Article June 14, 1900 Issue

The Lectures

with contributions from Robert D. Trask, I. F. Hall, Mary Stewart

City Hall was comfortably filled last evening (Monday, May 28), when Hon. William G. Ewing of Chicago delivered a lecture on Christian Science. The audience consisted of many out-of-town people, including persons from Boston, Newburyport, and nearly all the surrounding towns. Mr. Ewing is a most able speaker and presented his subject in a clear, straightforward manner that was pleasing to his hearers. He was introduced by Lawyer Robert D. Trask.—Haverhill Evening Gazette.

The introductory remarks of Mr. Trask were in part as follows:—

Ladies and Gentlemen:—A review of the history of Christian civilization, discloses the fact that intolerance, in some form, appears in every stage of its development. Intolerance, the offspring of the meaner sentiments of the human mind, has ever been an enemy to true Christianity and true progress, and oftentimes an enemy in disguise. Beginning with the earliest history of Christianity, it appears in the persecutions. We find, first, the Christian persecuted by the Jew and the Pagan; then, Waldenses and Protestants persecuted by Catholics; later, Catholics and Nonconformists persecuted by the Established Church, and the Jew by everybody; and still later in our own New England, we find one branch of the Pilgrims fresh from the persecutions of the Established Church of England, persecuting all other branches not adhering to its theology. Happily the days of the religious persecutions are past, but the spirit of intolerance is still present with us. It may be seen in the church in an ardent devotion to one's creed and a severe hostility to the creed of one's neighbor, demonstrating the truth that some of the teachings of Christ have been either entirely overlooked or misconstrued. It may be seen in politics in the intensity of party prejudice, resulting in the countenancing and unholding of great political wrongs. And it may be seen in social life, nurtured by wealth and fashion, tending toward the permanent establishment of caste, which is so contrary to the spirit of liberty and Christianity.

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