THE Annual Meeting of The Mother Church assembled on June 7, filling the church edifice to capacity. The vast audience, which included members from far-distant countries, listened with rapt attention to the introductory remarks by the retiring President and the address of his successor, and to the reading of reports by the Treasurer and by the Clerk, of the various activities of the church—reports which contained much interesting and inspiring information.
A spirit of joy and of profound gratitude for the innumerable blessings brought to Christian Scientists through the labors of Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, pervaded the meeting. On every hand was heard thanksgiving for continued evidence of God's wonderful goodness "to the children of men," goodness manifested in His priceless revelations to mankind through Christ Jesus, the Way-shower, and through our revered Leader.
The report of the Clerk showed the largest growth in membership in the history of the movement, a substantial increase in the number of churches and societies, and the addition of a large body of practitioners to the list advertised in The Christian Science Journal. After the meeting had been opened by the singing of hymn 197, "O gentle presence, peace and joy and power," written by Mrs. Eddy, the retiring President, David Newton McKee, M. A., C. S. B., of Boston, read the following citations from the Bible and the Christian Science textbook:
