Article May 29, 1902 Issue

Among the Churches

with contributions from Kate Holbrook Pierce

The new First Church of Christ, Scientist, was opened to the public for the first time on Sunday [May 4]. The church, which is the old edifice of the Second Presbyterian congregation, had been thoroughly cleaned and a number of alterations made. The auditorium has not been materially changed, with the exception of the rostrum, where two reading desks have replaced the single lectern which formerly stood there.

The opening of the new church was a source of gratification to the Christian Scientists of this city, marking, as it did, as most important step in the progress of their religious belief in this city. The first Christian Science service held in Norfolk was five years ago, when the meeting was held in the Public Library Building, and the congregation consisted of five persons. To-day the church has about forty members, and a congregation of about two hundred persons who are interested in the work of the denomination.

The services on Sunday, both morning and evening, were largely attended, many of the congregation attending a Christian Science service for the first time in their lives. There was a novelty in the service for these people. The two Readers seated on the rostrum was the first thing to attract attention, it being unusual to ordinary church-goers, to say the least.

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