Article June 3, 1916 Issue

For a rapid-fire succession of misleading statements about...

Throwald Siegfried

Okanogan (Wash.) Independent

For a rapid-fire succession of misleading statements about Christian Science it would be difficult to find the equal of the pamphlet recently distributed in your community, in which a minister attacks a man of straw of his own making and calls it Christian Science.

The pamphlet mentioned was written in 1903 and makes statements which even the author might not make again at this date, because events have proved them groundless. Thus the author states his belief that Christian Science is a scheme for enriching the Founder. Since the statement was written the fact that practically the whole of Mrs. Eddy's estate is devoted to the spread of the wholesomeness of Christian Science over the world has become public property, and is known to any one who takes the least care in informing himself on the subject. People everywhere are being blessed by the missionary activity of the writings of Mrs. Eddy and of the periodicals founded by her; these are to be found in public libraries, church lending libraries, and other places where they are placed by those who are carrying out Mrs. Eddy's directions in the disposition of her estate.

It is worthy of note that both ancient and modern objections to the financial side of the purchase and sale of Christian Science literature come only from those who by reason of their antagonism to Christian Science have no occasion to buy the literature. Those who actually buy it and make use of it, find a value in it compared to which the purchase price is a mere incident. It recalls the Scripture about the merchantman "who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it." Christian Science literature brings the "pearl" of infinite truth into the human experience, and enriches humanity by displacing its fears and superstitions with knowledge of God.

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