Article May 26, 1934 Issue

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The November 12 issue of your paper contains some...

Percy Hisson Tamm, Committee on Publication for Sweden,—Stockholm (translation)

The November 12 issue of your paper contains some statements in a full-page article regarding Mary Baker Eddy which call for correction.

In connection with the Chicago Century of Progress Exposition, the National Council of Women and the Ladies' Home Journal held an open poll to determine the names of the twelve American women having the greatest influence during the last hundred years. The incident was mentioned in thirty-eight Swedish newspapers, among them Social-Demokraten, and I should like to quote the following from one of the more comprehensive reports which appeared in another Stockholm paper: "The poll aroused great interest. . . . More than a thousand names of women were proposed. At the head of the list appeared the name of Mary Baker Eddy, Founder of the Christian Science church. A great many people who are not themselves Christian Scientists, nevertheless voted for Mary Baker Eddy, simply because they admired her personality quite apart from her religious convictions."

The author of your article himself points out the unique position of The Christian Science Monitor among the newspapers of the world because of its clean news policy, free from sensationalism; and this he gives full recognition. Nevertheless, speaking of Mrs. Eddy, he declares that "the value of her work as the Founder of a denomination" lies beyond the scope of his article. The tree is known by its fruit, and however one may personally regard Mrs. Eddy's work, it is beyond all question that many thousands of people owe her a lasting debt of gratitude for the healing and harmony resulting from the revelation and teaching she gave a hungering world.

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