Comments on: Can a Christian Scientist support war? http://principiapilot.org/2009/05/29/can-a-christian-scientist-support-war/ Principia College Student Journalism Wed, 02 May 2012 20:50:30 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: GG http://principiapilot.org/2009/05/29/can-a-christian-scientist-support-war/comment-page-1/#comment-50 GG Fri, 29 May 2009 22:21:09 +0000 http://principiapilot.org/?p=2647#comment-50 Lovely ideas and so much Truth in them. We must prefer Truth and Love! however, there are some other references from those same books and also from Biographies about MBe that are not mentioned in your article which may be helpful in understanding more clearly what MBE's stand on war was. I note some of them here: Irving Thomlinson, who lived in her household and knew her well wrote of her, "...Mrs Eddy was in no sense a pacifist. I never heard her voice a word of pacifism... And although she was strongly in favor of conciliation and arbitration, she did not counsel neutrality or pacifism when the safety and honor of her country demanded strength and firmness. In the Boston Herald she wrote: ' I will say I can see no other way of settling difficulties between individuals and nations than by means of their wholesome tribunals, equitable laws, and sound, well kept treaties... But if our nation's rights or honor were seized, every citizen would be a soldier and woman would be armed with power girt for the hour.' " --Twelve years with Mary Baker Eddy pg 192-193 And from Prose works: Pan 14:11-11 np Pray for the prosperity of our country, and for her victory under arms; that justice, mercy, and peace continue to characterize her government, and that they shall rule all nations.... In your peaceful homes remember our brave soldiers, whether in camp or in battle. ¹Oh, may their love of country, and their faithful service thereof, be unto them life-preservers! May the divine Love succor and protect them, as at Manila, where brave men, led by the dauntless Dewey, and shielded by the power that saved them, sailed victoriously through the jaws of death and blotted out the Spanish squadron. Great occasion have we to rejoice that our nation, which fed her starving foe, — already murdering her peaceful seamen and destroying millions of her money, — will be as formidable in war as she has been compassionate in peace. May our Father-Mother God, who in times past hath spread for us a table in the wilderness and "in the midst of our enemies," establish us in the most holy faith, plant our feet firmly on Truth, the rock of Christ, the "substance of things hoped for" — and fill us with the life and understanding of God, and good will towards men. MARY BAKER EDDY Mrs Eddy saw that Evil must be met with divine Truth, but she was by no means opposed to war when pressed. There are more references to this kind of thinking located in her work. She wanted freedom to ring for all countries and peoples just as it does for citizens of these United States. Lovely ideas and so much Truth in them. We must prefer Truth and Love! however, there are some other references from those same books and also from Biographies about MBe that are not mentioned in your article which may be helpful in understanding more clearly what MBE’s stand on war was. I note some of them here:
Irving Thomlinson, who lived in her household and knew her well wrote of her, “…Mrs Eddy was in no sense a pacifist. I never heard her voice a word of pacifism… And although she was strongly in favor of conciliation and arbitration, she did not counsel neutrality or pacifism when the safety and honor of her country demanded strength and firmness. In the Boston Herald she wrote: ‘ I will say I can see no other way of settling difficulties between individuals and nations than by means of their wholesome tribunals, equitable laws, and sound, well kept treaties… But if our nation’s rights or honor were seized, every citizen would be a soldier and woman would be armed with power girt for the hour.’ ” –Twelve years with Mary Baker Eddy pg 192-193

And from Prose works: Pan 14:11-11 np
Pray for the prosperity of our country, and for her victory under arms; that justice, mercy, and peace continue to characterize her government, and that they shall rule all nations….
In your peaceful homes remember our brave soldiers, whether in camp or in battle. ¹Oh, may their love of country, and their faithful service thereof, be unto them life-preservers! May the divine Love succor and protect them, as at Manila, where brave men, led by the dauntless Dewey, and shielded by the power that saved them, sailed victoriously through the jaws of death and blotted out the Spanish squadron.
Great occasion have we to rejoice that our nation, which
fed her starving foe, — already murdering her peaceful seamen and destroying millions of her money, — will be as formidable in war as she has been compassionate in peace.
May our Father-Mother God, who in times past hath spread for us a table in the wilderness and “in the midst of our enemies,” establish us in the most holy faith, plant our feet firmly on Truth, the rock of Christ, the “substance of things hoped for” — and fill us with the life and understanding of God, and good will towards men.
MARY BAKER EDDY

Mrs Eddy saw that Evil must be met with divine Truth, but she was by no means opposed to war when pressed. There are more references to this kind of thinking located in her work. She wanted freedom to ring for all countries and peoples just as it does for citizens of these United States.

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