Article January 6, 1912 Issue

THE LECTURES

with contributions from George W. Case, Bertha H. Clark, H. W. Nelson, B. O. Flower, E. S. Conway, William C. Kaufman

The auditorium in First Church of Christ, Scientist, was filled to capacity last night [Oct. 20] with an audience which listened with keen attention to the lecture delivered by Frank H. Leonard. The speaker was introduced by George W. Case, who spoke in part as follows:—

The Master said, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." Gospel in its strongest sense means "good news concerning Christ and his salvation." We are not told nor commanded to originate and preach new theories, but to teach and preach the old truths. The gospel has been taught and preached, in a way, for over nineteen hundred years; but many of its beauties, benefits, and unfailing qualities have been overlooked, neglected, and side-tracked, from a misunderstanding of those truths which Christ Jesus came to teach from God's Word and to exemplify.

Christian Science, as I understand it, does not claim to be, nor is it, new idea or theory; but it is the name of a Science, the Christ Science, or Christian Science. To teach this thought and to live it is the mission of Christian Scientists and of The Mother Church, and it is upon this mission that our brother comes to us tonight. No greater riches can come to man than that he may understand God and live in harmony with His divine laws. Jesus taught that to know God aright is life eternal. We are progressive in the physical sciences and in our ability to understand the hitherto hidden mysteries of God's creation, and so we may and must progress and learn of the Father's love and truth, to realize the fulfilment of the promise made to us, and as taught by Christ Jesus and lived by him.

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