Article July 5, 1913 Issue

THE LECTURES

with contributions from James Borden Estee, Paul Poynter, R. B. Boone, C. V. Spiller, Peter E. Alliot, John S. Mcllwaine, O. H. Hoss

In introducing Virgil O. Strickler, who lectured on Christian Science in Kellogg-Hubbard hall, James Borden Estee, mayor of Montpelier, spoke as follows:—

I am a member of no church and yet a friend and advocate of all churches. I respect and cherish the church because to me it is an outward symbol, variable in its structure and formularies, of an indestructible and changeless principle, or an idea planted in the heart of each man and woman by an outgoing impulse of divinity. To encourage and support the church is, therefore, one way to cooperate with God; one means of human advancement; one method of attaining individual unfoldment and contributing to the general well-being; and one process by which the individual or a group of men and women may come in contact with the universal law of concord and harmony.

I have only an imperfect knowledge of the teaching of Christian Science, but I have heard that it rests upon the affirmation that God is One and All; that God is Spirit, and that His followers "must worship him in spirit and in truth;" and that man is the "offspring of God" and the external universe is the manifold outpouring of His infinite oneness. This is a high concept and a wide generalization. Is it true? Is it the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? If so, it will stand the test of time and trial. We build in vain except upon the granite rock of truth, in whatever realm of research or field of action we embark.

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