Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
CONVERTS
ARE MANY
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PRosPERs
IN ENGLAND
GROWTH IN PAST DECADE HAS
BEEN REMARKABLE
Leaders Of Movement Ask Followers
to Pay No Attention to Start
ling Reports About
Mrs. Eddy

Special Gable to The Herald
LONDON, Aug. 31.-The statement by
Lady Muriel Gore Browne that there is
an amazing boom in Christian Science in
England is fully borne out by Frederick
Dixon. head of the publication committee
of the Christian Scientists in London.
christian Science is making enormous
strides in England said Mr.. Dixon, mot
only in London but in the provinces. Ten
years ago there was only one church in
the United Kingdom; now there are eighty
meetings spread all over the kingdom.
"The congregation at the First church
in Sloane terrace has 600 members, and
the church Is so full that we are now add
ing new part to it. There are more
than 20O0 Christian Scientists in London
at rough estimate, and services are held
in the Aeolian hall, Bond street, and the
Portman rooms as well as at Sloane ter
race.
"Our churches are in ports such as
Glasgow, Liverpool, Bristol Plymouth,
Dover and Hull, in manufacturing towns
such as Manchester Warrington and
Rochdale, and In seaside resorts This
proves that Christian Science is not the
fashionable cult 1t is supposed to be, but
that it appeals to all classes. Indeed.
may say that the mass of Christian
Scientists are drawn from the ranks Of
business men.
1T is because Christian Science is es-
sentially practical because 1t is common
sense. 1t appeals to stockholders where
theoretical teaching fails. We have agri-
cultural laborers in our church, and men
of the desk, the army and the navy
Signs of Progress
No greater sign of progress of Chris
tian Science could be given than the open
IT, - .tzI
committee. Mr.. Dixon is installed in fine
offices in Clun house, Surrey street. with
Capt. Wilkinson, who threw up his COM
mission in the army to help the move
ment, and between them they direct the
heavy business of giving information on
the new faith. The Individual Christian
| Scientist is forbidden to be interviewed.
| Every one is referred to Mr.. Dixon.
| Christian Science seems to have a fas-
| cination for army men. officers have re-
| sigr ed their commissions to become prac-
| titioners, while there are many professcd
Christian Scientists still serving. Three
gymnasium sergeants at Deal are ardent
followers of Mrs. Eddy, and the navy is
represented by Rear Admiral Dunlop, re-
tired, who is disciple.
Among the society Christian Scientists
are Lord Dunmore, Lady Muriel Gore
Browne, Lady Victoria Murray, Lady
Bath Lady Grey Egerton, the Hon. John
Ashburnham, Maj. the Hon. William
Rowley, Colonel Thomas Anstey.
| AS a contrast to these there is porter
working on the Hampstead tube who fol-
| lows the faith.
| In London alone there are more than
| fifty practitioners" who devote their
entire time to faith-healing.
"The maximum fee is Ell Is a week."
said a practitioner, "but the poorer peo-
| pie pay what they think is fair, and in
| aor no fne~ fc nlao o~od of oil
may say that over and over again I have
sat up all night with a patient for an
entire week, so that the fee is not easily
| earned"
Growth of the Cult
| He confirmed the statement that there
is a boom in Christian Science.
1.-THE proof of the pudding is in the
eating" he said, 'and Christian Science
has grown in proportion to it's healing.
1t would have been extinguished long ago
If nobody had been healed.
I'VE make no propaganda. Christian
Science is there. we say: take it or leave
it. Much of our strength lies in the fact
that the people who have come in are
really in earnest. Our service makes no
appeal to the emotions; 1t simply consists
of reading the Bible alternating with ex-
tracts from Science and Health .
1t has been remarked that the Chris
tion Science church never makes an ap-
peal for funds. Money flows in freely
from it's wealthy adherents, and the
church in Sloane terrace shows every
sign of prosperity, and has a reading
room attached to it which is luxuriously
comfortable.
Mrs Eddy is not coming to England,
her followers declare. She is much too
busy at Concord, N. H., directing the
movement-so busy that she did not go to
the dedication of the great new church at
Boston.
After all, there is no reason for her COM
ing here, for, apparently, Christian Sci
ence is riding on the top wave of pros
perity and progress All that her Eng
lish followers know of her is from the
pages of the Christian Science Sentinel.
in which letters from the Mother some
times appear.
There is a standing notice in that jour-
nal warning all that Mrs. Eddy takes no
patients, and imploring the faithful to
take no notice of startling reports about
Mrs Eddy