Article December 5, 1925 Issue

The Lectures

Introductions to Lectures

with contributions from Bliss Knapp, Hildur Lothner, Andrew McMillan

Boston, Massachusetts (The Mother Church).

Lecturer: John Randall Dunn; introduced by Bliss Knapp, who said:—

Christianity has always brought wisdom and inspiration to those who were ready for it. Consecrated men and women have kept the spark of Christianity alive throughout the centuries, and they have been characterized more or less by its practical wisdom. I shall long remember an outstanding example of such wisdom which was once shown by Paul Kruger, the great leader of his people in South Africa. His granddaughter had become a Christian Scientist, and, keenly realizing the significance of his wisdom, she told me the following incident: Two brothers who were left an inheritance and were unable to agree upon its division, finally consented to leave the settlement of the matter with President Kruger. He took the case under advisement for a while, and then gave the following decision: The elder brother should divide the inheritance into two parts. He should be allowed perfect freedom in the division—but the younger brother should have first choice of the two parts. Surely here was the wisdom of Solomon.

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