In the case of Harold Frederic, the inevitable re-action has already set in. Some of the newspapers which at first were severe in their denunciation of Christian Science, in connection with that case, are now writing more impartially and dispassionately upon the subject, and some are publishing the Christian Science side of the question.
This case, in at least one aspect, is the most important that has yet occurred in the history of Christian Science. It has taken on international significance, at least in the estimate of many newspaper men. It has gone almost the entire rounds of the English-American press, and doubtless into the press of nearly all the languages of the world. Like all else of a sensational nature, however, it will have its day, and then pass into the oblivion into which its less celebrated predecessors have passed.
While such events are by no means pleasant to Christian Scientists, and while Christian Scientists would gladly avoid all such notoriety—for truly they do not seek it—it is not nearly as alarming to them as might at first appear. However one-sided, impassioned, harsh, and unjust may be the views of many, and the comments of many newspapers, there is always sure to be a counter-current of fairness, impartiality, reason, and justice in all such cases. This is, as we have said, now rapidly coming to the surface. We are receiving many newspapers on both sides of the question.
