SOMERVILLE, MASS.

Before an attentive audience which filled Authoine Hall, Prof, Hermann S. Hering delivered an instructive and inspiring address on Christian Science last Sunday afternoon [Nov. 12]. The lecture was one of a series of five lectures given under the auspices of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Boston, and delivered by Professor Hering in Brookline, Somerville, Newtonville, Winthrop Center, and Jamaica Plain. Professor Hering, who for several years taught electrical engineering at Johns Hopkins university, was introduced by Gardner C. Anthony, dean of the engineering school of Tufts college, who said:—

The desire for protection from evil and for the attainment of a harmonious condition of life has been the motive for the struggle of mankind in all ages. It has been the cause of centuries of wars between nations, as well as a continual struggle between individuals, and, more tragic than these, the ceaseless war with self. And yet the spiritual laws for attaining a perfect state of harmony, which will surely bring peace and good will to men, were definitely stated and practically demonstrated nearly nineteen hundred years ago. At that time Jesus declared that "the kingdom of God is within you," and he and his disciples proved it by healing the sick, raising the dead, and cleansing from sin. After his disciples had continued to practise his teachings for more than two centuries, men began to devise other laws for the attainment of a harmonious life, which, although promising much for some future state, left much to be desired as a present help in solving life's problems. But within our generation all of the teachings of Jesus have been made practical once more through the noble life-work of Marny Baker Eddy, in what she has named Christian Science, which is a scientific statement of spiritual law and "with signs following."

This afternoon it is our privilege to receive instruction in this Science from one competent to speak thereon, one who has left the field of teaching physical laws to teach the spiritual law.—Somerville Journal.

LOUISVILLE, KY.

At Macauley's Theater, Nov. 12, a lecture on Christian Science was delivered by Clarence C. Eaton. Mr. Eaton was introduced by Frank L. Robinson, who said:—

Christian Science as a religious movement is of comparatively recent origin, and its growth has been so phenomenal as to attract the attention and awaken the amazement of sociologists and thinkers, who view it from the outside only; from afar off, so to speak. Yet, however wonderful its growth has been, there is another circumstance relative to Christian Science which is even more remarkable, and that is the fact that no individual has ever yet opposed what Christian Science really is. It is true that now and then individuals are met with who oppose what they believe Christian Science to be; yet a little fair-minded inquiry discloses the fact that such persons know really nothing of the meaning of Christian Science.

Bible students are familiar with the story of Saul of Tarsus, who went about persecuting the early Christians, and even found delight in having them condemned to death. Yet, when Saul was touched by Truth he was quickly converted, and under the name of Paul become one of the foremost disciples in the ministry of Jesus. The membership of the Christian Science church is made up, to a greater or less extent, of men and women who opposed, more or less bitterly, what they believed Christian Science to be; yet, when their understanding began to receive impressions of the real meaning of Christian Science, they might be heard to exclaim: "And this is Christian Science! How beautiful it is, and how different from anything I had imagined it to be." No doubt we shall go to our homes tonight with a much better understanding of Christian Science than we have had before, and it is not going too far to anticipate that, as on former occasions of this kind, there are those here who will go away saying in their hearts: "This is indeed the truth for which I have been seeking, consciously or unconsciously, for lo, these many years."

Correspondence.

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND.

William D. McCrackan, M.A., delivered a lecture on Christian Science Nov. 13 in Hope Hall. He was introduced by John W. Doorly, who said:—

Christian Science is today attracting the attention of mankind, not so much by what it is saying, as by what it is doing. To most people Christian Science is known as a religion which heals the sick without any material means, and truly the healing of the sick is important, so important that our Saviour himself made it one of the proofs of his followers' understanding of his teachings. Nevertheless, the healing of the sick is but a small part of the mission of Christian Science, which comes as the Christ came, nineteen hundred years ago, to bring a full and complete salvation to mankind from every ill of the flesh, whether it be sin, disease, worry, fear, poverty, or any other manifestation of evil. There is indeed no trouble from which humanity suffers that cannot be eliminated by a correct understanding of Christian Science.

The whole aim of Christian Science is to give men a correct understanding of the nature of God, for it is this true knowledge of God which alone can give men surcease from evil and its many besetments. We all accept the Bible as our guide to eternal life, and is not the Bible simply a continuous revelation of the nature of God? Have not all those great men in the Bible accomplished whatever they have done, simply by knowing God aright? As Christian Scientists today, we realize that the one important thing, the thing to be sought above all else, is a correct understanding of God.—Correspondence.

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

At the Christian Science lecture given by Bicknell Young in the Birmingham Town Hall Nov. 14, over twelve hundred people were present. H. K. Foster took the chair, and in welcoming the audience said:—

I have the privilege and pleasure tonight to act as chairman of this meeting to listen to the lecture on Christian Science by Bicknell Young. I feel it is hardly necessary for me to ask your kind and considerate attention to the lecturer, as the world in general is now beginning to the what the message is that Christian Science is bringing us. It is the message of peace and happiness: it is Mrs. Eddy's explanation of the exact scientific method or law by means of which Moses and the prophets, and after them Jesus, and after him his disciples for two or three hundred years, performed their acts of the healing of sin and sickness. I do not propose or intend to give you any instances of healing, but I would like to say that in the dark days when I was groping around trying to find that truth which Pilate spoke of, and that truth which men and women all down the ages have been trying to discover, I was told that sickness and all those terrible ills from which mankind suffer, were sent by God and that we must bear them. I, however, could not accept this, and then, to use an Americanism, I "struck" this Science, and found that God was not responsible for all or any of the sin and suffering in the world; I found that your God and my God is a living God; that nothing imperfect is in His consciousness, and nothing can come from Him that is not perfection; and it is my earnest hope that I may spend all the rest of my time here on earth in perfecting my knowledge of good.

Correspondence.

BUFFALO, N. Y.

William R. Rathvon delivered a lecture on Christian Science Nov. 17. He was introduced by James F. Foster, first reader, who said:—

We have in the Bible the story of one who, having found a valuable and valued thing which she had lost, called together her friends and her neighbors, that she might share her joy with them. In this parable was illustrated the humanly natural feeling which prompts us all, when we have had a wonderful and beneficent experience, to tell others about it.

Tonight the congregation of First Church of Christ, Scientist, in this city, filled with an enthusiasm begotten of wonderful individual experiences, and speaking through one especially qualified and delegated for the purpose, desire to explain to their friends and neighbors their reason for rejoicing in the possession of Christian Science,—an old truth new found, a power always present and now being widely demonstrated,—"God with us." At different times and in different ways we have told our individual stories to those who wanted to hear, and on every Wednesday evening in our church are given testimonies of benefits received through Christian Science,—diseases cured, bad and controlling habits destroyed, homes happified, lives brightened, hope revived, fear destroyed, faith illumined, desire for the kingdom of heaven and its righteousness enlarged, life here and now made worth while. So tonight we wish, as it were, to collect our individual experiences and voices into one message regarding that which has so largely blessed us.—Correspondence.