St. Paul, Minnesota (First Church).

Lecturer: Mrs. Nelvia E. Ritchie; introduced by Charles J. Andre, who said:—

Christian Science has transformed multitudes. When we become Christian Scientists, we truly begin to be born again in the sense which Jesus meant; but until the great truth of this Science dawns on human thought, it is the light shining in the darkness, which the darkness does not comprehend. It was at a Christian Science lecture, a number of years ago, that I first glimpsed the light of this Science, which was destined to revolutionize my thinking and change the course of my life. I recall vividly that, in the course of his remarks, the lecturer quoted from the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy (p. 468), "There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter." I had been taught otherwise. To me matter had teemed with both life and intelligence, and seemed very substantial. Of course I thought he was mistaken; but after he had presented his arguments and proofs in support of the proposition, I began to realize that perhaps I had been mistaken.

I listened very attentively to that lecture; and in the days that followed I began to read the Christian Science textbook and other Christian Science literature, which soon showed me that I had been mistaken about some other things also. The humbleness of thought which characterizes one who is newborn of Spirit is well expressed in these words of the poet Whittier:

Port Chester, New York (First Church).

Lecturer: Judge Frederick C. Hill; introduced by Dana F. Woodman, who said:—

The Psalmist says, "The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind." Surely my eyes have been opened. Two years ago one of the best known eye specialists in this country told me that he did not know what the matter was with my right eye; and he had treated it for seven years. He sent me to two other specialists, who were equally discouraging. In the meantime my case was becoming more acute, and they warned me that I probably would be blind in one eye and that the other eye might be affected. Although I had seen the healing power of Christian Science in our home I was loath to trust myself to it, until there was no other way to turn. "Man's extremity is God's opportunity." And in my extremity I went to a practitioner, who worked with and for me devotedly for about three weeks. During that time I was completely healed and I have never had any trouble since. On page 494 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mrs. Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, says, "Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need." I know this is true because I have proved it.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (First Church).

Lecturer: Algernon Hervey Bathurst; introduced by Henry Dean, who said:—

For several years I seemed to wander through a metaphorical wilderness. At one time I had fallen into a very bad state of health. My doctor did his best for me, but was not able to help me. However, at that period I was led to seek the ministration of Christian Science to recover my health, and to my astonishment I found that through the mental treatment of a Christian Science practitioner and the study of God's Word, I was speedily gaining my health, and in a month or two was quite well.

There was a difference, however, from ordinary healings; for there came with Christian Science healing a wonderful unfoldment of God, and life which had before been a search for health and wealth has since become more a search for the greater understanding of the divine Mind. I am now convinced that man's deliverance from all the alarming perplexities of world conditions, his bodily health and social harmony, is entirely dependent upon his subordination to divine Mind, God, who is Love. Often have I turned to God when suffering in mind or body or from business cares, and God has revealed His presence and His power to me, proving the truth of the words of one of our hymns.

Venice, California (First Church).

Lecturer: Bicknell Young; introduced by Mrs. Beulah M. Herwick, who said:—

A number of years ago, when I had been a student of Christian Science but a short time, one of my children became seriously ill in the night. At first I was filled with fear and confusion; then, realizing that this was an opportunity to prove what I had learned in Christian Science, I began to reason as best I could. I asked myself what it was that needed to be healed, and just how I should give a Christian Science treatment. Then these wonderful words from page 390 of the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, came to me: "It is our ignorance of God, the divine Principle, which produces apparent discord, and the right understanding of Him restores harmony." I pondered this statement for a moment, then I began to rejoice, and all fear left me at once. I realized that it was ignorance that had to be healed, rather than a mysterious physical disease, and that all my problems were the result of ignorance and could be overcome with spiritual understanding. I was not afraid of ignorance, and began to study eagerly the Bible and the Christian Science textbook, praying that a better understanding of God might be realized and that the ignorance might be cast out. I became so absorbed in the study that I completely forgot the illness, and when I looked at the child again, which was within an hour, he was completely healed. All fever and physical suffering had disappeared, and he was quietly sleeping. What a wonderful lesson I learned in that short hour! I had often wondered what Jesus meant when he said, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free;" but with this healing those words came to me with a new meaning, which has remained with me throughout the years.

Dallas, Texas (First Church).

Lecturer: Miss Margaret Murney Glenn; introduced by Mrs. Edna Spears Monagan, who said:—

As we go through this mortal sense of life we are all the time being asked to accept disease as a possibility, sin as a reality, and death as a certainty. Now, Christian Science, with its great message of peace and freedom, has come to show us that by the understanding of the Christ disease can to-day be eradicated, sin forgiven, and the fear of death overcome. I am very grateful to be able to testify that I am one of the many thousands who have proved this healing: I am on earth to-day because by reading and studying the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, I was healed of a disease of ten years' duration, which all material remedies, including a surgical operation, failed utterly to remove. No human language can express my gratitude to God and to our Leader, whose unselfed love made the truth of being a demonstrable fact to me.

Bridgetown, Barbados, British West Indies (Society).

Lecturer: John Randall Dunn; introduced by Miss Maude A. Law, who said:—

In my own experience of seventeen years of study of this subject, I have witnessed and received many quick healings. I should like to mention just two of them. I was healed on one occasion of a very sharp attack of influenza in one day. Every symptom was overcome in nine hours, and with no after effects. On another occasion, a sting from a centipede five or six inches long was met for a member of my family in one hour. The pain, which was intense, subsided, a peaceful night of slumber followed, and the finger was perfectly well in the morning. There was no swelling, no inflammation, only two slight red marks where the creature had hung on to the finger. In both these instances no material remedy whatever was applied. "They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them," was the promise of the Master; but the physical healing in Christian Science, blessed as it is, is as nothing when compared with the joy and spiritual uplift that comes when healing is accomplished in the Christ-way.