Represa, Cal. (Folsom State Prison, auspices First Church, Sacramento).—Virgil O. Strickler,lecturer; introduced by Arthur E. Miller, who said in part:—

Up to five years ago I was quite bitterly opposed to what I then believed Christian Science to be. I never lost an opportunity to ridicule it or to make fun of its students; and in my ignorance I frequently warned people against it. Then a change began to come over my thoughts. I found that many bright, capable, intelligent men and women not only were accepting it but were finding great peace and joy and health and happiness through it.

Four years ago while in San Francisco, I was persuaded to attend Christian Science services. I would not have done that at home; I would have been ashamed to do so, but among strangers it seemed different, so I went. I soon learned that these people had found something which I needed, something I should have; something you need, something you should have; something the whole world needs, and something the whole world should have and will have. My prejudice was gone; my eyes were opened; and I began to see there was a mental world, a new heaven, a new earth, which I had never seen before, and I learned something of what real life is, of what real man is, of what God is. How I have since blessed those who led me to this source of all good, this open fount that is free to all!

New York, N. Y. (First Church).—Dr. Walton Hubbard, lecturer; introduced by Charles E. Heitman, who said in part:—

It is evident that when Christ Jesus said to his followers, "By their fruits ye shall know them," he considered works and not words as furnishing the only true basis for judging "righteous judgment." It is on this same simple but sure basis that Mrs. Eddy has asked the world to judge Christian Science, and so successfully has Christian Science met the test that to-day a great multitude of people from all walks of life bear grateful testimony to it as an effective agency for the healing of both sin and disease. Thus it is that this Science of Christianity, taught by Jesus and revealed and restated to this age by Mrs. Eddy, is awakening the world, and proving that nothing is so convincing, nothing is so powerful, and no arguments are so unanswerable as Truth demonstrated.

Flint, Mich. (First Church).—William D. Kilpatrick, lecturer; introduced by Walter W. Powers, who said in part:—

One of the helpful things which I have learned from a study of Christian Science is that the events recorded in the Bible, however remote in history, are typical of daily human experience; that each lesson learned by those interesting figures who people the pages of the Bible is a lesson applicable to to-day's needs, applicable here and now; that the faith which freed the early patriarchs and their followers from sin, disease, and death, and which Jesus the Christ applied so constantly and so unerringly, rested on the operation of law based upon Principle as effective now as it was then.

Los Angeles, Cal. (Ninth Church).—John Randall Dunn, lecturer; introduced by Douglas L. Edmonds, who said in part:—

Christian Science has proved its healing power over all manner of diseases formerly considered incurable; but this is not all of its mission. It is bringing to unnumbered thousands in every experience and condition of life a demonstrable knowledge that God is man's life, his strength, his happiness, his health, his all; and to realize this in its fullness is to have that "peace of God, which passeth all understanding." The message of Christian Science to the world of to-day is that real peace comes only through the recognition of man as the image and likeness of God; and that, as Mrs. Eddy, the revered Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, has stated in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 467), "mankind will become perfect in proportion as this fact becomes apparent, war will cease and the true brotherhood of man will be established."

Providence, R. I. (First Church).—Dr. Walton Hubbard, lecturer; introduced by Charles A. Danforth, who said in part:—

Whatever may be the world's thought concerning Christian Science, whatever the world's careless or erroneous estimate of it, Christian Science still remains, as it always has remained and ever will remain, the healing, correcting, and protecting religion of Christ Jesus. In every detail of its thought and work it follows implicitly the teachings of Christ Jesus; its understanding of God is the Christ understanding of God its model is at all times Christ Jesus.

To the present condition of the thought of the world, which seems to be so universally filled with a sense of strife and discord, Christian Science comes as a beacon to light the way from this discordant material sense up to the harmonious spiritual sense. So the soldier and the sailor, the business man and the student, the home maker,—all those who are applying the truth and Principle of Christian Science in the daily routine of work,—are finding that Christian Science is giving to them health and strength, integrity, courage, harmony, and love.

Lancaster, Pa. (First Church).—William W. Porter, lecturer; introduced by H. A. Garrett, who said in part:—

Jesus in his work of teaching and healing made no distinction between the healing of sin and of sickness. He said, "Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God." He admonished his followers: "As ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give." A number of years ago Mrs. Eddy, after a long and careful study of the Bible, discovered this divine Principle of healing and the laws governing its application and demonstration and named her discovery Christian Science. In the Preface to her book "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. x) she writes, "The divine Principle of healing is proved in the personal experience of any sincere seeker of Truth."