Article September 6, 1913 Issue

The Lectures

with contributions from James A. Rice, James T. Shipman, M. Reinhart, Frederick W. Janvrin, Loring Trott

Clarence C. Eaton lectured on Christian Science at the Auditorium. He was introduced by ex-Mayor James A. Rice, who said in part,—

By asking one not allied with them to preside at this gathering, the members of the Christian Science church give additional evidence of their freedom from prejudice against those who are members of other religious organizations, or are members of no church at all. I am of the latter, but not because I have no religion or believe in no church. My conception of a true religion is one ever to live by, not merely to die by; and my conception of a church is an institution that develops our higher understanding and does not seek to prey upon our ignorance or instill fear within us.

I regard it as fundamental that man's highest possible achievement in this earthly life lies in his own development, and that true development consists of his gaining wider and more perfect knowledge and understanding of God's immutable laws and the conformity of His actions and His will to those laws. The world is fast coming to know that everything in God's universe goes by law; that things do not happen; that everything that is, is a result of something that has been, and will prove a cause for something that will be; and that God's laws are immutable and eternal. Also, that these laws govern in everything that pertains to man's individual and social welfare and existence, and that just as no law can be violated without consequent penalty, so no law can be observed without just recompense being awarded.

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