The Lectures

with contributions from Letticia Parker Williams, Bert E. Knapp, William T. Garrett

St. Louis, Mo. (First Church).—The following remarks of Mrs. Letticia Parker Williams were made prefatory to a lecture by Miss Margaret Murney Glenn:—

That must have been a very happy throng which followed Jesus about the streets of Palestine. We are told that when they saw his works of healing they rejoiced and glorified God, and said among themselves, "God hath visited his people." And now we to-day, who are learning of the Science that lay behind those great works, know that God has never left His people, that He has never been absent from them; that the loving presence whom Jesus called "the Father," that "doeth the works," is round about every one of us all the time; that His law to each one of us is the law of life and strength and purity and unfailing good. We understand now why, when the seventy returned to Jesus rejoicing because through his teachings they too had been able to heal, he said to them, "I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven;" for as our consciousness becomes filled with the Christ, Truth, we find that our sorrows and sicknesses and sins fall away into nothingness. And we, too, are filled with joy because we know that if we cast out evils "by the Spirit of God, then," as Jesus expressed it, "the kingdom of God is come" nigh unto us.

Chicago, Ill. (First Church).—The following remarks by Bert E. Knapp were made prefatory to a Christian Science lecture by Miss Mary G. Ewing:—

The necessity for constructive thinking is very apparent at this particular time in the world's history, in view of the prevailing unrest among many people in our own and other lands, and the deplorable condition of nations with conflicting policies and unstable forms of government, due fundamentally to wrong thinking. Christian Science points the way by which individuals, and nations too, may direct their mental activities into channels leading to peace, harmony, and success. Christian Science is a healing ministry, directing its appeal to the individual; and in the proportion that individuals make of themselves new and better men, just in the same degree will a new and improved order of things come to pass among the nations.

A potential factor in this healing ministration is the Board of Lectureship, established by Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science. The work of this Board is frequently followed by physical healing and spiritual awakening. In this connection I wish to mention something in my own experience. A number of years ago, just prior to a lecture given in this church, I had been very lame for several days, being unable to take a step forward without very acute pain, due to a strained tendon or muscle in one leg. I was an usher at the time, and on the evening of the lecture came to the church, reported for duty, and served at my station, although the physical disability was much in evidence. The introductory remarks so prepared my thought to receive the message of the lecturer that I was healed during the lecture; and when I returned to my home I found I could walk with entire freedom from pain. I am grateful for this healing, which was permanent. This demonstration illustrates the healing power of the Word of Truth through the affirmation of the allness of God and His omnipotence.

Eastland, Texas (Society).—William T. Garrett made the following remarks prefatory to a Christian Science lecture by William W. Porter:—

In the thirteenth chapter of Romans we read: "Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God." About twelve years ago I witnessed a healing, under Christian Science treatment, in my family that was as wonderful to me as the miracles we read of in the Bible. Prior to this time I had been opposed to the teachings of Christian Science; but after the healing took place, I began to study Christian Science to see if I could learn the reason of it; and I am convinced that it came through the power of God, and that this power is operating for us to-day just as it did when Jesus was upon earth.

Jesus said, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." Christian Scientists are seeking to know more of this truth by making a diligent search of the Scriptures, together with the study of our textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures;" and we know that as our understanding increases, and we gain a greater knowledge of God and His ever-presence, to that extent are we made free from sin, disease, and death.

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