The United States to Great Britain.

 [Boston Herald, May 15, 1898]

Hail, brother! fling thy banner
To the billows and the breeze;
We proffer thee warm welcome
With our hand, though not our knees.

Lord of the main and manor!
Thy palm, in ancient day,
Didst rock the country's cradle
That wakes thy laureate's lay.

The hoar fight is forgotten;
Our eagle, like the dove,
Returns to bless a bridal
Betokened from above.

List, brother! angels whisper
To Judah's sceptred race, —
"Thou of the self-same spirit,
Allied by nations' grace,

"Wouldst cheer the hosts of heaven;
For Anglo-Israel, lo!
Is marching under orders;
His hand averts the blow."

Brave Britain, blest America!
Unite your battle-plan;
Victorious, all who live it, —
The love for God and man.

"The United States to Great Britain" by Mary Baker Eddy
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, pp. 337 – 338

In 1898, Mary Baker Eddy, of Christian Science, wrote a poem titled “The United States To Great Britain” In this poem, Mrs. Eddy refers to the United States and Great Britain as "Anglo-Israel," and our "brother," Great Britain, as "Judah's sceptred race".

An 1890 book advocated British Israel-ism. According to the doctrine, the Lost Ten tribes of Israel found their way to Western Europe and Britain, becoming ancestors of the British and related peoples. British Israel-ism (also called Anglo-Israel-ism) is a doctrine based on the hypothesis that people of Western European descent, particularly those in Great Britain, are the direct lineal descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. The doctrine often includes the tenet that the British Royal Family is directly descended from the line of King David. The central tenets of British Israel-ism have been refuted by evidence from modern genetic, linguistic, archaeological and philological research. The doctrine continues, however, to have a significant number of adherents. The movement has never had a head organization or a centralized structure. Various British Israelite organizations were set up across the British Commonwealth and in America from the 1870s; a small number of such organizations are active today.

British Israelism (also called Anglo-Israelism) is a doctrine based on the hypothesis that people of Western European and Northern European descent, particularly those in Great Britain, are the direct lineal descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes of the ancient Israelites. British Israelism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Israelism

Due to the expansive nature of the British Empire, believers in British Israel-ism spread worldwide. It became most prevalent in the United States, England, and various Commonwealth nations. The theory was widely promoted in the United States during the 20th century. The theory of British Israel-ism was also vigorously promoted by Herbert W. Armstrong, founder of the Worldwide Church of God. Armstrong believed that the theory was a key to understanding biblical prophecy.
A well known British Israelite advocate named A. A. Beauchamp converted to Christian Science in 1924. Allan Abraham Beauchamp (  1874 – 1944 ) was the owner and publisher of a popular British Israelite magazine called The Watchman of Israel. Beauchamp’s conversion to Christian Science was due to the complex interaction between Christian Science and British Israel-ism which was initiated during Mary Baker Eddy’s lifetime by a number of well known Christian Scientists. Julia Field King, an American Christian Scientist from Iowa who was a friend and student of Mrs Eddy, sailed to England under Mary Baker Eddy's orders to study British Israel-ism in 1896. Mrs Eddy came to be a believer in British Israel-ism; Eddy was also attracted to this notion because she believed that it could boost the Christian Science movement in England.

In a letter in 1902 to Julia Field titled "King of a work tracing the lineage of Queen Victoria back to King David," Mary Baker Eddy wrote: "Your work, 'The Royal House of Britain an Enduring Dynasty,' is indeed masterful: one of the most remarkable Biblical researches in that direction ever accomplished. Its data and the logic of its events sustain its authenticity, and its grandeur sparkles in the words, 'King Jesus.'" In the words of Jeremiah, quoted in the book: "David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the House of Israel." (Jer. 33:17) Mrs. Eddy states: "Christian Science ... restores the lost Israel." In many of Mary Baker Eddy's writings, she addressed the Israelites as Christian Scientists.

Until her death Mary Baker Eddy continued to keep an interest in British Israel-ism, early members of the Christian Science Mother Church accepted the Anglo Israel message of Mrs Eddy however after Mrs Eddy’s death in 1910 The Mother Church denied anything to do with British Israel-ism and any Christian Scientists supporting British Israel-ism in The Mother Church were excommunicated. The attractions of British Israel-ism in the Christian Science movement still remained after Mary Baker Eddy’s death. Because The Mother Church no longer wanted to teach British Israel-ism, a number of offshoot Christian Science Churches and groups were set up to continue teaching British Israel-ism. One notable example was the British Israelite Christian Science Church called the “The Christian Science Parent Church”. It was organized by an English Christian Scientist named Annie Cecilia Bill [Annie Cecilia Bulmer Bill (1859-1936)]. Annie Bill became convinced that she was the true successor of Mary Baker Eddy and in 1912 organized what became known as the Christian Science Parent Church. After World War I, she moved to the United States and in 1924 established the church in America.

As soon as Annie Bill set up The Christian Science Parent Church many Christian Scientists left The Mother Church to join it. Annie Bill believed that The Mother Church was no longer teaching Christian Science the way it should be taught. Annie Bill wrote The Universal Design of Life (1924) that acknowledged Eddy's authority. The Church was a mixture of Mary Baker Eddy’s Christian Science and Annie Bill’s teachings on British Israel-ism and spirituality. The Christian Science Parent Church had high respect for Mrs Eddy. Its members would read her textbook Science and Health with Keys to the Scriptures as well as Annie Bill's textbook. The members of the church believed that the English speaking peoples were the lost tribes of Israel and that they were mentioned in bible prophecy. A. A. Beauchamp’s magazine, published on behalf of British Israel-ism, became the magazine of the Parent Church and the central perspective adopted by Bill.

Upon Annie Bill’s death in 1937, a new leader took over. The church was renamed the Church The Society of Life. The Church later changed its name to the Church of Integration. A. A. Beauchamp’s British Israel magazine The Watchman became The Universal Design, A Journal of Applied Metaphysics. The British branch of the church was destroyed in the chaos of World War II. In America the church survived and was briefly revived after the war. A new magazine, Integration, was issued from the church's headquarters in Washington, D.C., beginning in 1946. Eventually, however, the church, which was never numerically strong, dissolved.

 Charles Adelle Lewis Totten (1851 - 1908) was an American military officer, a professor of military tactics, a prolific writer, and an influential early advocate of British Israelism.

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