Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-04-15

Mr.. John c. Lathrop, c. S. B., of
Brookline, Mass, lectured on Christian
Science in the city hall on Saturday
evening, April 18th. The lecture was
attended by a large and attentive
audience. Miss Mary Harger intro
duced the speaker with the following
remarks:
Friends: We have all been called
upon, during the recent war, to sacri-
fee in one way or another and this
sacrifice has taught us the neces-
sity and value of searching our minds
and hearts and standing for a right
eous cause. 1t has prepared us some
what for this period of reconstruction
which is calling upon us for even a
deeper search.
Webster tells us that 10 recon-
struct means "to form again or anew"
Jesus said Eye must be born again"
and Christian Science is here to offer a
means af reconstruction to all human
problems, physical, mental, moral, etc.,
whereby right thinking becomes more
natural than wrong thinking, because
it is based upon an understanding of
God.
Science and Health with Key to Scrip
ture by Mary Baker Eddy we read
Divine Science derives its sanction
from the Bible and the divine origin of
Science is demonstrated through the
holy influence of Truth in healing
sickness and SIM
1.-THE speaker for this evening is a
member of the Board of Lectureship
of The Mother Church, The First
Church of Christ Scientist in Boston,
Massachusetts. One whose wide eX-
perience in Christian Science work
enables him to speak with authority.
l therefore take pleasure in introduc-
ing Mr.. John c. Lathrop, C. S. B., of
Brookline, Massachusetts, who will
speak to you on Christian Science"
Christian Science was discovered by
Mary Baker Eddy fifty-two years ago
Thirteen years after the discovery
the first Church of Christ, Scientist, u
was organized in Boston, Massach-
sets. Since then nearly eighteen hun
dred organized churches or societies
have been established over the world
fOrty-One cities each containing two
churches or societies, and tWenty-fouI
other cities each containing from three
to eighteen churches or societies. Al
the Wednesday evening meetings hello
in these churches and societies ovel
ten thousand people each week pub.
licly and voluntarily bear grateful ties.
timony to the healing and regenera.
tive benefits they have received through
Christian Science. Scores of addi-
tional carefully authenticated testi
monies appear weekly and monthly
in the Christian Science Sentinel an(
The Christian Science Journal. l
these are some of the present fruit:
of Christian Science, Mrs. Eddy ask!
in her book, Science and Health will
Key to the Scriptures" (p. 349), "wha
will the harvest be, when this Science
is more generally understood"
DISCOVERER AND FOUNDER
1 first met Mary Baker Eddy twenty
two years ago, when, on leaving tn,
business world to embark in the prac
tice of Christian Science, she invites
me to visit her at her home in Con
cord, N. H. In those early days Their
were conflicting stories afioat abou
Mrs. Eddy, and so l decided to keel
Oh, as 1t were, my business spec
tacles," look at her through them, an,
thus not be fooled by any possible per
sonal influence. Great was my relic
and satisfaction on meeting a person
who did not at all accord with what
had heard. | found myself in the pres
ence of person of marked gentleneS
and refinement, whose manner wa
quiet, modest, and deeply sincere, VIII
spoke with great earnestness, con
tinually referring to God with such I'm
usual trust and conviction that m
thought soon left her personality an
did not return to it. / discovered tina
instead of her human personality dom
mating me, something entirely abov
the human was governing Mrs. Eddy
and in turn strongly impressing me
L remember she answered some diff
cult questions, and her simple, unhesi
tating, strong, and certain name
convinced me that she was not depend
ing upon her mortal self or human
will for knowledge, but that her wis
dom was the outcome of her implied
spiritual faith in God Those who kne,
Mrs. Eddy best never had but on
opinion about her absolute relianc
upon the divine Mind for every dali
move. l may add, merely in the wa
OF confirmation, that in after years