In the Kennebec Journal, published in the capital of Maine appears the following paragraph:
Augusta evinces a general and hearty interest in the new method of healing known as Christian Science, now so approved and utilized in other cities. With the failure of drugs to relieve but temporarily, and the increasing number of diseases which are not reached at all by medicine, it is not surprising that suffering humanity welcomes a system which dishonors alcohol, poisonous narcotics, and stimulants, while it honors God. It is the theology of Christian Science which heals the sick; and this theology is identical with the Gospel of Jesus, which was preached to the poor by himself and his disciples, and found to have authority over all disease. The textbook, Science and Health, by Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy (the founder of Christian Science, as well as its Discoverer), has been placed in the Augusta library. It contains a full exposition of Gospel healing. The Christian Science Journal (now in its fifth year, with a monthly issue of thousands of copies) may be found each month at the popular store of Mr. Frank Pierce.
The Gospel Banner, a Universalist weekly, has this to say on the same subject:
