Editorial August 20, 1910 Issue

"A CUP OF COLD WATER."

Archibald McLellan

How best to dispose of accumulating copies of the Sentinel and Journal, is a question that sometimes perplexes Christian Scientists who would like to pass along their "good things" to' others, but are in doubt as to the most effective method of accomplishing their purpose. It is because this is a question that is often asked, showing that it is still an unsolved problem in many households, that we are glad to call attention to what was done with one copy of the Sentinel. In a testimony which appears on page 1013 of this issue, Mrs. Hoyle tells about her condition and its seeming hopelessness; of her dread to meet the God who, as she had been led to believe, had put this burden of pain and sickness upon her; and of how she felt that the healing of sickness, as it was done by Christ Jesus, was for her if she but knew how to ask for it.

Of her experience at this time she writes: "I prayed earnestly for light, and this promise came to me, 'Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled'! And the help came! I then knew nothing of Christian Science, but a neighbor sent me a Sentinel (I have it yet), and a note with love and best wishes. It was like a drink of cold water to a thirsty traveler. I read and drank in every word, and when I read the testimonies I believed them and knew that I, too, could be healed. What a joy it was to know that God did not send the sickness!" The rest of the story is very simple. The new-found faith in God which the Sentinel had inspired was not vain, and the sufferer was healed. What better disposition could have been made of this copy of the Sentinel?

While there is a great satisfaction to Christian Scientists, as they frequently write us, in receiving and reading our periodicals, this is only a part of the good that these publications can and should accomplish. They were one and all instituted by our revered Leader with the intent that they should carry the gospel of healing from sin and sickness to every one who is in need and ready to listen, and it is within the province of every Christian Scientist to assist in this good work. Such ministry to the needy is like the "quality of mercy" of which Shakespeare wrote,—

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