AS the frontispiece of this number of the Journal we present a half-tone picture of the Mother's Room. We regard this as an unusually fine interior view. It gives one a very correct idea of the room and two of the windows. In view of the descriptions heretofore given, an extended description seems unnecessary now, but we shall offer no apology for making a brief re-description of this offering of the little children, for it is, of course, understood that the furnishing as well as the room itself was the result of the children's contributions.
In our former description we stated that the mantel of this room was of white Italian marble. We should have said, onyx, of a decidedly greenish tint. It is much more beautiful than white marble. The onyx is relieved with gold decoration, which greatly heightens its beauty. As before stated, the floor is laid in mosaics, while the walls are decorated in imitation of tapestry, richly and beautifully done.
All will at a glance recognize the Christian Science seal in the window,—the cross and crown. Hanging against this is the two hundred years' old Athenian lamp. Those who have seen the poem, "Christ and Christmas," will at once recognize the pictures in the window. The middle one is a reproduction of "Seeking and Finding," representing our Leader as searching the Scriptures by the light of a candle, while the Star of Bethlehem is symbolized as shining down upon her, enveloping her, as it were, in its halo. This is the picture which has caused some newspapers and others a good deal of trouble, and with the usual persistency of that class of people who delight in sticking to a lie once told, they continue to circulate it, and as persistently decline to publish any correction or refutation of it. The result is they must and will bear the consequences of their folly and wrong. Christian Science, and all who are connected with it, can better afford to be lied about than to lie. Who will suffer most? The eternal law of Right will settle that question.
