Of Good Report

A Recollection of Our Leader

When the Concord State Fair was reopened in 1900, Mrs. Eddy gave generous support to this civic project and attended on Governor's Day as one of several distinguished guests. Afterwards, the Concord Evening Monitor commented on Mrs. Eddy's presence by saying: "Her cordial patronage of this state enterprise betokens her hearty support of home interests. Though a great religious leader, her religion has not removed her from those concerns which are close at hand."

As recalled by biographers, one of the Fair's events which especially interested our Leader was the daring feat of a high diver, who plunged from an elevation of some eighty feet into six feet of water.

Last year, the Committee on Publication for Sweden, through an unusual circumstance, met this man. He found him full of admiration for Mrs. Eddy, with whom he had had an interview, recalling her as a wonderful woman. Among other interesting details, he related how Mrs. Eddy in her eagerness to observe closely the dive had her carriage drawn up so close to the water that she was splashed by the spray.

Gratitude for Food Parcels

On one day alone the Boston Office of the Committee on Christian Science Wartime Activities of The Mother Church received two thousand one hundred and fifty-nine cards of acknowledgment and three hundred and ninety-three letters from European members who had received food parcels from branch churches in the United States, Canada, Australia, and South Africa. More than sixteen hundred branch churches are sharing with The Mother Church the joy of preparing and mailing these packages to thousands of Christian Scientists in the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece, and twenty other countries.

Concerning Monitor Religions Articles

Thousands of people all over the world, many of whom have never heard of Christian Science before, are getting help from this healing religion through the religious articles published on the Home Forum page of The Christian Science Monitor. Many of these articles, besides being reprinted in other newspapers, are being published in leaflet form in the Greek, Portuguese, Polish, and Russian languages. The distinctive feature of the Monitor religious articles is their appeal to the interests of the casual reader in search of inspiration, whatever his religious background. They touch on subjects of concern to all people—happiness, efficiency, health, progress, or the like. Their purpose is to help, not antagonize. One recent article, entitled "Grand Men and Women," for example, showed how thoughtful men and women in the medical profession often uphold the power of prayer, and went on to explain how Christian Science deals with this subject.

"Who may write religious articles for the Monitor?" is often asked in the Field. Contributions from any member of The Mother Church are welcomed by the Journal, Sentinel, and Herald Editorial Department, and full particulars about the length and type of article needed can be obtained by addressing that department.

Inspiration from New Book on Wartime Activities

During one period in World War II on the island of Okinawa in the Pacific, Christian Science services were being held in nine different locations. These services were planned, conducted, and attended by young men, many of whom would have been attending Sunday School had they not been called into the service of their country. An account of the church services they held, as well as of those also held in the Aleutians, in India, on the Normandy Coast, and in the African desert, makes inspiring reading in "The Story of Christian Science Wartime Activities, 1939-1946," published just last month.

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