A FEW days ago, the writer received a letter from a lady who said that upon hearing of the passing away of Mrs. Eddy, she was overcome with a great sense of loss, but upon reflection she became convinced that she had lost nothing of the real Mrs. Eddy, because she had never known her in any way except through her writings, and these writings would he as accessible in the future as they had been in the past.
Such a conclusion was both sensible and true, and true not only for the thousands of loyal followers who like this lady knew our Leader only through her work for humanity, but for the many who felt themselves privileged in having an acquaintance with her. Mrs. Eddy herself touched the key-note, when, in a letter written to her students, she sought to turn their thought from a sense of dependence upon her personality in these words: "All our thoughts should be given to the absolute demonstration of Christian Science. You can well afford to give me up, since you have in my last revised edition of Science and Health your teacher and guide" (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 136).
Christian Scientists know full well the daily round of duty which exemplified the consistency of her practice with her preaching, how completely her own thought was given over to the advancement of Christ's cause,—his kingdom in the hearts of men,—and one and all they have reason to be profoundly grateful to her who was so ready to give up all of worldly honor and preferment, that she might devote her time to the perfecting of her teachings, as embodied in Science and Health and her other writings. That the greatness of these teachings lies in what they have accomplished for the uplift of humanity, has been most generously acknowledged by the press, and is accurately summed up in an editorial in the Los Angeles Express, from which we quote as follows:
