Article December 16, 1922 Issue

The Lectures

with contributions from Louis S. Adelson, S. H. Collinson, Douglas Roberts, Grace S. Voorhees, Mary Lee Gough, Ethel Putnam

Far Rockaway, N. Y. (First Church).—The following introduction was given to A. Hervey-Bathurst, a Christian Science lecturer, by Louis S. Adelson:—

One of the very first things that came to my notice about Christian Science, and gained my admiration and respect for our revered Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, was her foresight in providing, in her organization work, for every contingency, every possible event, for every department for the dissemination of the Christ, Truth. As a business man, I recognized her masterly acumen in planning for the future; I was willing to and did concede her ability to lead. After coming into Christian Science, however,—which I did because the material props of human existence were suddenly drawn from under me,—I gained a completely different viewpoint on this subject, and I found and have since proved beyond a doubt that hers was prophecy, spiritual keenness, divine revelation.

Her every act, her every establishment of channels for healing the sick and sinning, was so provided for as to leave nothing to be desired. A great proof of this was afforded us a short time ago, when the highest court of Massachusetts upheld the authority of the Manual of The Mother Church as against the weight of opinion of some of the best of the legal profession in the United States. But students of Christian Science were not, however, really surprised; for had not our beloved Leader written many years before in her work, "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" (p. 230), "Eternity awaits our Church Manual"? Proofs of like character long ago convinced her students that her work was divinely authorized.

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