Article August 27, 1904 Issue

The Lectures

with contributions from Emma C. Shipman, Thos. E. Barr

A memorable occasion for the Christian Scientists of Northern New Hampshire, as well as for the followers of the faith among summer visitors, was the lecture at the pretty church near the White Mountain House, Sunday afternoon [August 7] by Bliss Knapp of Boston, a member of the Board of Lectureship of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston. The lecture was devoted to an exposition of the essential teachings of Christian Science, which was set forth in a clear and able manner. The church was well filled, the congregation including people from Boston, Littleton, Lisbon, Lancaster, St. Johnsbury, and the numerous White Mountain hotels.

Miss Emma C. Shipman of Boston introduced the lecturer with interesting and appropriate remarks.

The following reference to the lecture appeared in the editorial column of Among the Clouds August 8: "For the pleasure of the many Christian Scientists now in the White Mountains we give an extended abstract of the lecture delivered yesterday in the Scientist church at Fabyan's by Bliss Knapp. It is worthy of careful reading. And just at this point it is interesting to make retrospection and mark what the influence of the Christian Science religion has been upon the world at large. The tenets of its faith, while subscribed to but by only an inconsiderable number of the church-going masses, nevertheless contain that in their essence which is steadily entering into the essentials of the best religious beliefs. Long, long ago it was proclaimed that a man's thinking determines his relationship with the world. Nowhere is that truth more clearly demonstrated than on the summit of Mount Washington. The isolation of the place often makes it necessary that each person find companionship simply in the depth of his own thoughts. The surrounding conditions are the same for all, yet one man may be cheerful and happy, though storms rage and dark clouds threaten, while his friend beside him sees only solitude and dismal prospects. It is Christian Science to know that we possess a mastery over ourselves which is ours in so far as we recognize the perfectness of our creation. It is Christian Science to accept with faith every situation, thinking only of the good that is in it, denying the possibility of the endurance of evil, and with faith believing, to seek to develop day by day the true spirit which shall later mark us as perfect men."

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