It was in the green and beautiful North Island of New Zealand that a friend of mine learned a lot about what you might call "heraldry." About heralding forth to all the world the good news of God's magnificent, healing love for each one of us—no matter what country we live in, what color skin we have, what religion we believe in. And she learned a lot about "heartspeak," too.
She was a librarian at that time, for a Christian Science Reading Room in the port city of Wellington. The church members there were very serious about their Reading Room. They poured time and energy and dedicated service into it. It was a nicely redecorated downtown store, where they offered all kinds of literature for sale that could help people explore the laws of God. Bibles, copies of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures (the Christian Science textbook by Mary Baker Eddy), the Christian Science magazines, Bible study books, and so on.
Still, something was missing. Hardly anyone ever stopped in. Sales were running low. The Reading Room was chock-full of merchandise, but in another way it seemed just a little bit empty. So the staff decided that they, rather than their prospective customers, would have to start the action in the Reading Room.
