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The CHAIRMAN-There is no desire to rush it through in any way. If members wish for further information, and they give the Government the particular points on which they desire information I shall inform His Excellency of their desires, and His Excellency will only be too anxions to give all the information in his power, but it would be useful if we could have some definite point on which information is desired.
Hon. Mr. KESWICK-I think we might take the main beads-What is the total experditure on land etc., and then we might be tol how far the tunnel has proceeded; how many roads bare been built, etc. It is really information on the progress that has been made and what remains to be done that we require.
The CHAIRM N-With regard to item = like land I am not in a position to give you the total information.
Hon. Mr. Keswick-I recognise that there are items that we do not want to publish. We don't wish to embarass the Government.
Hon, Mr. OSBORNE-I would like to know whether questions such as the question of the route аге decided for us at bome by the engineers there, or whether the Colonial Officials decide them?
The CHAIRMAN-Everything incurring large expenditure is enbmitted to the Governor, and certainly is not undertaken without his
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After reference to Mrs. Eddy's life, career, and character, the Lecturer d-fined "Christian Scier ce
As the Science of Being. It was the system of realizing the nature of things, of the CX-88 It WAB the light thrown on life, showing to all in the dark bondage of the senses the real character of their environment. It was absolutely Christian, and absolutely scientific.
He then argued at some length that the world ought not to judge it by its adherents and professors. The best of them had still much to learn and far to go,
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As the simple fact of Being' that has come by revelation," this knowledge was being widely embraced by a world that had waited for Propagandism could not help it; hostile erficism could not linder it, it was simply a revealed Truth, and must prevail. It was the elersal Truth; it was God, in deed and in Truth, who had come to turn, and overturn, nati He whose right it is shall reign. Because mathematicians sometimes erred, wa: did not condemn the science of numbers; neither should we condemn Christian Science, when its believers erred.
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"Christian Scieco fears no
wrong, bat Christian rientis s do. They have not out- grown self-love and consequently have not overcome fear for themselves. They are out. growing self love because they are stadging the Spirit of Love, the Love that is God, and are consequently growing out of fear, for perfect Lore casteth oat fe r.' Christian Science feira no defeat bat Christian Scientists have that to demonstrate. They still have fear that A selfish and wicked world will for B time crush out and suppress the Christ Truth that has come to this age,
as it came of old, to bring salvation to a world that cannot mve itself from its self inflicted evils, to light a groping world out of its self benighted darkness. Christian Scientists are those, who, like shepherds of old, have seen this light and are following where it leads, and would point others to that light that they may follow” also, Christian Science is independent, it can stand alone; and Christian Scientists are growing into independence; not what the world calls independence, however, for the Christian Scientists' independence is absolute dependence up in God, the only Good. Thy are learning to make practicable the first commandment "Thou shalt have no other goda before Me" I
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Any Christian Scientist in andertaking to help the sick, the suffering, and dying one, only undertakes to do what he can for him, never saying what he will do, or how much, and leares the patient with perfect freedom a any time to seek and employ any other mode of treatment he chooBER Christian Scientists have been accused of allowing those, whom they are trying to Łelp no freedom or choice of treatment or help. Lut nothing could be more false and untrue than this accusation, large expenditure without consulting the | Christian Scientists learn their patients Governor.
Hon. Mr. OSBORNE The colonists then, practically speaking, control the expenditure, and it is not controlled by the officials at home. The CHAIRMAN--No, the Governor certainly controls in this matter. The staff cannot incur
Hon. Mr. KESWICK -Might I ask you do the consn'ting engineers give an opinion, do they give advice as to the line to be followed ?
The CHAIRMAN-Yer, certainly. The pr posals are submitted to the engineers for expert advice, bat large expenditures cannot be under- taken without the approval of the Governor.
Hon. Mr. OSBORNE If the consulting engineer decided that a double track Was necessary would they have power to build it whether the Colony wanted it or not
The CHAIRMAN- No, not without the cou sent of the Governor.
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Hon Mr. KESWICK - Their duty is wore technical than otherwise?
The CHAIRMAN-They the expert advisers on this particular class of work. I will rep rt these pr. ceadings to His Excellency, aud I will undertake to get out a statement which I bo, e will satisfy you.
The Committes then adjourned.
A NOTABLE LECTURE.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE." Caused, without doubt, by the inters in the subject, the Dady Press discus-ion has given to it, an unusually large audience orowded tha City Hall on January 23rd to hear Mr. Francis J. Fluno lecture on Christian Science and Christian Scientists" There were a few intro- ductory words by the Hon. Mr. H. F. F'ellock, who said he had been asked so often in the
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ed to, but they are attaining to it. They have not yet learned their entire dependence upon God, but they are learning it, and so far as they are able, they are demonstrating it upon them - selves, and this in every possible way. They are learning more and more to depend upon God, the Ons the only Good Io sicknes and in health, sorrow and joy, in pain or in pleasure, in meas news or in strength, in rat or in_fstigue, absolutely free to choose aug kind of treatment · in sunshine or in storm, in times of plenty they wish or to seek any reinf they may. they for in times of wan', in tims of pes.08 and only ask what any one else would ask, or should in times of war they are learning at all times ask, that they let them know whenever they wish to make a change. Scientists never seek to influns ce any person against their own wished or desires, if they find one suffering in any way, they tell them where and Low he can find help, and then leave him to decide for himself.
last few days, in the fram, by telephone, and by letter, if he were a Christian Scientist, that he wanted to tell them now be was not. [Loud applause He Lad come, as they bad, to get
information.
They claimed the Truth, but they asked Loge to accept it. Whether accepted or rejected, the Truth remained Like the cence of mathems tice, Christian Science · works not for cots ats and invites no numbers." As the eternal fact of Being it could stand alotes. It woull ha Carough ali agus jet to cane as it had hedd
through all »gos that have already come.
The lecturer, an old and benevolent looking! gentleman, with long grey beard, and with a diamond flashing on Lis left hand, explained at the outset that be was not there to teach "Christian Science." Those who desired to learn what it was must study for themselves the text book, which Mrs. Eddy was inspired to write. He said, however:
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and under all circunstances to follow the Christ throgh + vil a< well as good report. Christian Scientiste, living more and more in That principle of inexhaustible plenitude, learn that certain independence of ways and meana and a more perfect depend-nce upon the one great cause whose higher laws of spirit and qirituality anonl the lower laws of matter and materiality, and consequ>ully govern all things in the pictuid as well as in the so called material world And floding as they do this law of life mad“ practicable, they never go
ou'side of their wa church and detomination
to solicit money.”
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The lecturer emphasised this point of volun- tary cou-ribution and self-support at some length, and then said: Hundreds are being
healed very day of sickness as well as of sin, and of sin as well as of sickness, and these in their, turn, are learning the great fact of Being and how to apply it in their own case, and прои those who in their faro shall come to them."
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"And because Christian Science i . theaternal fact of being, and the only for of being, it does, act therefore teach eternal bu's ment from God or Good, but on the contrary it teaches that all must come to Truth at last. Resist it as long and as strong y as you will, yet Love from its eternal character and its omnipotent and irresistible properties and qualities of purity and perfection will bring you like a wanderer There were more than five hundred editions home, stray you never so far or stay you never of Science and Health," each of a thousand 10 long. God is Omnipotene, and being epies wih but one exception it was the
Yesterday to day and for erer' the same,
greatest and most wonderful book ever written. His omu potene therefore for ever has been ! It was not teaching a bal of, but the impersonal and for ever will remsie. Hence, un other !
Truth. It pr sented a science to be an power can be, no other power has ever been, aud
derstood and demonstrated, not merely believed. no other power can ever be able to stay his a Christian Scientists" cannot properly mighty hand or thwart bim in his purpose (termed believers in Christian cience, say therefore God and Heaven are, and their (ppa; more than a mathematician could be called a site is not, and Divine Science is the Angel believer in mathematics. They are students of that comes to-day to lay held on that old Ser- Christian Science, they are studying to under- pent which is the Devil and Satan, and will stand Christian Science at not trying to chain him and cast him into the bottomless pit. believe it. They soon see that their beliefs do
thegroat nowhere, and all his Angels with him.
not chaug anything, that what is true is They did not seek converts from other : true, whether they believe it or not; but if religious denominations, but told the glad tidings to all who asked or cared to listen,Kad by no means to persuade them to accept its teachings." At this stage the venerabin
cturer was affected patently with a throat trouble, and bad to stop for a little while } 1 hristian Scientists grow to be not afraid of terral damnation, for themselves or others. They know the great goodness of God, that God is Good and the only Good, and (food, therefore, is omnipotent, omnipresent, and is always the
"Since Christian Science is the Science of Being, it necessarily is the reverse of the seuss testimony; ie, it is the converse of the evidence of the senses, and is therefore just the opposite of most peoples' live of thought or
s me. Therefore, there never will be a time or way of thinking and it must of necessity take; Pace or condition when God, Gold, will not be time to turn from thinking one way, to thinking accessible to MAD. 'I bey are not therefore just the opposite way. We may give you some
a raid that some one will die without the ruth little idea of what it is and what it teaches,
and be for ever lost, for God is Pruth and make some statements as to what it is and what changes not. His saving power and pardoning it is not, and tell you in what way and by what
grace must therefore be and remain the same means you may obtain it for yourself."
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understand it, the same in the science of being as in the scienc) of numbers. No teacher in mathematics after demonstrating a proposition to a papil er r thinks for a moment of asking that papil if he believes it. He asks him if he understands it, knowing that his bellef or disbelief will not change the fact. And what is true in the science of numbers is emphatically Christian tra in the Science of Being Scienon is no person's opinion; no one's opinion
Divine Science. is express dia
It in. cludes and comprehends the rat infinity of Being, and rejects all that is unlike the oa perfect Being that is God the absolute and ouly Good "
i hero was no silly worship or foolish adoration of Mrs. Eddy, but umply gratitude for her discovery of the Truth. The lecturer then