The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-03
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE
JUDGE EWING GREETED BY A
LARGE AUDIENCE.
Speaks of the Work Accomplished
By Christian Religious
People Should Investigate.

There was large audience present
in the Salt Lake theatre last evening
to enjoy the lecture on Christian
Science delivered by Judge w. G. Ew-
! ing of Chicago. Judge Ewing has for
many years been prominent at the Chi
/ cago bar, but recently resigned his Of
flee and his practice to accept the posi-
ton of official lecturer for the Christian
! Science people. he was introduced in
well-chosen words last evening by Mrs.
F. D. Kimball, and spoke, in part, as
follows:
''All the advance in religion-as well
as in morality and liberty, for centuries
has been the result of the children bat
Ting against the beliefs of their an
| cestors. John Calvin questioned the
! beliefs of his fathers and gave us the
great Presbyterian church, with all the
church's calvaniStic tendencies; Martin
Luther raised his voice against the be-
liefs of his fathers and the world re-
joinced in the reformation. The Yves
leys forsook the tenets of their fathers,
and the sublime devotion of the Meth
odist circuit rider gladdened and puri-
fed the humble homes of England and
America. The effect of our ancestors
thought upon the civilization of the
world should not be underestimate
But clearly its worth rests on the pat
ent fact of the indestructibility and
constant progress of good, and the
further fact that the experience of
each generation furnishes vantage
ground TO Its successor for something
better. We should profit by the ex-
perience of the past, but we must act
in the blazing light of the future.
Doubtless there are many points in
volved in Christian belief and conduct
respecting which all religionists and
Christian Scientists are in accord. You
all are in favor of whatever will make
men and women better, purer more
loving and lovable. You will also favor
whatever lessons the burdens and sor-
rows of men, whatever will destroy
aVarice, selfishness and lust; whatever
will eXalt manhood. Sanctify the home
and enthrone virtue. and SO will we.
You believe in one God, the father of
all, infinite in wisdom, justice. mercy,
truth and love. q divine. spiritual, in
corporeal intelligence, with all power,
all presence and ali knowledge so
do we. You believe in Jesus Christ the
only begotten son of God, the immacu-
late conception of the virgin mother,
and receive him as your Lord, Savior
and Exampler-and so do we. You be-
lieVe the ten commandments should be
absolutely obeyed as the law of God,
one not less than another-so do We
You believe that prayer is both privi-
lege and duty-so do we. So, it would
appear that upon the cardinal doctrines
OF religious belief we are in accord; and
this itself should, in my judgment lead
religious people of whatever de-
nomination TO, at least, investigate
Christian Science before condemning it.
THE title, Christian Science. is legiti-
mate and appropriate-Christia be-
cause 1t is demonstrable truth Chris |
tan Science in the last fifteen years |
has gathered to its supporte 500. 900 ad- /
herents, has established more than 400 |
congregations, has built during the last |
five years $50 churches, ranging in cost |
from $1,000 to 100000. and it has more !
than 10000 practitioners wholly de-
voted to healing the sick It has re- I
stored to health and happiness some |
100000, most of whom had hopelessly |
exhausted remedies usually known to |
medical learning. In my Judgment |
there Is no religious denomination in |
the world that has in its membership
a larger percentage of educated. refined |
and cultured people than Christian
Science has"
Judge Ewing is an earnest. pleasant
speaker and makes out a good case for
his cause. He asserted that it was not
his intention to try to make proselytes
but TO throw ray of light along the
pathway of his hearers. The latter
portion of his address was a discussion
OF the objections to Christian Science
He spoke Cor over an hour and created
good impression on his audience.