Article June 19, 1948 Issue

INVITING STRANGERS TO LECTURES

WILL B. DAVIS

Many thousands have first heard the healing and regenerating message of Christian Science at a Christian Science lecture. In her message to The Christian Science Board of Lectureship on pages 248 and 249 of "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany," Mary Baker Eddy makes it plain that a primary purpose of a lecture on Christian Science is to define and explain the Christ-method of healing which she discovered. It seems strange, then, in a world searching for a way out of turmoil, disease, and disaster, that there should ever be any hesitation about extending a warm and cordial lecture invitation to friends, neighbors, or even to strangers.

The various impersonal forms of advertising which have been used have been successful in reaching many thousands who would never have been invited in any other way. A friendly personal invitation has also been found to be a most effective method, and even though it may not always be accepted, it is sure to bear fruit sooner or later. Our Way-shower, Christ Jesus, gave his followers an instruction which may well be adopted by lecture committees. It is (Luke 14:13), "When thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind." Millions are receptive, and let us not allow indifference, apathy, or fear of being misunderstood to prevent us from inviting the unprejudiced, receptive listeners in our neighborhood to our lectures.

Many who have long been earnest students of Christian Science may need the refreshment and enlightenment made available through a particular lecture. But we ought not to be satisfied until our lecture audiences include a substantial proportion of those who are just beginning to study.

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