The New York herald., 1920-01-06
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
PROTEST MEETING
CALLED IRREGULAR
Frank c. Trumble, One of
the Minority, Explains
His Position.

Frank C. Trumble. one Of the minority
at the meeting Of Christian Scientists In
the First Church last Friday at which
resolutions were passed yoicing a lack of
confidence in the trustees of the Publish
ing Society. sent a long communication
to the HERALD yesterday. declaring he
thought the meeting was ''unconstitution-
AL" He says those who attended were
there neither as delegates, In any official
capacity, as representa- tiyes Of any par
ticular church. nor did they have any
authority to act in their behalf.
1.-The meeting was called. as you correct
ly stated, at the instance of Martin F.
Jackson" says. Mr.. Trumble. but by
what legal authority, il any, I am unable
Ito say, as ! have not had the pleasure
Iof being acquainted with Mr.. Jackson, nor
could I obtain any reliable information
on that subject from other Church mem
bers.
Although the meeting was not a secret
one, as one Of our morning papers stated,
u was neither a meeting which / can con-
slider constitutional. as no formal invita-
ton was sent to the individual members,
nor were they informed of what was go
ing to take place, and what the resolu-
ton to be voted upon contained, as no
copies of the resolution were given to the
members either before or during the meet
ing. and they We're left absolutely in the
dark until the resolution was read by
Mr. Jackson.
Ia l,Nf q
ter what may take place among Christian
Scientists personally in the future, those
opponents of the cause OF Christian Sci
ence who pin their hopes on 'spllt among
The Christian Scientists. or on the persist
ent rumors of Los van Boston move
ment. growing out of the present contro"
yersy, will some day awake from their
! cherished illusion and find to their sur
prise that after the smoke of battle has
cleared away the Mother Church will still
be what Mrs. Eddy intended 1t to be, the
centre from whici. Christian Science IS
going TO spread all over the world.
! I'm your Sunday edition Albert II. Gil
more if quoted correctly, asserts that It
did not require unusual pereeptiye powers
TO discover The upyieidins determination
of this majority to defeat The persistent
and somewhat strenuous efforts OF the
minority to delay this action II Ia 10 this
sentence in particular that I must take
exception. as, coming from the mouth OF
man OF Mr.. Glmore's standing in Church
affairs. it may easily lead yoGr readers to
the erroneous belief that thos> members
who refused to arise when the resolution
was called to a vote must Of necessity be
in sympathy with the Board CT Trustees
Of the Publishing Society in their present
action. L. for one. wish TO emphasize that.
although / did not feel disposed to cast
my vote in favor OF the resolution. as just
as much opposed to the present action and
attitude of the Board OF Srustees as the
majority at the meeting seemed TO be, bu.
did not allow myself t. be swayed or
my judgment heclouded by C majority
which, in my estimation, did not seem tc
fully comprehend the great import of said
resolution and all that may result from
its adoption.
81 know that Mr.. Gilmore would not like
to harm anyone Intentionally, but when
he speaks about the Strenuous efforts
made by the minority, I wish to state
that these efforts consisted of one motion
to have the resolution tabled In justice to
those New York members who were not
present and TO the Christian Scientists all
over this country. The other motion was
made to amend the resolution so as to
give the proposed committee authority to
Investigate the situation and TO report
any suggestions back ii their respective
boards. instead Of giving them power to
take positive action. / could not see any
wrong in either of these motions, as both
were given in absolute good faith and that
they both were defeated by those who did
shout the loudest, does not by any means
alter the good intentions with which they
were made.
How unnecessary and uncalled for this
meeting was. is clearly indicated by the
splendid statement made by Judge Smith,
and published in the HERALD on Sunday"
Mr. Trumble says II the members of the
meeting had been guided by the words OF
the Bible. the outcome would have been
more satisfactory to all concerned. and in
stead OF a noticeable absence of brotherly
love, peace and goodwill TO man would
have prevailed throughout the entire pro-
ceedings.