Article May 14, 1932 Issue

From the Field

[From the Annual Report of Work at California State Prison, San Quetin, California]

Like the day of Pentecost, when all were gathered with one accord in one place, Thanksgiving Day services in the men's department at San Quentin Penitentiary were unmistakably touched by the Holy Spirit. Testimonies of Christian Science healing, written for the occasion by inmates of the institution, were read from the desk to a chapel crowded with attentive worshipers.

Christian Science services have been held in the women's department at San Quentin every Sunday morning. The regular attendance is about forty women. It is truly their service—they join so heartily in singing the hymns, in the responsive reading and the Lord's Prayer. The very close attention given to the reading of the Lesson-Sermon is most gratifying. The loving cooperation of the superintendent and of the seven matrons in the prison gives us a great sense of satisfaction. The Thanksgiving service was a joyous occasion. A number of the women testified to the great blessings received through the study of Christian Science, and a most loving spirit prevailed. The workers felt that it was a blessing to attend this service and to join with the others in testifying to the benefits received.

Our library consists of the Bible; "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy and all our revered Leader's other works; "The Life of Mary Baker Eddy" by Sibyl Wilbur, and "Mary Baker Eddy: A Life Size Portrait" by Lyman P. Powell. The books of the circulating library are kept in a bookcase in the large living room, and the librarian keeps a list of those who use them. Each woman who is a student of Christian Science has her copy of the Bible and Science and Health and the Quarterly in her room. The regular periodicals the Journal, Sentinel, and Monitor, are all supplied in sufficient numbers to fill the requirements of the women who are interested in reading them, and they are greatly appreciated. The librarian told us that she had requests from fifty of the women for the Christian Science Quarterly, containing the Lesson-Sermons, when the last Quarterly was issued.

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