Article September 3, 1910 Issue

THE LECTURES

with contributions from B. W. Green, C. M. Pond, David Blanpied

At the Majestic Theater, June 19, under the auspices of Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Clarence C. Eaton delivered a lecture on Christian Science. He was introduced by Gen. B. W. Green, a Presbyterian elder, who said:—

I have been requested to introduce the speaker of the evening, and do so with great pleasure, not only because he is an endorsed expounder of the faith and teaching of Christian Science, but because he is a living exponent of that doctrine. Some may ask why I, a well known Presbyterian, render this service. In answering the question I will refer to an incident in the ministry of Jesus Christ. When John the beloved, the best and purest of all the disciples, said to Jesus, "Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbade him, because he followeth not us," Jesus replied, "Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me."

The lecturer comes to us this evening as a religious teacher. Man is by nature religious, and when we touch him at this point he is at once interested. From the early dawn of his history, we find him feeling after God, perhaps groping his way in darkness, yet coming nearer and nearer to the light. We are moral agents and are held personally responsible for our belief. For a man will act upon his belief, and religion is ethics in action. How important, then, to know the truth. We are commanded to search the Scriptures,—to investigate and know if these things be so. As to any doctrine or teaching, or any new discovery in the realm of religion, we must adhere to the law and the testimony. We must take the Bible as the rule, and lay beside it these teachings, and if they speak not according to His word, then they must be rejected. We are commanded to try or prove every spirit, and are told that "every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God." Jesus gave us an invaluable testing rule, because he so well understood human nature and its environments. It is short and to the point, easily understood, and is used by us in business and social life every day. It is this, "By their fruits ye shall know them." Christian Scientists do not avoid this test, but rather covet it.

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