Article November 10, 1898 Issue

FROM SHARON, PA.

The Daily Telegraph

The opening services in the new room of First Church of Christ, Scientist, on South Water Street, were beautiful and interesting. The morning and evening services were largely attended, which shows that the Christian Science movement in Sharon is gaining a strong foothold.

The room where the services will hereafter be held has been richly laid in red velvet carpet. The walls have been papered with light green paper, which harmonizes nicely with the rest of the furnishings. The interior has a cosey and inviting appearance. The handsomely polished pulpit which is used by the Readers was a gift from the scholars of the Sabbath School. The church room was tastefully decorated with palms and exotics and cut flowers.

A unique and interesting feature in the public services of the churches of this denomination throughout the world is the fact that every church, each Sunday in the year, has the same sermon. The sermons are arranged by the Bible Lesson Committee, appointed by the Christian Science Publishing Society, of Boston, Mass. The subjects of these sermons have followed the International Series of Bible lessons, and consist of extracts from the Bible and the Christian Science text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," by Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy, which are read in each pulpit by two Readers, known as the First Reader and Second Reader. In the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Sharon, Mrs. Sara Irene Budd is First Reader and Miss Gertrude Ramsay is Second Reader.

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