Article April 5, 1913 Issue

THE LECTURES

with contributions from Charles A. Hallock, William Green Male, C. E. Millspaugh, Thomas N. Johnson, Edward W. Dickey, Jess E. Stephens

An exposition of the teachings of Christian Science attracted a crowded gathering at Montgomery hall, where Bliss Knapp held the close attention of his audience for well over an hour. Counselor Stembridge, who presided, explained that the announcement that he was to occupy this position had given rise to a good deal of curiosity, and he had been assailed by many inquiries as to whether he had forsaken the old Wesleyan church with which he had been associated for so long. His reply was that he was greatly interested in anything which had for its object the directing of public attention to the sacred volume that set forth the teachings of Christ. He was there as a listener, and he hoped as a learner. He felt the more justified in taking the chair there because, when he was in the United States a year ago, the Christian Scientists were extremely kind to him, and he was greatly impressed by the immensity and magnificence of their Mother Church in Boston and the Monitor, a clean paper which published nothing unwholesome. From the success of this paper, conducted as it was, and the vigorous and healthy condition of their church,—with a world-wide membership, and its Wednesday night meetings, attended at The Mother Church, Boston, by three to five thousand,—he felt there must be something worthy of serious consideration in their teachings.

Sheffield Telegraph.

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