From the Field

[Extracts from the report of Christian Science Committee for State Institutions and Agencies in New Jersey]

State Prison at Trenton. It is gratifying to report that the attendance at our services here has shown a marked increase, although the number of men confined in this prison has decreased recently. A keen interest in the services and in the literature, especially The Christian Science Monitor, is manifested by the men. As a consequence, the number of Monitors being read and enjoyed here is three times what it was a few months ago. Each copy of the paper, after being read by a recipient, is passed on to another. We are fortunate in having two of the inmates who attend our services serve as soloist and pianist. A Thanksgiving service was held in the prison, which was well attended and much appreciated by the men, some of whom gave testimonies.

State Hospital for Insane at Greystone. As the result of the faithful work done by the Christian Science workers, five men who had been attending our services here have been healed and have returned to their homes.

New Jersey Reformatory at Rahway. Christian Science services are held here every Tuesday evening between seven and eight o'clock. Those who attend come voluntarily and show a sincere interest in the Lesson-Sermon. At the close of the services they receive with eagerness the used literature which is brought by the workers, who are allowed a brief interval to talk with the young men.

State Prison Farm near Bordentown. Christian Science services are held here on the second and fourth Sundays of each month at 6.30 p.m. We are informed that these services are the best attended of any religious services held at the farm. In fact, the men have taken such a sincere interest in the services that they have requested that they be held every Sunday, but the authorities have not yet granted this request.

Evidence of the fruitful results of the work here is furnished from time to time. One man reports that his wife is attending the Christian Science church near her home, and that their little girl is in the Sunday school. One of the most faithful attendants attributes to Christian Science his worthiness to be paroled before his term expired.

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