Marshall, Mich.

A lecture on Christian Science was delivered by Miss Mary Brookins at First Church of Christ, Scientist, in this city, Sunday afternoon [June 25]. The lecturer was introduced by the First Reader, Miss Esther Watson, who said in part,—

By Jesus' understanding of the truth of man's relation to God, he demonstrated the power of Spirit over the flesh, Truth over error, Life over death, in healing the sick, reforming the sinner, raising the dead. With the spiritual interpretation of the Scriptures as given through the understanding of Christian Science, we find that it is possible for the disciples of Jesus to-day, as of old, to prove the omnipotence, the omnipresence of Truth and Love—to know God and to know man in His image and likeness as the Scriptures declare. With this knowledge of God and man, the promised peace and rest—the freedom which is man's rightful heritage—is a present possibility for all who "hunger and thirst after righteousness" and who will deny themselves to take up the cross daily and follow in the "way, the truth, and the life."—The News.

Indianapolis, Ind.

Edward A. Kimball of Chicago spoke last night [June 22] at Tomlinson Hall to a large and deeply-attentive audience. John V. Dittemore, First Reader of Second Church of Christ, Scientist, introduced the lecturer, saying in part,—

If a few years ago some one should have prophesied that a lecture on Christian Science could bring together in our city an audience of probably two thousand people, an audience as representative of the best thought and culture of the community as this one here to-night, such a statement would have been received by most persons as a prophecy of a result impossible to accomplish. Notwithstanding the fact that this opinion has been generally held, Christian Science has shown here and everywhere a most vigorous and rapid growth, until to-day its hundreds of churches and hundreds of thousands of adherents are scattered over the entire civilized world.

The achievement of such a result must be traceable to a worthy and adequate cause, and those of us who have felt in our lives the regenerating and beneficent power of Christian Science know that it has the power of Truth, and that it has for each and every one a message—a message of health, of peace, and of good-will.—Indianapolis News.

Taunton, Mass.

The annual Christian Science lecture under the auspices of First Church of Christ, Scientist, occurred in the Taunton Theatre on Sunday [June 11], the lecture being delivered by Bicknell Young of Chicago. The speaker was introduced by Rev. T. W. Illman, pastor of the Universalist Church, who spoke as follows:—

Ladies and Gentlemen, Good People of Taunton:—The century that is behind us less than five swift years was noted, among other things, for the phenomenal growth and development of a religion founded by a woman. This growth and development deserves to be reckoned among the significant events of a century pre-eminent in all history for what it brought forth. I refer, of course, to the religion of the now well-known, numerous, and influential sect of the Christian Scientists, who owe allegiance to the Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy of Concord, N. H., as their head. I once had the pleasure of meeting this lady at the house of a mutual friend, and I number among my personal friends near relatives and personal friends of hers.

Like all religions, this one may be resolved into its two constituent elements, a force quickening and shaping human life and action, and the philosophy with which that force is, in the minds of its adherents, associated. As such, it has achieved two noteworthy results, by which it is chiefly distinguished in the world. First, it has demonstrated in a popular way the therapeutic value of mental states—the curative power of religious ideas to which minds give themselves in full surrender. Second, it has banished from among its adherents the gloom of life, born of fear of God, and aroused in its stead a confidence which results in cheerfulness, serenity, and content.

I am not a Christian Scientist, and full justice to myself would require me to say that ... with me recognition of its force does not carry with it conviction of the truth of its special dogmas.

Any religion, however, that has done what it has done, and secured so wide an acceptance among thoughtful people, has the right to demand for itself a candid hearing and earnest consideration. If I were presenting it as mine, I should disdain anything less than the most keenly discriminating and rigidly searching reception; and I am sure I speak the mind of our lecturer here to-day, when I say that he, too, wishes such at your hands for his message. Like every other religion, it will stand or fall by the verdict of the generation, and ours is entitled to subject it to examination and cross-examination.—Taunton Gazette.

Mt. Washington, N. H.

Yesterday afternoon [August 13], in the music room of the Mount Pleasant, a representative audience of White Mountain guests was assembled. It was the occasion of the Christian Science lecture given by Judge William G. Ewing of Chicago, under the auspices of First Church of Christ, Scientist, White Mountains. There are many member of the Christian Science church, and many people not professedly allied with it, yet deeply interested in the faith, who spend their summers in the mountains. Indeed, an active church is supported here by them.

Mr. Lewis C. Strang presided over the meeting. In introducing Judge Ewing, he spoke in part as follows:—

Nearly forty years have passed since the attention of the world was challenged by the striking union of two words, which in the popular thought stood for opposite things—Christian and Science. Though at first a light in a single human consciousness, Christian Science quickly gained widespread notice—first, by its works of healing, and second, by its original philosophy. So remarkable and so numerous have been the cases of healing, that at the present time few persons, and none of them well informed, will deny that Christian Science does heal the sick. Whatever honest doubt there is regarding the truth of Christian Science, concerns not its healing, which is already an established fact, but its philosophy, which so absolutely reverses all systems of human invention.

Those who know Christian Science best, know best that it has nothing to conceal. On the contrary, the history of the Christian Science movement is largely a record of the repeated and untiring efforts of the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, the Reverend Mary Baker G. Eddy, to bring to public attention the plain truth about her discovery. Christian Science is not mysterious. It is not even miraculous. Its Science is as calm, dispassionate, and impersonal as a mathematical problem, while its Christianity is rich, full, satisfying; it pulsates with tenderness and love.

The purpose of this lecture is not to win followers, but to tell the truth about such limited phases of Christian Science as can be touched upon in a single afternoon. It will ask nothing of any of you except to investigate and see for yourselves whether or not this great thing is true.

Among the Clouds.