Article January 12, 1899 Issue

New Church is Dedicated

with contributions from MARY BAKER EDDY, Alfred Farlow, Emily D. Behan

The handsome new place of worship of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, at Ninth Street and Forest Avenue, was dedicated with imposing services on Christmas day. The day was chosen as the most appropriate, being the one on which the Christian world celebrates the birth of the Saviour. There were three services yesterday, at 11 a.m.. and 3 and 8 p.m. The same programme was rendered at each service.

The church was crowded at the opening services yesterday. Many quiet, but fervent, murmurs of appreciation were heard as the members of the church saw the beautiful auditorium for the first time.

The new church is of the early English type. The exterior is massive and simple, and with its beautiful interior makes one of the finest church buildings in Kansas City, or in the West for that matter. All the exterior walls are of white limestone. The stones have rough, or rock faces. The openings are toned down in roughness by moldings, and the whole has the effect of strength and ruggedness. At the northeast corner of the church is a heavily buttressed tower, rising seventy-five feet above the sidewalk. At the northwest corner is a smaller and lower tower. The larger tower will have a set of chimes. Between the two towers is an arched logia, forty-two feet long by twelve feet wide. It is intended more for an exit than an entrance.

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