Article October 8, 1910 Issue

THE LECTURES

with contributions from James C. Haynes, H. H. Griffs

On Sunday, Sept, 18, the Rev. William P. McKenzie delivered a lecture for First Church to an audience of over two thousand people. In point of numbers and interest this was the most successful lecture we have had for several years. The speaker was introduced by the mayor of Minneapolis, the Hon. James C. Haynes, who said in part,—

Except for the wisdom of the framers of our federal constitution, there would have been an established church, to which all citizens would have been compelled to pay tribute, whether members of that church or not; but, happily, the utmost liberty to the conscience of every man, woman, and child was recognized and granted, each and every American citizen being permitted to worship or not to worship, according to his own conscience and belief. As the result of this broad and liberal policy, there has grown up in this country an almost endless variety of Christian forms and denominations, and as time has passed, many have come to feel that the greatest church or religious organization is necessarily the one which has the truest and highest concept of God and His relation to mankind, and that this depends largely upon the concept which that church and its members have regarding their relation one to another and to mankind in general.

It would seem to follow that the church which fulfils these requirements, no matter which it may be, is the one which will ultimately demand the recognition and support of all men. Undoubtedly one of the most recent and most remarkable phases of religious movement in this country is represented in what is termed the Church of Christ, Scientist, commonly known as Christian Science, and we are assembled here today for the purpose of hearing that subject explained by one who is undoubtedly thoroughly competent to speak.—Correspondence.

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