Article September 6, 1947 Issue

Love's Invitation

Recently, when our attention was called to the spiritual value of The Herald of Christian Science, this Reading Room immediately subscribed to all the Heralds and displayed them not only on the showcase in the salesroom, but in the window on the street. We suddenly realized that we had been content to get along with only part of the literature our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, has provided for progress in Christian Science. We were also aroused to the need of telling the public by way of our window that the Herald is available in Braille. Though we had never had a request for literature in Braille, we subscribed to this edition of the Herald, and also one alert church member gave her copies to the Reading Room.

As soon as our first Heralds arrived, we placed some of them in the window, including the Braille. The librarian and her assistants did specific metaphysical work in support of this progressive step. The executive board of our branch church was told of this and showed great interest.

In two days a man of foreign birth came into the Reading Room to ask if he could purchase the German edition of the Herald displayed in the window. We gladly sold it to him and replaced it with another edition of the Herald. He then expressed delight over the Braille edition on the showcase and said that he had seen the Braille Herald in the window. Since it reminded him of a friend who reads Braille, he purchased a copy, saying that through it he hoped to arouse his friend's interest in Christian Science.