Article August 20, 1904 Issue

The Lectures

with contributions from B. F. Meredith

Correspondence

Sunday afternoon, June 5, Mr. Edward A. Kimball of Chicago, delivered a lecture for First Church of Christ, Scientist, Pittsburg, in Nixon Theatre. About two thousand people were present. The speaker was introduced by Mr. B. F. Meredith, First Reader of the church, who said, in part,—

Ladies and Gentlemen:—On behalf of First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Pittsburg, we greet you with most hearty welcome, and thank you for your presence here in manifestation of at least an inquiring interest in Christian Science, the new-old religion of Jesus Christ, as taught, practised, lived, and established by him, the religion which was required of his followers in the command, "Preach the gospel" and "heal the sick;" and which was implied in the declaration "By their fruits ye shall know them."

Christian Science is not a mere theory, but a practical working Science, tested and proved as truly as the familiar phenomena of electricity. If some one should write a book condemning and denouncing electricity, your faith in electricity would not be shaken in the least, for you know by your own practical experience that its utility as a mechanical agent is all that it is claimed to be, and more is added to its field of usefulness daily. In like manner, if some one should write such a volume or a whole library in opposition to, and condemnation of, Christian Science, such effort would mean only falsity and nothingness to Christian Scientists, for they know by their own practical, personal experience that Christian Science is all it is claimed to be.

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