The Lectures

with contributions from D. C. Arthur, Walter Wilding, James N. Russell

Logansport, Ind.

In introducing George Shaw Cook, who lectured on Christian Science at the High School auditorium, Attorney D. C. Arthur said:—

It is probably known to most of you that I am not a member of the Christian Science church. I have, however, read some of its good sense and wholesome philosophy. My attention was first called to Christian Science a number of years ago by the many bitter attacks upon Mrs. Eddy and her work, so prevalent in the pulpit and press of that time. Later I noticed in our law reports that it was getting into the courts, and thus some real facts were registered which were dependable and enlightening. I also read the writings and speeches of such men as the Hon. Clarence A. Buskirk, Judge Clifford P. Smith, Senator John D. Works, and others of like caliber, along with the works of Mrs. Eddy herself, and reached the conclusion that Christian Science is a fact in the world's which cannot be ignored.

I know personally many of the members of the local congregation, and have observed their manner of life; I know that they go in and come out among us without ostentation, and conduct their affairs with a modesty becoming and exemplary. We know that they do not engage in controversies with their neighbors about religion—or anything else; that they do not thrust themselves into public notice or clamor for public recognition; that they do not proselyte or seek to draw others away from their own church connections; that they do not meddle in other people's affairs. I understand that these things are a part of the teachings of their religion.

I understand also that Christian Science teaches that the truth about God and Christ is knowable, and that the knowledge of this truth constitutes the Science of Christianity; that this Science of Christ and Christianity is at once understandable and demonstrable, as are other sciences, and that when understood and demonstrated it is immediately practicable in our ordinary affairs. If the claims of Christian Science are true, or anything like the truth, it is my conviction that its discovery is the most important world event since the crucifixion.—Logansport Pharos-Reporter.

Harrogate, England

Walter Wilding of Manchester took the chair for Clarence W. Chadwick's lecture on Christian Science in the Kursaal. In his introduction he said in part:—

A new revelation has come to this age. To sick and sorrowing humanity Christian Science holds out a message of hope. Before accepting Christian Science, nearly twenty years of my life were spent in the study and practice of medicine, and I should be sorry to acknowledge how frequently conditions of disease reached a crisis when all the medical knowledge of the human mind was helpless. In the practice of medicine, when certain physical symptoms arise death is believed to be inevitable, the medical knowledge of the human mind is helpless, and help can be found only in the understanding of that Mind "which was also in Christ Jesus."

The marvelous healing by Christian Science of what were otherwise incurable cases in my medical practice fifteen years ago, made me study this Science, and as I read the text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, I saw that Christian Science is the truth, and that it is the understanding of this truth which heals. It heals today as it healed in the days of the Master, and as it always will heal, because it is the understanding that is a "wellspring of life unto him that hath it." Since ceasing to practise medicine I have had many years' experience of the healing power of this new yet old understanding of the Christ, and have seen "all manner of disease" healed.—Correspondence.

Kansas City, Mo.

The introduction by James N. Russell at a crowded noonday lecture on Christian Science, given for business people in Schubert Theater by Bicknell Young, was as follows:—

In this age of keen competition as regards business relations, we are looking for men who will get results. Then why not, in our desire for truth, strive for a religion or God that not only promises but rewards abundantly? The adherents of Christian Science have found it to be eminently practical. Contrary to the opinions of many, a Christian Science lecture is not a defense of Christian Science, and is not intended as such. For those wishing for information before deciding, this is an opportunity to learn from an accredited exponent on the subject what Christian Science really is.

Correspondence.

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