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Carpinteria News

Marion, Ind.—One of the most important activities of the church work, that of literature distribution, was undertaken in April, 1914. There has been a gradual growth since then, and at the present time we have a committee of active and earnest workers. During the year ending January 1, boxes and subscriptions, the customary channels for distributing the literature, were used, and in addition the needs of those who were seeking the truth were supplied in the following ways: Monitor distribution at factories, two adjoining towns furnished with the periodicals, thirty-one copies of the vest pocket edition of Science and Health ordered for soldiers at the front, and literature provided for our boys when in camp at the National Military Home.

The literature distributed totaled 8964 pieces, including 3439 Sentinels, 373 Journals, 4772 Monitors, 198 Quarterlies, 1 Herold, 49 lectures, 132 pamphlets. A year's subscription to the Monitor was sent to five fire stations, the Marion Normal Institute, High School, Y. M. C. A., Orphan's Home, National Military Home, and County Infirmary. A year's subscription to the Sentinel was also sent to the Country Infirmary and the National Military Home. The Monitor has been delivered by the month through a local news agency to the jail, the Masonic and I. O. O. F. Lodges, one barber shop, and one fraternity.

Meriden, Conn.—We have distributed during the year ending April 1, 1918, including nine yearly subscriptions to the Monitor, 800 Sentinels, 303 Journals, 5033 Monitors, 31 Herolds, 3 Herauts, 40 Quarterlies, and 61 pamphlets. We are now giving ten yearly subscriptions to the Monitor, which are all gratefully received, as follows: Poor farm, tubercular sanitarium, library, high school, police station, Y. M. C. A., hospital, two men's clubs, Masonic Home in Walling-ford, also three-month subscriptions to two men's clubs in Wallingford. We have sent out nine hundred copies of our two lectures given during this year, which were printed in full in one of our local papers.

There have been but two public criticisms of Christian Science during the past year, both by ministers. Each time the papers have been courteous, and willing to print corrections of erroneous statements. There has been shown a marked increase of interest in Christian Science. Our sale of Quarterlies from the reading room, outside of the regular subscribers in the church is now more than double the sale during last year. Also a greater number of all Christian Science periodicals have been sold than in any previous year.

Carpinteria, Cal.—The Christian Science Society has purchased a lot on the corner of Seventh and Walnut Streets and expects to build a church on it.—Carpinteria News.

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