Article April 5, 1900 Issue

Among the Churches

with contributions from Josiah Quincy

Times-Herald

Sunday , March 18, 1900, another mile-post marked the growth of the Christian Science denomination in Chicago. The event was the first service of the Christian Science Society of West Pullman, which was held in the morning at 11921 Halsted Street. The new church is the fifth which has been established in this city since 1890, and the followers of this faith are elated over the remarkable progress that has been made.

The new church began its career with a membership of between sixty and seventy, but the attendance, following the general rule, was much greater. There were no dedicatory services, but the members gathered and worshiped in their accepted form. The place of worship was a hall which has been rented for the time being, but if the congregation does not prove an exception it will not be long before it will have sufficient strength to build a temple of its own, and possibly in turn send from its doors an offshoot to establish another congregation in some other part of the city.

The society is a child of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, as are also the Second, Third, and Fourth churches. Early in February the congregation of the First Church again became so large that the meetings held there were crowded, and from one hundred to two hundred people were compelled to stand during the services. It was recognized that the time had come for further development, and the people of West Pullman decided to start their own organization. This was done at a meeting held February 22, and now the new church is fully organized and is in a position to accomplish good work.

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