St. James tells us that patience must have her perfect work. Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, waited twenty-five years for the fullness of time in which to bring forth her cherished ideal of a newspaper; a newspaper which should illustrate the coincidence of the human with the divine, and show the practicability of Jesus' prayer, "Thy kingdom come . . . in earth, as it is in heaven" (Matt. 6:10).
Is it not marvelous, considering the importance of the role The Christian Science Monitor has had to play in the evangelization of the race, that our Leader had to possess her soul in patience while the time ripened and all things converged upon the birth of this babe in her spiritual travail! By many a word and act she emphasized her sense of the great importance of the part this member of the fourth estate must play. The world is witnessing the fulfillment of the Psalmist's words, which are on the facade of the Christian Science Publishing House (Ps. 68:11), "The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it." Hear the imperative words of Christ Jesus (Mark 13:10), "And the gospel must first be published among all nations." This is why The Christian Science Monitor had to be an international newspaper.
Christian Science is the universal religion, and as such it has its place in the establishment and maintenance of world peace. Christian Science meets the heart's great need, and without hearts at peace there can never be world tranquillity. Can we not, then, begin to grasp why our Leader set such store by the founding of The Christian Science Monitor? Can we not see the consonance of her great conception with Jesus' injunction (Matt. 24: 14), "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations"?
