A woman stood at a bus stop, shivering in the rain. Would that bus never come? A lighted shop window caught her attention. Books and magazines were displayed invitingly. In the background there were chairs, tables, and more books, and people sitting there reading, warm and comfortable.
"How I wish I could go in for a few minutes," the woman thought. "But I can't. It's a Christian Science Reading Room, and I'm not a Christian Scientist." So she went on standing in the street.
Why did she not see the notice "All are welcome" on the door? Why did she not feel the invitation to all passers-by to go in? If she had, she might not only have lost some of the physical chill and misery of standing alone in the winter weather. She might have caught a glimpse of what it means to be "the guest of God," always at home in the presence of Soul, embraced in the care of divine Love, feeling the harmony of heaven. She might have found a friend—the comforting Friend to all mankind that "sticketh closer than a brother."Prov. 18:24; She might have learned something of the power of the Christ, the true idea of God, which opens the way for us to benefit from the great blessings the divine Father is pouring out to all His children every day and every hour.
