Proposed New Church in Omaha, Neb.

Members of First Church of Christ, Scientist, are casting about for a favorable site upon which to build a new church, which they hope to erect in the future.

Members of the church say that a new structure may not be erected for one, two, or three years, but that the congregation is working to secure a church of its own.

Omaha (Neb.) News.

Church Dedication in Topeka, Kan.

Easter Sunday, April 12, was a memorable day for the members of First Church of Christ, Scientist. Their church edifice was dedicated free of debt. The house was filled with light and love. The church was beautifully and tastefully decorated with palms and Easter lilies.

Special addresses were delivered by both the First and Second Readers, and letters of congratulation were read from far-away friends whose expressions of love and encouragement touched our hearts deeply.

Emma F. McFarland, Clerk.

A New Church Needed in Sioux City, Ia.

The Christian Scientists in Sioux City have decided to erect a new church.

A meeting on Monday night was attended by one hundred and five persons, including members of the Sunday School, and ninety-six of those present named the amounts they would subscribe to the building fund.

It is not expected the new church will be started before another year, but the very evident future need of a large church has prompted the organization to start the movement for a new building.

The present membership of the church now numbers one hundred and thirty-seven and the Sunday School is large. It is stated that each Sunday the seating capacity of the building is taxed and the society is constantly growing.

First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Sioux City, was organized in 1890. The original membership included but twenty-six names.—Sioux City Journal.

Dedication of a New Church in Salem, Ore.

The dedicatory service of the new church building of Second Church of Christ, Scientist, was held Easter Sunday.

Two very fine audiences attended the services of dedication and greeted the Salem Christian Science workers, and they were very well entertained. The perfect Easter day gave an additional pleasure to the observation of the happy event, so long looked forward to by this church.

The auditorium of the church, as well as the hallways, reception and reading rooms, and platform, were decorated with palms and Oregon grape, the state flower, now in perfect bloom, and beautiful blooms of flowering quince, hyacinths, and narcissus.

At both services the building was crowded to the doors, and the congregation overflowed into the hallway and out on to the porches.

Nearly one hundred Portland and Oregon City Christian Scientists honored the occasion with their presence. There were visiting Scientists from many other communities and all expressed delight at the demonstration of the Salem Church.

The voluntary offering of the Portland Scientists was a pleasant surprise, and gratefully acknowledged.

The Salem (Ore.) Journal.

The Welcome to Der Herold.

I have received the first number of Der Herold, and after having read the same carefully, wish to express my appreciation of the magazine. The translations are good, the printing is clear, and the whole magazine reflects credit upon those who have gotten it out. We have much to be thankful for in this new effort to reach the people who seek Truth, and it shows once again the wisdom of our Leader and her untiring watchfulness to give to the hungry the bread of Life. My love and reverence for her increase each day. Sincerely yours,

R. L. Ziller.
Austin, Texas, April 3, 1903.

I desire to express my appreciation of Der Christian Science Herold. I am a German by birth, but having resided in the United States for nearly thirty years, I thought myself so familiar with the English language that the German Publication would be of no real benefit to me. The first appearance of our new periodical, however, dispelled this illusion, and I found that sentences which have been read over many times in the English, never appealed to my thought as when read in my mother-tongue; I therefore expect to derive much benefit from this latest addition to our periodicals and herewith express my sincere thanks to the faithful workers at headquarters, who, through their watchfulness, have made its appearance a present possibility; no doubt it will satisfy a long-felt want.

H. F. H.
Chino, Cal., April 6, 1903.

For seven years I have hoped for a periodical published in German, my native language. I felt the need of it very much. I wanted to impart to my countrymen who are not instructed in the English language, the great truth and light which Mrs. Eddy has so lovingly and unselfishly given to all who are willing to follow Jesus.

Last week I received the first copy of Der Herold with joy and gladness, and I should like to tell somewhat of the good it has already done. On Friday last week a friend came to me very much discouraged, almost overcome by mortal fear. Her husband had been very ill in bed for several days. He did not want a physician, fearing that the doctor would send him to a hospital to be operated upon. I spoke the truth and realized the omnipotence and omnipresence of God. In about ten minutes the fear had left. My friend had a new consciousness of joy and courage. I gave her Der Herold to read to her husband. This she did. On Sunday I went over to see the man. He was out in the stable feeding the horse. The impersonal truth had healed him. The ailment was rupture and cold. The wife was also healed through the reading.

I have had many good demonstrations, and I should like to write of them all. Divine Love has met every problem, has removed the sense of financial limitation and provided for every need. Science and Health has been my educator. Through studying the book, light and understanding have come and I no longer walk in darkness.

Jesus said, "I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness." I am very grateful to Mrs. Eddy for all the good that has come to me through Christian Science.

L. E. M., Saratoga Springs, N. Y.

We view the world with our own eyes, each of us; and we make from within us the world we see. A weary heart gets no gladness out of sunshine; a selfish man is skeptical about friendship, as a man with no ear doesn't care for music.—Thackeray.