing, the speaker said that the Monitor is founded on a platform of constructive journalism. If Christian Science had done nothing else for the world than to start and maintain this paper, it would have done much; for departing from the beaten path of journalism of today, largely destructive in nature, it daily tells of the good in life, of what normal people do, instead of telling of the abnormal and the freakish.

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