Article June 7, 1900 Issue

The Lectures

with contributions from Charles Kingsley, Horace Greeley, Samuel Andrews, F. C. Platt, Alan Bogue, Jr, Andrew Gilbertson, George Kenngott

William G. Ewing of Chicago, a former judge of the Superior Court of Illinois, delivered a lecture in Carnegie Music Hall last night (Friday, May II) on Christian Science, before a large and representative audience. Judge Ewing is one of the most prominent of the converts to this religion, and he came to believe in it through being healed of a malady regarded as well-nigh incurable. He is a man of pleasing personality, and he spoke slowly and clearly. The lecture was given under the auspices of First Church of Christ, Scientist, of this city, and was free to all. Samuel Andrews, superintendent of the Pittsburg schools, introduced the speaker. Mr. Andrews said:—

We are here to have a subject discussed that should be near and dear to every individual. We all know how science has revolutionized the world. We are proud that we live in a great country and a great city, where many of the benefits and advantages we possess we owe to science. We are not slow to recognize science in our business pursuits, and we should not be slow to recognize it in that which pertains to human welfare. It is my opinion—and I know I am speaking to persons who probably are not Christian Scientists—that, in a sense, we should all be Christian Scientists, and should certainly give scientific consideration to any subject that pertains to our future welfare. That religion is to be pitied which will not stand investigation. Therefore we are here to-night to listen to a discourse by one who will speak on the subject of Christian Science from the heart; one who is, please understand, not only an advocate of it, but one who is a living example of that which he will talk on to-night.

The gentleman really needs no introduction to you, because his reputation as a jurist is known throughout the United States, and he is a man among a thousand who has not only considered legal matters deeply, but has given to this subject the most careful and thoughtful consideration. It is not for me to talk upon the subject in his presence, for he knows very much more about it than I do. I am here, as well as you, to listen to him to-night; and I ask for him that careful consideration and attentiveness on your part for which Pittsburg audiences are well noted.

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