Smyrna times., 1905-06-14
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE TALK
ON POWER OF TRUE FAITH
ADDRESS GIVEN AT OARRICK THEATRE
WILMINGTON BY JUDGE S. J. HANNA.
Many Hear the Gifted Orator Friday Evening
Salient Points of His Address-krs. Mary
B. Eddy Founder Of Christian Science

Wilmington, June Io-To large
and attentive assembly gathered in
the Garrick Theatre, this city, last
evening, Judge Septimus ]. Hanna
OF Colorado, lectured on the sub
ect of Christian Science. He is
one OF the ablest exponents of this
new doctrine, and while emphatic
in his statements, yet he evinced a
high degree of charity towards the
established systems of religion and
medicine.
Judge Hanna said in part:
Ladies and gentlemen---In ap-
pearing before you for the purpose
Of speaking on the subject OF Chris
tian Science | will say at the outset
that, in the space of single dis
course, | can only touch some of
its leading phases, and hint, as it
we're, at its teachings, its aims and
its purposes.
If | were here to discourse upon
any ordinary subject, claiming to
have something new to present
with reference to it you would nat
urally expect me to tell you some
what OF my authority for so speak
ing and If there was a textbook
upon the subject you would wish to
know something of that textbook
as we'll as to hear, at least briefly,
OF the life and character of the au-
thor.
The Text Book.
a few words, then, as to the
textbook, of which the Rev. Mary
Baker G. Eddy is the author, first
published in 1875. 1t bears the
title OF Science and Health, with
Key 10 the Scriptures aid con-
tainS the entire text of Christian
Science. 1t is a treatise on healing
through the power of God, or the
divine Mind. Or, as we claim, it
is thorough exegesis OF the scrip
tural method of healing all manner
OF diseases, and OF curing all man
ner of sin. Ir short it is a spiritu-
raj Interpretation of the Bible;
hence its title: Key to the Scrip
lures
Life and Character.
Born amid the beautiful but
rugged hills of Bow, near Concord,
New Hampshire, of sterling and
strictly religious parents, descend
ed from a long line of worthy and
distinguished ancestors, Mrs. Eddy
Was favored by nature with advan-
tages which fitted her for her fu-
ture career. Her early environ
ments were such as to nurture and
enlarge her inherited gifts. She was
a student by natural bent and in
tuition. This native trend was
strengthened by careful training in
schools and academies, as we'll as
by competent private tutors, among
whom was her brother, Albert Ba-
ker, graduate of yarmouth Col
lege, and a distinguished lawyer,
although he died when a young
man. Among her other instructors
were such well-known New Eng
land educators of a past generation
as Mrs. Sarah J. Bodwell Lane, Mr..
Corser, OF Sanbornton Bridge,
academy, and Professor Dyer H.
Sanborn, author of Sanborn's
grammar. This early training has
been supplemented by long years
of careful and thorough research
and study. She is from every
point OF view, woman of sound
education and liberal culture.
Her Religious Character.
1T may not be amiss for me to
say that for nearly ten years, as
fSrmer First Reader in the Mother
Church in Boston and editor OF the
official periodicals, have had op-
portunities which enable me tc
speak intelligently of Mrs. Eddy'S
life and character as we'll as of her
labors and literary attainments.
Speaking from this vantagG
ground, l can truthfully say that
intellectually she is one of the mos
alert persons | have ever known
that she labors necessarily and TN
selhshly for the cause to which she
has devoted her life, and that, not
withstanding her years, she per
forms an amount of labor each day
which. if known, would seen in
credible, even if done by one yet il
the adolescence of life. As to he,
religious charcter, / speak my pro
toundest conviction when | say
believe it to be in accord with th'
highest standard Of Christian liv
ing.
Yet, notwithstanding her highl,
spiritual nature, she is withal an in
tensely practical person. She keep
close watch OF current affairs ant
acquaints herself with tho world