A Christian Science lecture lasts an hour, but its value far transcends this short time. It is not merely one of many civic events, but is of unique importance to any community in which it is given. For many, it will be an event which will change the basis of thinking and living, will explain to them something of the Science of being, and will introduce them to a scientific, positive approach to their daily problems. A lecture is an important event for the branch Church of Christ, Scientist, which is sponsoring it. for the community which is receiving it, for the Christian Science movement as a whole, and for the world.
The world-changing effect of a Christian Science lecture may be likened to that of a stone dropped in a large pond, with resulting ripples spreading far beyond the point at which the stone entered the water. The known healings which occur during that hour, the increased interest in Christian Science, and the larger attendance at its churches, which usually follow, are only some of its effects.
Christ Jesus described the influence of the words of Truth upon receptive consciousness when he said (John 4:14), "The water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life." The self-sustaining quality of Truth is experienced by those who leave a Christian Science lecture inspired and awakened spiritually and mentally and who are experiencing the fruits of Truth in their own lives. A Christian Science lecture imparts that same truth which Jesus gave and which he said would make us free. Since the inspiration of Love impels the delivery of the lecture, one cannot estimate how far the influence of the lecture will be felt or its message carried.
