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Among the Churches
After nearly two years passed in erecting a house of worship, the Second Church of Christ, Scientist, is about to enter into one not often surpassed in religious architecture since the days of classic Greece and Rome. Few houses designed solely for religious observance exist in this country wherein the materials used have been limited to pure white marble, steel, bronze, and cathedral glass. None is, both in exterior and interior, elevation, fashioned of these materials.
This temple, situated at Sixty—eighth Street and Central Park West, is of white marble above the foundation of granite. The dome which arches over the auditorium is framed in with bronze, the spaces reserved for light being of fish scale design, in cathedral glass, with the word "Love" in the centre in chipped plate glass. Not a bit of masonry above the foundation is of other material than white marble. The pieces have been so closely joined as to present the aspect of an unbroken marble elevation.
The church varies from accepted designs in that it is practically a huge square, crowned with a concentric dome of noble proportions. At first the members of the society were tempted to have the rearward elevation of baser materials. Other counsels prevailed, and the four elevations are practically replicas one of the other. The sole variation is in the main entrance on Central Park West side. This is flanked by handsomely designed columns of bronze, whereon rest lamps.
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March 14, 1901 issue
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The World's Outlook for Peace
Benjamin F. Trueblood
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Christian Science and Anti-healing Ordinance
A. R. Doran
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Not a Christian Scientist
Willard S. Mattox
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The Unparalleled Century
William Brooke Sandison with contributions from Whittier
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The Lectures
with contributions from John Carroll Lathrop
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The Beauty of Holiness
BY ELIZABETH EARL JONES.
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MRS. EDDY TAKES NO PATIENTS
Editor
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Christian Scientists and Compensation
Alfred Farlow
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Legislation in New York
Editor
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Regulating Medical Practice
Editor
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From The Christian Register
Editor
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Medical Monopoly Legislation
Editor
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Letter from a Soldier
G. D. D.
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Among the Churches
Among the Churches
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Permanence and Praise
BY EVA COLE.
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Thoughts Suggested by the Eclipse
Thoughts Suggested by the Eclipse BY L.
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The Unreality of Fear
BY F. W. B.
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Manner of Giving
BY HENNIE PEEBLES.
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Peace, be Still
BY FANNIE ISABEL S. WARDELL.
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Learning the Lesson of Perseverance
C. A. Maynard
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Found Health at Last
Mary Stevenson Thomas
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Restored to Home and Friends
J. V. Long
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Thankful for the Understanding of Science and Health
Minnie Rawson Smith
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Many Incurable Diseases Healed
A. D. Isbell
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Inflammatory Rheumatism Healed
C. Wright with contributions from C. J. Perry