Article April 13, 1918 Issue

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OSCAR R. DELLIEHAUSEN

Until the outbreak of the world war I had been a reader of The Christian Science Monitor for over four years and had derived great pleasure, enlightenment, and other benefits from its pages. With the commencement of hostilities, having been born in one of the belligerent countries, I wanted to read all I could about the war in daily papers and magazines, with the result that I became more and more confused and gave up the reading of the Monitor, thinking it was partial and unfair in dealing with this question.

For a few weeks after this I did not read the Monitor but gave all my attention to other daily newspapers and periodicals. When I began to fail physically, I came very quickly to the realization that I had strayed from the narrow path, and was not getting the correct viewpoint about this struggle. The only thing I could do was to go humbly back to reading only The Christian Science Monitor and our other authorized periodicals. These with the Bible and the works of Mrs. Eddy after that comprised my reading. This change created a great upheaval or chemicalization, but little by little I began to see the truth not alone about the world crisis but also about my own affairs. I found that I was freeborn, and with this conviction there came better health, more understanding, peace and harmony and increased activity for good.

After this experience, for which I am very grateful, I saw clearly why our Leader, Mrs. Eddy, gave to the world The Christian Science Monitor. On page 353 of Miscellany she states, "The object of the Monitor is to injure no man, but to bless all mankind." No one since Christ Jesus saw more clearly than did our Leader what it is that fetters mortal man, makes him a slave to evil desires, passions, sickness, and other discordant conditions, and holds the race in bondage. She saw the hidden forces which try to keep mankind in darkness and ignorance and misery, and found that one of the most forceful weapons of the carnal mind, both voluntary and involuntary, is the daily press, the ideals of which are based on mortal mind concepts and point to financial gain. In Science and Health (p. 196) she says, "The press unwittingly sends forth many sorrows and diseases among the human family." She also knew that as the student of Christian Science progresses in the study of the Bible and of her works, he needs a clear, unprejudiced metaphysical view of the daily happenings and affairs of interest to mankind all over the world. The Christian Science Monitor is successfully filling this great need, and has established to-day a world-wide reputation for its artistic execution, for its cleanliness of news and advertising, for the correctness of its information, and for its extraordinary methods of news gathering.

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