Extracts from Reports of Christian Science Committees on Publication

Straits Settlements.

The lecture given last January was well attended, the largest number we have had so far being present. The lecturer commented on the marked interest of the audience. The notices for the lecture were especially good. Apart from posters, cards, and the radio announcements, a very prominent and large placard was placed over the front of the hall where the lecture was to be given, and must have been seen by a large proportion of the public. The notices in the newspapers were also good, being outstanding and on special feature pages.

The following is the report of the Assistant Committee in Penang:

"All the newspapers in Penang (three in all) have been consistently helpful and friendly. Copies of The Christian Science Monitor are regularly taken to each editor, by whom they are eagerly looked for. A large number of articles have been reprinted from the Monitor in these local papers. In practically all cases due credit is given to the Monitor. On one occasion an article was published and no credit was given, but when this omission was pointed out to the editor, he apologized. All the papers publish an announcement that the Christian Science services are held on Sundays.

"During the year a lecture was given and was well attended, about seventy being present. The Straits Echo and Times of Malaya and the Penang Gazette published the lecture in full, and the Malaya Tribune published a two-thousand-word summary.

"The Straits Echo and Times of Malaya of September 6 published Mrs. Eddy's poem 'The United States to Great Britain' (Poems, p. 10). It was merely sent in and mention was made of the fact that the United States of America and Great Britain were setting apart Sunday, September 8, as a day of prayer.

"Nothing detrimental to Christian Science was published during the year, and the editors speak in glowing terms of the Monitor's attitude toward present world affairs."

New Jersey.

Much interest is expressed in the Christian Science radio programs. A lady telephoned our Assistant Committee that her husband had been suffering from what appeared to be a most alarming and serious ailment for a week. She said he had been in a state of confusion, blindness, and helplessness, and had been unconscious of what was going on around him. On the day of one of our broadcasts, the wife tuned in on the Christian Science program, and as the broadcaster's voice came over the air her husband recognized it and listened to the readings. Then as the solo came on, it seemed to be just what was needed to arouse him. Since that time there has been a steady gain, and now he is going about as usual, and both he and his wife know, and report, that "all is well."

One hundred and seventeen editors in the state receive daily The Christian Science Monitor in exchange for advertising the Monitor in their newspapers at their own rates, and frequently they quote editorials from the Monitor, as well as special articles which appear nowhere else.

Many editors make frequent use of the free quotation service which we call "Thoughts for your Scrapbook." This is mailed to them regularly from this office, and from time to time several newspapers have printed the quotation from Mrs. Eddy's works across the top of the front page, above the name of the paper, giving credit to Mrs. Eddy.

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