The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-09-10
VERY PLEASING
LECTURE GIVEN
Judge Clifford P. Smith Delivers a
Splendid Lecture at Christian
Science Church Last Evening
LARGE AUDIENCE is PRESENT
Mr. Chase kemm;ne Introduces Speak
err in Most Appropriate Manner
Church Looked Beautiful.


The membership of the Christian
Science Churc! Of this city are deserv
eddy we'll pelased with the lecture
given at the church last evening by
Judge Clifford p Smith, of the Mother
church at Boston. The fine church
building on East fremont street, just
west of the Sears McHenry residence
was most bright and pleasing With IFS
we'll kept interior and beautiful dis
play Of flowers The speaker was in
troduced by Mr.. Chase kemming in
we'll chosen remarks and soon was in
to the midst of his address.
Judge Smith is gentleman OF
marked ability He was appointed
jl:dge of the district about Mason City
by Governor Shaw, when very young
man to hold SO important a position.
1t took bat few terms OF court TO
show THAI he was a student of the law,
careful. Fainstaking, courteous to at
torneys and citizens who had business
before him, and a life work on the
bench seemed accorded him if so de-
sired. Judge Smith and his talented
wife became attracted to the study OF
Christian Science The habits of mind
whic!, made him a thorough lawyer he
used in the understanding of the works
of Mrs. Eddy. In time his abilities and
possible usefulness were recognized
by the managers of the church at Bos
ton and he was asked to come there
as lega, advisor and advocate of the
religious movement. He was given a
i,l INT
of view and accepted. moving to
Brookiine. one of the aristocratic sub
urbs of Boston. He was one OF the
founders of the daily Christian Sci
ence paper which many have seen. At
present his time is taken with lecture
engagements in all sections of the
country.
The lecture of last evening was de-
livered in perfect language with most
pleasing manner and held his listen
ers' .rapt attention. The following
brief abstract of the lecture kindly
handed us by Mr.. Chase Kemming,
hardly does justice to the claims for
the movement set forth by the dis
tinguished lecturer:
Christian Science has come to dis
cover and repeat what Jesus knew and
taught: to revive his original teach
ing; to restore the scope and complete
the mission Of primitive christianity;
to be that spirit of truth" which he
foretoid and promised. For every per-
and happiness and the fullness of life.
son in tits World5it has plain, prac-
ticai message that means freedom
Christian Science is not something
invented by Mrs. Eddy: it was unfold
ed to Mrs. Eddy aud expressed by her
in the manner described by the Master
in His prophecy of the Comforter: He
shall not speak to himself: but what
sOever he shall hear that shall he
speak," In this way Mrs. Eddy has
been the means of giving to the world
the science of God and His universe,
including man and especially this sci
ence as applied to humanity. 1t de-
clares the one divine principle of the
universe. separates the error from the
truth in human thought, furnishes the
scientific method by which divine law
is available in the case of every hui
man need. and shows,how evil can be
overcome and abolished.
Mrs Eddy never sought personal
following Throughout her work as
the leader of great religious move
ment she consistently turned the at
tention of Christian Science away from
herself to the message from God to
men which was spoken through her.
Her aim and hope. as she often said,
were to quicken and increase the ben
eficiai effects Of christianity" (Sci-
laneouJ Writings, page 2O7.) The spir-
ituai vitality of her message is proved
by what it has already accomplished;
but this is only foretaste of the ben
efits that will accrue to humanity as
this science is more widely under
stood and practised.
To the wise of this time Christian
Science healing is the sign OF mans
cOm1ieie dominion over evil. 1t sig
nifies that no i'll or evil-no harmful
event or conditions either lawful
or natural: none is inevitable; none
but what can be overcome with the
law and power of God. Christian Sci
ence simply makes practical the ideal
of worship and service set forth by
Isaiah: "To loose the bands of wick
euHcSSs W Olluo luC ilCdNy Oiu
to let the oppressed go free and that
We break every yOks.
Christ Jesus once said: every
plant. which my heavenly Father hath
not planted, shall be rooted up In
other words. that only is real and en-
during of which God is the author, All
evil, whether called moral, mental or
physical, is Elusive, destructible and
unreal because it is contrary to the
nature of the only cause and creator.
This is the basis on which true heal
ing is accomplished; therefore every
case of healing wrought by the divine
Principle on which Christian Science
is founded not only gives reason for
hone in other cases. but it advances
the time when the last vestige of evil
will be expelled from human expert
ence and the great Teachers declara-
ton will be fulfilled.