Article September 20, 1924 Issue

The Lectures

with contributions from Hugh H. Tweedy, Boyer Hurd Curry

New York, New York (Fifth Church).—Introducing the Rev. Andrew J. Graham, a Christian Science lecturer, to his audience, Hugh H. Tweedy said in part:—

The message of Christian Science was brought to me many years ago, when I needed it badly. My concept of God was then wholly material. My interest in the Bible was small indeed. I did not understand it, nor could I comprehend how Jesus' vicarious atonement bore any relation to the sins I committed centuries after his death. Trials came in form form of sickness which baffled the skill of the physicians. Earnest and honest prayers offered by children and adults remained unanswered. I was rapidly drifting towards agnosticism. Then I was asked to try Christian Science, and immediately the sick one began to improve. Curious to know what caused this wonderful change, I began to read the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, and the spiritual interpretation which it gives of the Scriptures so illumined them that the Bible became a daily companion. My material sense of God changed to a spiritual sense. I began to know God as the divine Principle, Love. God became a very present help in every way. I also began to comprehend Jesus' teachings and how to apply them, and learned in a measure how to pray. That I have learned to pray aright is evidenced by the fact that many of my prayers are answered. That all are not answered only proves my lack of understanding and demands of me more consecration, more love for God and man. I learned that to "pray without ceasing" is to think rightly without ceasing; and in the ratio that I am obedient to this command am I obeying the Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount; and just in the proportion that I measure up to these standards am I a Christian Scientist.

San Francisco, California (First Church).—Boyer Hurd Curry made the following remarks prefatory to a Christian Science lecture by John Randall Dunn:—

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