At Auburn, Me.

Auburn Hall was well filled Sunday afternoon, May 24, to listen to the able address upon Christian Science by Carol Norton, C.S.D., of New York City.

This is the fifth lecture of the kind given in Auburn by First Church of Christ, Scientist, and was attended by a larger number of people than any previous one.

The lecturer was introduced by ex-Mayor William H. Newell of Lewiston in a few well-chosen words.

Lewiston Journal.

At Johnstown, Pa.

Judge William G. Ewing of Chicago addressed an audience of fair size at the Johnstown Opera House last evening [April 14], the theatre being more than half filled and the assemblage intelligent and appreciative.

Attroney Percy Allen Rose introduced Judge Ewing, and in the course of his remarks paid a tribute to the local followers of Mrs. Eddy.

Judge Ewing spoke for something over an hour and held the attention of his audience to the last word. While he was embued with the merits of Christian Science and believed firmly in its doctrine, he did not advance anything offensive toward any of the other established sects, and impressed his hearers as being a very tolerant and scholarly man.—Johnstown Tribune.

At Springfield, Mass.

Carol Norton, C.S.D., of New York delivered an address on "The Teaching of Christian Science" before an audience of more than one thousand people in Court Square Theatre yesterday afternoon [May 10]. He was introduced by Rev. Dr. Philip S. Moxom.

The Springfield Republican.

The introduction of Dr. Moxom was as follows:—

Ladies and Gentlemen:—I suppose that to me was extended the honor of being invited to introduce the speaker of the afternoon, not because I should appear as a representative or advocate of the system of religious truth represented by this body, but because, if any reason were needed, I have always believed in the right of private inquiry and private judgment, and of free speech; and the same liberty and tolerance that I would claim for myself as a religious teacher, I would demand for every other sincere and earnest soul. I am therefore willing and glad to stand here to-day to present to you one who comes from another city as an expounder of the teachings of what is known as Christian Science. It would not become me to offer either any exposition or any criticism of what it seems to me is not quite happily named, but which arises as a very significant protest against the sweeping force of materialism in our religious and social life, and which, in part at least, derives its growing power from its intense idealism, from its sense of the reality of Spirit and the spiritual life. As such I believe it is destined to great service to humanity. It stands upon its claims as verified and vindicated by experience. The supreme test of every doctrine is experience; that test is bound to be applied to every theory of the world and life with the utmost rigor. I am glad to have every system of thought which calls for the adherence and support of men come frankly into the open, that it may undergo the test of criticism and life, and I am sure that whatever system of thought does that, and survives, has demonstrated its vitality and truth, and therefore its power. I do not imagine that everything which Christian Scientists have advocated, or which they hold, will stand the criticism. If, as its friends and adherents believe, it is a true message to the minds and hearts of men, that message will stand, it will do its work, and the organization which is inspired by it will grow from more to more. If it is not a true message, then it will simply follow the course of a thousand other attempts to interpret life by new views of God and of man. I personally believe that there is a great truth, a very great truth, is that has been to some extent neglected, which needs utterance and which needs all the emphasis that can be given to it by eloquent expression, and that truth is the supremacy of Spirit, and can be only good for all classes of men and women throughout the world. Therefore it is in spirit of the utmost catholicity, with entire sympathy with every endeavor to lift up the human mind and set free the human heart and with every endeavor to make God better known, that I stand in this place and welcome him whom I shall introduce to you, Mr. Carol Norton, who will speak on the "Teaching of Christian Science."—Correspondence.

At Chicago, Ill.

Judge Septimus J. Hanna, C.S.D., of Boston, delivered a lecture on Christian Science at Marlowe Theatre, Friday, May I, before an audience of over twelve hundred people. The lecture was given under the auspices of Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago. Judge Hanna was introduced by the First Reader, Mr. Le Noir White, who spoke in part as follows:—

Ladies and Gentlemen:—If I were asked, What is it that convinces you that Christian Science is of Truth, my reply would be, that its works, as the result of its teaching, furnish proof that it is the fulfilment of the promises of God.

But unbelief and misconception always have gone together in the effort to prevent the fulfilment of the promise. Bible history is full of the travail and sufferings of the Children of Israel, because of the conflict between faith and hope, doubt and unbelief. When the Christ was at last made manifest, and Jesus of Nazareth went forth preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, his teachings were scoffed at and rejected, notwithstanding the mighty proofs he offered, wherein the sick were healed, sin was destroyed, and the dead raised to life.

But nothing could, or can, make void the eternal purpose of God, hence has come to pass, in this day and generation, the reappearing of the fulfilment of the promise; for unto mankind is it again given to know God and to understand the power of his Christ. Again are the works of evil being destroyed, sin is being taken away, disease is being overcome, and sick and sorrowing humanity is finding that a Comforter is at hand which brings liberation from the bondage of fear and of despair; and the name of the Christly message and messenger is Christian Science, whose Discoverer and Founder is the Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy.

But again unbelief and misconception strive to keep humanity in ignorance of the blessing promised and furnished of God. In order that the subject of Christian Science may be better understood, and misconception be done away with to the greatest possible extent, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Boston, Mass., has established a Board of Lectureship, the purpose of which is to make proper reply to popular misconception, and to present to the public mind clearer views of the teachings of Christian Science.

We have with us to-night, one of the members of this Board, and I now have the pleasure of introducing to you Judge Septimus J. Hanna.—Correspondence.

With God—Go over the sea;
Without Him, not over the threshold!

Russian Proverb.