Article March 29, 1900 Issue

The New Religion

The Daily Journal of Salem, Ore., had the following to say editorially regarding Judge Ewing's lecture delivered in that city.

Those who went to the Salem Opera House expecting to hear in Judge Ewing's lecture on Christian Science an airing of any new or irreligious fad, or any sensational departures from orthodox views held by believers in the theistic conception of the universe, as promulgated by such men as Dr. B. F. Cocker, formerly of Michigan University, and other tolerant, progressive thinkers all over the world, were doomed to disappointment. They heard instead a restatement of the old landmarks of spiritual Truth that any man or woman, familiar with the evolution of religious thought, could not differ from, and the extent to which they might accept what was presented and apply it to themselves was exactly in proportion to their readiness for the truth itself.

The simplicity of the discourse, its freedom from controversy, its toleration for the views of those holding other forms of belief, was also a surprise to the audience. In the garb of a plain American gentleman, with no affectation of being a reverend or evangelist, the evening's service being free from any stage effects, even illustrating his points with homely humor, Judge Ewing went through his talk as he would have appealed to an average jury of his fellowmen in a court of justice, except that he employed no petti-fogging methods. He did not beg the case, not even "for Jesus' sake," as the revivalists phrase it.

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