The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-02
ABOUT CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
JUDGE EWING,S LECTURE 1T THE
HYPERION LAST NIGHT.

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HYPERION LAST NIGHz.
Listened to by Large Audien oo-Points
OF Similarity in Beliefs of Christian
Scientists and Other Denomi nj ttons-
The Belief in Divine Healing Ex-
plained-scriptural Proof Quoted.
AT the Hyperion theater last evening
large audience which filled the lower
part of the house listened to the lee
ture given by Hon. William G. Ewing
of Chicago on Christian Science" un-
der the auspices of the First church of
Christ the Scientist of this city. Judge
!, Ewing is one Of the ablest exponents
of the faith and has lectured upon it
and explained it in the principal cities
of the country. Last nights lecture
was free, all expenses having been met
by members of the local church.
4 Appointed district attorney for north
ern Illinois by President Cleveland, he
Erelinquished this office to accept an
election to the superior court bench Of
Illinois, which Office he filled for years
to the satisfaction of all and with honor
to himself.
Within the year he declined a re-
| election to the bench to accept an ap-
| pointment to the Christian Science in
ternational board of lectureship Of the
Mother church in Boston. Judge Ew-
ing spoke in substance as follows: vI
am here to talk to Christian peO-
pie about Christian Science. l assume
that ninety-nine one hundredths Of the
people assembled here tonight are
Christian religionists of some school and
that they are here for the serious pur-
pose Of dispassionately learning some
thing of the intellectual, moral, relig-
| ious and scientific equipoise of Christian
! Science. also assume that you are as
honest and conscientious in your res
| ligious beliefs and church associations
as am in mine, and 1t is not to be
expected that anything that can be said
here tonight would lead you to change
your concept of God or your church as
sociations unless your reason should be
entirely convinced and your conscience
satisfied that to make such a change
would be not only your greatest privi-
e-A@o
II am not here to proselyte anyone.
would scorn to stand before this mag
nificent audience with no higher pur-
pose than to increase my own denomi-
national strength by lessening yours
wish, If can, to add something to
the joy and sweetness of your lives,
and If cannot do this, If cannot offer
you higher thought of God than you
box 1tcrir ,aJv h
ity than you profess, my mission ought
to prove failure
NJ II want to, At possible remove from
your minds the great prevailing preju-
dices of the old churches against Chris
tian Science, growing, perhaps not un-
naturally, out Of their ignorance OF the
subject. There are, doubtless, many
points of religious belief and practice
upon which the old churches and Chris
tian Scientists are in perfect accord and
a brief reference to these may bring us
a little closer together and enable US to
discharge the duty Of the hour in the
comforting assurance that we are at
least equally earnest and honest in our
efforts to reach the ultimate good.
"You surely are in favor of whatever
makes men and women better, happier,
more loving and lovable. So are we.
You will aid whatever will lessen the
burdens and sorrows of men. Danish
superstition and minimize fear. So will
We You will encourage whatever will
destroy avarice,: selfishness and lust;
whatever will exalt manhood and en-
throne virtue and love. So will we.
You believe in one God and Father Of
all, infinite in wisdom, Justice, good
ness, mercy, truth and love- divine,
incorporeal Intelligence, without form
or parts, beginning of days or end Of
years, Who fills all space, is omnipres-
ent and omniscient Who made all that
was made and pronounced all that He
made good You believe in worship,
love and adore such a God So do we.
you believe In Jesus Christ, the only
begotten Son of God, the immaculate
Of the Virgin Mother, who
taught in the temple, preached the
gospel, healed the sick, made the lame
to walk, gave sight to the blind, hearing
to the deaf and purity to the sinful;
was crucified buried and on the third
day rose triumphant over death and
lighted forever the shadows of earth by
the demonstrated truth of life, immortal
as God. You believe in this dear, COM
passionate, loving Jesus as your Lord,
your Savior, your exemplar. So do
we.
You believe the Bible is the divinely
inspired revelation of God to man., So
10 we. You believe the ten command
nents are Gods laws of requirement
and restriction, to be resolutely and
absolutely obeyed, one not less than the
,ther. So do we. You believe that
prayer is both privilege and duty.
30 do we. You believe In the great COM
Thou shalt love the Lord
hy God with all thy heart, with all thy
;oul and with all thy mind and the
second that is like unto it, Thou shalt
owe thy neighbor as thyself.' So do we.
We.
May now briefly tell you something
# what Christian Science Is, in hope
hat, upon reflection and investigation,
We may also agree upon the essentials
# Christ's religion as Christian Scien-
lists understand, believe and practice
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Christian Science was discovered
nd revealed to the world some thirty
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