The Lectures

with contributions from Lillian E. Walther, Stephen J. Sametz, Harry Alden Dodge, Johann Gustav Marowski

Huntington Park, Calif . (First Church).—Introducing Miss Mary G. Ewing, a Christian Science lecturer, to her audience, Mrs. Lillian E. Walther said in part:—

Jesus of Nazareth recognized no life in matter. He found no good in matter, for he said, "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing;" and Christian Scientists accept Jesus' statements because he proved them. Mrs. Eddy writes of him in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 39), "He overcame the world, the flesh, and all error, thus proving their nothingness." Christian Science guides mankind heavenward, not through death but through life, not by means of matter but through spiritual understanding.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (First Church).—Introducing Judge Frederick C. Hill, a Christian Science lecturer, to his audience, Stephen J. Sametz said in part:—

The bright star of hope in the darkness of a suffering material world is this,—that the law of God is in operation in human consciousness, always has been and ever will be, and the misery brought about by sin or sickness is passing away, and instead men are finding happiness and freedom in a more vivid realization of their blessed state as children of God, divine intelligence and Love.

Chicago, Ill. (Second Church).—The following remarks were made by Harry Alden Dodge when introducing Mrs. Blanche K. Corby, a Christian Science lecturer, to her audience:—

The Psalmist has written, "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night." Christian Science is God's great gift to us all, and we are learning through its study that "the law of the Lord is perfect." To the extent that we are obedient to this law of Truth and allow it to operate in our lives, to that extent are we delivered from the so-called laws of sin, sickness, and all inharmony.

Bridgeport, Conn. (First Church).—When introducing Miss Lucia C. Coulson, a Christian Science lecturer, to her audience, William R. Bull said in part:—

When I attended school as a boy I was taught my lessons on a basis of understanding, as all week-day lessons are taught; but when my Sunday lessons came, in church and in Sunday school, understanding always seemed to give place to mystery. In later years I noted that a textbook, in school or college, is useful only to the extent that it conveys an understanding of its subject to the student. And yet for many hundreds of years a large part of mankind has taken that great textbook of religion, the Bible, and has tried to teach it and to accept it on a basis of dogma and mystery. It seems clear that the Bible writers had no such intention as this. The prophets, Christ Jesus, and the apostles spent their lives, and in many cases gave their lives, toward one sole purpose: that mystery might be cleared away and that mankind might know and understand God. Jesus said that his mission was to bear witness to the truth, and that life itself was to know God and Jesus Christ whom He had sent. Now if we are to know God, surely we must draw aside this shroud of mystery.

The fact is that God is knowable, just as Jesus and the prophets taught, and that a knowledge of God comes to the human consciousness in the same manner as anything else that is true; that is, by the processes of reason and revelation. In my own experience Christian Science gently reasoned away the mystery and began to reveal God as He is; and then I had that wonderful experience, common to Christian Scientists, the permanent healing of a sick body and the awakening to a vision of spiritual life and peace hardly available to those who cling to God as a mystery. The primary appeal of Christian Science is to know and understand God. The prophet Daniel said, "The people that do know their God shall be strong."

Berlin, Germany (Third Church).—Introducing Prof. Hermann S. Hering, a Christian Science lecturer, to his audience, Johann Gustav Marowski said in part:—

In contradiction to the generally adopted belief in an evil power apart from an almighty God, Christian Science maintains the fact that God, good, is the only real power. The knowledge of this scientific truth enabled Christ Jesus, the great Exemplar, to do his glorious works, wrongly considered as supernatural. This correct understanding of the true nature of God and the omnipotence of good, and strict adherence to the divine rules and laws as laid down in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, enable us to prove in some degree the unreality of evil of every kind in restoring health, harmony, and peace.

Of my own experience I can gratefully testify that through the loving ministration of Christian Science I have been blessed in many ways. My wife has been freed from extreme nervousness of many years' standing. I myself have been healed physically and mentally, and my outlook on life has entirely changed and brightened.

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