Article March 18, 1905 Issue

The Lectures

with contributions from Clarence A. Buskirk, Joseph Chez, W. R. Hammond, F. L. Buzzell

An interesting lecture was delivered under the auspices of the Christian Science churches of Texas at Hancock Opera House, on Thursday evening [February 2], by Hon. Clarence A. Buskirk, formerly Attorney-General of Indiana. This lecture was given complimentary to the Twenty-ninth legislature, and the public in general was invited to attend. The railroads of Texas gave special rates for the occasion, and the lecture was attended by people from all sections of the state. Mr. Buskirk was introduced by Judge J. J. Eckford of Dallas.—The Austin Statesman.

A good-sized audience assembled last evening [February 4] at the Grand Opera House to hear an exposition of the teachings of Christian Science by Bicknell Young of Chicago. Hon. Joseph Chez, in presenting Mr. Young to the audience, said in part,—

Every age has its predominating thought. The thought of Greece was art, and that thought pursued, made Greece a land of beauty. The thought of Rome was power and conquest, and that over-ruling thought made Rome the mistress of the world. The thought of the early ages was martyrdom, and influenced by it, multitudes gladly gave their lives for Christ. The thought of the Middle Ages was chivalry, and that infused into society some of the noblest and most elevating sentiments by which the world still profits. The thought of the sixteenth century was reform, and that thought rightly understood culminated in the "Council of Trent," one of the greatest events in the history of the church. The thought of the eighteenth century was liberty, and that thought crystallized into the Declaration of Independence at Philadelphia, which has sounded like a trumpet call to the oppressed of every nation, kindred, and tribe. The thought of the twentieth century is Truth, the great Sun of the Universe which radiates from the throne of God, flooding the world with light, warmth, and cheer, dispelling darkness, doubt, and despair.

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