Article January 3, 1959 Issue

Practical Christian Science

"We are grateful for increased interest on the part of the staff of our Christian Science Reading Room," writes a librarian, "in recognizing that church activities, including the Reading Room, embrace the entire community."

This appears in line with the statement of our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, in her Message to The Mother Church for 1901 (p. 31), "I can use the power that God gives me in no way except in the interest of the individual and the community." A Christian Science Reading Room offers and fulfills its services on this basis.

The librarian continues: "Our Reading Room, situated in corner quarters, has two large display windows. The arrangements therein are worked out through prayerful thought to meet the needs of the passers-by. Many window readers, strangers to Christian Science, sooner or later enter the room to inquire about our religion. Often, this has led to the lending or sale of the Bible and 'Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures' by our Leader, as well as to an explanation of how to study the weekly Bible Lesson as outlined in the Christian Science Quarterly. Some of these people are using the Reading Room for study. Others are attending the church services and have entered their children in the Sunday School.

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