Kankakee, III.

The large and interested audience at the Arcade Opera House, Thursday evening [March 30], listened to a scholarly lecture on Christian Science delivered by W. D. McCrackan of New York City. He was introduced by Attorney Charles B. Campbell, who said in part,—

One bright Sunday morning there came forth upon the air a beautiful chime. I listened, and as I listened I knew that this music was the sound, not of a single bell, but that it was the blending of the tones of many bells, and yet I knew that the tone of not one bell might be spared from that harmony. Each bell had an essential part, but the music was in the harmony of all the bells. This is the symphony those bells were playing, "Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee."

And in that harmony there was revealed this truth: We have been and are becoming conscious of a symphony in this world that is pleasing to us and is pleasing to God. It is the symphony of the religious creeds of men. ... One note in this symphony is Christian Science, and that note is producing, not discord, but sweeter music.

Kankakee Rupublican.

Joliet, III.

Hon. Clarence A. Buskirk spoke on Christian Science yesterday [April 2] in the Opera House to a large audience. Almost every seat in the house was occupied and the speaker held the close attention of the people. The address was an able and lucid explanation of the doctrines of Christian Science, and the speaker declared that the need is for practical, evidential work, and that wherever, by the ministry of Christian Science, sickness and suffering are overcome, these are the practical forms of work which carry conviction to the doubter.— Daily Republican.

It so happened that on the day of the lecture addresses were given in various churches in behalf of the Anti-Saloon League in Joliet, in nothing which, one newspaper contained this paragraph,—

"One of the most telling arguments against the use of liquor was not contemplated by the League, when the Hon. Clarence A. Buskirk declared against alcohol in unequivocal terms at the Christian Science lecture in the afternoon."— Correspondence.

Fenton, Mich.

Bicknell Young spoke to a large and intelligent audience at the Opera House, Monday evening [April 3], and his exposition of the teachings of Christian Science was given the closest attention. From the lecture it is apparent that the Scientists have a most comforting and satisfactory faith, and the fact is plain that they are accomplishing much good for themselves and for the people with whom they come in contact. He was introduced by Rev. Mr. Whitford of the Methodist Church, who spoke as follows,—

It is one of the tragedies of history that discoveries in science, reforms in religion, rebirths in art, and even the unveiling of great truths have been bitterly opposed. But happily we are in the twilight, if not in the morning of a new day. The passionate search for truth, the ascending of reason and justice, and the essential glory of religion were never so emphasized as now. Men are coming to see that the life of truth, the life of love, and the life of service are the central elements of the Kingdom of God. One of the characteristics of a true disciple of Jesus is intellectual hospitality, for passion, bigotry, and prejudice are fatal to the spiritual vision.

We have with us to-night a gentleman who is here in the interest of the denomination known as Christian Science. His belief in Christian Science is not the result of inheritance but of investigation. He has come into it by following the gleam, and so he is here as an exponent of its teachings. Personally I welcome every worker in the wondrous field of life who swings and scatters the holy incense of love and makes it easier for us to coronate our homes with purity and righteousness. Personally I welcome every advocate of the true, the beautiful, and the good. For the end of the commandment is not dogma, not ceremony, not intellectual confessions of faith formulated in the feudal age of thought, but the beauty of wholeness. The summation of all philanthropy, morality, and religion is to do justly, love mercy, and to walk humbly with God.

The Fenton Independent.

St. Paul, Minn.

Rev. Arthur R. Vosburgh of Rochester, N. Y., lectured at the Metropolitan Opera House, Sunday afternoon, April 9. He was introduced by George R. Perley of Moorhead, a member of the legislature. Mr. Perley said,—

I speak not as a Christian Scientist, for I could not claim that I have attained the realization of that truth; but I speak as a Christian believer, as one who loves truth and his fellow-men, and I speak from a close observation when I say that the message of this church seems to me only to brighten and to bless that its followers are among the best and most Godlike men and women whom I have ever known; men and women strong in life's weak spots, serene in life's turmoil, and at once lovingly helpful and helpfully loving. Its doctrine doubtless seemed at first startling, and perhaps destructive, but press and pulpit have ere this found that opposition was as unjust as it was useless, and that Christian Science stands for human progress and the highest ideals.

The time is not far distant, nay, may be close at hand, when men shall cast aside their little prejudices and differences, level the religious walls built up too often on non-essentials, and join hands for truth as children of God and brothers in one common inheritance; when we shall know the truth, and the truth shall make us free.

St. Paul Dispatch.

Buffalo, N. Y.

Mr. Frank H. Leonard of Brooklyn delivered a lecture on Christian Science in Teck Theatre, Buffalo, N. Y., on Sunday afternoon, April 9, under the auspices of Second Church of Christ, Scientist. The audience was composed of many of Buffalo's cultured citizens with visitors from neighboring localities. The quiet, earnest attention manifested showed deep interest in the speaker's words. He especially emphasized the Christian Science teachings in regard to sin, sickness, and death, explaining them very fully and clearly, to the satisfaction of many of his audience, as repeated comments "caught in passing" testify.

Correspondence.

Lectures at other Places.

New York City (Second Church).—William D. McCrackan, February 28.

Salem, O.—Bicknell Young, March 2.

Memphis, Tenn.—Judge Septimus J. Hanna, March 3.

Lorain, O.—Bicknell Young, March 3.

El Reno, Okla.—Mrs. Sue Harper Mims, March 3.

Franklin, Pa.—Bicknell Young, March 7.

Arkansas City, Kan.—Mrs. Sue Harper Mims, March 7.

Montevideo, Minn.—Judge William G. Ewing, March 7.

Harrisburg, Pa.—Hon. Clarence A. Buskirk, March 14.

Alameda, Cal.—Edward A. Kimball, March 24.

New London, Conn.—Rev. Arthur R. Vosburgh, March 26.

Rochelle, III.—Judge William G. Ewing, March 26.