The daily sentinel., 1902-12-10
new RELIGION.
A Large Audience Greeted Mr.
Carol Norton Last Night at
The Park Opera House.
Christian Science
The Theme.


other church. to listen to Carol Nor
ton. G. S. d. of the Christian Sci
ence board of lectureship, at the Park
opera house last night.
| The downstairs of the opera house
was filled by an intelligent and ap-
preciatave audience. There were
present the representive men and wo-
men of the city and there was fair
sprinkling of those who are believers
in the faith from other portions of
the country.
There were potted plants in front
of the speaker and the reading desk of
the Christian Science Church was on
the platform. A few minutes after
eight O'Clock. Rev. J. A. Becker of
the First Congregational church of
| the city advanced to the front of the
| platform and introduced Mr.. Norton
The latter is a man of perhaps forty
or forty five years of age, clean cut in
| face and figure and a man who gave
evidence by the language of his lec-
| ture and the depth Of thought intro
duced, Of being a man of culture and
| thought.
He spoke entirely without notes
and i'll very clear and distinct voice.
without any attempt whatever at
tiamboyant oratory. for effect, but
with most convincing earnestness, as
it he was impressed with with the
duty he was performing fol-. the
church for which he stood
1t would be simply impossible to
even give a directs outline tof his lee
ture 1t followed the paths which
have lead up to the scientific religion.
Its main theme WAS that the church
of Christ and it's people could do to-
day. even to miracles and the healing
of the sick what it had done in the
days Of the prophets and during
Christi time on earth. There had
never been any authority to withdraw
these provisions from Gods people
and his religion was just as powerful
to perform today as then
The latter part of his lecture,
where he speaks of the foundation of
the Christian Science worship and his
conclusion may perhaps be of more
interest than others parts of his lee
ture or in dealing with the questions
of biblical research introduced during
it's course. hence the following may
be given as his peroration.
He said in part:
'The Christian Science movement,
it's church. institutional life and re-
/ formatory and healing work is self
evidently the outgrowth of Mary
Baker Eddy. Mrs. Eddy is without
doubt the greatest religious reformer
greatest woman leader in the history
of religion. The divine character of
her message to humanity is abundant
ly proved in the good that it accomp-
\ fishes in the alleviation of human
suffering, in the intensifying of the
moral and spiritual life of all who
accept its teachings and in the heal
| ing of organic and functional diseases.
childhood, youth. and age unite in
loving gratitude to this selfiess phil
anthropic woman for the great good
that has come into the world and into
their lives through the agency OF her
Christian career and womanly
achievements in the realm of ethecs
and Christian philosophy. To know
her is to love her. To understand
her teachings is to understand her
life work. To consider impartially
her claims as a willing disciple at
the heavenly gate. waiting for the
Mind of Christ. is to rid ones self of
blind prejudices against her work and
teachings. Thousands upon thous-
ands of men, women and children
offer mp perpetual Psalm of thanks
giving to the eternal God for the
great good that has come to humanity
through the career of this God gov
erned woman. Intelligently. prayer
fully and humbly deem it privi-
lege to speak my gratitude to her for
what her teachings have done for me
in restoring me to health and making
plain the upward. illumined. heaven
ward Christ way.
Christian Science was the great
discovery Of the ninteenth century