Coffeyville, Kans. (First Church).—The following remarks were made by Mr. C. L. Walton, when introducing a Christian Science lecturer:—

Throughout the whole of infinity, everything as it really exists is maintained and governed by the infallible, immutable law of God. The clear perception of this divine law and its all-inclusiveness enabled Jesus of Nazareth to annual every discordant condition with which he came in contact, whether its seeming existence was that of sin, disease, or death. The universal craving for this unseen truth has brought out many systems of philosophy and religion; but all these systems, while perhaps beneficent in their influence, have been found inadequate to everyday needs; for they do not offer the same positive pardon for sickness that they do for sin, nor enable us to lay hold of the salvation which the Scriptures say is for us now. Jesus made no distinction between sin and sickness, and healed both by one and the same process. Is it possible, then, to accept the teachings and works of Jesus in their entirety, and yet exclude the element of healing from Christianity? Surely not. And this fact is to-day being recognized, and is becoming the subject of much comment in the religious movement of the country. Here Christian Science reiterates the statement of the master Christian, who said, "Though ye believe not me, believe the works."

Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, in her book "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (pp. 138, 269), has said: "The supremacy of Spirit was the foundation on which Jesus built;" and: "I therefore plant myself unreservedly on the teachings of Jesus, of his apostles, of the prophets, and on the testimony of the Science of Mind. Other foundations there are none."

Dublin, Ireland (Second Church).—The following remarks were made by Captain Sir Ralph Coote, Bart., when introducing a Christian Science lecturer:—

On page 597 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," the author, Mrs. Eddy, defines the wordwilderness" in part as follows: "Loneliness; doubt; darkness;" as "the vestibule in which a material sense of things disappears, and spiritual sense unfolds the great facts of existence." There is probably no one here to-day who has not been in this "wilderness," who has not experienced this mental loneliness, doubt, and darkness, and many too who are still searching for the "great facts of existence." One object of these authorized Christian Science lectures is to make it clear what Christian Science really is, for so very many strange misconceptions of Christian Science are being spread about. One quite common mistake is the belief that Christian Science "does away with God." Through love and understanding of God and through nothing else,—for Christian Science teaches us above all else how to love and understand God and the Bible,—a state of sin and sickness is put off for one of health and happiness; and did not Jesus say, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free"? I speak from personal experience, having been healed solely through Christian Science of a so-called incurable disease and perpetual worry, amongst many other things. I know that all who are here to-day will go away more free than when they came in, for they will hear the truth; and it never fails to set free.

Riverside, Calif. (First Church).—Remarks of Mr. L. E. MacEwen when introducing a Christian Science lecturer:—

I take it to be a self-evident proposition that the need of humanity all down the ages has been liberation and emancipation from its own sense of limitation. In 1866, that is fifty-six years ago, there occurred the most significant discovery since the time of Jesus of Nazareth. This was the discovery of the Science of being, the Science of Christianity, or Christian Science. Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, was the most extraordinary woman that ever trod our globe; and of the incidents leading up to and surrounding that discovery any one may inform himself at any Christian Science reading room.

Suffice it to say that following her own healing, which was incident to a wonderful illumination of her consciousness while studying the Scriptures,—and one passage in particular,—she gave to the world the textbook of Christian Science, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures." Now, the simple reading of this wonderful book has healed thousands of people of so-called incurable disease when every other means known to medical practice had failed. Mrs. Eddy is the author of several other invaluable works on Christian Science. She established The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, and gave that church its Manual for the guidance of its members and the protection of its cause for all time to come. She gave the world a great daily newspaper, The Christian Science Monitor, and several other periodicals, and provided the Board of Lectureship in order that the public might have correct and adequate information on the subject of Christian Science.

Columbia City, Ind. (First Church).—The following remarks were made by Mr. J. Meredith Hedegarde, when introducing a Christian Science lecturer:—

In the fourteenth chapter of John and the twenty-sixth verse the Master is quoted as saying, "The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father shall send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." Thousands of people throughout the world will rise up to-day and testify that they have found that promised "Comforter" in their study of Christian Science. The blind man is again able to say, "One thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see." The invalid takes up his bed and walks as he did nearly two thousand years ago; the leper draws his hand from his bosom clear and pure as the lily of the field; and the last enemy itself is fast losing its power over man. The sinner is called to the bosom of a loving Father; and the inspired bard is again able to write, "God's in His heaven: all's right with the world."

Chicago, Ill. (Fourteenth Church).—Introduction by Robert C. Gilmore when introducing a Christian Science lecturer:—

Humanity, on all sides, is to-day searching for health, peace, prosperity, and harmony. Our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of this religion, long ago foresaw that men and women of the present time were hungry and thirsty for the simple truth that Jesus taught centuries ago. Christian Scientists are striving to follow these teachings of Jesus the Way-shower. That they have found God a "very present help in trouble" is proved by the number attending the Christian Science services, pouring forth their gratitude for healings received and lives regenerated.

Mrs. Eddy says in her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 1), "The prayer that reforms the sinner and heals the sick is an absolute faith that all things are possible to God,—a spiritual understanding of Him, an unselfed love." Because we know this is true we are here to-night that we may gain more of this spiritual understanding, and that we may carry away with us more of these blessings to be better able to help those with whom we come in contact.

The speaker of the evening comes not to criticize your religion, but rather to tell you of the beauty of the Christian Science religion, and to show you how the Science of Christ, lived, will help you in every walk of life,—will help the man in business or the mother in the home. There is no phase of human existence where the truth, if rightly applied, is not sufficient to meet our every need.