Article March 4, 1972 Issue

Go—Take the Little Book!

CHARLES HENRY GABRIEL

If a friend appeared to be in great need, and if you had something that you knew would positively help him—that would bring him comfort and healing—wouldn't you offer it to him quickly? Would you withhold it for fear that he might think you presumptuous, or that he might not accept it willingly? If you really cared, you'd put all such doubts aside. You'd decide to give it, and watch for the moment when you knew he'd receive it; and you'd present it to him with all your love. You'd give him the best you had!

There is such a gift to share with our neighbor. The facts of his very being, the truths of what is really going on in his experience, the way to pray for himself—these and much more are included in that gift. It's Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, the textbook of Christian Science. This book explains the Word of God. Who would withhold that from a friend in need? Is there any reason for delay?

Sometimes we find ourselves hesitating to lend or give a friend the textbook because we think it may be too deep for him. Maybe he won't understand it. Perhaps a pamphlet, or a periodical, or a lecture might be easier for him to grasp. Yet isn't it important to remember that there is an entire chapter—one hundred pages— in that precious volume that relates authenticated healings of people who received their help wholly from reading the textbook? They had no practitioners to help them, no one to explain Science to them. They just read the book and the truth it contained did the work.

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