CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22145, 26 June 1935, Page 15

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

A YEAR OF PROGRESS A call to renewed activity in the daily application of Christian Science was issued at the annual meeting of the Mother Church, the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, by the Christian Science Board of Directors. Church officers in their reports divulged marked growth of the movement throughout the world. Mr. George Wendell Adams, speaking as chairman of the board of directors, stressed the need for interest not only in problems of individuals, " but also in the general welfare of the world." The election of Mr. A. Barry Bacon as the new president of the * Mother Church was announced. Mr. Bacon succeeds Dr. John M. Brewer, Associate Professor at the Harvard Graduato School of Education. The addition of 73 new branches of the Mother Church, 47 in North America, one in South America, 17 in Europe, two in Asia, two in Africa and four in Australia and New Zealand, were reported. An increase of 29.5 per cent in the sales of Mrs. Eddy's works over the previous year was recorded. Approximately 6000 persons, representing but a fraction of the total membership of the Mother Church, crowded the great auditorium to the third gallery, overflowing into the original edifice adjoining.