Extracts from Reports of Christian Science Committees on Publication

Great Britain and Ireland.

Quite recently the Bishop of Liverpool, speaking at a convention of two thousand clergy and church workers of various denominations to consider the question of divine healing, welcomed the convention as one of the many signs that the churches were becoming alive to one side of their divine commission which they had long neglected. Speaking at the same gathering, a well-known clergyman said that the reality of divine healing was beyond question.

At a meeting at Mansfield College, Oxford, Dr. Martin Jones is reported to have said: "I have never seen anything more dramatic than the complete change in the life of a woman through Christian Science. I have been amazed from a medical standpoint by people who have gone to Christian Science. This woman of whom I was thinking had gone completely wrong. She drank and she gambled. . . . After one Christian Science meeting that woman was completely changed. She remained a changed person, a happy, useful woman."

When it becomes known to me that a clergyman intends to deliver an address on Christian Science, a letter is sent to him, accompanied by some of our authorized literature, offering to supply any information which may be desired.

In one such instance the clergyman in his address, when he came to the subject of Christian Science, informed his audience that since he first announced the lecture he had had an opportunity further to investigate it; that as a result he found the subject too large and found he knew so little about it that he did not propose to make any remarks on it. At a later date, however, he did speak favorably of Christian Science in the course of sermon, although he differed from it in his views regarding medical aid.

When reporting to me on her visit to a library, my Assistant wrote as follows: "I was interested to note that Science and Health was the only book on the center table reserved for papers and periodicals, and the librarian explained that he keeps it there for all to see, and that he reads it himself and finds much on which to ponder."

The editor of a newspaper near London publishes an advertisement of Science and Health, originally inserted by the local church, free of charge whenever he has space for it. He has also expressed a desire to read our textbook.

The number of groups of non-Christian Scientists addressed by me during the year was ten. These included a Discussion Group in connection with St. Martin-in-theFields, two groups of clergymen of the Church of England, Groups of Toc H, and Young People's clubs and study circles; whilst at Morley College, Westminster Bridge Road, I contributed a paper in a series dealing with various religions. Upon each of these ten occasions, permission to accept the invitation was first obtained from The Christian Science Board of Directors through the Manager's office, and they also approved the address read. The earnestness and interest shown by the groups of young people were no less remarkable than was the endeavor on the part of many of the clergymen to understand the subject correctly. After the meeting at Morley College, the chairman told me it was one of the most interesting and stimulating they had ever had. In addition to these ten groups addressed by me, eighteen approved papers were read during the year under review by Committees on Publication in other counties. All these are signs of the awakening which is going on wherever the Word of God goes forth in Christian Science.

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