The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-11

The beautiful Christian science
church ON Belmont avenue was filled
last. evening upon the occasion Of the
presence Of Judge VIM. G. Ewing, tue
we'll known former Chicago jurist, who
delivered = lecture under the auspices
OF the Christian Science lecture board.
anon the teachings and beliefs OF the
Christian Science faith. To say that
Judge Ewing'st address was pleasing,
AZ placing 1t in mild light. Inc
sneaker himself, is a remarkable man,
and considering his advanced age ms
lecture was equally remarkable mo.
altogether because OF it's oratorical
mower. but because Of the story which
= conveyed to those who listened.
prof. A, A. Bruce, dean Of the state
college Of law. in introducing the
speaker, said:
I am not Christian Scientist; per-
haps It would be better II were; per-
hans / would be better and happier.
I have known many Scientists, and
think am safe in saying that l nave
known NO one to, whom the belief has
not brought serenity and happiness.
I think 1 am safe in saying that the
ideal Of the scientist is to bring the
kingdom Of God upon earth. l think
I am safe in saying that he believes as
7 belieye in the prayer Thy king
dom come, Thy will b done on earth
aa Il Ia in heaven" and I believe, after
ali. that that Is the right ideal OF all
- al NhriatfQn1fv.
But 1t matters not, after all, what
believe or what do not believe. u
is not necessary that any OF US should
he scientists in order that we should
rejoice in having a man like Judge
Ewing with us tonight. There Is
something which n greater than any
man: there is something which is
greater than any church, than any
political party and that is the ever
lasting truth. We all of US see
through a glass darkly. We all Of us
long to see face to face. We all OF us
want to know, even as we are KNOWN
and I feel a great depth Of gratitude to
any man who in this busy, mercantile
age wherein the ordinary man is
struggling after wealth, and wealth
alone. is willing to spend his time and
abilities in seeking the truth and in
making things clear to us as he sees
them himself.
You remember, perhaps, the book
entitled The Evidences of Christian
ity" which was written by the lawyer
Greenleaf, book we'll known because
Mr.. Greenleaf was lawyer. He had
before written another book, treatise
on the evidence as found in the courts
of law which was known the world
over. When Mr.. Greenleaf wrote his
second book, "The Evidences of Chris
tianity," the world stopped and lis
tened. When he said that, judging
FROM the standpoint Of a lawyer and
of legal evidence, he had concluded
that Christianity was true, the world
stopped and thought, and a new inn
.Netus to Christianity was given be-
T cause it was the opinion of man
trained in the dissection of facts and
of evidence.
In the same way, when man such
as we have with us tonight comes from
the active profession of the law, after
having passed a life in the successful
practice of the law, comes to us from
the em1nence of the bench of the SUI
perior Court of Chicago, a man who
has sacrificed for the cause of the
everlasting truth as he sees it, his
legal career and his opportunities for
wealth, we are all of us privileged, We
are all of us graitfied. I take pleasure
in introducing to you tonight the
Honorable William Ewing, late judge
of the supreme court of Chicago, who
will speak to you on Christian Science.
Judge Ewing's lecture was as fol-
lows:
Ladies and Observation-Disclosures
Scientists do not shrink from any
responsibility. attaching to their re-
ligious belief or it's practice. They
do not invoke your sympathy nor
duplication and demand justice; Sc
rene in their purpose to be right, If
wrong, they would be righted; but If
right, they insist the good they have
belongs to humanity, and should be
distributed to its own. Hence their
efforts in the simplicity and sincerity
of brotherly love to tell you something
of the Joy that has sweetened their
lives and made them, as we would
say, not better than you are, but bet
ter than they were, and that will make
you even better than you are.
Every Christian church has been
compelled to struggle for its estab-
lishment, and in tie presentation OF
our cause we are no more combated
by honest opinion than your church
was, whatever its name, in its effort
for recognition. Now, as then, it is
prejudice that brazenly confronts
every new thought of God, every con-
cept of the infinite Father born of in
dividual conscience aud in the blaz-
ing light of the latest and best day
has gladdened humanity. Prejudice
is the enemy of progress; it would
mock equity, degrade charity, traduce
thruth. dethrone right, pollute justice,
it is devilish, It is predetermination,
Judgment without evidence, conclusion
without reason, conviction without
thought.
Prejudice Of People.
And yet, 1t is because We realize
quite as we'll as you do that many of
our people, and especially many OF
the good people of the old churches.
are greatly prejudjced against what
they think Christian Science to be,
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