Article October 12, 1912 Issue

OUR BUSINESS MEETINGS

HERBERT M. BECK.

A Gentleman who had recently become a very keen observer of things connected with Christian Science, remarked as follows: "If I wanted to see a man about whom I knew nothing, except that he was a Christian Scientist, I would attend a Sunday or Wednesday evening meeting of that church and expect to find him there."

The regular attendance at the Christian Science services—Sunday and Wednesday, summer and winter—has often been remarked on, and the fact noted that the attendance is usually much larger than the membership. This, of course, is a pleasant thing to contemplate, and should be appreciated as an evidence of the drawing power of the word of Truth; but it is also a fact that the business meetings, at least in the smaller churches, are not so well attended, in some instances, as they should be. Some members are usually excused on account of being absent from the city, others no doubt have excuses which seem reasonable to them, but the question is, Is anything reasonable that takes us from the councils of our cause? The loving commendation of Article XVII, Section I, of the Manual of The Mother Church, should not be forgotten nor taken lightly. A Christian Scientist cannot be fatigued in doing his duty toward Truth and Love,—and are not the weary and heavy laden those who are looking to sense, and not to Soul, for happiness?

It is often noted that those who are absent from business meetings, for one reason or another, are perfectly loyal in supporting the conclusions of the rest, but to those present,—"the faithful few,"—to know what is the right course to pursue is a burden and responsibility which should be mutually shared by every member of the church. The treasury may, or may not, at a particular time, be in need of the loving consideration of every one; however, it should not only be kept abreast of the current expenses, but even more, that the greatest work in the world, that of saving the world, may go forward with every new and broader opportunity that offers. Yet it is not money alone that this work must have; at least, not money first. It is love first,—love of the cause,—the love which led woman to be last at the cross and first at the sepulcher, for one is not easily separated from that which he loves.

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