Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-07-18
SENATOR MOSES RECALLS
FRIENDSHIP WITH MRS.. EDDY
Prominent Statesman Tells OF
Her Serenity When
Attacked.

Washington-Capitol Park lay cool
and green under its branching trees,
despite a scorching sun, as | sat in
the window of Senator Moses's office
looking out upon it.
Senator Moses, as is well known,
was n of the first statesmen of
prominence to declare for the nomi-
nation of Mr.. Hoover. Indeed, he ac-
cepted the famous Il do not choose
dictum Of President Coolidge as a
literal remuneration Of a nomination
with a degree of alacrity which
amazed some of his more cautious
colleagues.
Was Mrs. Eddy's Friend.
Senator Moses enjoyed one expert
ence not shared by many men in pub
lie life. He was a friend of Mary
Baker Eddy when she lived in Con-
cord, N. II. l asked him to tell me
something of her.
'Of curse | knew Mrs. Eddy WELL"
he said. land esteemed her highly.
Perhaps an expression | have fire.
quently used in reference to her ex-
presses my views now in RETROSPECT
ton as it did when she was still ac-
actly the sort of woman | should
have liked my grandmother to have
been.
"She was earnest, sincere, culti-
xsataI lD,ft ,1,n.n Sha bod thof
basic culture that is gained from a
college course. In her days there
were few, if any, colleges for m
But she had native ability, supple
mented by a good common school
training, and the educational guild
ance of New England clergymen,
prominent educators, and a brother
who entering public life via the law
office of Franklin Pierce, might have
gone far but for his untimely passing.
Moreover, she was naturally of an
intellectual type, and during the days
when l knew her was constantly ex-
tending her mental horizons by read
ing and study. | sat through one of
her classes once at her invitation,
and while l am not, and never was,
a Christian Scientist, ! was impressed
by her grasp of metaphysical prob
and the clarity with which she
expressed her convictions.
Member of Notable Class.
at has always been a reason for
profound gratitude on my part that
| was a member OF that class. 1t was
the last one she ever taught, held in
1898, and for many reasons was es-
teemed by her as peculiarly notable.
in addition to my observation of
her as the teacher Of this class ! had
been able to be Of service when there
appeared to be danger that the devel-
opment of the State Fair Grounds
near her house at Pleasant View
might affect the lattar unfavorably.
In her endeayofs to adjust the nat
ter | was Impressed by her reason
lbleness, restraint and serenity.
Indeed, she was always the most
reasonable Of women that, and an
Invariable serenity, were her chief
characteristics.
Her family was CT good cd New
stock; Ne rort that does
not lend itself to p%rctense or hypoc-
She may have .een mistaken
in some Of her convictions or right
for all | can 81. but one thing is
sure, and that is that her convictions
her own, not borrowed, but
worked out ardcously by her own
efforts"
Today, after the lapse of more
than two decades, Senator Moses
looks back uron his friendship fol
Mrs. Eddy and the confidence that
she reposed in han as among the
most happy features Of an interest
ing life spent 50 largely in public
service. He repeatedly declared in
conversation his high appreciation
of her intellectual honesty and sin
and her capacity for dealing
with the affairs Of the world.