Article January 5, 1899 Issue

The Lectures

with contributions from Professor Martin

A notable meeting of Christian Scientists was that which gathered at Carnegie Hall, New York, Sunday, December 18, 1898, to hear a lecture delivered by Mr. Carol Norton. This meeting was in the nature of a mass meeting of the Christian Scientists of Greater New York. There were thirteen churches represented. The audience filled the large hall to overflowing. There were upwards of three thousand people in the hall.

Mr. Norton was introduced by Hon. P. C. Talman of Brooklyn, who in his introduction spoke from a lawyer's standpoint of justice, tolerance, and fair hearing. On the left of Mr. Norton sat Dr. George D. Cochran, a graduate of both schools of medicine. Seated on the platform back of the speaker were the representatives of some thirteen Christian Science churches in and about the immediate vicinity of New York City. Also some twenty students of our Leader, graduates of the Massachusetts Metaphysical College; General John Lewis, ex-Postmaster of Atlanta, and the official representatives of the Boards of Trustees of a number of the New York City churches. Some of the most prominent divines of the metropolis were to be seen in the audience, among whom can be mentioned Rev. Minot J. Savage, D.D., Rev. George F. Pentecost, D.D., Rev. Professor James T. Bixby. Over three thousand persons listened to the lecture. Three or four hundred went away because they were unwilling to climb to the top of the auditorium, where the only seats available were situated. The lecture closed with a benediction by a representative of the National Board of Education of the Christian Science movement, Mrs. Laura Lathrop, C. S. D.

From the Harlem Postscript of December 19, 1898, published in New York, we extract the following notice of said meeting, and epitome of Mrs. Norton's lecture.

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