Article July 15, 1916 Issue

Service in Our Cause

WILLIAM ROE CONNER

One of the greatest gifts of Christian Science is the opportunity it offers for service, the added ability to help one's fellow men, for such is truly service to God. The usher in a Christian Science church should realize that in his work he serves the cause of Christian Science, and through this channel is enabled better to serve God, to be about his Father's business. He should come to a realization that the seating of the audience is but a small part of his work. Like all the activities of the Christian Science movement his work is really one of healing, though it may be done indirectly, impersonally, unconsciously.

A gentleman recently remarked to an usher: "I always feel better as soon as I enter this church and see your face. If I am weary, tired, depressed, or suffering from a sense of sickness, I find an expression of love, peace, and assurance there which brings me immediately to the realization of the truth, and I am healed." Not infrequently does the newcomer gain his first impression of Christian Science in this way; hence the usher should have all worldly thoughts put out of his consciousness, so that he may reflect only love, peace, and spirituality. If his heart is right, his head and hands cannot go astray, for he knows that his work, rightly understood, is as metaphysical as the treatment of disease. In knowing the truth about God and man the usher becomes a potent factor for good in the church. It is as essential that he should understand the true meaning of church as given by Mrs. Eddy on page 583 of Science and Health, as it is that he should know the hours and the order of service.

Furthermore, ushering should be considered not merely a duty but a privilege, and our only regret should be that there are so few occasions upon which we can thus serve the cause of Truth. The usher should realize that there is a right place for each person, and that "God is not the author of confusion, but of peace." He should never lose sight of the fact that he is not working as an individual, serving a selfish purpose, but that as a servant of Truth and Love he is working for the good of the cause, and he should always be ready to give a cup of cold water in Christ's name.

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