Princeton, N. J.

Philip Marshall Brown, Ph.D., professor of international law and diplomacy in Princeton University, in introducing Prof. Hermann S. Hering who lectured on Christian Science, said:—

It was once my good fortune to visit the lake of Galilee. I met there a medical missionary, who was respected and loved by all. We sat together one evening, looking across the quiet waters lighted only by the brilliancy of the silent stars. The dim outlines of the opposite shore could be seen, where Christ Jesus often gathered with his disciples.

Our conversation naturally was of the great Master. I asked my friend if he believed that Christ Jesus walked on the waters of this lake; that he healed the sick and even raised the dead in this vicinity; that he communicated to his disciples this power to heal the sick and raise the dead. My friend said he did. I then asked whether he thought this miraculous power had entirely disappeared from the world. After a long pause he replied that he thought this power still existed, and that sometimes in his surgical operations he had the feeling that his hand was divinely guided. We then entered upon an earnest discussion of this strange problem,—why the Christian church for so many centuries has practically ignored in toto so vital a part of the Master's teaching. We recognized the credit due to Christian Science in emphasizing anew these truths affirmed in the New Testament.

Whatever may be our personal views on the subject, we cannot fail to be interested in the presentation of the claims of Christian Science, and be led to think more earnestly concerning the foundations of religious belief.—Correspondence.

Hastings, Neb.

A large audience heard Virgil O. Strickler lecture on Christian Science at the Kerr Opera House. The speaker was introduced by J. S. McCracken, who said in part:—

If there is one thing which the presence of this large audience indicates more than any other, it is that the Christian religion has not lost its grip upon the world. No, the trouble is not with religion itself; the trouble has been, is today, with the superficial teaching and the yet more superficial living of religion by the so-called religionists. As to the teaching of Christian Science, I claim to know nothing; it is of that we have come here to learn this afternoon. As to Christian Scientists honoring their religion, we all of us know, and a knowledge of their consistent living makes us eager to learn more of their teaching. Surely the message of such a people is worthy of most serious consideration.

Hastings Tribune.

Lawrence, Kan.

Mrs. H. E. Don Carlos, in introducing Clarence W. Chadwick, who lectured on Christian Science in the Bowersock Theater, said in part:—

The Bible teaches that all may find God "a very present help in trouble," that He is "a God at hand." It is the peculiarity of the Christian Scientist that he hourly avails himself of this beneficence, thereby becoming healtheir, happier, and holier. Whenever we lift our consciousness to those high, sunny levels of Spirit where we know ourselves as God's loving and beloved sons, in whom He is well pleased, we know that we are well and good and happy, and this knowledge bears fruit in our daily doing, thus uplifting all men in proportion as we are uplifted, spurning the fable that man is sprung from dust and that death is his heritage. The Founder of Christian Science taught that we really know only what we can demonstrate. In Christian Science we have a usable, useful religion.—Correspondence.

Chicago, Ill.

Bicknell Young delivered two lectures on Christian Science for Fifteenth Church of Christ, Scientist, of Chicago. Frank H. Leonard, in introducing the lecturer, said in part:—

There is not a person on the face of the earth that does not want to be well. There is no one but what has sought, in the way that seemed right to him, to become well, and in the ways the world has known of has met with failure, until the realization has come that a new way must be found. In the latter half of the nineteenth century there came the realization which is bringing to the world that sense of eternal health and harmony which it is just and reasonable to anticipate. Mrs. Eddy, in giving Christian Science to the world, taught us what God is; and when we realize what Love is, what Life is, and what Truth is, we find at last we have a foundation on which we can stand, and against which the "gates of hell" cannot prevail. We know that Love does not hate, that Truth does not lie, that Life does not die; and so at last we have found where to look for our health, and know that in looking to God we do not look in vain.

I am sure the speaker of the afternoon in his address is going to tell you enough about this God who is Love, Truth, and Life to gladden your hearts and make you realize that your deliverance is at hand.—Correspondence.

Seattle, Wash.

George Shaw Cook delivered a lecture on Christian Science for Second Church in Junction Hall, Ballard. He was introduced by Rupert Eichholzer, a high school teacher of this city, as follows:—

In the seventeenth chapter of Acts we read: "Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To the unknown God. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you." In this present age of enlightenment, people everywhere, no longer content with the worship of an unknown God, are reaching out for a larger understanding of God. This understanding is given us in Christian Science, the Christ Science, which comes to us like Paul to the Athenians, with the message "him declare I unto you."—Correspondence.

Lake Geneva, Wis.

A very attentive audience listened to a lecture on Christian Science by Jacob S. Shield at the Y. M. C. A. auditorium. The speaker was introduced by Mayor S. C. Ford, who said:—

Christian Science first awakened my interest several years ago, when meetings were being held over on West Dodge street. Since then the movement has been forging ahead all over this broad land of ours, and in our own city as well. Whatever may be our personal belief in Christian Science, the fact remains that thousands of our fellow men and women are today rejoicing in health of mind and body as a result of its teachings, and because of this, it has a just claim upon our thought and consideration.—Correspondence.