Items of Interest April 26, 1930 Issue

Items of Interest

An interesting letter to Mrs. Eddy recently came to light in which the Trustees of The Christian Science Publishing Society responded to Mrs. Eddy's instructions to them and to The Christian Science Board of Directors in August, 1908, to "start a daily newspaper at once, and call it The Christian Science Monitor." The Trustees said in reply: "The announcement contained in your letter is good news. We are confident that this move is timely," and "we rejoice to have this additional opportunity of assisting you in your plans for the welfare of humanity." The Trustees moved with speed as Mrs. Eddy indicated, and had that day "consulted with the Board of Directors" and were to consult two practical newspaper men already called to Boston as "advisers." They expressed to Mrs. Eddy their thought that the Monitor would also "be a success from a business standpoint."

In the report of the activities of the European Bureau of The Christian Science Monitor for the year 1929, as sent to churches in Europe and to The Christian Science Publishing Society, it is recalled that in the early days of the Monitor, our Leader once expressed her pleasure at seeing in its columns an item from Mesopotamia. The report states: "The great country now known as Iraq was not so well known as now, and it gave Mrs. Eddy pleasure to see that her newspaper was obtaining its news from the obscure places as well as the great places in the world. It is our appreciation of and sympathy for all nations and peoples that is helping to usher in the dawn of universal peace."

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