Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-14

testimony. and there could De- no doubt
that every word was accepted ut its full
value By every one iu tine audience.
There were none of the "priaa the
Lord" and other expressions so well
known at the old fashioned camp meet
iugs and experience meetings hut slime
PLY calm acquiesCauCo Coo the marvel-
lous statements made obviously those
who heard them regarded them MS on
par with the plain. everyday facts
which nobody dispdtes.
RESPECTED IN ENGLAND.
While Christian Science is being bit-
terlN attacked iu America il the
courts, in the press. and from the pul-
pit--t is hourishing u.c .r. u.F
tree n England. n has been said that
tmcricu IS the home of new religions.
aud. as matter of fact. most of them
gave their origin across the Atlantic,
ndt IL is iu England thgt they receive
"a respectful hearing Nowhere in tua
world IS a man with new idea iu re-
ligion. politics or economies surer OF
"a fair hearing than in London, 4rd
there arc probably as many preacher
Of new ihines Boa this grea, ti1. ms taere
are i'm the whole OF America.
FLOURISHlNG, TOO.
lust now Christian Science is under
going a boom The London ucWspd-
ptrH have taken 10 zap and printed cpl-
Umns OF letters for and against 4.
Socioty Is Interested i'm 90 and converts
arc being made iu hundreds. folloN-
crs Of Mrs EDDY declare That nowhere
ion the world rs their relitiou e,uWins
ian murders power ana iuueuce. a. il
is i'm :laLaud. whore it is plant OF
very recent growth.
SCIENCES PIONEERS.
As FAR ass is known the first adhercnt
OF the faith 60 come To- this country was
Miss Annie Dodge, who came here from
New York ln 1880. She practsed in
London as "a healer for year, ANA
when she went home her place was take
ON bv Mrs. Freshman. who also re-
manned only "a year Then came "the
true apostle" of Christian Science in
England She was Mrs Ward, 5000 Ens-
lishWoman who had lived iu America
and learned the new faith tlclt She
settled in London |tud began hu.dihs
small parlor meetings Boo her htle hai
in tho West End. soon the congrcga-
ton became too large for her drawing
room and public ban was engaged Tor
regular services. In 1897 "a disusod
rewls synagogue was acquired and the
frst regular Christian Scientist Church
in England was opened.
now 1T HAS SPREAD.
To-day there are three lourlsAine cons
prerations of the cult m Lonaoh
reat church in Manchester, ana ABOUT
"a congregations scattered throughout
a.. T-uitel Kingdom. II rs nara 10 on
lin I'm estimate of church mem oership
a. f-,glano as the form OF church on
,,eni1ation rs $50 different from that loi-
lowed in the United states pu' we
tbree London churches nhf'
sunday totalling al least S.olo p,"p.o
go MANY are turned away. There are
also hundreds of meetings do pilha,o
houses and in small hmls ODD l-'i'"''
T tl,. .r..Iures WlinH no' H. ''-
ta,ned the dignity OF organized consI7-
CATIONS
DISTINGUISHED COW fhlS'
In society Christian Science has OBJ
talued many distinguished converts
an, best SHOWN. perhaps was ."
f,.rI .f DuumOre who died l'teitif-
i..'' '.t..so. Dunmorc HuI hrr tNo
,,.,YtifI lHurhiere iaoN Murir' '"i
,..... and Lady Victoria Murray. '.'
.,w urouueut adhereutH of ihs ii@'l'
-.,uls of thr other disunsuie h.H '.N'
..,,.,.. ars Lady Ashbourne, vie ol ln'
.v-Iord chancellor of Ireland l-AHf
ram Lnit Gwy-Egertou. au american,
hN thc uaN Lady Mildred "l.' @
II.N NNH.|HNa .NII'HIIN N''
.th, nlve suh-or.hrl 600 fhe new
.ltb ur. tho ZION. john AsnnWnll1.,n'
Arrior tho Hon william How.ef Of ln'
rirr.- booyruard. and the Hon DON
,..l,.t.. uha.. Inturr iH lord
i"'G,uin rho Uon Eileen ohr'.n
bIs Sister. h also "a convert 10 lh'
Uitl
AnMYs CONTRIBUTIONS
p.rutps ihr mos. astonishing feature
of tbr boom of Christian science ~
fr. Any in which Do his mlto cons gIia
sfnorv taa officers of thH ausy The
aonerfratlon 40 Aldorahot ia one of th'
most nounslue n England and doh-
ems of armF nilDert hhfr resigned tn,f
CONNECTIONS tu become teachers ni ihe
reW mith. and honlers. Most of ihom
..Drlouslv ,uoueh. are drawn from lhn
fnainerrs. me artillery ana lhe oih'l
hiuhiv educated and highly paid
branches NJ the army Among me Of
ncers who hive resigned io take nap
,.t...f....4 an ..asra nl.rftr.