Editing Septimus J. Hanna (section)

===Later years===
The Hannas decided to leave Boston and return to the west, moving to [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]], which they thought would be a good central location for them in his work as a Christian Science lecturer.<ref name="obit" />

Hanna's lectures were compared to legal arguments and to a judge's charge to a jury.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2485&dat=19081215&id=AqszAAAAIBAJ&sjid=he4HAAAAIBAJ&pg=7048,1543067 "Brilliant Lecture on Christian Science"] ''The Lodi Sentinel'', [[Lodi, California]] (December 15, 1908). Retrieved July 8, 2013</ref> He remained on the lecture circuit until 1914,<ref name="lm-book" /> lecturing in the United States, British Isles, and Canada.<ref name="obit" />

In 1907, at Eddy's request, Hanna taught the "[[Normal college|normal]] class", the course that trains new teachers of Christian Science. Hanna was the third person to teach the course, aside from Eddy herself.<ref name="rp3-250-1">Robert Peel (1977), pp.&nbsp;250-251</ref><ref>[http://www.daystarfoundation.org/?product=lecture-no-2-christian-science-the-religion-of-the-bible-by-judge-septimus-j-hanna-c-s-d Brief bio of Hanna] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130708123810/http://www.daystarfoundation.org/?product=lecture-no-2-christian-science-the-religion-of-the-bible-by-judge-septimus-j-hanna-c-s-d |date=2013-07-08 }} Daystar Foundation. Retrieved July 8, 2013</ref>{{#tag:ref|Initially, the normal class was held annually and the same teacher taught every year. Eddy, who believed in "rotation in office", planned to establish a three-year term limit; the second teacher taught for three years. She then wrote a new by-law, establishing the class term as it is today, with one normal class (course) held once every three years, a different teacher for every term and the class size limited to 30. Hanna was the first to teach under the new by-law.<ref name="rp3-250-1" />|group=n}} Aside from the few pupils he had taught in Scranton before moving to Boston, Hanna had not taught Christian Science and was surprised by the request and was initially uncertain about accepting the invitation. His own first [[Christian Science practitioner#Class instruction|primary class]] was held the following year, in August 1908.<ref name="obit" />

When Eddy died in 1910, Hanna, became president of the Massachusetts Metaphysical College.<ref name="obit" /> He was the only person to serve as president other than Eddy and was re-appointed president every year for the rest of his life.<ref name="csj-89bio" />

In autumn 1911, they moved to [[Pasadena, California]] and built a house on the corner of Oakland Avenue and Fillmore Street. In 1914, Hanna resigned from the Board of Lectureship; he continued to conduct his annual primary class instruction and association meeting until his death in 1921. For many years, Judge Hanna was a member of the [[National Geographic Society]].<ref name="obit" />