THE LECTURES

with contributions from R. A. Hicks, A. J. Hickey, Virginia Taylor, Gerry H. Barnes

DENVER, COL.

One of the most comprehensive lectures on Christian Science ever heard in Denver was that given on Friday evening and again on Saturday evening [April 23, 24] by Prof. Hermann S. Hering, at First Church of Christ, Scientist. The speaker was introduced by Judge R. A. Hicks, who spoke as follows:—

In the first place, friends, it must be understood that I am not a Christian Scientist. When I first heard the subject discussed, I, like most people without proper understanding, scoffed at and ridiculed it. I have since seen many of the splendid results of its teachings. I have since numbered many Scientists among my most valued and devoted friends. I have since attended a number of their devotional services, and have been profoundly impressed with the simplicity and harmony there prevailing. I have now learned to respect and admire rather than scoff and ridicule. I am proud to say that I have been especially blessed in that I live in a home which is guided by the ennobling influence of this faith, and where love and cheerfulness and harmony and hope prevail. For me to have been thus favored, without having at least some appreciation of the results and benefits and advantages of the faith, is impossible. If nothing more were accomplished than the living of the beautiful life it teaches, Christian Science is worthy of our most profound respect and thoughtful consideration.

In this so-called free country of ours, freedom of thought in religious matters is one of our greatest boasts, and certainly no well-founded objection can be made to a religion or faith which accomplishes so much good and is so totally free from bigotry, envy, hatred, and interference with the creeds, dogmas, and beliefs of others. If such groundless objection can be seriously made, then our boasted religious freedom becomes a hollow mockery. For the noble character who founded Christian Science, I have the most profound respect and admiration, and no thoughtful person can but honor and respect a belief which can show such splendid results.—Denver Post.

LA PORTE, IND.

The Rev. William P. McKenzie of Cambridge, Mass., delivered a lecture on Christian Science at Hall's Theater May 14. He was introduced by Attorney A. J. Hickey, who said,—

It is hardly half a century ago that a beautiful character, Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy of Boston, founded a new religious sect, which has since become widely known as the Christian Science denomination. The growth of this new faith has been rapid, so that now it has a considerable following in the cities and towns of this country and England, and numerically it compares favorably with many of the older religious denominations. I may add, too, that its membership has been drawn largely from among the most enlightened and cultured people, those who stand for what is highest and best in life.

The worth of a thing may usually be judged by the willingness of those who believe in it to have it investigated and to explain it to others, and for this reason I understand the Scientists have adopted the plan of giving public lectures, that the people generally may become acquainted and familiar with the teachings of their religion. While many of you here tonight, like myself, are not members of this sect, yet I am certain that we shall all be greatly interested in hearing a discussion of this question.

Correspondence

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.

On Friday evening. May 7, Bliss Knapp of Boston lectured on Christian Science in Earl Hall, Columbia University, New York City. He was introduced by the president of the society, Miss Virginia Taylor, who said in part,—

The Christian Science society of Columbia University takes great pleasure in welcoming you here tonight. This society was organized to give a home to Christian Scientists in the university, and to unite them in closer bonds of Christian fellowship. The First Church of Scientist, Boston, maintains a board of lectureship for the purpose of correcting misapprehensions and misjudgments concerning this religion. We are fortunate in having with us tonight one who is eminently capable and competent to explain the fundamental truths of Christian Science. I take great pleasure in presenting Mr. Knapp.

Correspondence.

ST. LOUIS, MO.

In introducing Judge Septimus J. Hanna May 3, at Third Church of Christ, Scientist, Gerry H. Barnes spoke in part as follows:—

For over fifteen hundred years men have been persuaded to believe that the harmony of heaven is to be attained only after death, in a distant, unknown future, although it is only too evident that there is a crying need for a present deliverance from the burden of pain and although the Bible emphatically declares that now is the day of salvation. In our own time, following close upon an ardent devotion to the things of matter, there has come a growing desire to know more of the things of Spirit, and a steadily decreasing interest in the formal teachings of the organized church has been accompanied by an earnest seeking for a better understanding of the truth which Jesus taught and lived. To this questioning spirit of the age, a positive, definite, and practical answer has been given.

In 1875 there was published in New England a book destined, under the providence of God, to revive the practice of primitive Christian healing, to reveal to men the present freedom of the children of God, and to implant deep in their hearts a steadfast devotion to the highest ideals of thought and conduct. This book was "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, and in it is set forth with faultness logic that exposition of Biblical truth which the author rightly—inevitably—named Christian Science. Already thousands of lives have been made happier and thousands of men and women better through its ministrations.

Correspondence.

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