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cREsco, HOWARD COUNTY, IOWA. FRIDAY, FEl
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE

Lime Springs Church / is Appropri-
ate Services in N iory of
Abraham Lin IL.
published by request Of the First
Church of Christ, Scientist, of
Lime Springs.
|. February 18th, 1910, being the one
hundred and first anniversary of the
birth of Abraham Lincoln, it is the
custom of some of the states to OBJ
serve this day. The governor of Mas
sachusetts annually issues a proclama-
tion calling upon the people to assem-
BILE to their churches for the obsery-
ance of Lincoln Day.
First Church of Christ, Scientist, of
Lime Springs held shorb, appropriate
service at their. church room in the
opera house block at 10 a. m.
The services consisted of reading of
appropriate selections of scripture by
the First Reader, congregational
singing, silent prayer, followed by
the audible repetition of the Lord s
prayer with its spiritual Interpretation
from the Christian Science Text Book
The citations which comprised the
sermon were from the Bible and from
"Science and Health" with Key to the
Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
After which the congregation was
favored with short, but very appro-
pirate address by Prof. Hermann S.
Herring from Concord, N. H., on the
subject, Abraham Lincoln" Prof.
Herring having visited the spot where
Lincoln made his first political speech
giving a graphic illustration of the
scene aud occasion whice prompted the
tall awkward farmer boy to utter
words that later made him leader OF
the people, words that cannot be sill
enced, and which time cannot erase
All who attended felt that the time
was very profitably spent.
Mr.. A. j. Cray in introducing Prof
|
Herring said:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
| Through the courtesy of the mem
bers of the Christian Science church
you have been welcomed to this fre.
lecture. 1t was not only that they de
sired your presence here tonight, bu
they want YOU to receive permanent
benefit from the message which tn,
lecturer may bring to you. In order t,
do this, we must lay aside our preju
dices, if we have any, have charit.
toward the opinions of others and tax.
unto ourselves the advice which Pau
gave to the Thessalonians when h,
wrote to them saying: Prove al
! things. Hold fast that which is good
am not a Christian Scientist and d.
not know enough about its teaching
to talk intelligently upon the subject
but do not hesitate to say that an.
religious belief care not by wha
name it may be known, that make
men better, happier, more contente
and tends to pluck the fangs of sar
casm, hatred, envy and jealousy fror
the heart of mankind, is worthy of a
/ the credit for the good it may do in tn
} world and should receive the encourage
! ment of Christian people.
All the religions have common pun
: pose, the protection and. perfection {
: the human soul and the CO operation {
r all the religious societies would haste
the progress of this great work.
e 1t has been my privilege the pa.
few months to see and to read dali
paper of general news which is pul
lished by the Publishing Bureau of II
!. Christian Science church at Boston ar
this is the only daily paper in n
\ knowledge that is perfectly proper
> be read from beginning to end by II
young people, the middle aged and IL
old. This paper may be read fro
5 first to last without giving impetus
\ a single evil thought.
= 1t is my pleasure tonight to intr
duce to you Professor Hermann
4 Herring, who is member of the Chris
ian Science Board of Lectureship
: the Mother Church at Boston. Pr
fessor Herring comes to us high
spoken of as public lecturer and tt
= fact that for nearly ten years he w
engaged as instructor in the Johns Ho
Z kins University at Baltimore is suffi,
ent proof of his strong intellect al
+ great ability.
: Synopsis Of Prof. Herlng's Lecture.
In considering the subject of "Chr
tian Science; the Science of Salv
ton, it is we'll to have a mutual u
s. derstanding as to the meaning of
terms. Science means exact, systel
atized and d monstrable knowledge
r. facts, laws and causes, while accol
ing to Smiths Bible Dictionary saly
tion means "deliverence from te
poral evils and earthly destruction, :"
other words, deliverence from evil,
from sin, disease and death. Her
"The Science of Salvation" means
substance that demonstrable kno,
+ edge which affords deliverance fir,
all evil.
st. Paul admonishes us to work
our own salvation. This Scriptu
command means far more than I
common belief that salvation is ass