Article February 18, 1911 Issue

Contemporaries should not write history, and their attempts...

Omaha (Neb.) Evening Bee

[While the supply from which the excerpts from editorial comments that have been published on these pages during the past ten weeks is by no means depleted, it seems unnecessary to continue them longer, as enough has been given to show how wide-spread and generous has been the tribute accorded to Mrs. Eddy. There has been no fulsome laudation, but a just recognition of what has been accomplished for humanity through the untiring efforts of the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science.—Editor.]

Contemporaries should not write history, and their attempts at biography should be tentative rather than definite. For this reason no one should undertake to put a final value on the services of Mary Baker Eddy. In many ways she was the most notable woman of her time. It may easily be questioned if any other woman of modern times has wielded the influence and affected directly as many lives as did Mrs. Eddy, and this influence was of the most benign character. It does not matter what individual opinions we may hold as to the correctness of the teachings of Mrs. Eddy. Whether her premise was tenable or her conclusions sound, we are forced to admit that her followers found under he a peace of mind that does not exist elsewhere.

Mrs. Eddy's church brings to its people a message of peace and a promise of better things. It is unobtrusively militant along lines of doing good, and the woman who founded this cult will be followed to her last resting-place by the hearts of millions who looked up to her as the inspired head of a great school of religious activity. She will not be publicly mourned, at least, because her people believe she has gone on to a higher plane of existence, and in this there is no cause for sorrow. She must necessarily be listed among the remarkable women of her time, and the prediction is not unwise that sets down for her a verdict by history that she did good while living.

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