The Lectures

with contributions from Clyde Morsey, Oscar F. Greiner, William E. Morgan, Hartley E. Jackson

Miami, Okla. (First Church).—Ezra W. Palmer, lecturer; introduced by Clyde Morsey, who said in part:—

The power to heal spiritually was seemingly lost about three hundred years after Jesus' appearance on earth, and it remained for Mrs. Eddy in the year 1866 to rediscover this golden thread of healing and present it to the world through Christian Science, which comes to us as did the Savior of old, in meekness and might, offering to heal every one who is willing to answer in the affirmative the Master's question, "Wilt thou be made whole?"

Minneapolis, Minn. (First Church).—Paul Stark Seeley, lecturer; introduced by Oscar F. Greiner, who said in part:—

In religion there is a growing demand for something more than a mere formal statement of belief, for a religion that is not only logical but also practical and capable of demonstration. The old idea of heaven as a locality to be gained only after death, is being supplanted by the Christian Science definition, that it is a condition which can be attained here and now. In the past we have been taught that the Bible promises refer only to the future, while Christian Science teaches us that these promises can be realized in the present. According to the old belief we should bear such things as pain and sickness with patience, and look to the future for deliverance from these ills. Christian Science disputes this theory and says that there is an ever operating Principle which can eliminate all discordant conditions.

St. Louis, Mo. (Fourth Church).—Dr. Walton Hubbard, lecturer; introduced by William E. Morgan, who said in part:—

In the twenty-third chapter of Proverbs we read of mortal man, "As he thinketh in his heart, so is he." In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy we read on page 550, "Error of thought is reflected in error of action;" and again on page 167, "Our proportionate admission of the claims of good or of evil determines the harmony of our existence,—our health, our longevity, and our Christianity."

If this be true it follows that the evils which befall the children of men—sin, sickness, death, infirmity, sorrow, despair, duplicity, treachery, disloyalty, and so forth, including the appalling world conflict which is constantly present in our thought—are all the outcome of erroneous thinking, and the way out of these conditions is to learn to think aright. The harmony of existence is not obtained by becoming adept in the ways of error, but by knowing more and more of Truth. Jesus admonished his disciples to know the truth, promising that the truth would make them free. The gospel of Christian Science is preeminently the teaching and practice of right thinking.

Sacramento, Cal. (First Church).—Clarence W. Chadwick, lecturer; introduced by Hartley E. Jackson, who said in part:—

In all the turmoil and stress of this war-stricken world, this teaching of the reality and availability of God's love bids men hope for peace. "The Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save," cried the prophet; and of the saving, healing power of infinite, divine Love—of the guiding, governing ever presence of divine Mine, or Principle—hundreds of thousands of joyful, sincere Christians are testifying daily in regeneration of life, proclaiming that in Christian Science they have found the Comforter—the spiritual truth Jesus promised to mankind; and they are realizing their debt of gratitude to him who suffered that the world might know the truth that makes free. This truth, apparently hardly understood even by those with whom our Master daily walked, was revealed to the pure spiritual vision of our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, and by her given to all mankind in her book "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures." Christian Science is a demonstrable religion of love, peace, joy, and power.—The Sacramento Union.

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