If, in an epidemic of small-pox, scarlet fever,
diphtheria, the bubonic plague, or any other pes-
tilence, it could be proved that any individual
or any company of men and women were be-
coming infected and were causing these diseases
to spread in a community, they should be re-
strained by law. But no laws should be passed
simply to make it more profitable for the medi-

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cal profession to practice at such a time. Laws
concerning the marriage ceremony are not made
in the interest of ministers and justices of the
peace, but for the good of the community. So
laws against the spread of disease are not made
in the interests of doctors, but of the commu-
nity.
At the End of Sixty Years

In 1910 rash and short-sighted American
prophets predicted, on the day after Mrs.
Eddy's death, that the Christian Science move-
ment would disintegrate and disappear without
the cohesive influence of her captaincy. But
see with what long and rapid strides the Church
has moved forward of its own momentum since
1910. Official records show that the number
of Churches has increased from 1218 in 1910 to
1951 in 1922. In other words, 733 new churches
have been organized in 12 years, an average of
61 per annum.
