The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-16
Today

She Will Live Long.
Power and Faith Endure.
by ARTHUR BRISBANE
Copyright. 1871.
One hundred years ago today q
small American girl baby came
into the world, and nobody at the
time except the father and mother
thought much about it.
Today millions Of human beings.
IN every part of the earth are
Interested In the work of that
girl baby, MARY BAKER EDDY,
Mrs. Eddy established the Chris
tian Science religion, or, rather,
IN her belief and that Of her fol-
lowers, re-established the Chris
tian religion on its true, original
basis.
To those, like this writer, who
are NOT Christian Scientists, be-
heving in no science except that
which responds to the same tests
Tor everybody, everywhere, in the
same way, Mrs. Eddy stands out,
In her century, as q personality
admirable, powerful and remark
able.
The mind rules the body and
the world. Mrs. Eddy reminded
the world that this statement is
literally true, and proved it in
herself.
She preached and proved, first
to a small group Of followers,
then to millions, that most OF our
Ills, and the worst of our ills, are
in the mind and can be conquered
by the mind.
As other founders of religions
have worked, so Mrs. Eddy worked,
through doubt, experiment, trial,
hardship and public contempt, to
final absolute confidence in her
self and to public triumph.
Christian Science is greater
than many of it's UNIQUE stioning
believers know. For it brings to
bear on problems, physical and
mental, the concentrated power Of
THE WILL, the only real power
that man can use in his fight
against himself, his animal in
heritance, and his environment.
Christian Science has cured
drunkards and drug fiends that
doctors could not cure. 1t has
enabled men, women, even feeble
children to endure pain with
absolute fcrtitude.
Family affection has produced
the same apparent "miracles;"
love of children has made drunken
fathers sober; it has enabled
mothers to endure agony, making
no sign. i
1t is power Of the will and love
for others that conauers. MANY
Christian Scientists, without know
ing it, have accomplished their
results through sheer devotion to
Mrs. Eddy and her memory.
They have succeeded in conquer
ing themselves because they were
determined not to prove unwovtisy'
Of her, determined that her teach-,
ings should be proved through
them. .
Mrs. Eddy supplies what every
religion must have, in order to
live and produce results, a central,
idealistic personality.
Christian Scientists will be in
terested in the fact that this
writer, at her request, visited Mrs.
Eddy, talked with her at length,
wrote and published for her what
she declared to be a defense worth
while against newspapers and in
dividuals brutally bounding her
in her old age. It was not that
Mrs. Eddy was afraid. She want
ed the truth known.
At that time Mrs. Eddy was
eighty-six years old, and weighed
about one pound for each year Of
her age. She looked like flaming
spirit imprisoned in body almost
transparent. Her voice was as
powerful and resonant as that of
a. orator in his prime when, asked
why lawyers were attacking her,
she replied in deep tones, "GREED
OF GOLD, YOUNG MAN"
She asked this writer, "Why are
YOU not Christian Scientist?" and
laughed like a girl of sixteen wher
told it was better for her defense
to be written by one not Chris
tian Scientist, since such a one
would be more readily believed by
others rot Christian Scientists,
Mrs. Eddy did not push beyond
the bounds of common sense, as
viewed by mortal mind" the ap-
plication of her own teachings. She
gave to this writer all her books.
In each she wrote her name and
a friendly sentiment in bold, firm
characters, wearing no glasses. She
said, "But / have spectacles, young
man, and / wear them sometimes"
She put them on as she said it.
Later, taking them off, she read
aloud, without difficulty, strain,
or contracting Of the brows, a
page from a current magazine that
her visitor had brought.
Mrs. Eddy gave this writer, be-