Article April 16, 1910 Issue

THE LECTURES

with contributions from Judson Harmon, Virgil O. Strickler

A very large audience gathered at Memorial Hall, on Monday evening March 7, to listen to a lecture on Christian Science by Frank H. Leonard, given under the auspices of First Church of Christ, Scientist. Mr. Leonard was introduced by the Hon. Judson Harmon, governor of Ohio, who said in part,—

In performing the duties of my office, I find that I am called upon to appear before my fellow-citizens when they are assembled for widely different purposes. Sometimes I feel at home and quite in touch with my surroundings, and sometimes I feel that I am not very well informed as to the objects and purposes of the meeting; yet I am always glad to lend my presence to such occasions. When the lawyers hold a meeting and ask me to attend, I feel myself quite at home; when the railroad men get together, I feel myself at home in the midst of them; and there are some other occasions when I feel myself to have an understanding of the matters under discussion; but tonight I must confess to feeling that I am not sufficiently acquainted with the matters to be discussed in this presence to be able to contribute to your enjoyment of them as I would like to do. I have come to know one thing about all questions which come up for consideration from time to time, however, and that is, that wherever there are a large number of persons banded together in the support of any one given principle, their work always results in the uplift of humanity and in making progress for the human race; and I have also learned another thing which applies to such questions as are to be discussed by the speaker of the evening, and that is, that the truth about any movement in the religious world, or in any other branch of human inquiry, can neither be ascertained by taking the views of the most enthusiastic supporters of that movement, nor by taking the views of the enemies and critics of the movement, but must be secured from the calm statements of those who know the actual principle upon which the movement stands.

We have with us tonight one who knows and can explain to us the Principle upon which Christian Science is based, and we shall no doubt derive great pleasure and benefit from his presentation of the subject. I thank you for having invited me to introduce your speaker and to preside at this meeting, and feeling it to be an honor to be permitted to do so, I shall present the gentleman to you and take my place as one of the audience he is to address.

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