Article September 23, 1911 Issue

THE LECTURES

with contributions from George E. Anderson, Charles L. Gifford

George E. Anderson, American consul, presided last evening [July 20] at the lecture on Christian Science given by William D. McCrackan, M.A., at the Theater Royal. There was a capital attendance, and close attention was paid to the interesting lecture. Mr. Anderson in introducing the lecturer said:—

It may be superfluous to make any announcement of it, but I think I should say that I am not a Christian Scientist; I really know little of the real tenets or teachings of the Christian Science church. However, I recognize in it, as I think all reasonable men do, a distinctly uplifting factor in modern religious discussion. There are several hard facts about the Christian Science movement which challenge attention. It is a movement which commenced something like two score years ago in the work and writings of a single woman. It is a movement which, unique among religious movements, has appealed to the intellectual classes rather than the mass of the people. It has profoundly affected all other militant religious organizations and has compelled some of them to undertake work hitherto foreign to religious effort.

Now, whether we accept the teachings or not, I think that all reasonable men must recognize its accomplishment in having built up a world-wide organization upon the basis of teaching an increased capacity of the human soul and faith in God. The center of this great organization which has been built up in the past thirty years is The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts,—The Mother Church, as it is more generally known. Attached to this home church there is a board of lecturers composed of men of the Christian Science faith who have accomplished something beyond the ordinary in life, who have done something beyond the usual in law, literature, or some other branch of intellectual endeavor. Among the members of this board is one who has distinguished himself as a writer, traveler, and lecturer, and whom I now take pleasure in introducing to you.—South China Mail.

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