AT no time in human history have so many books and magazines been published and read as in our day, and of their variety there is no end. Big and little towns have their public libraries, and a mixed crowd of readers and borrowers. In some localities truck loads of reading matter patrol the roads for the benefit of country dwellers. It is obvious that considerable ground has been covered since the fifteenth century, when the first printing press launched the first printed book, the Holy Bible, on its endless course.
Naturally, then, when Mrs. Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, established her church organization, she required every branch church to maintain a free Christian Science Reading Room. Many a one, sick and weary in mind and body, has drifted into one of these havens and there found inspiration and mental anchorage.
Mrs. Eddy writes on page 15 of "No and Yes": "Reading my books, without prejudice, would convince all that their purpose is right. The comprehension of my teachings would enable any one to prove these books to be filled with blessings for the whole human family." Because of its irrefutable logic, its practical power, and its tender comfort, Christian Science appeals to the simple, the cultured, the agnostically inclined, the religious minded.
