The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-02-07
Clara Barton Oh Christian Science.

no doubt that the great woman pa
) triot is greatly interested in the subject.
She said that she looked upon Mrs.
Mary Baker Eddy as the one person,
regardless Of sex, living today, who
has done the greatest good for her fel-
low creatures, and that Christian
Science itself is the most remarkab e
as well as the most potent factor in re-
ligious life. Her admiration for Mrs.
Eddy is beyond limitation.
"While have not studied deeply
enough the great religion founded by
Mrs. Eddy To consider myself Chris
tian Scientist, said Miss Barton, "l
can say that look upon Christian
Science, as understand il, as the
most ideally beautiful, yet the most
practical and comforting Of beliefs. IL
is doing more in the world to-day, and
VIII continue 10 rs more people become
cognizant Of the beauty Of its teach
ings, than any other one influence for
good. Mrs. Eddy should have the res
: pect, admiration, and love Of the
/ whole Nation, for she is Its greatest
woman. Her teachings spread love
and good will among men, and
Christian Scientist cannot be a Chris
tian Scientist unless he has eliminated
greed and sefishness from his nature"
Asked If she had read Science and
Health, Miss Barton said that she had
and was much comforted by its teach
ings. Glove" she said, "permeates |
all the teachings Of this great woman,
so great, believe, that at this per
spective we can scarcely realize how
great and looking into her life his
tory we see nothing but self-sacrfice
and sel1essness. Never has Mrs.
Eddy tried to bring her personality
before the public.
How beautifully she has managed
her own unfortunate trials Without
mali ,e, always with a kindness aud
charity that is almost beyond human
comprehension, has this woman fought
antagonism, and that only with love.
And / say no one familiar with her
life and her teachings can help bat see
the marvellous consistency and beauty
Of what she has given to the world in
Christian Science.
"MOst troubles are exaggerated
by the mental attitude, ifnot entirely
caused 10y them," continued Miss
Barton. 81 have in mind the matter /
OF age. Now il has been my plan {
in life never to celebrate or make q
anything Of birthday anniversaries
because this only depresses and /
exaggerates the passing Of years. The t
mind is so constructed that we have ,
become firmly convinced that after .
certain length Of time we cease to s
be useful and when our birthday y
calendar indicates that We have .
reached or are nearing that time, we
become lax in our work and finally a
cease to accomplish ; not because we J.
feel in reality that we are no longer q
useful, but because we are supposed ~
by all laws and dictums to have 5
finished the span Of life allotted to f
work. u
"Such grave error have 4
noticed il particularly among old /
soldiers Why you know in attending b
many reunions Of old soldiers have .,
noticed that nearly the whole Of their =
10 upon the passing of Il
time and upon their ages. They
seem to think it quite marvellous g
that they are even alive, let alone :
having in mind the doing Of any
Thing for their fellow-creatures. 1t IA
Is not their fault, but the fault Of
he attitude OF the world to the old
N years. When man has ceased c'
% feel himself useful he il no longer
lseful but maintain that no one q
need feel that way just because he
S fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, or W
wen ninety or a hundred years of
lge. That is according TO year stan
lards Many men at eighty are as
apsble Of being useful to the world
Is they were fifty years before per-
laps not in the same way, but III
maybe in a much more important nj
way, for life gives experience with ~ ~
Is years that is OF some account, n,
T made use Of. II
Birthday celebrations after one il on
en- are without any value, and what ~
) more, verify believe that they are :
armful. Let your life be counted by
he mile-stones Of achievement and
ot by the timepiece Of years. We
iould all be younger il that were so,
nd would live to be much older than
re do at the present time. when the
rops are pulled from under us by ira
ition and precedent after threescore
nd ten has been reached. Today |
eel as young in my own mind as did
half century ago, and that is because
have not folded my hands and given
p work, and have also given up the
bought that | was not as useful as
ad been in other years. Christian
cience gives one the mental attitude
live ones life in accordance with
lat idea, ! believe.
IS CONSUMPTION INHERITED?
Opinion Of a Prominent Bacterial.
IiSt Given at Recent Lecture at
Harvard College.