Article August 28, 1909 Issue

THE LECTURES

with contributions from A. F. Howser, Thomas S. Pettit, George S. Powell, Oliver C. McGilvra

An audience large in number and appreciation assembled at the Grand to hear Prof. Hermann S. Hering of Concord, N. H., deliver his lecture on Christian Science last evening [June 11] at the Opera House. Professor Hering was introduced by A. F. Howser in the following words:—

We meet here tonight in the one common interest of thinking people, the search for truth. All down through the history of time this instinctive desire of men to know the truth is clearly traceable. The wise men of old, following the star of Bethlehem until it rested over the babe in the manger, were led on by the desire to know the truth. Martin Luther, John Calvin, William Penn. and John Wesley, although each in his turn was opposed and ridiculed, classed with heretics and lunatics, were earnest searchers for the truth. Today we are still searching for truth. Why this search? Why this longing to know the truth? Christ Jesus in his spiritual understanding of all things, both human and divine, made clear to us the reason for this governing desire that leads men's thoughts onward and upward, in these words, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." Christian Scientists believe that they have come into an understanding of the truth that does indeed set men free. They believe that the teachings of Christ are just as true, his commands just as imperative, and the power of God just as great, as they were nineteen hundred years ago.

Marion Mirror.

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