Virgil O. Strickler (1863-1921) was born in Criglersville, Virginia, and died in New York, New York. He attended the University of Virginia and later studied law, earning admission to the bar in spring 1887. That August he moved to Omaha, Nebraska, and married Helen F. Strickler (b. Lutes) in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1892. Strickler was a member of the national executive committee of the Populist Party for four years commencing in 1892, and he was a member of the Omaha fire and police commission from 1893 to 1895. He practiced law in Omaha until 1902, when the couple moved to New York. Strickler became interested in Christian Science after being healed through Christian Science treatment in 1900. The Stricklers were members of First Church of Christ, Scientist, New York, New York, where Strickler served as First Reader, and they both joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts (also known as The Mother Church), on June 23, 1903. He served as the church's Committee on Publication in New York from January 1907 to January 1908.
Strickler was involved in the removal of Mary Baker Eddy's student Augusta E. Stetson from leadership and membership in First Church of Christ, Scientist, New York, New York, in 1909. Although he was not her pupil, as First Reader he was invited by Stetson to attend the daily meetings she conducted for them. He was alarmed by her private instructions and felt morally obligated to keep a record of the proceedings in his diary, of which he eventually disclosed to The Christian Science Board of Directors. His diary was used as evidence in a three-day trial which resulted in Stetson and the practitioners who continued defending and following her being dropped from membership in The Mother Church. Strickler was a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship from May 1911 until his death, and he lectured on Christian Science in Australia, China, New Zealand, Great Britain, and all over the United States, including Alaska. He authored Christian Science: A Religion of Love (1913), and in 1918 The Christian Science Publishing Society published his lecture, "Christian Science: A Religion That Heals Through Spiritual Law". Strickler was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science teacher and practitioner in New York from 1910 until his passing.
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Virgil O. Strickler (1863-1921) was born in Criglersville, Virginia, and died in New York, New York. He attended the University of Virginia and later studied law, earning admission to the bar in spring 1887. That August he moved to Omaha, Nebraska, and married Helen F. Strickler (b. Lutes) in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1892. Strickler was a member of the national executive committee of the Populist Party for four years commencing in 1892, and he was a member of the Omaha fire and police commission from 1893 to 1895. He practiced law in Omaha until 1902, when the couple moved to New York. Strickler became interested in Christian Science after being healed through Christian Science treatment in 1900. The Stricklers were members of First Church of Christ, Scientist, New York, New York, where Strickler served as First Reader, and they both joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts (also known as The Mother Church), on June 23, 1903. He served as the church's Committee on Publication in New York from January 1907 to January 1908.
Strickler was involved in the removal of Mary Baker Eddy's student Augusta E. Stetson from leadership and membership in First Church of Christ, Scientist, New York, New York, in 1909. Although he was not her pupil, as First Reader he was invited by Stetson to attend the daily meetings she conducted for them. He was alarmed by her private instructions and felt morally obligated to keep a record of the proceedings in his diary, of which he eventually disclosed to The Christian Science Board of Directors. His diary was used as evidence in a three-day trial which resulted in Stetson and the practitioners who continued defending and following her being dropped from membership in The Mother Church. Strickler was a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship from May 1911 until his death, and he lectured on Christian Science in Australia, China, New Zealand, Great Britain, and all over the United States, including Alaska. He authored Christian Science: A Religion of Love (1913), and in 1918 The Christian Science Publishing Society published his lecture, "Christian Science: A Religion That Heals Through Spiritual Law". Strickler was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science teacher and practitioner in New York from 1910 until his passing.
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