The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-05
CITY NEWS.
THE HANNA LECTURE
Judge Hanna Of Colorado Springs
Speaks to Packed House of
u, Christian Science. sd.
Tells of Character of Mrs. Eddy
and Work Of the
Church.

Judge Septimus J. Hanna Of Colo
RADIO Springs, a member Of the board
of lectureship of the First Church of
Christ Scientist in Boston, Mass, lee
tured to a packed house at the Met
ropolltan theater in this city yester-
day afternoon, under the auspices of
the First Church Of Minneapolis.
Mayor Haynes introduced the speak
err, who said in part:
Friends-I come to tell you somewhat
of Christian Science not to tell you all
about 1t, for that We're Impossible. l say
TO you at the outset that Christian Sci
ence is deep and sacred subject the
deepest and most sacred that can occupy
human thought and purpose, for it treats
OF God, man and the universe. It teaches
Gods omnipotence, His omnipresence and
Ills omniscience. 1t teaches that God IS
the one and only principle Of man, and
the one and only principle Of the universe.
OF this, more hereafter.
a The Discoverer and Founder.
Mrs. Eddy Is at once the discoverer and
the founder of Christian Science. She dis
covered for herself how God had healed
her OF a Sickness the result of an acct
dent, which, according to all ordinary evil
dence, had placed her at the very door
Of death. This may be said to have been
her original discovery. This aroused
within her a burning desire to know how
God had healed her, and also to impair
to others the knowledge Of how the sick
are healed. This led her to search the
scriptures that she might find the healing
principle. She pursued her search until
she found the healing principle to be God.
She proved this by healing all manner of
diseases, and she proved we'll that the
same understanding Of God which healed
sickness also destroyed sin. Having so
found and proved the healing principle,
she proceeded to teach others, to found a
college for teaching this healing system.
Life and Character.
And what of the life and character of
one who has accomplished so much? l
am sure a few words in reference to these
will be welcomed by every sincere in
quirer.
Born amid the beautiful but rugged hills
of Bow. near Concord, New Hampshire
of sterling and strictly religious parents
descended from a long line of worthy and
distinguished ancestors, Mrs. Eddy was
favored by nature and natures God with
advantages which fitted her for her future
career. Her early environments were such
as to nurture and enlarge her Inherited
gifts. She was a student by natural ben
and intuition. This native trend wa:
strengthened by careful training IL
schools and academies, we'll as by com
petent private tutors. among whom wa
her brother, Albert Baker, graduate o
Dartmouth college and a distinguished
lawyer, altho he died when a young man
Among her other instructors wer
such well-known educators as Mrs. Saral
J. Bodwell Lane, Mr.. Corser Of Sanborn
ton Bridge academy and Professor Dye
H. Sanborn, author of Sanborn's gram
mar. This early training has been sup
plemented by long years Of careful an,
thoro research and study. She had stud
led deeply in many Of the higher branche
of learning and in general literature
She Is, from every point of view, a wornal
N a nd
Her Religious Character.
It may not be amiss for me to say tina
for nearly ten years. as former first reade
in the mother church in Boston and edito
of the official periodicals. I have had op
portunities which enable me to speak in
telligently Of Mrs. Eddys life and char
acter as well as Of her labors and literar
atta1nments.
Speaking from this vantage ground.
can truthfully say that, intellectually, sh
Is one Of the most acute persons I hav
ever seen; that she labors necessarily an
unselfshly for the cause to which she ha
devoted her life, and that, notwithstand
ing her years, she performs an amount c
labor each day which, If known, woul
seem incredible, even If done by one We
In the adolescence Of life. AS to he
religious character I speak my profound
est conviction when I say that I believ
it to be as nearly Chrlstike as is poss
BILE to denizen of this earth. I cannc
conceive how a person on this plane of eS
istence could walk more closely with Go
or exemplify a more exalted Christia
life.
And do not the wonderful results Of he
work, even thus far, prove this? To tn
many thousands all over the globe VIII
are the conscious beneficiaries Of he
work, she has indeed proved herself t
be q religious reforner and a Chrlstia
evangel. Yet, Notwithstanding her high
spiritual nature, she is withal an intense
ly practical person. She keeps clos
watch of current affairs and acquain
herself with the worlds dongs. Fl,
message to the Mother Church in Bostc
Of last June shows this in an especi
manner.
pass now to a consideration Of tt