The Annual Meeting of The Mother Church, held on June 5, was attended by a large number of members from far and near. The addresses and reports, which showed the progress of the movement during the year and emphasized the need for continued consecrated effort, were listened to with much appreciation. A feature of the meeting was the deep gratitude evinced for the new Publishing House, for the forethought and courage of The Christian Science Board of Directors in initiating the work of building, and for the faithful labor of all those associated with the undertaking.

The meeting began with the singing of hymn 207, "O gentle presence," by Mary Baker Eddy. The retiring President, the Hon. Ralph O. Brewster, former Governor of Maine, then read the following selections from the Bible and "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures":

The Bible 
Galatians 5:1, 13, 14, 16, 17, 22,23,25 
John 12:32

Science and Health 
Page 255:1 (only)
Pref. vii:13–20 
254:24–31
106:7
225:21
227:14–19

After a period of silent prayer and the audible repetition of the Lord's Prayer, the congregation sang hymn 414, "I love to tell the story." The officers of The Mother Church for the ensuing year were then announced, as follows:

President: Miss Mary G. Ewing, of Brookline, Massachusetts; Treasurer: Edward L. Ripley, of Brookline, Massachusetts; Clerk: Ezra W. Palmer, of Brookline, Massachusetts.

The following address was then delivered by the retiring President, the Hon, Ralph O. Brewster:

The opportunity for serving humanity through Christian Science has grown by leaps and bounds, for "man's extremity is God's opportunity." Never, perhaps, was the world so generally aroused to the need for a more universal and more adequate solvent for its ills. World conferences are the almost daily order. Never were the catastrophic consequences of selfishness, dishonesty, and greed more evident in the devastation they have wrought. Never was the necessity of an applied and practical Christianity more apparent.

Never have the Directors of the mighty army represented by this great assemblage here today faced a more inspiring challenge for world-wide service. The breaking up of material beliefs may seem temporarily to present itself in the guise of want and woe and famine until the work of those who have enlisted to vanquish error in every form shall make error's nothingness appear.

To the Directors of The Mother Church, standing vigil in the watchtowers, we properly pause to pay our tribute of gratitude for their consecrated and unselfed service to a Cause that is increasingly ameliorating human ills. The inspired leadership which they recognize and follow has made possible the progress and the prosperity of this movement, which must ultimately be reflected in the progress and prosperity of the world.

These annual milestones mark the unfoldment of the century-embracing charter of our revered Leader. Each year discloses new evidence of the prophetic vision of one who has been recognized this past year in a unique manner as preeminent among American womanhood. This means that now as Christian Scientists we are privileged more and more to share her work and her inspiration with all mankind.

This gathering and the reports to which we are about to listen, summarizing in fragmentary manner the harvest of the year now past, are sufficient to justify our optimism for the world. Out of the welter of events that seem at first blush to spell chaos and disorder and confusion worse confounded for millions of our fellow men there grows the calm conviction that honesty and charity and spiritual perception are finding ever broadening fields for expression, and that these qualities will more and more bring surcease of sorrow and "on earth peace, good will toward men." "Against such there is no law."

Mass movements now seek the regimentation of mankind. They suggest a vicarious salvation and a stable social order founded on what is obviously not love. Meanwhile disciples of Christian Science must go steadily about their task of elevating humanity by exemplifying the better way. The only adequate argument for the verities of Christian Science is the spiritualized man. "And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me."

Humbly mindful of the significance of service in this great movement, I am grateful for the privilege of presenting to you as President for the ensuing year, Miss Mary G. Ewing, of Brookline, Massachusetts.

The following address was then delivered by the incoming President, Miss Ewing:

I am happy to have the privilege of saying a few words to you, my friends and fellow members, words that come out of my love for Christian Science and my experience of its ministry.

We are gathered here, under the sheltering wings of our beloved Mother Church, out of many lands, brought together by a common love and a common purpose. We have come to hear of the growth of the Christian Science movement in this and in other countries; to listen to reports of the orderly and successful administering of the affairs of our Church by its courageous and faithful stewards, and to rejoice in the harvest which rewards the toil and effort of the year just closed. Such is the patent purpose of this great meeting; but above and beyond this is the testimony our presence here bears to our acceptance of Christianity as demonstrable Science, and to the character and accomplishment of our revered Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, who, in our day and generation, has revealed this truth.

If we have come here in humility and love, laying aside the false burdens of material sense and self, and earnestly desiring to see and understand Truth's presence and power, then we may feel that we are bringing our tithes into Love's storehouse and that, in accord with the Scriptural promise, there will be meat in the Lord's house, and that through the open windows of heaven a blessing will be poured out upon us, great beyond the possibility of human measurement.

Perhaps never before in the history of the Christian Science movement has there been a time when the comfort and encouragement of our Annual Meeting could pour so rich a balm into our hearts, nor when its inspiration and blessing carried beyond these walls could mean so much to the world of human thought and endeavor. For, today, that world is facing the claim of evil conditions in human affairs unprecedented in influence and extent—conditions which know no barriers of race, nation, or tongue—conditions which Mrs. Eddy foresaw and foretold when in Science and Health (p. 96) she wrote: "This material world is even now becoming the arena for conflicting forces. On one side there will be discord and dismay; on the other side there will be Science and peace. The breaking up of material beliefs may seem to be famine and pestilence, want and woe, sin, sickness, and death, which assume new phases until their nothingness appears.... Mortal error will vanish in a moral chemicalization. This mental fermentation has begun, and will continue until all errors of belief yield to understanding."

Material sense, with its belief in mixed good and evil; its reliance upon the human intellect, upon the ostensible power and prestige of material wealth and learning and personal influence; with its inherent greed, envy, and dishonesty—material sense, with all these false beliefs, seems to have led the children of earth into the very "Slough of Despond." And everywhere in the world today men are seeking to find the cause for this state of things and desperately searching the human mind for a remedy, but finding only palliatives and temporary relief. Why? Because the material thought has no conception of the fundamental unreality of evil; because the material thought ignores the enmity of the carnal mind against good and heeds not the Scriptural teaching that "wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation."

Jesus understood these things and taught the infinite goodness of the divine Mind, the all-power and presence of God and His unchanging love and care for man. This teaching has been explained and corroborated by Mrs. Eddy in her textbook of Christian Science, and its healing and regenerative effect has been demonstrated anew by her and by her faithful followers: it offers the one and only panacea for human ills and is available to all. While it is without price, a free gift of divine Love, still Christian Science demands of each and every one of us that we put this knowledge of God into practical use; that we prove our spiritual sonship with the divine, creative Principle by expressing the qualities of Mind which are inherent in Deity and belong to us by reflection.

Let us consider for a moment some of these qualities which identify man as the child of his heavenly Father. Let us ask ourselves the question, "In what does man's likeness to his Maker consist?" Must not that likeness be found in uprightness, integrity, ability; in honesty, justice, and mercy; in health and happiness; in strength and beauty; in the capacity to accomplish good; in compassion and loving-kindness; in courage and honor; in meekness and holiness? Does not the world today stand in the direst need of just these qualities? And is it possible that where these characteristics are and abound, their opposites can find place or existence? We say, No.

Thinking along these lines we come to a new and deeper appreciation of Paul's counsel to the Philippians which commends to us that which is true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report; and which concludes, "If there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things." It is through these mental processes that we put off the false material sense and see the spiritual man to be the only man.

In human experience the regenerating influence of Truth begins with the individual, spreads from one individual to others, from group to group, until eventually it must leaven the whole mass of human thought. Then will wars cease and the true brotherhood of man be made apparent, be seen to be established and maintained by God's law; then will the bounty of God's house be realized and men dwell together in security and peace, for, as Mrs. Eddy writes, "Love hath one race, one realm, one power" (Poems, p. 22).

A Word from the Directors, Read by Charles E. Heitman, Chairman, June, 1932, to June, 1933

It would be difficult to conceive of a more worthy cause for rejoicing on the part of Christian Scientists than is to be found in the incidents identified with the Annual Meetings of The Mother Church. These meetings not only furnish opportunity for members from all sections of the world to meet in the spirit of love and unity for the purpose of reporting on activities in their individual fields, but they also afford an opportunity of gaining added inspiration by learning something of the work of the movement as a whole, including the extended activities of The Mother Church itself.

Inasmuch as the reports to follow from the several departments will give detailed information regarding their respective activities, we shall only say that the growth of our church was never more gratifying, the interest in its healing ministry never more pronounced, and the readiness of its members to meet the demands of the hour never more apparent than they are today. If proof of this last statement were needed it would be necessary only to cite the prompt and generous manner in which branch churches, societies, associations, and individuals have responded to the call for funds to erect the new home for our Christian Science Publishing Society.

Primarily, of course, the new building is intended to provide adequate facilities for the publishing of our religious periodicals, our daily newspaper, and the writings of our revered Leader, Mary Baker Eddy. But it does something more, much more in fact, than simply meet a physical need, great and pressing as that need may be. It stands, and will continue to stand through the years to come, as a silent but none the less impressive witness to that unity, stability, and demonstrated resourcefulness which should at all times characterize the organized efforts of Christian Scientists, and which in this instance have made possible the completion of the new Publishing House without delay and without debt. After July first no further contributions to this fund need be made.

While Christian Scientists very properly rejoice in this evidence of progress, they are, however, not in the least forgetful of the fact that such manifestations are but the "signs following"—the outward proof, so to speak, of an inward vision, a vision which enables us to perceive and, in some degree, demonstrate that progress is, as Mrs. Eddy tells us, "the law of God, whose law demands of us only what we can certainly fulfil" (Science and Health, p. 233).

The demands in respect to the erection of the material structure are fast drawing to a close, and too much cannot be said in commendation of the sacrifices and unselfed efforts of those who have made the achievement possible. But there still remains an even greater responsibility—the responsibility of fulfilling the building's announced purpose, "to proclaim the universal activity and availability of Truth" (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 353). This responsibility to the world Christian Scientists have voluntarily and courageously assumed, and will discharge successfully just in the degree that they recognize it as a sacred duty—a duty owed to their fellow man—not alone as members of a church, but as acknowledged beneficiaries of the inspired teachings of an inspired Leader.

It is only through such consecrated and consistent effort that we may hope to extend the Science of Christianity and to establish that simple but lofty concept of the brotherhood of man so perfectly exemplified in the earthly life of Jesus—a brotherhood which rests upon and is governed by that spiritual sense of love, humility, and obedience so well defined in the two commandments on which, according to the Master, "hang all the law and the prophets." That church which most perfectly promotes this higher idealism of brotherhood is unquestionably most nearly fulfilling its mission as an organized expression of Christianity. In this, and in no other way, can the church successfully aid in establishing righteous reforms in the material modes of life and government, founded as they have been chiefly on nothing more stable and secure than human will and physical force. It is indeed only by such means that the church will be able to eliminate selfishness, lessen personal strife, disarm national prejudices, and weave into our international friendships those binding qualities of love, justice, and confidence which alone make for lasting peace.

As Christian Scientists, we have our parts to play in this forward movement; and as citizens in our respective lands, we should play our parts in such fashion that the world may come to realize that it is not, as many seem to think, the Christian religion which has failed to establish "on earth peace, good will toward men," but a false sense of its practical application to human problems.

It is plain that only as the Word of God is made flesh among us—as an understanding of infinite Mind and its idea is made practical among men—will the divine Principle of true democracy become operative in human consciousness and God's government be established on earth as it is in heaven. During this period of progression let each one prove himself a workman who, as Paul puts it, "needeth not to be ashamed." Let us encourage hope and confirm expectation by doing more and better spiritual healing. Let us continue actively and lovingly to coöperate in safeguarding the interests of our movement and carrying forward its important mission. And, finally, let us prove that the visible expression of Church, when governed even by a limited understanding of the Christ, can serve to purify consciousness and bind human society into a system of government that more nearly measures up to the ideals of Jesus, and is more closely patterned after the divine.

Treasurer's Report for Year Ended April 30, 1933

Edward L. Ripley, Treasurer

The Mother Church

General Fund. 
Balance on hand April 30, 1932 $ 627,186.27
Receipts 1,730,008.77
Expenditures 1,558,639.96
Balance on hand April 30, 1933 798,555.08*

Trust Funds. 
Balance on hand April 30, 1932 $1,529,570.51
Receipts 2,197,261.73
Expenditures 2,660,688.20
Balance on hand April 30, 1933 1,066,144.04 *Includes securities at value as recorded when received.

Consolidated Report of The Christian Science Benevolent Association in Boston The Christian Science Pleasant View Home in Concord, New Hampshire

Christian Science Benevolent Association on Pacific Coast

Current Funds
Balance on hand April 30, 1932 $ 49,078.86
Receipts 715,418.77
Expenditures 716,220.47
Balance on hand April 30, 1933 48,277.16 *Includes securities at value as recorded when received.

Trust Funds
Balance on hand April 30, 1932 $ 410,404.65
Receipts 81,507.47
Expenditures 51,709.10
Balance on hand April 30, 1933 440,203.02 *Includes securities at value as recorded when received.

The indebtedness of The Mother Church on April 30, 1933, totaled $360,601.13, as follows:

Current Bills $ 18,625.57
New Publishing House,
 including amounts retained on unfinished contracts $230,948.18
Shawmut Realty Trust,
 on deposit with the Treasurer for payment of taxes $102,043.01
Miscellaneous Items $8,984.37

AUDITOR'S REPORT

I have audited the books of The Christian Science Board of Directors and the books of the Treasurer of The Mother Church and the books of the three charitable institutions as at May 1, 1933, and certify that the report of the Treasurer is correct.

(Signed) James W. Hall Certified Public Accountant

"The amount of funds which the Church has on hand, the amount of its indebtedness and of its expenditures for the last year" (Manual, Art. XXIV, Sect. 3) have also been verified by Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery.

Expenditures of the Church during the year included $2,567,000 for the new Publishing House; $366,400 for the maintenance of the three charitable institutions—of which the sum of $41,000 was contributed by the Field; $11,000 for the benefit of those entering Christian Science Houses in England and Wales and contributed therefor; $13,000 for earthquake relief in Southern California; $20,000 contributed for special unemployment relief in the city of Boston; and $27,000 for miscellaneous emergency relief in America and overseas.

The results accomplished during the past year through the loyalty and coöperation of the Field despite world-wide financial conditions, are indeed cause for deep and abiding gratitude.

Report of Christian Science Trustees for Gifts and Endowments, Read by Edward L. Ripley

The Trustees for Gifts and Endowments are glad to report progress during the past year in serving The Mother Church and also the individual Christian Scientists who have made financial gifts to our Cause through this avenue.

It may be helpful to explain that it is the intention of this Trusteeship to accept money in trust only when the donor is desirous eventually of making a gift to the Church or some of its institutions, and is not desirous of using this service merely as a means of being relieved from the care of his own property, expecting perhaps to withdraw the principal or a part of it later on. While this may be done later and the entire trust be revoked at any time should an unanticipated emergency arise, yet one should not deliberately put into this trust any sum which at the time he expects to need in the future; otherwise, this Trusteeship would be merely another ordinary Trust organization.

Our beloved Cause has already benefited substantially from this loving provision for financial support from its members, and it is the Trustees' desire to serve helpfully both the Church and the donors to its activities.

Up to the present time, trusts have been accepted from individuals in eighteen states in the United States and from two foreign countries.

The greatest blessing to all givers to our Cause comes from the love of Christian Science which impels the gift, and which evidences so practically the purpose to share in the evangelizing ministry of this purely spiritual method of healing and regeneration.

It is a blessed privilege to have a part in carrying on the Cause established by our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy.

Report of the Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker Eddy, Read by William M. Bartlett, Secretary

The Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker Eddy are charged with two great responsibilities: first, to carry out the terms of Mrs. Eddy's will; secondly, to publish and sell her works. In the discharge of the first-named duty, the Trustees have disbursed $224,000 during the year ended April 30, 1933, itemized as follows:

To assist fifty-eight churches and societies in erecting, purchasing, or remodeling buildings for Christian Science church purposes, over $151,000.

To equalize the cost of lectures in all countries by paying the excess traveling expenses of lecturers called to distant fields, nearly $20,000.

To assist churches and societies in giving their first lectures, and Christian Science organizations at universities and colleges in giving annual lectures, over $10,000.

To encourage the free distribution of Christian Science literature, approximately $34,000.

To place Science and Health and other works by Mrs. Eddy, and literature published by The Christian Science Publishing Society, in public libraries in localities where there are no branches of The Mother Church; to send The Christian Science Monitor to United States Consulates; to supply literature in Braille for the blind, and to assist in placing literature in Christian Science lending libraries and certain reformatories and prisons, over $9000.

In connection with the publication and sale of Mrs. Eddy's works, the Trustees have begun pioneer work in the direction of advertising Science and Health. From October 1 to April 1, through the help of Committees on Publication, their assistants, and lecture committees, a six-inch advertisement of this book, stating the address of the local Reading Room or Rooms, and hours when open, has been inserted eight hundred and twenty-eight times in more than seven hundred newspaper in the United States in which reports of Christian Science lectures were printed. Since the Trustees terminated their participation in this plan some churches have elected to carry on this advertising, making it a part of their newspaper publicity in connection with giving Christian Science lectures. The results of this advertising warrant the recommendation that churches and societies generally adopt the plan.

"Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" is now advertised along with Bibles in the catalogue of a great mail order house, reaching millions who may know nothing of our Reading Rooms or where the textbook may be purchased.

During the past year "Retrospection and Introspection" has been published in the French, Norwegian, and Swedish languages. The Lord's Prayer with its spiritual interpretation has been brought out in folder form in the Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, and Swedish languages; and the Comprehensive Index to Marginal Headings, first published in the Students' Edition of Science and Health, has been added as a supplement to the pocket limp leather morocco edition of the textbook.

Report of Manager of Committees on Publication, the Hon. C. Augustus Norwood

In a letter of greeting to Assistant Committees on Publication in Massachusetts assembled recently in Boston, The Christian Science Board of Directors stated that there could be no better measure of the importance of the work of Committees on Publication "than the fact that our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, established it and safeguarded its functions with especial care by the provisions of Article XXXIII of the Church Manual." The Directors referred to our work as "protecting the teachings of Christian Science, guarding them against misinterpretation, and preserving a friendly contact between Christian Science and the world."

Since these Committees can render the best service only as they have the support and coöperation of Christian Scientists throughout their fields, it is desirable that the duties of Committees on Publication be better understood. While their work is broad, Committees are not general advisers for branches and individual members of The Mother Church. In every jurisdiction in the world where there is a branch of The Mother Church a Committee on Publication is maintained, and Committees welcome invitations to address these branches as to their duties.

Meanwhile, members of The Mother Church may feel assured that the primary duty of these Committees, "to correct in a Christian manner impositions on the public in regard to Christian Science, injustices done Mrs. Eddy or members of this Church by the daily press, by periodicals or circulated literature of any sort," as required by Section 2 of Article XXXIII of the Manual, is being given prayerful and effective attention. In many places, however, Christian Science has gained such a respected standing that Committees would have little part in the broad work of promoting and extending our religion if they confined themselves merely to defensive work.

Whenever the question is asked, What is the greatest need of Christian Scientists? the same answer is to be given, namely, greater consecration on the part of Christian Scientists in order that its ministry of healing sickness and destroying sin may be carried on in larger measure. It is desirable, however, that those in need of healing and redemption learn of Christian Science, and it is the aim of Committees on Publication that the work intrusted to them be so handled that the first information about Christian Science which reaches any individual will be friendly, and subsequent statements constructive, to the end that prejudices due to lack of information will not develop.

We are grateful for many signs that public thought is being leavened, but only one outstanding incident of the past year will be noted. The poll which was conducted to determine America's twelve greatest women of the past hundred years gave Mary Baker Eddy the recognition which was clearly due her. News stories of this poll, many of which were accompanied by pictures of our Leader, were published not only in hundreds of papers in the United States, but also in hundreds of papers in other countries, thus indicating a broad interest in our organization and our religion, and in the great life-work of the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science.

Mrs. Eddy took many unique steps designed for the advancement of the religion of Christian Science, which religion she desired all the world to accept because of her great love for all mankind. Among these steps was the instituting of our impersonal pastor, the Bible and Science and Health, of our Reading Rooms, our periodicals, our lectures. Although all Christian Scientists now see the wisdom of these unique steps, these steps at first brought forth some expressions of doubt or fear.

From the steps which Mrs. Eddy took for reaching and leavening public thought, it is only reasonable to assume that she would have utilized the various new mediums now available—including the radio. The Christian Science Board of Directors has opened ways for making a right use of the radio, and work in this new field is being followed by an inspiring fruitage. Committees on Publication have a secondary place with respect to the radiocasting of church services and lectures, but they have direct charge of programs sent out from studios, whether by readers in person or by electrical transcriptions. The Committees are grateful for the support that this latest method of calling Christian Science to the attention of a waiting world has received.

Committees on Publication in the course of all their work are mindful of our Leader's words: "Love impels good works. Love is greatly needed, and must be had to mark the way in divine Science" (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 358).

Report of The Christian Science Board of Lectureship for the Year Ended April 30, 1933, Read by Judge Samuel W. Greene, Chairman

At this harvest time, the Annual Meeting of The Mother Church, the Board of Lectureship comes with rejoicing, "bringing in the sheaves." The success of its work attests the sacrifice, loyalty, and devotion of the branch organizations and their individual members. The members of this Board are constantly conscious of how much the value of the lecture work depends upon the faithful and intelligent coöperation of the branch organizations.

In the more remote points—Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, South Africa, and the islands of the seas, where only one lecture is held yearly and usually only one can be heard by most of the church members—the preparations for the lecture extend throughout the entire year. Often the lecturer is told that just as soon as the first fruits of his lecture are gathered, the lecture committee for another year is appointed, and they begin to plan their work; and through the twelve months succeeding there is this joyful activity and anticipation of the renewal of the lecture season. To have a part in this consecrated work is one of the rewards of the lecturer in distant fields that compensates in large measure for any hardships of travel or absence from the homeland.

During the year ended April 30, 1933, the members of the Board of Lectureship delivered 3080 lectures on Christian Science to an approximate attendance of 2,955,174 persons. Of these lectures 232 were given in Great Britain and Ireland; ninety-four in Continental Europe and Scandinavia; forty-seven in Australasia; thirteen in the Orient and Hawaii; twenty-two in South Africa; six in the West Indies, Canal Zone, and Bermuda; 2664 in the United States, Alaska, and Canada, and two in the City of Mexico, one of which was the first lecture to be delivered in the Spanish language. Included in the total number of lectures were forty-one given under the auspices of Christian Science organizations in colleges and universities.

If there have been fewer lectures this year among the larger churches than formerly, the lecturers have been gratefully conscious that the audiences have been noticeably larger than usual.

The lectures have been followed by many reported healings of various unhappy conditions of mind and body.

The work of the Board of Lectureship touches intimately the branch organizations and individual Christian Scientists throughout the world, and is one of the useful connecting links between the entire Field and the organization at the headquarters of The Mother Church. It thus helps to typify and illustrate the unity of The Mother Church and its branches.

The members of the Board of Lectureship are grateful for the loving and helpful counsel and support of the Directors of The Mother Church in the lecture activities. They acknowledge also with gratitude the wholesome and helpful coöperation of The Christian Science Publishing Society in giving publicity in both the Christian Science Sentinel and The Christian Science Monitor to lectures about to be delivered.

There is one phase of the lecture work to which all connected therewith need to give more attention, and that is the bringing of non-Christian Scientists to the lectures. If the gospel of Christianity as given by the lectures is to go into all the world, then we need to reach more of those who are not yet Christian Scientists.

This desirable and necessary contact may be helped especially in three ways—one, by more personal invitations sent by individual Christian Scientists; two, by suitable advertising; and three, by the committees' making better provision for the accommodation of the stranger who seeks admission to the lectures.

The members of the Board of Lectureship gratefully acknowledge the wisdom and foresight of the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science in establishing such a far-reaching activity as the lecture work. They are thankful to be humble participants in helping to carry out her plan of spreading the healing gospel of Christian Science.

Hymn 292 was then sung.

Report of The Christian Science Publishing Society, Read by Roland R. Harrison, Manager

It is with a feeling of deep gratitude that The Christian Science Publishing Society records a year of substantial achievement.

With its new home fast nearing completion, and with a part of each day's edition of The Christian Science Monitor already being printed there, truly it can be said that the Society has arrived at an important milestone.

As a business institution, the Publishing Society was not free from those problems arising out of the belief of depression, but it had the joy of meeting those problems with the Truth on which the Publishing Society was founded by our Leader. Despite reduced advertising revenue from The Christian Science Monitor, and lessened income in other directions, the Society reports an increase in net profits over the previous year, due largely to the publication of the new Hymnal and to the loyal support of consecrated Christian Scientists.

Operating on a basis of "wisdom, economy, and brotherly love" (Manual, Art. XXIV, Sect. 5), economies were effected, and large savings made through the stagger system and in other ways without a general reduction in the working force. Thus, by refraining from adding to the problem of unemployment the Publishing Society has made a substantial contribution to social welfare.

The part our periodicals played in offsetting, through articles, editorials, and testimonies, the prevalent beliefs of lack, unemployment, and discouragement, has been measureless, and the Journal, Sentinel, and Herald Editorial Department expresses gratitude for support received from members of The Mother Church throughout the Field. Each year shows an increase in articles received, one third of which were from new contributors last year. Testimonies from all parts of the world witnessed to the healing power of Christian Science, but the Editors would like more testimonies from men.

The religious article in the Monitor, which may be contributed by any member of The Mother Church, is now translated into fifteen languages. Much appreciation is expressed for these articles, which are often the means of introducing Monitor readers to Christian Science.

Interesting developments in the field of international affairs have increased the opportunities and responsibilities of The Christian Science Monitor in its presentation of world news. It has endeavored not merely to be impartial, but to present as forcefully as possible the path of enlightened justice and brotherly love that should be pursued. Realizing that the teachings of Jesus as scientifically set forth in our Leader's writings are alone able to save the world from its present plight, the Editorial Board has striven, in both the news and the editorial columns of the Monitor, to supply the healing leaven of what constitutes righteous government and business.

In a most difficult period the Monitor has continued to defend temperance and morality against ceaseless attack.

At the Century of Progress Exposition just opened on the Chicago lake front, a Christian Science Monitor pavilion has been erected by the branch churches of Illinois. To this The Christian Science Publishing Society has extended a helping hand. There the editorial, advertising, and circulation activities of the Monitor are attractively set forth. On the opening day of the Exposition the pavilion was visited by more than seven thousand persons.

Proper observance is planned of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Monitor by Mrs. Eddy. This anniversary comes in November, when the history of the inception and growth of our newspaper will be told in several interesting chapters.

With the coöperation of the Circulation Representatives and their workers the circulation work has progressed satisfactorily. We now have 1643 Circulation Representatives. Under the Marked Copy Plan which has been adopted by 575 churches, over 16,000 marked copies were sent out in March alone. Marked copies count as paid circulation, and we hope that during the coming year all branch churches may adopt this plan which is proving so successful. The average circulation of the periodicals for the six months ended March 28, 1933, was as follows:

Monitor.... 129,260

Sentinel.... 170,784

Journal.... 113,343

German Herald.... 29,176

French Herald.... 14,579

Braille Herald.... 526

Scandinavian Herald.... 5,347

Dutch Herald.... 3,130

In the Advertising Department the year has been notable for the number of new Information Committees formed and the interest shown in this work. From all parts of the Field come reports of efforts to arouse greater interest among Monitor readers in its advertisements. Advertising representatives have been appointed in fourteen cities that previously had no representation in the advertising columns, and eighty-eight new Information Committees have been added.

Advertisers using the Monitor in 1932 totaled 21,935, a decrease of only 3.9 per cent from 1931, indicating that despite business conditions advertisers had such confidence in the response of our readers that they continued their advertisements even though in decreased space, or fewer insertions.

Especially gratifying is the number of letters and reports telling of persons becoming interested in Christian Science through contact with Advertising Representatives, with Christian Scientists who responded to their advertisements, and with our newspaper itself. Many individuals bought copies of the textbook, attended lectures, and began attending church after Christian Science was brought to their attention through the advertising work.

An outstanding achievement was the publication of the revised Hymnal early in the fall of 1932. The total printing, including those now coming off the press, is 565,000. From every part of the world have come letters of satisfaction and joy at this new and enlarged Hymnal. Following the appearance of the Hymnal, the Monitor began publication of the "Hymnal Notes," containing historical data and other interesting information regarding tunes and their composers, the words and their authors. Because of the widespread interest in these notes, the Trustees now announce that they are to be published this fall in book form.

The new Publishing House will be fully occupied this fall, and gratitude is already welling up in the hearts of the employees in Boston because of the wonderful love, sacrifice, and generosity of Christian Scientists everywhere, who have made possible this magnificent new home. They realize that the work of the Publishing House, now greatly enhanced through its enlarged facilities for the publication of our literature, is for all the world, and that its mission is to give the cup of cold water to the "millions of unprejudiced minds," of which our Leader speaks (Science and Health, p. 570)—"simple seekers for Truth, weary wanderers athirst in the desert," who are "waiting and watching for rest and drink."

Report of the Department of Branches and Practitioners, Read by Miss M. Rosamond Wright, Manager

In preparing this report, we were impressed with our Leader's words: "While Christian Science, engaging the attention of philosopher and sage, is circling the globe, only the earnest, honest investigator sees through the mist of mortal strife this daystar, and whither it guides" (Message to The Mother Church for 1902, pp. 1, 2).

There is a new branch of The Mother Church in Kenya, Africa, situated two thousand miles from the nearest branch church; also, our first branch in Egypt, at Cairo; and two new branches in Brazil, South America, as well as five additional branches in Australasia. These represent the distant points to which the arms of The Mother Church have extended since our last Meeting.

In addition, twenty-one new branches have been formed in Europe and forty-two in North America. Twenty-six Christian Science Societies have qualified for the title of Church. Five new college or university organizations have been formed.

The Mother Church now has two thousand six hundred and thirty-nine branch churches and societies, and forty-seven college and university organizations.

Correspondence with Christian Scientists shows that much spiritual progress has been made, in that the past year has brought priceless opportunities to prove the availability of good for themselves and others, and to reap rich blessing in their selfless labor for their brother man. As evidence of this healing work, applications for cards in The Christian Science Journal have been approved by The Christian Science Board of Directors from seven hundred and fifty-seven practitioners and eighty-five nurses. Fifty-three practitioners have qualified for cards in The Herald of Christian Science. The list of practitioners published in the Journal numbers ten thousand seven hundred and forty-seven, with five hundred and five nurses.

Our correspondence with these faithful workers reminds us of Peter's admonition: "Use hospitality one to another without grudging. As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God."

Report on the Christian Science Benevolent Associations and the Pleasant View Home, Read by the Hon. William W. Davis, Executive Supervisor

The instances of healing and of harmony demonstrated during the past year at our Christian Science Benevolent Associations in Brookline and in San Francisco, as well as at our Christian Science Pleasant View Home in Concord, have been noticeable within and without these places of refuge. The intent and purposes which inspired the inception of these charitable activities are being accomplished, so that each year gives us new evidence of the wisdom and foresight of our dear Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, in her provision for the first of these undertakings. Letters of appreciation are daily received, expressing gratitude for the healing of bodily ills and joy that discouragement and depression have taken their flight.

The steps necessary for admission to the Sanatoriums have been shortened and simplified, so that guests may be admitted with the least possible delay. Thoughtful and prayerful consideration is given by our House and Application Committees to every application, and none is rejected that it is possible to accept.

New members of The Mother Church and other Christian Scientists in the Field perhaps do not understand the processes of our Sanatoriums, the requirements for admission, and the service given. Thus additional efforts have been made to furnish authentic information more fully describing them and their aims and objects. The Trustees have encouraged practitioners and church officers to visit our Sanatoriums, with the result that those who have availed themselves of this opportunity have a more intimate knowledge of the good work which is being accomplished and of the advantages offered. Addresses were prepared and were delivered by the Manager of the Sanatorium at Chestnut Hill and by the Executive Supervisor at several joint meetings of churches and societies in the eastern section of the United States and as far west as Cleveland, Ohio; also on the Pacific Coast. Another address, which was announced in an Item of Interest appearing in the Christian Science Sentinel last September, was offered to all churches and societies to be read at meetings held in the interest of the Sanatoriums. This address may still be obtained upon application to The Christian Science Board of Directors. But the need for yet further information is indicated by the following excerpt from a recent letter written by a guest: "My visit to the Sanatorium was a joy and something of a revelation, and I feel that the public generally among our people needs to know more about the Sanatorium and the wonderful possibilities of a stay there."

The Field has always been most generous in its financial as well as in its spiritual support of our Sanatoriums and Home, but it may not realize that continued contributions to our activities are needed in order that the necessary amount of benevolence may be extended and that the home may be supported. The Mother Church has been called upon during the past year or more to finance the largest part of the maintenance funds. It is a source of congratulation that both Sanatoriums and their maintenance are paid for in full, due to the generous support of The Mother Church. The success of our Sanatoriums and Home has been to a large extent attributable to the consecrated endeavor of the associates and the practitioners, who have brought increasing love and spirituality into their everyday service, and thus have assisted in the healing of those in their care.

The members of The Christian Science Board of Lectureship have contributed to the good work being done, in that they have been most generous in the number of lectures they have given on Christian Science. Possibly in no other gatherings are they more lovingly and gratefully welcomed, and their lectures more deeply appreciated.

Only those who have visited the Sanatoriums or the Pleasant View Home at Concord can realize what it actually means to become a guest, resident, or associate. The homes are comfortable and attractive, and the human necessities are adequately cared for with practical wisdom and consecration. The gardens and grounds of each institution are beautiful and show the loving care of the workers in charge. The flowering plants produce a generous supply for all parts of the homes. At the Pleasant View Home there are picking gardens in which the residents are allowed to gather all the blossoms they choose.

Those who come to our Sanatoriums seeking relief from physical difficulties and those who, having no physical difficulties, come, perhaps weary and heavy-laden, or desiring opportunity for quiet study and surcease from disappointment and discouragement, find there an atmosphere of contentment, peace, and harmony, an assurance that these institutions of The Mother Church are measuring up to the Christian Science concept of God's bounty to those who serve and love Him. To the extent that we are rising above the mist of material conditions, healing is following and must continue to follow, so that our guests and others go forth into the world as better and better witnesses to the established fact that Christian Science heals.

Testimonies of Healing, Read by Mrs. Alice Pyke Howe

A number of interesting testimonies of healing were read. These testimonies, properly verified, gave some indication of the healing and regenerating work that is going on wherever the teaching of Christian Science is understood and demonstrated.

Report of the Literature Distribution Committee of The Mother Church, Read by Benjamin H. Leighton, Manager

When our great Master sent his disciples into the world to preach the gospel, heal the sick, and raise the dead, he said to them, "Freely ye have received, freely give." Obedient to his command, his disciples went forth, giving out the word of Truth. Figuratively speaking, our Christian Science literature is spiritual bread, the word of Truth, and in this report we hope to show you how the Literature Distribution Committee for The Mother Church is continuing to fulfill this admonition of our Master, and is today breaking spiritual bread in nearly every part of the world.

We are at present sending regular shipments of free, used literature to Nigeria, Freetown, and Marco, in British West Africa. We send literature to nearly every country in Asia; to Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Canada; also to distant islands in the South Pacific Ocean, such as Tahiti and Pitcairn. On the American continents our used literature goes to nearly every state in the Union; to Alaska, Labrador, Canal Zone, and to five different countries in South America. All told, during the past year we have sent to these and other distant points nearly one hundred and sixty thousand pieces of literature.

Grateful as we are for the privilege of helping to carry the word of Truth to distant fields, yet we are not unmindful of the stranger within our gates. Our local distribution work is accomplished largely through the use of distribution boxes located in public and semipublic places. We maintain in this field two hundred and seventy-one boxes, and each of these is filled with fresh, clean literature at least weekly. Nearly forty-five thousand pieces of literature have been distributed in this way. A close survey reveals the fact that nearly all of this literature reaches the stranger who otherwise might never come to know these messengers of good tidings, our Journal, Sentinel, and Monitor.

Those who "go down to the sea in ships" receive neat bundles of Christian Science literature whenever their ships touch Boston Harbor. In this way, over fifty-four thousand pieces of literature have been distributed.

Over fifty-seven thousand pieces of literature were sent to branch churches and societies to assist them in completing their Reading Room files; thirty-nine thousand pieces of used literature of the more recent numbers were sent to individuals for completing their individual files; and much gratitude for this service has been expressed. The total of all literature distributed and sent out by this Committee during the past year is well over half a million pieces.

We have given away two hundred and seventy-two copies of Mrs. Eddy's writings and over fifteen hundred copies of other books published or sold by our Publishing Society, such as Hymnals (1910 edition), Bibles, and the biographies of Mrs. Eddy.

Direct healings resulting from distribution work are always encouraging to those engaged in this activity. During the past twelve months numerous healings have been recorded, among them the healing of total deafness, heart trouble, impaired eyesight, forms of depression; others have gained the solution of business problems, and many have been led to find increased joy, courage, and spiritual strength.

Report of The Mother Church Sunday School, Read by Mrs. Myrtle Holm Smith, Superintendent

The teachers and officers of The Mother Church Sunday School have found that their investment in the Sunday school the past year has yielded good returns. They have invested love, prayer, interest, alertness, enthusiasm, joy, and preparation. Love has been reflected in love, and some of the adamant of error has been dissolved, in accordance with Mrs. Eddy's statement in Science and Health (p. 242). Sincere prayer and its fulfillment have been one under the law of God; and interest, enthusiasm, and joy have yielded fuller classes, interested classes, and better-taught classes. The pupils in the Sunday school have gained a better knowledge of the Scriptures and their application to human affairs as taught in our textbook by Mrs. Eddy.

This year, in particular, the teachers have kept in closer touch than ever before with their pupils, and in coöperation with the local welfare service of The Mother Church many human needs have been met. The continued furnishing of car fare to pupils in actual need of it has enabled many to keep up their attendance.

The teachers and officers have gained inspiration by considering the importance of the Sunday school to the community, as well as to the pupils; also its importance to the future of the Christian Science movement. In proportion as the teachers and officers have recognized the importance of the Sunday school and their sacred responsibility, have they found joy in this service and prospered the Sunday school.

There have been many cases of healing among the pupils, among them one of deafness and one of defective sight. The Sunday school is in a healthy condition, as is indicated by the attendance and spiritual unfoldment.

In closing the year, the teachers and officers, and we hope all of the pupils, unite with one very young child who said he wished we could have Sunday school every day of the week and other school only on Sundays.

Report of Clerk, Ezra W. Palmer

The Relief Fund of The Mother Church, which is available for temporary assistance following major disasters, has been drawn upon during the year for assistance to flood sufferers in England and in West Virginia; for aid to hurricane victims in Puerto Rico; and for help in a section of California following the recent earthquake. Some relief work has been done in other sections of the United States, and in Germany, Holland, Esthonia, Austria, Poland, Finland, and Canada. The charitable work carried on by the local congregation of The Mother Church through its Local Charity Fund was augmented this last winter by a Special Unemployment Relief Fund which was established in coöperation with the city Campaign for the Relief of Unemployment. A Comforts Supply Committee has aided by distributing clothing and other necessities in this field. But most important of all, encouragement, hope, and renewed confidence have been given through these avenues to many worthy people.

The growth of The Mother Church goes on unfettered. During the past year devoted men and women from all walks of life have been received into membership. They come with love for God and man shining in their hearts. They see the vision of the Church Triumphant, "a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle" (Ephesians 5:27). We welcome our new members and extend to them the Christian fellowship of The Mother Church.

Many hundreds of applications are received each year, each application the result of seeing the light of Christian Science. An important duty of the Clerk is to assist applicants in correctly preparing their applications. The Clerk and his associates welcome the opportunity to be of service to those applying for membership. Many applications come from young people. These young people will become valuable workers. Some of them in time will become teachers in our Sunday schools, and all of them can find spiritual growth in the activities of our churches. Membership in The Mother Church strengthens our young people, gives them courage to rely upon divine Principle when they leave their homes and go to college or take their places in the busy world. One of our newly elected members, a young girl, reported that in an hour of temptation the remembreance of her membership turned her course into right channels.

Some who, for various reasons, had withdrawn from The Mother Church are returning, and we have special joy in helping them to find again their church home. Beautiful healings are recorded in letters accompanying applications, but time is not sufficient to relate them.

Many Christian Scientists write to the Clerk for advice about their problems. Letters of encouragement are sent to these members, pointing out the path of light. Touching replies of gratitude come to us, telling of the help, comfort, and healing which these letters bring. With their faith strengthened, these beloved members look up and go forward with fresh inspiration and courage. Our files contain evidence of these gratifying results, showing that The Mother Church is indeed a "mother"—comforting, guarding, and guiding the individual member.

The members of The Mother Church have before them glorious opportunities to serve God and man. They have the sacred duties of demonstrating the healing gospel of Christian Science and of upholding and supporting The Mother Church. Paul admonished the elders of the church at Ephesus "to feed the church of God" (Acts 20:28). How may we do this today? We can pray for The Mother Church, protect it, love it, labor for it, support it spiritually, morally, and financially. Usually we can be members of branch churches also. We can subscribe for and read our periodicals.

Foretelling the growth of Christian Science and the fruitage of its healing power, our Leader said, "My heart is filled with joy, that each receding year sees the steady gain of Truth's idea in Christian Science; that each recurring year witnesses the balance adjusted more on the side of God, the supremacy of Spirit; as shown by the triumphs of Truth over error, of health over sickness, of Life over death, and of Soul over sense" (Miscellaneous Writings 321:7).

Reports from the Field

The Directors of The Mother Church acknowledge with appreciation and pleasure the many reports and loving greetings received from branch churches, societies, and college organizations at this Annual Meeting season. Time permitted the reading of only a few of them, but a complete list of the organizations sending messages was published in The Christian Science Monitor of June 5, 1933. The following are representative of those read by the Hon. Mrs. Hay, of London, England, and Judge Frank C. Collier, of Los Angeles, California:

First and Second Churches, Bristol, England, report that Christian Science is progressing steadily in that city, as shown by larger memberships and congregations. They are grateful for the new Publishing House, which stands for them as yet another symbol of the greatness of The Mother Church and the expansion of the Cause. They appreciate the opportunity of seeing the motion picture films of the construction operations.

The six churches of Minneapolis, Minnesota, the society at Excelsior, and the organization at University of Minnesota, write: "Truly this past year has been a 'feast of fat things'—the erection of the beautiful and stately new Publishing House, to whose Building Fund we have all gratefully contributed and whose progress we have eagerly followed through the graphic items in the periodicals as well as the films so thoughtfully provided by The Mother Church; the wonderful new Hymnal, which is a constant source of joy and inspiration; and now the series of historical articles in The Christian Science Journal—all these in addition to the rich streams of truth which are ever flowing through our Lesson-Sermons and periodicals. As we have received abundantly, so we have been able to give; for in this field, as elsewhere, many in their need are turning to Christian Science, and at our services, at the lectures, and in the Reading Rooms the number of newcomers, especially young men, is noticeable."

Christian Science Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico, reports increase in attendance; the giving of two lectures, one of which was published in Spanish translation in a local newspaper; and the beneficial distribution of literature in their own island and in the neighboring islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix. Its members recall with appreciation the financial assistance given by The Mother Church last fall at the time of a severe hurricane.

First Church, Dresden, Germany, is happy to report that, although it holds two Sunday services and three meetings on Wednesday evenings, the increasing number of attendants has necessitated the forming of Third Church, Dresden. Circulation work and literature distribution have been extended in coöperation with the other churches in the city.

First Church, Oslo, Norway, expresses its heartfelt gratitude for many blessings, among them being the revised Hymnal, and the translation into Norwegian of "Retrospection and Introspection" by Mary Baker Eddy, of the Lord's Prayer with its spiritual interpretation, and of a collection of hymns from the new Hymnal.

First Church, Paris, France, is grateful for what has been done in behalf of the French field this year, especially for the publication in English-French of Mrs. Eddy's book, "Retrospection and Introspection," and for the French translation of the words of fifty-seven hymns, including those written by our Leader.

Second Church, Zurich, Switzerland, tells of the joy its members have received from the revised Hymnal and from the hymn practice periods that have been held. Both the congregation and Sunday school have outgrown present space, and prayerful thought is being given to the securing of larger quarters.

First Church, Hobart, Tasmania, rejoices in the progress it has made and in the growth of the Christian Science movement in all parts of the world. It sees material beliefs giving place to spiritual thought in world activities, and the allness of God being acknowledged in ever increasing measure.

All the Christian Science churches and societies in Southern Rhodesia and the Union of South Africa, twenty-three in number, join in sending loving greetings. The dedication of three of the churches at a time of so-called depression and lack has been gratifying.

First Church, Florence, Italy, feels that it has reason to rejoice over the harmony and progress that have been manifest during the past year. Every department of its work has been carried on with increased activity. The services have been well attended, and there has been especial growth in the Sunday school.

First Church, Montreal, Quebec, reports marked increase in attendance at services, overflowing lecture audiences, and progress toward the completion of its edifice.