Remarks by Clara Barton VAN BUREN PERRY          Hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world respect and love Mrs. Eddy because she made it possible for them or their friends to live in love instead of hate, in peace instead of fear, in uprightness instead of sin, and in health instead of sickness. Her endeavor was "to injure no man but to bless all mankind" (Miscellany, p. 353).          Miss Clara Barton, the distinguished philanthropist and founder of the American Red Cross, although not a Christian Scientist, expressed in the New York American an opinion which is shared by all broad-minded, thinking people, regardless of their religious opinions. She said: "Mrs. Eddy should have the respect, admiration, and love of the whole nation, for she is its greatest woman. Her teachings spread love and goodwill among men, and a Christian Scientist cannot be a Christian Scientist unless he has eliminated greed and selfishness from his nature. The Christian Scientists I have met all impress me with that same spirit of unselfishness that is characteristic of Mrs. Eddy. They are an intelligent, thinking people, and they impress me that their belief comes after careful and scientific investigation and conviction, rather than from hysterical evangelism."   Van Buren Perry in the Pioneer, Bowdle, South Dakota Quoted in "Selected Articles" Christian Science Sentinel, September 13, 1924

 

| Home | Library |

Copyright © 1996-2009 CSEC