Article March 30, 1907 Issue

THE LECTURES

with contributions from Theo. A. Bell, John M. Harrison, Hal W. Greer, Robert E. Hutchinson

Hon. Clarence A. Buskirk of St. Louis addressed a large audience at the Hayes Theater Sunday afternoon [Feb. 10] on the subject of Christian Science, and his discourse proved to be a most interesting one. Hon. Theo. A. Bell presided, and in introducing Mr. Buskirk said in part,—

It is perfectly proper for me at this time to express my hearty sympathy with the objects of the Christian Science Church. Its aims are such as to challenge our deepest respect and admiration, and we cannot in justice refuse to commend its works. Not being a member of this Church myself, I am unable to speak with that the subject demands; but a general acquaintance with its purposes and the basic teachings upon which the Church is reared, impels me to say that it is most worthy of our endorsement and of our active co-operation.

We live in an age of wonderful discovery, and of insight into the spiritual workings of the universe. Much that was once regarded as occult, mysterious, and supernatural, is now found to rest upon laws as certain and unchangeable as the laws that govern the procession of the seasons, the alternation of day and night, the ebb and flow of the tides, or the revolution of the spheres. We are molding into exact sciences the intuitions of the soul. As a Franklin successfully aspired to bring down the lightning from the clouds to serve mankind, so does a Mrs. Eddy convert the flashes of Soul into an eternal source of light and power. The formulation of a newly discovered law and the reduction of it to a working basis, is the greatest service the human mind can perform. It matters little whether you catalogue a law as spiritual or as natural, so long as it serves the practical purpose of improving human conditions. In addition to physical energy and mental strength we undoubtedly possess, each and all of us, the power of an immortal soul, and we cannot learn too soon how we may best use that power to till our own lives, and others', with contentment and health.

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