The Dickinson press., 1908-11-14
The Christian Science
Monitor.

The following is taken from the
Science Monitor:
We are pleased to announced that, with
the approval of our leader, Mrs. Eddy.
The Christian Science Publishing Society
will shortly issue a daily newspaper to
be known as The Christian Science
Monitor. In making this announcement
we can say for the trustees of the society
that they confidently hope and expect to
make the Monitor a worthy addition to
the list of publications issued by the
ociety. 1t is their intention to publish a
strictly up-to-date newspaper, in which
all the news of the day that should be
printed will find a place, and whose
service will not be restricted to n one
locality or section. but will cover the
daily activities of the entire world.
AS to the motive which has led to the
establishment of a daily paper of this
character, there is nothing w could say
that would be so f~orceful or so timely
as the announcement made by Mrs. Eddy
when she established The Christian
Science Journal. We quote as follows
from her article, "A Timely ISSUE as
it appears in miscellaneous Writings"
Looking over the newspapers of the
day, one naturally reflects that it is
dangerous to live, so loaded with dis
ease seems the very air. These descrip-
tions carry fears to many minds. to be
depicted in some future time upon the
body. A periodical of our own will
counterfeit to some extent this public
nuisance: for through our paper, at the
price at which we shall issue it, we
shall be able to reach many homes with
healing. purifying thoughts.
The last clause of the above quotation
strikes the keynote for the Monitor.
and what it will stand for. 1t is this
healing, purifying thought that not
only Christian Scientists but the better
class of people everywhere are demand
ing today. The tide is lat the turn -
the current of human thought is setting
in the direction of that which alone is
real-the good that men do, and not the
evil. All over the land there has been
and is a call from the fathers and moth
ers who feel their responsibility in this
direction, who are asking for a paper
that will supply vital current news, the
things we want to know and ought to
know about our fellow-men, but viii oh
are submerged in the daily tidal wave
of crime and disaster which the ordinary
newspapers would have US believe
sweeps over the world. There is a field,
and a wide one. for a clean newspaper,
and it is this field which the Monitor
is entering.
1t will be the mission of the Monitor
to publish the real news of the world in
a clean, wholesome manner devoid of
the sensational methods employed by so
many newspapers. There will be no
exploitation or illustration Of. vice and
crime, but the aim of the editors will
be to issue a paper which will be well
coined in every home where purity and
refinement are cherished ideals. 1t is
intended that the Monitor shall contain.
in addition to the usual news features of
the best city papers. such special de-
partments as will make it a home paper
of highest grade. one which will appeal
to good men and women everywhere who
are interested in the betterment of all
human condition and the moral and
spiritual advancement of the race. From
the news" standpoint the Monitor will
be of far wider scope than a merely
local daily would cover, and will be
read with interest from Maine to Calf
ornia and from Canada to Mexico. Even
our friends across the sea will find the
Monitor interesting from this stand
point.
While all Christian Scientists are
requested to subscribe for the Monitor,
for we believe it is only by their support
that the success of an absolutely clean
u~nsensational newspaper can be assured,
it is not believed that they alone are
interested in a paper of this character.
Indeed, it is hoped and believed that
all others who have seen the need of a
reform in journalism will find in the
Monitor the ideal newspaper for which
they have loneed, and that they too will
support it on its merits.
The sale price of the Monitor will be
two cents each copy. and the subscrip.
ton price in the United States will be
five dollars for n year, or three dollars
for six months. In Canada and Mexico
the subscription rate. will be six dollars
and fifty cents for one year and three
dollars and seventy-fve cents for sis
months; in all other countries eigh,
dollars and four dollars and fifty cent?
respectively. Subscriptions may be sen,
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