Article September 17, 1932 Issue

The Christian Science Reading Room

JANE G. JENKINS

A MOTHER brought her small daughter to a Christian Science Reading Room for the first time. The child, who had been taught to appreciate the holy purpose of the Reading Room, at once recognized the reflection of Love there, for after the visit she asked her mother to take her again to "God's room." That is exactly what the Reading Room is — "God's room," provided to bless all who come to it.

To those dear once weary and down-trodden, struggling with the burden of material sense and reaching out for a practical and saving understanding of God, the Christian Science Reading Room reiterates the precious invitation of the Christ, "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."

The revelation of Christian Science, given to the world by Mary Baker Eddy, is complete. In the unfoldment of the Christian Science movement, our Leader saw the necessity of providing Truth-guarded channels for sharing her revelation with the world, so that the seeker might partake of God's Word in its purity. So it was that she was divinely guided to make provision for the establishing of Christian Science Reading Rooms, in the By-Law in the Manual of The Mother Church (Art. XXI, Sect. 1), which reads: "Each church of the Christian Science denomination shall have a Reading Room, though two or more churches may unite in having Reading Rooms, provided these rooms are well located."

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