Christian Scientists who read with gratitude the announcement by The Christian Science Board of Directors in this issue may be interested to note the following excerpt from a statement by this Board in the Sentinel of January 21, 1928.
Teachers in Christian Science Sunday Schools have a great need to know about the Bible, to know its history, to know the Bible stories which will illustrate lessons for their pupils, for oftentimes one remembers better a lesson that is taught by illustration.
A group of young people, all interested to some extent in Christian Science, one day resolved that no obstacle which they could rightly surmount should deep them from attending the Wednesday evening meetings of the Christian Science church.
The Mother Church gives annually two series of Christian Science lectures in outlying districts of Boston and in near-by suburban towns where there are as yet no branch Churches of Christ, Scientist.
It is generally known that one who becomes the clerk of a Christian Science organization, whether church, society, or Association of pupils, has definite responsibilities to keep accurate and adequate records.
When the Items of Interest were instituted, the following statement appeared at the head of this column: "The Christian Science Board of Directors has authorized the publication of this column of brief items relating to our Cause.
A large amount of praise comes at intervals for The Christian Science Monitor; criticism, also, is received from those who differ from what they believe to be its policy.
