Article April 11, 1908 Issue

THE LECTURES

with contributions from A. S. Crossfield, Martha Steckel, D. M. C. Straup

Francis J. Fluno, M.D., lectured on Christian Science in the Elks Hall, Thursday evening, Feb. 6, and was listened to with the closest attention by a highly representative audience that filled the hall, every seat being taken and many standing. Dr. Fluno was introduced by the Hon. A. S. Crossfield, judge of the Court of First Instance, who said in part, —

Jesus Christ, the son of Mary of Nazareth, who came to this world some two thousand years ago, taught the Science of Life. He taught that Life has power over death; that Life is eternal, that death is not; that good is, and God is good ; that evil cannot be where good is. The powers of darkness fled before the demonstration of his scientific strength and knowledge. Death paused and gave up its prey, and evil sought dark places where the light of intelligence did not so brightly shine. Healing came through the Saviour as if upon wings and without money and without price; pain ceased, the sick arose in health, the bowed walked upright, the deaf heard, the crippled halted no more, the blind saw, the dumb spoke, and the unclean became clean. After Calvary's cross the truth proclaimed and demonstrated by Christ Jesus continued to be promulgated for a time, but conflict arose as to just what the teachings of the Saviour were. Discord followed, and the Science of the teachings of the Christ was submerged and lost in that creed of Christianity which says, "Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief."

Shortly after the beginning of the last half of the century a woman, a native of New Hampshire, deeply afflicted with the ills of the flesh and with a mind harassed with doubt, still bowed and said, "Lord, I believe," and applied the remedies which medical science prescribed, but without avail ; the body yielded not, nor was the mind relieved by this treatment. At last, when in extremity, the light of Christian Science came to her; the harassed thought found rest, the afflicted body became well, and peace and healing filled her mind. Since then she has devoted her life to the development of that which thus came to her. Her discoveries in this line of thinking were first published in 1875. Some years later, this Science spreading, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, was erected, and a great number of people were reading and coming to know of Mrs. Eddy's discovery, with such effect that healing and understanding and knowledge came to thousands everywhere, until now, in every clime and land, in almost every hamlet, are those who rejoice in the truth of Christian Science and revel in the happiness which knowledge of it brings.

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