The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1908-01-24
Miss Clare Bartons Atiituaa Toward
Christian Science.

There Is no woman In the world toby
more widely known or more deeply ven
/ Grated than Miss Clara Barton. the
/ famous philanthr0phist Miss Barton
| personal work among the sick and
wounded has been beyond all praise.
She has proven herself 20 be a living
exponent of the gospel Of love and
/ charity TO all men. Though advanced
M years, her interest In al public az
fairs. especially such as bear upon the
mitigation Of suffering and the estab-
fishing Of peace on EARTH" Is unabat-
ed, and her strong mental activity
shows no sign Of weakening, despite
the struggle Of D strenuous public
life.
Miss Barton has held many positions
Of national trust and importance, and
has won several medals Of honor, both
at home and abroad. From such q wo-
man, therefore, the judgment Of sis
| ter woman must come with peculiar
! force and emphasis, and it is our pleas
ure 10 quote here, from recent arti-
| Gle in the New York American, Miss
BartOn's opinion of the character and
work Of Mrs. Eddy, as given in an in
/ terview with a representative OF the
above named paper.
"She said that she looked upon Mrs.
Mary Baker Eddy as the one person,
| regardless Of sex, who has done the
greatest good for her fellow creatures,
and that ChristiOn Science itself Is the
most remarkable as well as the most
! potent factor in religious life. Her adj
miratiOn for Mrs. Eddy Is beyond all
/ limitation, and she is intimately ac-
quainted with the life history Of the
founder Of the Christian Science Church,
and she outlined her story from the be-
| ginning and commented upon the mag
nigcent single-handed struggle and sac
/ rifice made by Mrs. Eddy IN her effort
/ TO give Christian Science 20 the world.
while ] have not studied deeply
enough the great religion founned by
| Mr.. Eddy TO consider myself a Chris
/ tian Scientist, said Miss Barton, 81
can say that ] look upon Christian Sci
ence, as / understand it, as the most
ideally beautiful yet the most practical
and comforting Of beliefs. IL is doing
more in the world today, and will con-
tinue 70 do more, as people become coy
uizant Of the beauty Of its teachings,
than any other one influence for good.
Mrs. Eddy should have the respect, ad-
miration and love Of the whole Nation,
for she Is its greatest woman. Her teach
idgs spread love and good will among
men, and a Christian Scientist cannot
be Christian Scientist unless he has
eliminated greed and selfshness from
his nature.
Love permeates all the teachings Of
this great WOman-sO great, ! believe,
that at this perspective we can scarce
w realize how great and, looking into
her life, we see nothing but sslf-sacri-
fee and selhessness. How beauti-
fully she managed her own unfortunate
trials Without malice, always with
kindness and charity that is almost be-
yond human icOmprehension, has this
woman fought antagonism, and that
only with love. And / say, no one ia
milliar with her life and teachings can
help but see the marvellous consistency
and beauty Of what she has given 90 the
world in Christian Science" a..
Miss BartOn's IDEAS concerning the
importanceof maintaining a right mental
attitude toward the every day affairs Of
life, have been fostered, II not formed,
by her reading Of the Christian Science
Textbook Of Science and Health. She
says: Most troubles are exaggerated
by the mental attitude, IL not entirely
caused by them have in mind the
matter Of age. The mind Is 90
constructed that we have become firmly
convinced that after q certain length Of
time we cease 10 be useful Such
a grave error I have noticed Il par
ticulaFly among old soldiers. They
seem 70 think Il quite marvellous that
tn y are even alive, let alone having n
mind the doing Of anything for their
fellOW-Creatures. 10 Is not their fault,
but the fault Of the attitude of the
world 20 che old In years. Birth
day celebrations after one Is ten are
without any value, and what is more,
verify believe they are harmful. Let
your life be counted by the mile-stOnes
/ Of achievement and not by the time
piece Of years. Today feel as young
/ in my own mind az | did a half century
ago, and that Is because have not
folded my hands and given up work,
and have also given up the thought that
/ was not as useful as | was In other
years. Christian Science gives one the
| mental attitude 20 live ones life in ae-
cOrdance with that idea, believe "
In grateful acknowledgment Of this
| tribute from her celebrated c0-worker
| for the good Of mankind, Mrs. Eddy, In
/ the January 18th number Of the Chris
tian Science Sentinel, says I'm the
New York American, January 6, 1913,
Miss Clara Barton dipped her pen in my
heart, and traced les emotions, motives
and object. Then, lifting the curtains