Article October 11, 1913 Issue

The Lectures

with contributions from John H. Rice, Fred H. Blume, A. H. Sweester

A lecture on Christian Science was delivered in the auditorium of Carnegie library by Francis J. Fluno, M.D., to a most attentive and intelligent audience. The speaker was introduced by Judge John H. Rice, who said in part:—

It may be asked why the honor of presenting the speaker of the evening has been conferred on a non-believer in Christian Science. I can only say that I number among the Christian Scientists of Corsicana and elsewhere some of my warmest and dearest friends,—friends who in time of trouble and sorrow came swiftly with tender and loving ministrations, and with cheer and help and hope. What these friends believe in so earnestly I am constrained to treat with profound respect; and as they have deemed me worthy to perform this pleasant duty, I most gratefully accept it.

This religion, if I may so call it, has made a wonderful appeal to humanity. It has made a greater progress in a shorter time than any cult history records. In almost the span of one life it has drawn to it unnumbered adherents. To me there are some very lovely things in its teaching, but perhaps the thing that strikes me most forcibly is its apparent influence on the lives and characters of its believers. I have met and come in contact with not a few, and among them level-headed business men, who have attained prominence and builded fortunes; elegant, cultured, refined, and womanly women, and all I know are gentle, cheerful, happy, and above all helpful. True, they might be all this without Christian Science, or in spite of it, but I hardly think so.

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