Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-13

/ Jesus words. Statements based upon
| hearsay, belief and prejudice are not
| history, but slander. To learn of ones
/ life and character we must CLEAN from
! associates and friends who know
whereof they speak rather than from
enemies. Belief is not knowledge.
Were all that is being said and writ
| ten about Mrs. Eddy true rather than
to attract attention away from her
| teachings, what is it to the world so
| long as Christian Science heals the sick
and reforms the sinful, as she AYERS q?
| What does the world care where she
got her first idea of this science, so long
as 1t heals and reforms? Does the
world care whether her father walked
with a cane or without one? Does the
world care to know that she was once,
| long before she knew aught Of Chris
| tian Science, an invalid and lived In
very small town in New Hampshire? I?
| Does the world care to know or read
much of the trash that is being cir
cuated at this time? Emphatlcally,
No!
The world is interested to know that
she is hale and hearty today, at the
age of Sc years, made so through the
understanding of the doctrine taught
in her books. The world is interested,
yea, greatly interested in this doctrine,
greatly interested in the healing and
reformatory work being done-so much
interested that sermons, magazine ar
| ticles and law suits cannot turn the
people away from it.
Her life is an open book to the
world. No part of 1t is being falsified
or withheld by her or hers. Those
who know her best love her most.
Judge Septimus j. Hanna, q man of
keen perception and sterling integrity,
a man who cannot be bought or ca
joled into saying that which is not true,
says of Mrs. Eddy: 1T may not be
amiss for me to say that for nearly
ten years, as former first reader of the
mother church in Boston and editor
of the official periodicals., 1 have had
opportunities which enable me to speak
intelligently. Speaking from this
vantage ground, l can truthfully say
that, intellectually, she is one of the
most acute persons L have ever seen;
that she laborS incessantly and unself-
ishly for the cause to which she has
devoted her life, and that, notwith-
standing her years, she performs an
amount of labor each day which, if
known, would seem incredible even If
done by one yet in the adolescence of
life. AS to her religious character, |
speak my profoundest convictions when
say 1 believe it to be as nearly
Christlike as is possible to denizen
of this earth. 1 cannot conceive how a
person on this plane of existence could
walk more closely with God, or eX-
emplify a more exalted Christian life"
Hon. Henry Robinson, eX-mayor and
postmaster of Concord New Hamp-
shire, the home of Mrs. Eddy, who is
not a Christian Scientist, but knows
Mrs. Eddy well, knows her life and her
worth, voiced the sentiment of a ma
jority of her towns people when he
said of her: Her life is one of noise
less charities of gentleness and ten
derness, of interchangeable toll and un-
paralleled self-immolation."
Numerous people who know whereof
they Judge, stand ready to give like
testimony regarding her Christlike
character And a multitude of happy
people are now praising God and CIV
ing thanks on account of spiritual re-
generation and restoration to health
which have come to them through her
teachings.
Mrs. Eddy is now known to be the
greatest religious reformer of this or
any age. She is proclaiming a divine
message to humanity, and thousands
have proof of it's truth through spirit
ual uplifting and physical healing.
These all join in loving greeting to her
who has made known this message to
a SUFFERING world