The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-03-13
MANY HEAR JUDGE
SMITHS LECTURE

large crowd assembled at the
Nixon opera house Tuesday evening,
to listen to an address on Christian
Science, by Judge Clifford p. Smith, of
Boston. Judge Smith is a forceful and
convincing speaker and for an hour
held the undivided attention of his
large audience.
The meeting was presided over by
M. Reinhart, president of the Winnie
mueca State Bank & Trust company,
who preceded the introduction of the
speaker with the following remarks:
Ladies and Gentlemen: / assure
you that it is with great deal of
pleasure that | accepted the kindly in
vitation to preside at this meeting to
night. | am not a member of the or
ganization myself, but one who is
awake to what is going on around
him must recognize the fact that
Christian Science is fast becoming a
potent factor in the religious and So
cial life of the world. When new ideas
are put forward, ideas which are not
in line with what is generally consid-
cred orthodox, we are likely to form
a wrong impression and do not give
them the proper reception. We seem
to be too willing to exaggerate and
attack any supposed weakness instead
of accepting the best there is in them
as another great force for the better
ment of the human race. | am salts
fed that after listening to the lecture
this evening, many of you will carry
away a different impression from that
formerly held. The gentleman who
will address you this evening comes
from Boston, and is a member of the |
board of lectureship of the Mother |
Church, the First Church of Christ |
Scientist, in that city. lie comes to |
you as a man of undoubted sincerity /
and as such should command your |
sympathy. | take pleasure in intro |
dueing to you Judge Clifford P.
smith, -
Judge Smith said in part:
1t is now generally known that |
Christian Science is founded on the |
Bible no less than are the faiths that |
differ from it and from each other; /
and it is generally recognized that |
Christian Science has been of great |
benefit to many people. But this is /
not to say that it is fully appreciated |
even by those with whom it has won |
respect. Much remains to b. said |
and done in order TO make known how |
important il is to human welfare. Let |
me state the case as / see it. The |
hope and faith of pankind, notwith-
standing doubt and perplexity, have |
always looked with some measure of /
expectation for freedom from adver-
sity and an abundant, satisfying life
The work of Jesus the Christ was de-
signed to show the way and to give
for this hope and faith the assurance
of absolute knowledge or spiritual un-
derstanding. Christian Science has
come TO discover and repeat what he
knew and taught; to revive his orig
inal teaching; to restore the scope
and complete the mission of primitive
to be that esprit of
truth which he foretold and prom
ised. I am aware that the place in
history thus predicted for Christian
Science is a large one, but the pre-
diction is justified by the results al
ready achieved. In the time during
which it has been taught and prac-
tieed Christian Science has wrought a
greater change in human throught
than primitive Christianity did during
the corresponding period of its his
tory.
If one could read the New Testa-
ment Is if it contained a new subject
he might observe that Christianity
was originally based on the truth of
being. It's basic requirement was the
knowledge of the truth concerning
God and man. "For this cause came I
into the world, that / should bear wit
ness unto the truth 81 came that
L. q. 4
tThis is life eternal.
that they might know thee, the only
true God. and Jesus Christ whom
Thou hast sent.' eye shall know the
truth, and the truth shall make YOU
free. These sayings. of the Master,
one of which is quoted from the re-
vised version, imply that the human
or mortal sense of life is false, and
they imply that Immortality is to be
gained by finding and realizing the
truth of being.
Immortality.
The failure to perceive or to retain
this fact has perpetuated the belief of
former ages that the fulflment of
human hope and faith depends on
dying. Even now the majority of
Christians appear to regard the king
d'hh VI oou VI hihSuoin OF heaven as
a situation to be gained, partly or
wholly, by dying They expect to be
nshered into the fullness of life by
means of death. Considered as an
original proposition, such a belief is
like saying that one moves toward an
object by going in the opposite direc-
tion. The only connection that death
ran have with abundant and eternal
life is that it is negaton of being
a phase of evil, which must be over
come in order to attain complete
heaven or harmony According to II
teachings of Christ Jesus all the pes
bilities of being exist here and now.
The New Testament shows that he
referred to his message or teaching as
the gospel of the kingdom;'' and of
his kingdom of God or kingdom of