Article January 16, 1932 Issue

The New Publishing House

HENRIETTA C. HOWLAND

An opportunity has been offered to Christian Scientists to aid in the building of a new and larger Publishing House; and, eager to see God's reign established upon earth, they will prayerfully seek to find ways in which to help in this undertaking.

One student of Christian Science began by thoughtfully considering the words "publish" and "house." To publish is "to make public; to proclaim to all people." And in her interpretation of the last clause of the twenty-third Psalm, Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, has written, "I will dwell in the house [the consciousness] of [love] for ever" (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 578). Inasmuch as all right mental activity is made manifest, it is evident that to help in the building of the new and larger Publishing House every individual worker needs to renew and enlarge his consciousness of divine Love; to become a more efficient publisher of the truth.

The Master, Christ Jesus, commanded that the gospel be preached to every creature; and mankind is waiting and longing for the glad tidings of salvation from sin, disease, and death which Jesus brought to humanity. Our beloved Leader, who was divinely inspired to explain this glorious gospel to a waiting world, has written (ibid., p. 570): "Millions of unprejudiced minds—simple seekers for Truth, weary wanderers, arthirst in the desert—are waiting and watching for rest and drink. Give them a cup of cold water in Christ's name, and never fear the consequences." As millions of receptive ones are patiently waiting and watching for this truth which tells them of man's freedom from sin, sickness, sorrow, and death, students of Christian Science should strive to enlarge their ability to present and spread this good news to all mankind.

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