Article July 4, 1908 Issue

THE LECTURES

with contributions from E. M. Gibson, Frank B. Ogden, Ernest C. Moses, Chase S. Osborn, O. P. Bechtel, H. M. B. Miller, Harper Leiper

Clarence C. Eaton lectured at the Macdonough Theater last Sunday afternoon and evening [April 26] before a crowded house. Mr. Eaton was introduced to the audience in the afternoon by Judge E. M. Gibson, the well-known attorney, who said in part,—

The Bible says that the kingdom of heaven is within us; and we have been taught that God is everywhere; and this is now undisputed. If God is everywhere, He is here; and if where God is, is heaven,—and this is true,—we have but to develop the heaven that is within us by living in harmony with the laws of nature, the laws of God, in order to find heaven and to enjoy its inestimable blessings. Heaven, if this be true, is a condition rather than a place, and by living in harmony with the laws of God, which are the expression of God's will, we may approach very near to the beautiful borderland of Paradise without waiting for death. By such a life—that is, by living in obedience to the laws of nature, living in harmony with the will of God—we give to ourselves the greatest development, physically, mentally, and morally, that we are capable of attaining to, and we thus fulfil the purpose and object of our creation.

At the evening lecture Mr. Eaton was introduced by Judge Frank B. Ogden of the Superior Court, who said in part,—

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