Article November 29, 1930 Issue

Mrs. Eddy, the subject of an editorial, was born of devout...

Aaron E. Brandt, Committee on Publication for the State of Pennsylvania,—Butztown

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Mrs. Eddy, the subject of an editorial, was born of devout Christian parents, and much of her education was derived from the Bible, which she studied with unusual care and intelligent thought. In due time such study naturally brought her to the conclusion that, since God's Word is Truth, without variableness or "shadow of turning," it must necessarily be scientific and demonstrable. Therefore we find the statement in her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 342), "If Christianity is not scientific, and Science is not of God, then there is no invariable law, and truth becomes an accident."

In the application of her teaching to the healing of sin and disease, Mrs. Eddy found that spiritual truth, understood, has lost none of its efficacy, and that it was just as available in her day, as true Science must necessarily be, as in the days of the early Christian period. The thousands of Christian Science churches, societies, and practitioners throughout the world amply testify to the truth and efficacy of her teaching.

Those who would write about Mrs. Eddy and endeavor to do her justice must first gain an understanding of the Science of her teaching and practice. In comparison with this all other incidents in her life, ofttimes greatly misunderstood and sometimes greatly exaggerated to her disadvantage, have little significance. Even her enemies, those inclined to be fair to her, when confronted with facts make due amends for their mistakes and attacks. Thus, the humorist, Mark Twain, in his latter years greatly changed his views and made this significant statement: "Christian Science is humanity's boon." And, speaking of Mrs. Eddy, he said: "She has organized and made available a healing principle that for two thousand years has never been employed, except as the merest kind of guesswork. She is the benefactor of the age" (Biography of Mark Twain, by Albert Bigelow Paine, Vol. 3, p. 1271).

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