The Lectures

with contributions from Frederick C. Hill

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England

A lecture on Christian Science was delivered in the Palace Theater by Clarence W. Chadwick. The meeting was presided over by Dr. R. Ramsey of Glasgow, who said if any one had told him ten years ago that he would have been filling such a position, he did not think he would have believed it. At that time he was in the practice of medicine. A patient returned from abroad, where he had been for the sake of his health, and claimed that he had been healed by Christian Science. He advised him (the speaker) to get the text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, and he did so, and started a systematic examination of it, chiefly, he was afraid, with feelings of opposition. He examined the text-book carefully with the Bible, and he was now absolutely convinced that it contained a true statement of the method of healing employed by their Master, Jesus the Christ, and his disciples, and brought to us through the work of Mrs. Eddy.—The Newcastle Chronicle.

Watertown, N. Y.

A healthy public mind, as well as the individual mind, should always be open to the truth in any form, no matter by whom it is presented, said William K. Mott in introducing Prof. Hermann S. Hering, who lectured on Christian Science at the High School auditorium. In no other way can public or private knowledge be increased or the public or individual conscience awakened. Ignorance is the parent of narrowmindedness and most of the many ills that grow out of this condition. We should not only at all times be in a receptive mood for the truth, but always in search of that priceless jewel, for no one is wise enough to tell beforehand where it may or may not be found. We find ourselves in the shadow or in the sunlight exactly in the measure that we open the windows of our intellects and let in the sunlight of truth.

Christian Scientists say that they can prove that Christian Science is the inspired revelation of Turth. It belongs to all fair-minded men to give them the opportunity. Already, I understand, a vast army of more than one million have seen the light; and we know that among that number are found many intelligent, cultured, and refined people.

Watertown Times.

Clinton, Ill.

George Shaw Cook lectured on Christian Science to a large and appreciative audience at the K. of P. Hall. He was introduced by Judge Frederick C. Hill, who spoke as follows : —

The Scriptures tell us that a ruler once come to Jesus and inquired of him the way of salvation, and that the Master replied, "Ye must be born again." For nineteen centuries the religionists of the world have theoretically held to this truth ; but to the spiritually blind, to sin-sick and suffering mortals, the truth is an enigma today as it was nineteen centuries ago, and humanity is now, as it was then, seeking for a savior.

In 1866 a woman, pure in mind and purpose, seeking to be delivered from bodily afflication and striving to know how to be born again, made the discovery that the savior of the world is ever with men, and that humanity is redeemed from sin, disease, and disaster through the knowledge of the Christ, Truth. That woman was Mrs. Eddy, and the discovery, defind by her as "the law of God, the law of good" (Rudimental Divine Science, p. 1), she named Christian Science. "As adherents of Truth, we take the inspired Word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal Life" (Science and Health, p. 497).

It is not evidence of mental disorder, neither is it proof of wanton abandonment of religious zeal and activity, to be identified with Christian Science. Quite on the contrary, it is proof of striving to have in us that Mind "which was also in Christ Jesus," and to emulate his example in doing good to humanity, that all mankind may experience full and final deliverance and redemption from all sin.

The Clinton Journal.

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