BRIGHTON, ENGLAND.

Two thousand people attended at the Brighton Dome, on Thursday evening, Nov. 14, to hear a discourse on Christian Science delivered by the Hon. Clarence A. Buskirk. The lecturer was introduced by Mr. Thomas Arrowsmith Meates, M.A., J.P., who spoke in part as follows:—

I have been invited to preside at this meeting for the purpose of introducing to you the distinguished American lawyer who will address you this evening on the subject of Christian Science. I am willing to confess that I was induced to accept the invitation partly from motives of what I think quite pardonable curiosity, to learn something more of this religion—or what shall I call it—which, after making giant progress in the new world, has within the last few years crossed the Atlantic to extend its conquests in the old. With Christianity all of us are more or less intimately acquainted, and by it we are all more or less consciously influenced. How largely we are influenced unconsciously we realize only when we reflect how intimately the teachings of Christianity are woven into the very fabric of that complex society in which we live and have our being. With Christianity considered as a science probably very few indeed of all this great meeting are acquainted; but it is as a science that we are asked to consider Christianity to-night. That being the aspect in which the Christian Scientists regard Christianity, you can well understand that it is not dependent for its attractions upon those appeals to the emotions, those adventitious aids of banners and uniforms, with which we are familiar in some cases. No. Christian Science appeals to the reason and intellect, and requires study to attain progress in it.

What after all probably will most interest a popular audience such as this, is to hear what can be said of the claims which we understand Christian Science makes, that those extraordinary—may I say miraculous—gifts of healing which form so prominent a feature in the early history of the Christian Church are still at the service of the Children of men, or of those at least who by study and faith are fitted for their exercise. A doctrine which has received the adhesion of so many men of learning and ability is at all events entitled to patient hearing, and in asking the lecturer to address you I can assure him, on your behalf, that he will receive a respectful and earnest attention and that his arguments will meet with full and fair consideration.

Correspondence.

TAUNTON, MASS.

A large audience gathered at the Taunton Theater on Sunday [Nov. 17] to listen to the annual lecture on Christian Science. The speaker was Rev. Arthur R. Vosburgh of Rochester, N. Y. In introducing the lecturer Charles Lorraine Kirtland of New Bedford spoke in part as follows:—

Years ago, when Christian Science was first brought to my notice, I shared with the world at large a most perverted sense of its exponents, its claims, and especially its Discoverer and Founder. I hated, criticised, and bitterly condemned what I honestly believed to be a fallacious imposition. But in an hour of great darkness and suffering, when I felt the healing touch and spiritual inspiration of its profound and secred truths, the scales of misunderstanding fell from my eyes, and I was ready to cry with the disciple of old, "My Lord and my God."

The Christian Scientist does not indulge in extravagant utterances. He has no respect for the merely sensational and emotional. You will understand me aright when I tell you that, in spite of spurious attack and persecution, Mrs. Eddy, Leader of the Christian Science movement, stands as the most deeply beloved, the most profoundly revered, the most eminently distinguished woman in the world to-day! And why? During my years of experience in Christian Science I have personally known of hundreds of cases of apparently hopeless disease permanently healed, when the highest medical wisdom in the world had failed. Our Master set this standard, ordained this law, "By their fruits ye shall know them."—Taunton Gazette.

URBANA, O.

At the Clifford Theater. Nov. 25, Bicknell Young delivered the first lecture on Christian Science given to an Urbana audience. The lecture was attended by about six hundred people. In introducing the speaker, Mr. E. Howard Gilkey, State Librarian, spoke in part as follows,—

When quite a lad, engaged in the study of the Bible in connection with our school exercises, or in Sunday School, I often thought how much more certain life would be, if one could have lived in the country of the Jews at the time of Jesus; could have heard him talk about the kingdom of God with which he was so familiar, and of the Father whom he trusted so fully, whose message he gave to those about him so lovingly, and of whose love he gave such astounding proofs.

As a young man I joined myself to the army of orthodox Christians, and for twenty years, in one way or another, did what I could to bring to pass that kingdom of God on earth which is the goal of every Christian in the world to-day, no matter what is the form of his baptism, his nationality, his rank, title, position, or especial creed. For twenty years I continued in this membership, and then there came a season of severe experiences in which my ideals were overthrown, my calculations rendered of none effect, and events seemed to conspire to rob me even of my faith in God, and to make me wonder if there could be a mistake in my former conception of the glad message of Christ Jesus; until my continuous prayer grew to be this alone,—that a hand would descend to me out of the darkness and lead me out of the wilderness into which I seemed to have strayed, away from human opinions and misunderstandings into those green meadows and beside the still waters of which the shepherd boy of Bethlehem Sang when he said, "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want."

In the midst of this experience my attention was called to Christian Science by my wife, who had been quietly seeking that physical healing which medicine denied her, and for that restoration to health which our good friends the doctors said they could not give. I turned to Christian Science exactly as I would have gone to the drug store to have a prescription filled. If it had a theology, I did not know it; if it had churches or creeds, I did not care; I wanted my prescription filled and that was all. I scrutinized closely the first practitioner on whom I called, until I was satisfied of her respectability and honesty. I sent a message to my wife to go on with her experiment (it could do no harm), and then I put aside my church pride and my prejudices and devoted my spare moments to the study of Christian Science literature.

Friends, that was eight years ago. And because of the experiences of these years I have accepted an invitation to come to your city to-night and introduce to you the talented lecturer of the evening. I come simply because the experiences of these eight years have rescued me from the doubts and uncertainty of which I have spoken, have given me back the God whom I revered in my boyhood years, have made the message of Christ Jesus a living reality to me and mine, and have proved to me with what wonderful grasp of infinite verity Jesus Preached and practised when he said to his friends on the seashore and among the hills of Judea, "Take no thought for your ... body;" "seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."—Correspondence.

BALTIMORE, MD.

Judge Septimus J. Hanna lectured on "Christian Science, the Religion of the Bible." at the Academy of Music, Baltimore, Md., to a large and very attentive audience, Sunday afternoon, Nov. 24. Judge James P. Gorter, of the local Circuit Court, introduced the speaker in the following words:—

It gives me pleasure to present this afternoon a gentleman who has come from a distance to address you upon a subject that has made a deep impression upon many of our prominent and thoughtful citizens, and which has afforded consolation and relief to many more. I now have the honor of introducing to you Judge Septimus J. Hanna of Colorado Springs, who will speak to you concerning the teachings of Christian Science.—Correspondence.

GUERNSEY, ENGLAND.

A lecture on Christian Science was delivered on Thursday evening last [Nov. 28] by Mr. W. N. Miller, K.C., at St. Julian's Hall in the presence of a large and interested audience. The speaker, a dignified gentleman, was briefly introduced by Mr. A. W. Le Messurier.—The Star.

LECTURES AT OTHER PLACES.

Nyack, N. Y.—Edward A. Kimball, Oct. 6.

Passaic. N. J.—Edward A. Kimball, Oct. II.

Paterson, N. J.—Edward A. Kimball, Oct. 17.

Concord, Mass.—Edward A. Kimball, Oct. 20.

Salem, Mass.—Edward A. Kimball, Oct. 20.

Waterbury, Conn.—Edward A. Kimball, Oct. 21.

Harvard Christian Science Society, Cambridge, Mass.—

Bicknell Young, Nov. I.

Brockton, Mass.—Bicknell Young, Nov. 3.

Saginaw, Mich.—Edward A. Kimball, Nov. 5.

Weeping Water, Neb.—Miss Mary Brookins, Nov. 5.

Geneva, Ill.—Frank H. Leonard, Nov. 7.

Winchester, Mass.—Bicknell Young, Nov. 8.

Anita, Ia.—Edward A. Kimball, Nov. 8.

Bloomington, Ill. (Society).A correction was made in the January 25, 1908 Sentinel: "In the issue of Jan. 11 the lecture credited to 'Bloomington, III. (Second Society)' should have been simply (Society)." —Edward A. Kimball,
Nov. 10.

Jamestown, N. Y.—Bicknell Young, Nov. 14.

Chicago, Ill. (Third Church).—Edward A. Kimball, Nov. 14 and 15.

Delavan, Wis.—Miss Mary Brookins, Nov. 15. Pittsburg, Pa.—Edward A. Kimball, Nov. 17.

Champaign, Ill.—Judge William G. Ewing, Nov. 17.

Brooklyn, N. Y. (First Church).—Judge Septimus J. Hanna, Nov. 17.

Portland, Ore.—Francis J. Fluno, M.D., Nov. 17.

Chicago, Ill. (Sixth Church).—Bliss Knapp, Nov. 17.

Springfield, Mass.—Rev. William P. McKenzie, Nov 17.

Rockford, Ill.—Bicknell Young, Nov. 17.

Salem, Ore.—Francis J. Fluno, M.D., Nov. 18.