Article August 9, 1913 Issue

Permit me to refer briefly to the sermon by Archbishop Glennon,...

John Ashcroft

The St. Louis (Mo.) Republic

Permit me to refer briefly to the sermon by Archbishop Glennon, quoted in a recent issue, wherein appears a reference to Mrs. Eddy and her work which is liable to leave a possibly unintended but nevertheless unfortunate impression in the thought of your readers. It is to be regretted that the distinguished prelate was not more specific with regard to the "strange things" which he deems that Mrs. Eddy found in the Bible. It is generally conceded that the Scriptures are susceptible of both literal and spiritual interpretation. Christian Science, however, does not "make the individual mind the court of last resort" in measuring the value of any interpretation of Holy Writ, Rather does it abide by the standard established by the Founder of Christianity, "By their fruits ye shall know them." That Mrs. Eddy, through compliance with the Master's injunction "Search the scriptures," should have contributed to the broadening of mankind's spiritual outlook, should be a matter of felicitation rather than of implied criticism.

The first tenet of the Christian Science church is the explicit statement that "as adherents of Truth, we take the inspired Word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal Life" (Science and Health, p. 497), and a careful study of Mrs. Eddy's writings will reveal only a consistent adherence to the Scriptural declarations of the omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniscience of God, Spirit, and of the availability of divine help for every human need.

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