There are still people who look upon Christian Scientists as a curious organization of cranks who are destined to disappear like many other short-lived fads. They cannot conceive that a woman should discover a great truth that enables people to live without expensive salaried ministers or church machinery; without patent medicines, cupping, or bleeding; and without advertising their religion altogether by word of mouth.
The Boston Transcript describes the Communion service at the Mother Church of the Christian Scientists, and quotes a letter from the Founder, Mrs. Eddy, of Concord, N. H., which clearly sets forth that "the followers of Christian Science are believers in but one God, recognizing Spirit or Immortal Mind as supreme, as against the belief that mind 'sleeps in the mineral, dreams in the animal, and wakes in man.' The message closed with a reference to the present state of war in which the country is involved, in which Mrs. Eddy counselled her followers to pray for the prosperity of the country, that justice, mercy, and peace should continue to characterize the government, and expressed the hope that the divine Presence might still guide and bless the President and Congress and give them wisdom and uphold them with the right arm of his righteousness." There can be no doubt that the Christian Scientists are well-behaved, patriotic people. Daily Capitol Journal, Salem, Oregon.
