Editorial November 26, 1904 Issue

The Circulation of our Literature

A great deal of time and labor have been expended by Christian Scientists in the distribution of our authorized literature, and while it is impossible to follow up each piece of reading matter and tabulate the good it has done in correcting misapprehension and in breaking down prejudice, we can safely say that the value of this work cannot be overestimated. We have but to turn to the pages of the Sentinel and Journal for evidence of the good results of this distribution of our literature; we there find many testimonies which contain the statement that the attention of the person healed was first directed to Christian Science through the reading of Science and Health or one of our periodicals, which had been loaned or presented by some friend. Much of this work is being done in a systematic manner by the local Publication Committees, and their efforts should have the earnest support of all our people; but this does not mean that individual effort along this line, and with personal friends should be diminished.

In the preparation of our periodicals, much thought is given to the needs of those who are making their first inquiry as to what Christian Science is, and what promise it holds out to those in search of health, peace, and a satisfying religion. The articles published in these pages have all been written by persons who have proved the truth of Christian Science through demonstration, and therefore, they are not the promulgation of mere theory or hypotheses. They carry a practical message to any one who wishes to know somewhat of this truth, and they are the outgrowth of individual spiritual experience. The testimonies of healing are the fruitage of the religion of Christ Jesus, and are written by living witnesses to the healing power of his gospel as revealed to the world to-day in Christian Science. The number of letters received at this office from persons who have been helped by these periodicals, witness to their usefulness, and we believe that if they were given still wider circulation, much more would be accomplished.

Another interesting fact disclosed by some of the testimonies published in our periodicals is that quite a number who have been healed through Christian Science owe their first knowledge of this truth to a copy of Science and Health which they found in some public library. It therefore seems desirable that considerable attention should be given to this feature of the work, and those who are in charge of the distribution of literature in the local fields, should see to it that a sufficient number of copies of Science and Health and the other works of our Leader are placed in their public library. Reports of librarians show that but few books are called for more frequently than Science and Health, and it is therefore important that every library should be supplied with a number of late editions which will meet this demand. M.

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