Evening star., 1909-06-07
LOCAL SCIENTISTS
DENY ACCUSATIONS

H. c. Wilson, who is first reader Of the
First Church of Christ. Scientist. of the
District, and who acted as secretary to
Mrs. Eddy during the trial in which she
established her ability to manage her
own affairs, said this afternoon to re-
porter for The Evening Star, regarding
Mrs. Gilbert's letter:
For four years l was identified with
the work of the Christian Scientists in
New York and was a member OF the COM
mittee on publication of that state. BY
reason of my position 1 knew all the
workers of prominence in the movement
but never had occasion to meet Mrs. Gil
bert and do not know her as identified
with the Christian Science movement.
when a certain New York paper made
its attack on Mrs. Eddy some two years
ago, claiming that she was dead, with a
designing representative in her place, or
health, 1t was my privilege to introduce
Mrs. Eddy to the mayor of Concord. N.
H.. and to Gen. Frank S. Streeter.
Mrs. Eddy All Right Two Years
Ago.
THE result of this introduction was the
signed statement Of these gentlemen that
Mrs. Eddy was apparently in the best of
health and of sound mind.
This was the first time 1 met Mrs.
Eddy, and my impression of her was
that at the age of eighty-five she had
a mentality more alert and a greater
grasp of affairs than any woman / had
ever met. Later l became secretary to
her, and occupied that position during
the trial in which she established be-
fore the court her ability to manage her
own affairs.
1T is quite unlikely that the present
attack upon Mrs. Eddy has the cooper
alton of any Christian Scientists. The
affairs of the movement are SO openly
conducted and by persons Of such tried
and true capacity as to warrant me In
refuting every accusation that has been
made in this latest TRADE"
Spectacular Charges.
William L. Post. head of the publica-
tion committee for the Christian Science
Church in the District, and who is SUI
perintendent Of public documents in the
government printing Office. said regard
ing the letter:
Sufficient proof is at hand to warrant
the unqualified statement that the pur-
ported facts therein set forth are abb
solutely untrue, and that Mrs. Della NJ.
Gilbert, who makes the spectacular
charges. does not hold a foremost posi-
tion among Christian Scientists She
is unknown to the active workers here,
who are acquainted personally with all
Of those who are prominent in the move
ment, and her name does not even ap-
pear in the classified list of active
workers, which is a monthly feature Of
the Christian Science Journal.
periodically. regardless Of repeated
convincing proofs offered in refutation OF
such charges, the vain endeavor is put
forth to discredit Christian Science as
religion by denouncing it's discoverer,
founder and leader, Mrs. Eddy.
AT first. and for years, these attacks
came through so-called 'disinterested'
persons. and have always asserted. as
does this attack. evidently promulgated
by New York paper. that Mrs Eddy is
either dead or is entirely under the in
f1uence OF designing followers. unable to
assert her rights or opinions. To those
who know her personally these state
ments are more than absurd. and were
1t not for their misleading character. to
those who do not know the truth regard
ing these matters, they would not even
be fefuted.