Show I A Tribute to Mrs Eddy 7 I Editorial in New York Evening Jour Jour- nal caL Box G Brookline Mass June 8 1909 New York City M My 1 Dear Sir Sir Accept my appreciation tion of your very cry kind and pertinent message to me through J. J V. V Dittemore I can assure you that I am in my usual health and prosperity and that God is blessing me because of Christian Sincerely yours MARY R BAKER EDDY Re Recently in the old fashioned and tiresome way there were published foolish foolish fool fool- ish and untruthful statements concerning concerning concern concern- I. I ing Mrs Irs Mary Baker Eddy leader of the Christian Scientists throughout hout the world An effort was made to represent represent sent scat Mrs Irs Eddy Edd as ill incapable of taking tak tak- lug ing care of herself or even een dead It is surprising and rather shameful that an any newspaper could be persuaded II to encourage e the hounding of a woman who has brought happiness into the tho lives of hundreds of thousands of human beings beings be be- ings who has bas certainly harmed nobody and who has bas the tho devoted affection of an n enormous following Mrs Eddy is today today today to to- day past 88 years of of age she works with those that assist her in her Very try great undertakings s she controls and directs all aJI of them She is entitled to and amid she has the respect Ind nd admiration of millions of human beings who like this writer do not share the belief in Christian Science yet et tender the tribute tribute trib trib- ute of profound respect to the tho leader of that belief Feeling eeling o that some friends of Mrs r Eddy ma may have been disturbed by the thc I false and malicious stories recently published published pub pub- concerning her we here publish with very cry great reat pleasure a letter just received from Mrs Irs Eddy written day before yesterday in in response to a a friendly greeting sent by one of her friends on the tIme editorial staff of this newspaper Mrs Irs Eddys Eddy's letter is is signed in her own handwriting with which this writer is is familiar Christian Scientists may rest assured that they have in in their leader an actual living person energetic determined and marvelous in iii in her apparent defiance of great age The Journal p published at the top of I the column in 11 which the time above article artif appeared a 1 photographic facsimile of I Mrs Eddys Eddy's letter Editor Editor Tele Telegram I |