Dear Journal.— The "Free Dispensary of Christian Science Healing," at 3 Boylston Place, Boston, Mass., is, so far as is known, the first organized work of its kind. It was started in January, 1887. Cards were printed bearing the name "Free Dispensary of Christian Science Healing," and these were distributed among Mission Schools and the Associated Charities. The work has been quietly carried on and the whole dependence has been upon the good results obtained in healing and preaching the gospel of health. Until the announcement three months ago in the Journal, there had been no advertising through the press.
We have few "By-Laws" and a simple Constitution which reads: "We, the undersigned, hereby associate ourselves for the purpose of promoting the spiritual and physical welfare of the worldly poor; to teach them better health and morals, and to show them by practical methods how to improve their condition and live the truest lives."
The patients were at first from among those personally known to some of the Committee and of the class for whom the work was organized, and as those treated found healing, they brought their friends. Since the rooms were opened, between two and three hundred patients have been treated. The results have been most cheering and the seed sown is bearing good fruit. The testimonies of healing and help would take too much of the space of the Journal.
