Each branch Church of Christ, Scientist, which is supported by members who are active students of Christian Science demonstrating Truth and Love, makes an important contribution to the Cause of Christian Science. Whether the progressive branch church is located in a small community or in a larger center of population, its services and other activities are significant and far-reaching.
A student remarked to the writer that one of the most inspiring church services she had ever attended in her travels was held in a Christian Science Society located in a certain town. The congregation was small, and the soloist, who sang beautifully, was her own accompanist. The student was impressed by the joy and consecration evidenced in the entire service, as was her husband, who was with her and who is not a student of Christian Science.
That the size of the church has no relationship to the amount of inspiration which can be derived from its services was realized by the writer when for the first time she attended a Sunday service in The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. She had expected to be somewhat awed by the size and grandeur of the edifice, but such was not the case. While enjoying the quiet beauty of the interior of the edifice, she at the same time felt a sense of peace and harmony, just as she had in the services held in the small branch church of which she is a member and in the services held in other branch churches which she has attended.
