Evening journal., 1901-04-16
SAYS CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE SPREADS
Members Of AriStOCraCy and
University Leaders Join
New Faith

A cablegram from London says.
Christian Science. like the majority Of
American impOrtations, is winning It's
way in Great Britain in the face Of
fierce local hostility. It's adherents
number lords and ladies'. and a multi
tude of cOmmoners. including several
dlgnitaries close to the throne.
Within four years from the tir.c tl.at
Mrs. Eddys disciples began to hold
organized meetings the London cult
has increased in popularity until the
cOmmodiOus church in the fashionable
precincts of Hyde Park is now found
to be too small TO accommodate the
prOselytes from Anglicanism and the
nOn-confOrmist foiths of the kingdom.
Radiating from the fiourishing
mother church of the metropolis, yigor-
Gus branches have been established at
such points as Edinburgh, Dublin,
Manchester, Cambridge and Leaning
ton.
In communities where no organized
congregations exist Mrs. Eddys MS
siOnaries labor. through the r.edium Of
meetings at private houses and public
lectures in town halls Her lieutenants
predict that another decade will wit
ness in England, Scotland, II Gland and
Wales such a landslide to Christian
Science as that to which the depleted
rolls of established churcnes in the
United States have borne witness in
recent years.
The Earl Oi Dunmore and rhe Tarl OF
Iankerville are aristOcratic pillars of
the Eddy church. Mrs. Henry Mon
tague Butler, wife of the master of
| Trinity College, Cambridge, is another
distinguished patron. She and Charles
ISmith. the wife of the head master Of
the Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge,
are waging an active propaganda
among the cultured population Of the
university. Mrs. Eddy's English be-
levers entertain mild hopes Of interest
ing royalty in Christian Science. They
assert that Queen Victoria was a regu-
Lar reader of science and health. and
that one Of her maids in waiting was a
Scientist. One of the maids in wait
ing to the present queen is also a re-
cruit
Mr.. Miller, a prominent adherent OF
the new faith in London, said recently
that practising healers are at work all
over the united kingdom, and their
success in a number of notable in
stances has done much to stop the how
which large sections of the press ars
ever ready to indulge in. Under In.
structiOns from Mrs. Eddy, one OF he,
loyal students came to LOndcn in 1885,
to reveal her discovery. This student
remained here about year, effectins
some excellent healing.
In 1894 meetings began - be helc
regularly in private residences. and il
1896 they were transferred to a public
hall Owing to growing requirement.
Of the work." said Mr.. Mil
ler ''the church we now Occup,
in Bryanston street, near Marble Arch
was leased and within ten months on
progress warranted the purchase Of tn
building, which, together with improve
ments since made represent an invest
ment of S3O,000 all of whicn has beel
paid. We are looking for still large
4. quarters. We are conscious of tn
great popular interest in our cause. he
cause. while our active London iaem
berstip does not exceed three lundrer
our congregations frequently are fiv
, times that number In the wear $50
/, Christian Science literature circulate
represented a sale of e1 500 (s7 5OOD