Article May 15, 1915 Issue

The Lectures

with contributions from C. T. Cotham, Roy E. Bignall, Frank H. Ehmke

Virgil O. Strickler addressed an audience of more than six hundred people at the Princess Theater on the subject of Christian Science. The speaker was introduced by Judge C. T. Cotham, who said in part:—

Truth is progressive. To each generation the honor is given of producing some tall, sun-crowned men and women who live on the mountain tops and catch the first glimpses of truth as it radiates from the throne of God, and transmit it to a grateful posterity. Some such great soul, as thousands of earnest and intelligent seekers after truth scattered throughout the civilized world today are ready with much confidence to declare, was the product of the nineteenth century in the person of Mrs. Eddy, Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science.

Dating back to 1866, the year of Mrs. Eddy's great discovery, Christian Science has had a wonderful growth, and now commands a position of wide influence and power. Today this denomination has churches and communicants in every civilized country of the world, and numbers among its adherents the high and the low, the rich and the poor, and seems to make a special appeal to those engaged in the more intellectual pursuits and vocations of life. Such a denomination or creed, taking into consideration its marvelous growth, power, wealth, and influence, cannot fail to command our respect, and entitles the exponents and teachers of its principles to a patient hearing and a fair consideration of its doctrines.—Hot Springs Sentinel-Record.

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