Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-11-28
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE.

Hon. Clarence A. Buskirk, c. S., OF
Princeton, Ind, delivered a lecture on
Christian Science at the opera house
Sunday afternoon, under the auspices of
First Church of Christ, Scientist, of this
city.
Mr.. Buskirk is an elderly gentleman,
who after thirty years of successful
practice as lawyer il the courts of In
diana, became interested in Christian
Science twelve years ago through the
healing of one of his daughters from
hopeless invalidism. His long experience
as speaker and lawyer enabled him to
present his arguments clearly and log
ically to his audience. He answered
many questions which perplex those
ignorant of the teachings of Christian
Science. The audience followe ed
throughout the discourse with close at
tention, and his lecture has been pro-
nounced by many of those who heard it
as one of the best on this subject ever
delivered in the city.
Mr.. G. B. Bird, of the law firm of
Kreutzer, Bird Il Rosenberg, intro
duced the speaker as follows:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
The members of First Church of
Christ, Scientist, of this city, have hon
ored me with the request to present the
speaker of this afternoon to this audi.
ence. This | am very glad to do, and
to be present to hear his presentation
We all desire to give attentive ear to
any claim of newly discovered truth.
1t has seemed to many that christianity
has grown by series of outbursts OF
new light. The primitive truth seems
each time by lapse of years to have be-
hnH in n of
and dogma. Then some new concep-
ton of it, bursting those letters, reveals
new beauty and truth, which, when
shown, we discover to have been part
of the original truth taught by Christ,
but not before appreciated and under
stood. Thus has christianity, at least
as view it, grown through the centur
les TO an increasingly better conception
of its real essence.
This rushing, nerve wrecking method
of our present living, seems to make of
our lives a constant bustling, siren
BUSINESS which after all seems to result
in nothing very substantial, but is con-
Vertlng US into race of nervous
wrecks. Now these opponents of this
new faith, came to us in this racking
turmoil, claiming that of the real truth
of Christianity, the half hath never
been told'' and proclaim "a message of
health, Joy, contentment, comfort and
peace Ii this claim is true we all will
be glad to welcome them as the Evan
gels of glad tidings.
Every new truth must run the gaunt-
let of ridicule. This usually takes the
form of caricature, that is, some feature
is grossly exaggerated far beyond its
proper proportion and the whole with
this distortion is ridiculed as being a
correct representation of the subject
Intelligent people, however, are not
misled by the deceit of caricature but
will judge each claim of new truth up
on its subtantial merits
The speaker of the afternoon comes
to us with the message of this new
truth. He has had actual experience
in his own household and speaks from
personal knowledge. He does not ap-
pear to be a person who would blindly
be led away by any vagary. Educated
at the State University of Michigan,
he practiced law in the state of Indiana
and has twice been honored with the
confidence of the people of that state
by being chosen their Attorney Gen
eral. | now introduce Mr. Clarence A.
Buskirk. member of the Christian
Science Board of Lecturers of The First
Church of Christ, Scientist, of Boston,
Mass.