Article May 17, 1924 Issue

The Lectures

with contributions from Eric Carr, Archibald C. Olds, Malcolm W. Bayley, Ruth Ewing

Birmingham, England (First Church).—The following introductory remarks were made by Eric Carr at a lecture by Miss Lucia C. Coulson, a Christian Science lecturer:—

One day quite recently I noticed in the streets of London a poster advertising a well-known weekly paper. On this poster the following words were printed in large type: "Has Christ Failed?" My thoughts turned for a few moments to my own experience. I recalled something of the mental and physical state I was in before I heard of Christian Science; and when compared with what it is to-day, there can be no doubt as to the true answer to that question. The Christ has not failed. I was suffering from an internal complaint for which I had tried practically every material means, except the surgeon's knife, to obtain relief; but they were of no avail. I was completely healed in Christian Science. My mental outlook was full of fear, and I did not feel able to cope with the difficulties and perplexities of life. Christian Science changed all this. I learned of a God who is Love, and that there is no occasion to be afraid.

Oakland, Calif. (Seventh Church).—Archibald C. Olds made the following introductory remarks at a Christian Science lecture by Frank Bell:—

To the average investigator, perhaps the most striking fact that Christian Science brings to the attention is that of the direct power of right thinking. Our revered Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, the rediscoverer of God's eternal law of right, makes the following statement on page 9 of "Rudimental Divine Science": "The spiritual power of a scientific, right thought, without a direct effort, an audible or even a mental argument, has oftentimes healed inveterate diseases." Christian Science is the knowledge of God's law; and God's law is the ever operative law of perfection.

Louisville, Ky. (Second Church).—The following introductory remarks were made by Malcolm W. Bayley at a Christian Science lecture by John C. Lathrop:—

Christian Science is not a theoretical religion. It is not based on the blind hope of a future life of joy in some other form or some other existence. Christian Science is a practical religion, a religion that can be applied every day to the solution of any and every problem arising in our daily lives. There is nothing difficult or complicated about Christian Science. There is nothing mysterious, esoteric, occult, or strange about it. On the contrary, it is simple and direct, as the truth always is, and it has for its basic foundation the solid rock of divine authority—the Word of God. It is in the realization and demonstration of divine Principle, as revealed in Christian Science, that human imperfections—sin and sickness—fade away like a dream of the night. And this understanding, this knowledge of man's dominion over all things, has been given to us anew, after a forgetful world had neglected for ages the teachings of the Master, Christ Jesus. After a lapse of many centuries, a divinely-inspired woman, Mary Baker Eddy, brought again to suffering and sorrowing humanity this rediscovered truth.

Highland Park, Ill. (First Church).—Introducing Miss Mary G. Ewing, a Christian Science lecturer, to her audience, Miss Ruth Ewing said in part:—

The whole philosophy and practice of Christian Science is given to the world in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy,—probably the most widely read book in the world to-day, except the Bible. Mrs. Eddy did not give us a new religion, but a scientific restatement of primitive Christianity. She welded together the two words "Christian" and "Science," giving a scientific interpretation of Christianity, most timely in its appearance in this scientific age. When she first united these words, the compound was ridiculed by carping critics and her teaching sneered at by the unthinking, as neither Christian nor scientific; but now that Christian Science is professed and practiced in every civilized country in the world, it is becoming clearer to humanity that Christianity must necessarily be scientific.

Mrs. Eddy tells us that "the theology and medicine of Jesus were one," and that "physical and mental healing were one and the same with the master Metaphysician" (No and Yes, pp. 1, 31). Christian Scientists believe this—they understand it—and prove it by going to God alone in every need. For this gospel of peace and love—"God with us"—my sister and I have cause for great gratitude; for through its ministrations our mother was restored to perfect health after chronic invalidism, and our father was healed of a so-called incurable disease, after being given up to die by medical specialists. Both were saved for forty of the happiest, most useful, and healthful years of their lives, in which they dedicated themselves unreservedly to the furtherance of Christian Science and its ministry to mankind. We ourselves have been for years the beneficiaries of this healing truth. We can indeed say with Paul, "For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ."

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