Article October 4, 1913 Issue

Distribution of Literature

ALBERT E. MILLER

In considering the distribution of Christian Science literature, there is one point which should be kept constantly before all who engage in this ministry, and that is the important part which this literature has in the healing of mankind. Not only are people healed of their false beliefs concerning this cause through the circulation of its literature, but in having such beliefs corrected, their interest is awakened to receive its appeal, and they learn in reading, that there is a deeper significance in the message which Christian Science brings than they had at first supposed.

It is interesting to consider how well our periodicals fit together in their educational effort. The average man does not know, as a rule, the extent of his real need in the way of healing until the awakening thought discloses certain erroneous mental tendencies which need to be corrected lest they work havoc later, even with physical health. It is the function of Christian Science to heal, to purify, to correct, and it is now generally recognized that Christian Science not only heals the physical ills to which flesh is supposed to be heir, but that it invariably brings out improved conditions when applied to business and to domestic problems.

The recognition that the emancipation of mankind from the bondage of evil can be brought about only through a process of spiritual education, prompted Mrs. Eddy's establishment of each of the Christian Science periodicals and was her motive in founding the Monitor. Beginning with the publication of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," her whole effort has been one of loving service to the human race, and in the unfoldment of this work we see the establishment, first, of The Christian Science Journal; then, on the ever-broadening horizon appears the weekly paper, called the Sentinel; later comes our great daily newspaper, The Christian Science Monitor, in the breadth and scope of its service to mankind disseminating more broadly, and therefore making more widely available, this healing message. Der Herold der Christian Science has a no less important place in its appointed task of awakening the thought of German-speaking people to the need of a practical Christianity, one which heals all diseases as well as sin, and enables us to overcome all evil with good. Think for a moment, if you will, how this periodical has paved the way for the introduction of the German translation of Science and Health, a book which is destined to become more and more widely known and broadly helpful in all parts of the earth where the German language is used.

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