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374 the other newspaper offices of the city, and many conjectures were printed. But the inquirers were obliged to possess themselves in patience until October 17, 1908, when there was published in the Sentinel an editorial leader entitled “The Christian Science Monitor.” In this article Mr. McLellan said:

We are pleased to announce that with the approval of our Leader, Mrs. Eddy, The Christian Science Publishing Society will shortly issue a daily newspaper to be known as The Christian Science Monitor. In making this announcement we can say for the Trustees of the Society that they confidently hope and expect to make the Monitor a worthy addition to the list of publications issued by the Society. It is their intention to publish a strictly up-to-date newspaper, in which all the news of the day which should be printed will find a place, and whose service will not be restricted to any one locality or section, but will cover the daily activities of the entire world.

As to the motive which has led to the establishment of a daily paper of this character, there is nothing we could say that would be so forceful or so timely as the announcement made by Mrs. Eddy when she established the Christian Science Journal. We quote as follows from her article, “A Timely Issue,” as it appears in “Miscellaneous Writings:”

“Looking over the newspapers of the day one naturally reflects that it is dangerous to live, so loaded with disease seems the very air. These descriptions carry fear to many minds, to be depicted in some future time upon the body. A periodical of our own will counteract to some extent