Extracts from Reports of Christian Science Committees on Publication

Tasmania.

Every day each daily newspaper prints on the editorial page a "Great Thought" supplied by the Committee on Publication. Once each week this "Great Thought" is from the pen of Mary Baker Eddy. Editors are unanimous in praising this service, which is now in its fifth year. An interesting report of the appreciation of the daily "Great Thought" came from the editor of the Advocate, Tasmania's third daily paper, to the effect that he had personal knowledge of several schools where the day's thought was read to the assembled scholars each morning and, in two instances, was then gummed into a scrapbook kept for the purpose.

Devotional programs have been conducted regularly over five stations during this year, giving a total of six radiocasts each month. Encouraging reports in regard to these programs have been received from many quarters. Station managers have received and passed to the Committee numerous favorable reports. A Methodist clergyman, who could not be helped by medicine or surgery, listened to the devotional broadcasts for a period and was then led to seek the aid of a Christian Science practitioner, and secured release from his difficulties.

In addition to supplying all daily papers with a "Great Thought" each day, the Committee also supplies six radio stations with a daily "Great Thought" and a daily "Goodnight Thought." Once each week the "Great Thought" and the "Goodnight Thought" are from the pen of Mary Baker Eddy. This service is now in its fourth successive year and is highly valued by station managers. One station lists this "Great Thought" in its advertisements of the day's program at a definite time on each day's program. All stations using this service respect and appreciate it, and supply suitable music before and after the thought is given.

There have been no pulpit attacks reported to the Committee during this year. Clergymen have repeatedly stopped the Committee in the street and made favorable comment about the devotional programs. The clergyman secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society in Tasmania invited the Committee to a meeting of the society. During his address to the meeting this clergyman referred to the presence of the Christian Science representative, and eulogized our devotional programs. He said, speaking directly to the Anglican Bishop of Tasmania, who presides at all the Bible Society meetings, that "Christian Scientists read more of the Bible over the air than all other denominations combined." The meeting was impressed by this public tribute, as indicated by many comments when the meeting dispersed.

German-speaking Switzerland.

During the last ten years, Christian Science has been mentioned in increasing measure by the press. The daily press in general is friendly, or at least not aggressive towards our Cause, whereas religious publications sometimes contain disparaging articles. The Christian Science Monitor has been mentioned in eight cases. Besides these, six newspapers have published articles praising the way in which the Swiss National Exhibition was reported by the Monitor.

A series of lectures by a clergyman was announced, and one of the subjects was to be Christian Science. The speaker was interviewed before the lecture was due and given some literature. Several more interviews followed, and when the lecture was delivered the clergyman presented the subject in an unbiased way.

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