Does it ever feel like too much of an effort to get to the subway, or join a car pool, for a 20-minute ride to attend a Christian Science lecture? A report by one lecturer from his Asian tour tells of people going through waist-deep waters in order to get to a lecture that was held the day after a typhoon struck. "There was no electric power in the town, so the lecture was given in a blackout with the help of some effective battery-powered fluorescent flashlights. Fifty people, including some new to Christian Science, did turn up despite these extremely adverse conditions; good testimony to the valuing and caring for this lecture on the part of the church—a sense of preparation that was obvious from the moment we landed and were met at the airport. . . ."
Another reminder of intrepid devotion came through a visit with an individual from a country that has no freedom of religion, where church meetings must be held in strict secrecy and literature is not permitted.
