The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-12-02
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE,
Plainly set Forth BY Judge VIM. q,
Ewing Of Chicago.

Ewing Of Chicago.
The audience which greeted viii
liam G. Ewing of Chicago at the
opera house last Thursday night
heard Christian Science fully ex-
pounded and plainly set forth.
The personality of Judge Ewing is
pleasing, and there can be no ques-
tion of the mans absolute sincerity.
IL his words did NOT carry convic-
tion It was not for any lack OF frank
mess, or any attempt on the part of
the speaker TO be other than per-
fectly fair In the treatment of his
subject. He spoke without the aid
of manuscript, and in an easy, con-
vereational style. A wide vocabn-
larry and q comprehensive grasp Of
his subject were apparent through
ont his discourse. which lasted about
nm hour and half.
He began his lecture by endeayor-
ing to disabuse the minds OF his
hearers of some popular misconcep-
tions of Christian Science. If Chris
tian Science was what it was gener-
ally represented to be, he would be
the first to oppose it. Christian Sci
ence was a religion established by
Jesus Christ. 1t had no quarrel with
the old churches or with medical
science. Both had done and were
doing q good work. Christian Sci
entists believed that the great. God
was a greater physician than all the
physicians combined.
There was no reason why we
should be bound by the opinions OF
our forefathers with respect to re-
ligion, for our forefarhers had many
strange notions In civil and religious
questions, and in which time has
wrought many changes. The con-
servatism of the old churches made
us cling to many erroneous traditions.
We should determine our duties to
God and Iman in the light of today,
not in the gray mist of the past.
Christian Scientists believed in
God; in Jesus Christ; in the ten
commandments; in the love of God
and our neighbor. In all these
Christians and Christian Scientists
were in absolute accord.
The speaker gave short sketch
of the history of the Christian Sci.
ence religion, which was discovered
by Mary Baker Eddy, a native of
New Hampshire. thirty years ago,
and a synopsis of his lecture is here
given:
assume that the good people who
have honored me with their presence
tonight are here for the serious pur-
pose of dispassionately learning
something of the intellectual, moral.
religious and scientific equipoise of
Christian Science.
My action is prompted by the fact
that the people in great numbers
and, especially large percentage of
the good people of the old churches,
are greatly prejudiced against their
own concept of Christian Science ;
and in the hope Of modifying their
erroneous thoughG of our religious
beliefs. appear before you tonight.
1t is no part of my purpose to pro-
selyte you, or make Christian Sci
entists out of you. That Is some
thing you will ihave to do for your
selves, if it is eyer accomplished.
My simple mission is to give you
something respecting Christian Sci
ence to think about and invite your
full examination of the whole sub
ject. shall have fulfilled my whole
mission when l have stated to you
some palpable facts, land your duty
will be performed only when you
shall have honestly investigated and
considered these facts.
We live in practical age and are
satisfied only with facts. The world
is weary of theories, it longs for
facts; it is surfeited with arguments,
dogmas and platitudes, and cries out
for facts. Christian Science is
THE RELIGION OF JESUS CHRIST;
the religion that He preached
taught and practiced; or it is not
anything worthy of your thought OF
mine. If Christian Science is mol
this, we want to know 1t at the earli,
est possible moment; and If it il
this, the good people of the ole
churches want to know it, am sure
tonight, ifit may be. The greatest
difficulty that confronts me in pre-
senting TO you any new sphere OF re
ligion, or new thought of God, il
our inherited religious beliefs, oul
fathers thought of God. In oul
pride Of ancestry we have accepted
without investigation, our fathers
belief as our own. 1t is humiliat
ing confession, and yet it lie doubt
less true, that less than per cent o