Article June 20, 1953 Issue

FROM ANNUAL REPORTS OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE COMMITTEES ON PUBLICATION

Making Christian Science Better Known

with contributions from Colin R. Eddison, Edward Froderman

London, England

It is always a pleasure to respond to a request for an address on Christian Science to be given to a group of people who are not Christian Scientists. The speaker attends the meeting as a guest, and those present usually come with an open mind. Occasionally someone is present with the obvious intention of criticizing our religion, but these occasions are few, and I am glad to say that the great majority of those who attend sincerely wish to learn something about Christian Science. A favorable impression created by such an address has effects that are far reaching and often perhaps unknown to the speaker.

The number of meetings addressed has been slightly larger than last year and probably higher than in any previous year. The invitations received in the counties in which London is situated have come, on the whole, from groups of people with greater experience and education than heretofore. This arises, I think, from the fact that discussion groups are in themselves more widely and better established and are attracting a thoughtful class of person. Four occasions in London and the London counties are worthy of mention:—

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