The Lectures

with contributions from Alfa M. Hatch, Joseph Raymond, Ella M. Carmichael

Honolulu, Hawaii (First Church).—Ezra W. Palmer, lecturer; introduced by Mrs. Alfa M. Hatch, who said in part:—

That Christian Science does reclaim the infidel and raise from the couch of pain the helpless invalid, cause the deaf to hear, the lame to walk, and the blind to see, is daily being demonstrated, and was proved true in my own case and that of my father. I was afflicted with defective sight and defective hearing from birth, had worn glasses from childhood, but even with the aid of glasses at times it was difficult for me to see to read. The only help offered by the specialist whom we consulted for my hearing was artificial drums for the ears. As the result of an accident I had been unable to wear a shoe on my right foot for over a year. I had also been an invalid from a complication of diseases and was confined to my bed for three months, my last doctor saying an operation might help me but I never would be well. I was then persuaded to take Christian Science treatment, with the result that I was completely healed of all my troubles. I was strong and well; could walk for miles, a thing I had never been able to do when a child; could see without the aid of glasses; also my hearing was restored.

My father, who was a confirmed infidel, an ardent admirer of Thomas Paine and Robert Ingersoll, having witnessed my complete restoration to health and being assured the healing was the result of Christian Science treatment, took the book "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, and after studying its pages for a while made this remark: "When this woman gets through with what she has to say, she doesn't leave much room for a fellow to argue." My father, who like most infidels found great delight in arguing on religion, now found all his questions and arguments logically and naturally answered, and this teaching of a God who is Love, who heals all our troubles, changed him from an infidel to a loving follower of Christ Jesus, taught him to love the Bible and to read it understandingly.

Croydon,Surrey,England (First Church).—Virgil O. Strickler, lecturer; introduced by Joseph Raymond, who said in part: —

In the universal step forward now being made for the replacement of material right by moral power, tired humanity is seeking a fairer model. How fully and how soon will it realize that the model it seeks is its own primitive inheritance, ready at hand,—the image and likeness of its creator. But we are learning much just now. The great mingling on our own soil of our brethren from overseas is teaching us new lessons, new-old lessons, we might say; for in those we are welcoming from the West we recognize the heirs of that spirit of ours which went westward in an earlier time. The message to-night is from that great land in the West, a message of a new-old idea, of a truth founded in eternity, divinely revealed nineteen hundred years ago, and rediscovered and handed as a rich legacy to the world in the latter part of the last century,—Christian Science, the bearer of the message of the Christ, Truth, to mankind.

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,Canada (First Church).— Dr. Walton Hubbard, lecturer; introduced by Mrs. Ella M. Carmichael, who said in part:—

Christian Science comes as a song in the night to bring joy to the sorrowing, healing to them that are bruised; and because it thus brings to mankind the proof that God is indeed "a very present help in trouble," an ever swelling paean of praise is ascending to our heavenly Father, the giver of every good and perfect gift. Christian Science is the gospel of Christ Jesus, and is sending forth this message of comfort and peace: "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."

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