In The Christian Science Monitor of May 25 was published an article on the chimes of The Mother Church. It has brought forth a number of expressions of gratitude from those who have loved the sound of the chimes and who have gained inspiration from the message which they ring forth. Notable among these expressions of appreciation is one from a woman who nineteen years ago resided in Boston sufficiently near The Mother Church to hear its chimes. She was then prejudiced against what she thought Christian Science to be, and the influence of thought in her family was away from Mrs. Eddy's teachings. While this lady had been taught that Christian Scientist are fanatical, she nevertheless observed that those attending the church appeared to be intelligent and prosperous looking people; but it was the chimes, she states, which kept attracting her attention. One day she spoke to a woman of how much she enjoyed them, and was promptly asked if she would care to accompany this woman to church. She adds, "I can remember looking at her with surprise at the discovery of finding she was a Christian Scientist and was not and did not appear to be odd; so I went." Afterwards our correspondent's husband accompanied her to church; and she completes her letter with the following: "We have found the love and help of the Christian Science organization. The way has not always been easy, but the chimes were the channel which brought us to Christian Science. I probably would not have listened to the individual Scientist, but the impersonal chimes prepared the way."
Surely fruitage like this speaks eloquently of the message which Mrs. Eddy expected The Mother Church chimes to send out in line with the inscription which she selected to be cast in the largest two-ton bell "Founded on Love."
