In the Christian Science Journal of June, 1898, there appeared an extract from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, giving a brief account of the work of some business men who had provided rooms for the practice of Christian Science healing in connection with their business offices. As the report of this method of carrying on the Gospel work of healing the sick and ministering to human needs has proven interesting and helpful, I have thought well to tell something more of it, and also somewhat of my individual experiences.
Previous to the time of establishing these offices, a number of business men had been giving a part of each day to this healing work. Several of them occupied a suite of rooms jointly with their wives and other ladies, each one spending an hour or two in the rooms. After working in this way for several years, three of the men,—business associates,—found it expedient to make other arrangements. The writer was a member of three business firms, with offices in separate buildings, the Christian Science rooms being located in still another building, and so, in looking to our convenience, and with the thought of bringing the subject of Christian Science to the attention of business people in a pronounced manner, we determined to engage a suite of rooms with accommodations sufficient for the three associated firms, and to include apartments in the same suite for our Christian Science work.
Accordingly a lease was taken of an entire wing on one of the upper floors of a new office building, and the rooms were remodeled so as to meet our rather unusual requirements by taking down partitions and erecting new ones. The entrance door opens into a wide corridor with a business office on one side and the Christian Science department on the other, consisting of an outer waiting-room and two small rooms where patients are received. The corridor opens out into the main counting-room, beyond which are the private offices of the partners.
