SEATTLE, WASH

The subject of Christian Science was presented under the auspices of First Church of Christ, Scientist, at the Moore Theater, April 9, by Bliss Knapp. He was introduced by Oliver C. McGilvra, who said:—

The presence of this large audience is the best evidence we could have of the interest that is being taken in the search after truth. I have often marveled at the magnitude of the question propounded by Pilate to Jesus, namely, "What is truth?" Ever since then the thoughtful people of the world have been trying to answer that question. Naturally, for their answer, they have searched the inspired word of the Bible. While these searchers were wandering through a maze of darkness, with only here and there a ray of light, and while a waiting people marked time to the grand music of falling chains, struck from the limbs of helpless slaves, there stepped forth an American woman, holding in her hand a declaration for truth and against the bondage of sin, sickness, and death. This declaration we now know as "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," and the woman who presented it was the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy. I believe the world is growing better day by day, and that it will continue to grow better until at last we shall realize the omnipotence of an ever-present God.—Correspondence.

AKRON, OHIO.

A lecture on Christian Science was delivered at the Colonial Theater on Sunday afternoon, April 16, by Clarence C. Eaton. The lecturer was introduced by J. Edward Good, who spoke as follows:—

It is unwise to endorse or recommend any person or thing unless we know it is good. It is unfair to condemn or even ignore any person or thing unless we know it is not good. After years of silence, of timid approval or open antagonism, the daily papers, the magazines and periodicals, are today almost a unit in placing Mrs. Eddy in a class by herself for her remarkable executive ability and for the good she has done. Whether we agree with her wholly or not, if we have carefully observed, we know that her book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," has brought comfort to many.

Her followers, those who are interested in the church organization and the Publishing Society which she founded, are now numbered not by the thousand nor by the hundred thousand, but by the million. Take the wings of the morning and go to the uttermost parts of the earth: behold, they are there! They actually encircle the globe! They are doing a mighty work. They are a mighty force, a force to be considered. Among them are to be found the most humble, the most prosperous, the most enlightened, intellectual, fair-minded people of the earth; and whether we believe as they do or not, if we would keep in touch with research and investigation, if we would be in line with thinking people, it is our simple duty and ought to be our pleasure to take advantage of every opportunity to learn what we can of their methods and their progress. Today we have one of those opportunities.—Correspondence.

PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA.

A representative audience listened attentively to a most able lecture on Christian Science by Frank H. Leonard of Brooklyn, delivered in Jefferson Theater, Thursday evening, April 13. The speaker was introduced by Attorney Lex N. Mitchell, who said in part,—

Christian Scientists do not have a new Bible. The King James version of the Bible is the Christian Scientists' Bible. The same Bible which you and I were taught by our parents to be the inspired Word of God, is our Bible. And thus one of the tenets of our church reads: "We take the inspired Word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal Life." It is true that Christian Scientists have a text-book called "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," written by Mrs. Eddy; but all that has ever been claimed for this book is just what its title indicates, viz., a key to the Scriptures, an explanation of the Bible, and this explanation has brought peace and health and happiness to thousands who were burdened with sickness and sorrow and sin.

Punxsutawney News.

ST. PAUL, MINN.

Prof. Hermann S. Hering presented the subject of Christian Science for First Church of Christ, Scientist, at the St. Paul Auditorium, Easter Sunday, April 16. He was introduced by Col. James H. Davidson, who said in part,—

Today, in the dim aisles of vast old-world cathedrals, in new-world churches, humble or grand, in all places of worship around the globe, ring grand anthems of praise to a risen Saviour. "On earth peace, good will toward men," is the sentiment and theme of every tongue. He who wrought miracles, healed the sick, opened blind eyes, unstopped deaf ears, made the lame to leap for joy, and raised the dead, expressly taught that even greater things than these might be accomplished by faith, which is now strongly maintained by Christian Science. The attitude of Christian churches toward these far-reaching and marvelous claims, which was at first bitterly hostile, is now becoming more tolerant; other church organizations are looking toward the healing, and encouraging a present faith in curing disease. A spirit of careful investigation seems to be taking the place of hostile persecution, or sarcastic ridicule and intolerance. Old superstitions are giving way more and more to a spirit of inquiry.

Christian Science bases its claim, if I correctly understand, it, on the right interpretation of the Holy Scriptures and the teachings and the works of Christ Jesus; on evidence, on the testimony of living witnesses. It alleges that each man or woman may determine and know for himself or herself the truth or falsity of the claims made by Christian Science. You can listen if you please to witness after witness, who will testify to marvelous experiences in their own lives and things which they have seen in the lives of others; but in the end they say, "Put it to the test in your own life; demonstrate the truth, and it will make you (not some one else) free from pain, free from suffering in all its forms, and will transform your life into a life of love, joy, happiness; not tomorrow, but today; not in a world to come, but in the present world." It is a challenge that attracts attention. The whole human race covets these good things,—love, contentment, peace, joy, and happiness; we all agree as to our needs. These smiling faces, hopeful, happy hearts before me, create, or tend to create, an atmosphere of love, and these much desired mental states,—I can feel it in the air, as tangible as heat or cold!

In every community there are many witnesses, reputable men and women, who claim to have received the healing benefits of Science, physically and mentally, and all offer their own experiences as exhibits to prove their claims. There are more than enough such witnesses everywhere to challenge the most careful and searching investigation by those who sincerely desire to know the truth. The presence of this great audience today, many of whom are in this faith, and some of whom like myself are investigating these claims, bears evidence of a desire to know the truth, and the whole truth. The believer and the skeptic, if honest, desire to understand the basis of these claims made by Christian Science. We want to be shown!—Correspondence.

SAN JOSE, CAL.

The Victory Theater was filled last evening [April 14] to its capacity by an audience that had assembled to listen to a lecture on the subject of Christian Science by William D. McCrackan, M.A. He was introduced by R. C. Sheppard, first reader of the local Christian Science church, in the following words:—

Probably few will question the assertion that practically all mankind are looking for salvation, or freedom from some form of limitation. Discussing this subject with the Pharisees, Christ Jesus said to those who believed on him: "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." Manifestly, then, this question of salvation, or freedom, resolves itself into the old query put by Pilate, "What is truth?" In her great work, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," on page viii of the Preface, Mrs. Eddy makes this statement: "The question, What is Truth, is answered by demonstration,—by healing both disease and sin; and this demonstration shows that Christian healing confers the most health and makes the best men. On this basis Christian Science will have a fair fight."

Christian Science is a reinstatement of primitive Christianity, preaching good tidings to all who have an ear to hear; binding up the broken-hearted; setting at liberty those who were in bondage to sin and disease, and who in many cases had tried and found wanting every other system devised for the relief of humanity's ills. It is bringing to mankind a practical knowledge of God and His laws applicable to every phase of material existence, and demonstrable to the extent that this Science is understood. Christian Science is proving itself by the test Jesus himself gave, namely, by its fruits.—San Jose Mercury.

KEOKUK, IOWA.

Francis J. Fluno, M.D., lectured in Keokuk last night [April 6] at the Grand. He was introduced by W. J. Robers, who spoke in part as follows:—
There are many things about Christian Science that I like and highly admire. In the first place, while it is a faith, it is a practice as well. It touches life in its every-day phases. It makes for better men and women and better conditions of things here and now. In it the Ten Commandments are not a mere code of morals to be repeated on fixed occasions, but they are a vital code of right living. "To the pure all things are pure." And Christian Science certainly not only stands for pure thought, but it teaches it as a means to pure bodies and lives.—Constitution-Democrat.