How many of us, do you suppose, have come into Christian Science through the help of some Reading Room? It's not unusual to read a passage in a testimony in the Journal or Christian Science Sentinel like the following (Sentinel, August 8, 1988, p. 35): "I began going to a Christian Science Reading Room with my boss during our lunch hours. . . . I felt much more peaceful at the Reading Room than I had felt for a long time. . . . And as I began to grasp the true meaning of this Science, my life began to change."
How many lives have been changed? When we stop to think about it, we all know how essential the prayer and study in Christian Science Reading Rooms are to mankind's spiritual progress. Yet, strangely enough, when we do a little examining of our own thinking, we may be surprised at times to discover an almost casual, take-it-for-granted attitude about Reading Rooms. Is it even possible that allowing such an attitude to settle in has had an effect on our Reading Room's appearance in the community? How does it really look to the newcomer? Here's a story about . . . well, you decide!
A man hears of a small group of people who make an extremely demanding climb up a mountain. The feat so changes their lives that the man decides such a change is what he has been longing for. ...
