Nashville, Tenn. (First Church).—Virgil O. Strickler, lecturer; introduced by Governor Tom Rye, who said in part:—

Many of us believe that the sun has forever set on the old world and that by force of circumstances we are facing toward new conditions; that another sun is struggling to dissipate the impenetrable gloom of a long black night of war that it may shine on a new world forever blessed by a lasting peace, hallowed and made sacred by the blood of our sons freely shed for the cause of humanity and world-wide democracy. Whether this be true or not, we all fully realize and appreciate the fact that this is indeed a time for liberal thought, research, and impartial investigation, that each and every one may fully understand his duty to his country, to himself, to humanity, and to his God; therefore we should be willing at all times to "sit at the feet of knowledge and learn wisdom."

No matter what individual ideas or opinions we may entertain with reference to the subject for discussion to-night, the fact remains that it has within a generation so impressed itself upon the minds and hearts of our people that you can scarcely find a locality where it is not championed and taught by faithful adherents, until there is marshaled about its standard to-day a vast army of consecrated men and women, marching under its flag to storm the citadel of doubt and unbelief, in an honest effort to bring to humanity the benefits and blessings which they insist their experiences have brought to them.

Santa Cruz, Cal. (First Church).—Dr. Walton Hubbard, lecturer; introduced by Noble White, who said in part:—

If there is one thing more than another which stands out boldly in the Old and New Testaments, it is the fact that God protects and provides for mankind. Look where we may, there it is written down how God led those who put their trust in Him, fed those who called upon Him for sustenance, and healed those who cried unto Him out of their distresses.

Looking out upon the many discordant elements which seem to prevail in the world to-day, men and women are filled with an unsatisfied longing for something that seems lacking in the scheme of things, something that will lift them above their material surroundings and draw them nearer that unseen power which men call God, something that will enable them to feel that God is an ever present help, available for every need. Whether they consciously know it or not, they are seeking the truth about God and His relation to man and the universe.

Mrs. Eddy, in her book "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," sets forth that truth and proves its teachings in the way our Master, Christ Jesus, commanded his followers to do, by preachings the gospel and healing the sick and the sinner.—Santa Cruz News.

Norfolk, Va. (First Church).—Charles I. Ohrenstein, lecturer; introduced by A. Howard Garrett, who said in part:—

It can properly be said of Christian Science that it is a religion which brings joy and happiness into the lives of its adherents. It banishes fear and brings confidence and peace. And it does this because it changes the conception of God and man, and therefore of existence, from a material to a spiritual basis; and because in place of beliefs it offers demonstrable certainties.

Another reason for this joy and peace may be found in the fact that while all other religious teachings uphold the reality of that triad of woes, sin, disease, and death, declaring that they are enjoined or permitted by God, are requisite and unescapable, Christian Science teaches, on the contrary, that they are not ordained by Deity, hence are unreal and temporal, and in the last analysis unnecessary; that the human belief in them is to be overcome through knowing that they have no part in God's creation. Jesus overcome them, and all other forms of limitation, and said, "Be of good cheer; I have overcome the world," and he also said that his followers should do the works that he did.—Virginian Pilot.

Kensington, England (Second Church).—John Sidney Braithwaite, lecturer; introduced by Charles W. J. Tennant, who said in part:—

We have arrived at the period in the world's history referred to in the epistle to the Hebrews, when earth and heaven will be shaken so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. Truth alone is immutable, immortal, and eternal, and therefore cannot be shaken. The day approaches when all will comprehend and obey the saying of Zechariah, "Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour," for the divine Principle of Jesus' teaching will be the standard for every thought, word, and deed of man. Christian Science, which is rapidly spreading throughout the civilized world, is accomplishing this.

The Paddington, Kensington, and Bayswater Chronicle.

New Haven, Conn. (First Church).—Ezra W. Palmer, lecturer; introduced by Prof. Ernest G. Lorenzen of the Yale Law School, who said in part:—

Our Pilgrim Father came to this country to establish a government upon the basis of political and religious liberty. In this New England atmosphere of freedom, there lived in our own days a woman whose life was so pure that she was able to rediscover the spiritual meaning of the Scriptures, and by this means to restore to the Christian religion its power to heal, which it possessed until the third century. This remarkable woman was Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science.

As in the days of our Master, the blind again receive their sight, the lame walk, and the deaf hear, through the application of this understanding of the Word of God. In the short space of fifty years this new-old religion has spread over the entire civilized world, carrying with it everywhere its message of healing and good cheer. Thousand upon thousand have been lifted from sin, sickness, and suffering, and from sorrow and despair to a realization of their glorious liberties as the sons and daughters of God.

Salida, Col. (First Church).—William W. Porter, lecturer; introduced by Mrs. Lizzie H. Koehler, who said in part:—

In Genesis it is written, "And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good;" and in Science and Health (p. 390) we read, "It is our ignorance of God, the divine Principle, which produces apparent discord, and the right understanding of Him restores harmony." We thus see that the great need of mankind to-day is a better understanding of God,—or, in other words, we need to know the truth about God, and about man's relation to Him who "is universal, eternal, divine Love, which changeth not and causeth no evil, disease, nor death," as our Leader says on page 140 of Science and Health.

Lockport, N. Y. (Second Church).—Clarence W. Chadwick, lecturer; introduced by Miss Ethel A. Brewer, who said in part:—

It is a demonstrable religion which the world demands to-day as in the first century of the Christian era; and Christian Scientists everywhere are rejoicing that they are able to prove here and now that God, rightly understood, "is a very present help in trouble."

Lockport Union-Sun and Journal.

Haquiam, Wash. (First Church).—John Randall Dunn, lecturer; introduced by John H. Neef, who said in part:—

To-day Christian Science is proving to the world that Truth is indeed knocking "at the portal of humanity" (Science and Health, Pref. p. vii), and judging by the very rapid crumbling away of "contentment with the past and the cold conventionality of materialism," to use our Leader's words on the same page, humanity is rapidly and eagerly lending an attentive ear.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (First Church).—William D. Kilpatrick, lecturer; introduced by William M. Hall, who said in part:—

Christian Science unfolds to the student the divine law of life, and this law or rule of living is so scientific, and yet so simple, that a wayfaring man need not err therein. It requires no great learning, no erudition. It requires only a sincere desire to know God, honestly exercised according to God's rule or law. As Christian Science is unfolded to the beginner, the problem of evil, which has confused the ages, is explained; and under the touch of the law of Truth, or Science, the desire to do evil diminishes and finally disappears from the human consciousness. Christian Science never leaves the student where it found him: it lifts him morally and spiritually to a higher plane of action; it cleanses his mentality of the dread and darkness of an unexplored existence; it assures him of the absolute certainty in the eternality of being, and man as the image and likeness of God.