Article April 20, 1907 Issue

AMONG THE CHURCHES

with contributions from Cornelius Fockens

In Daisy Bank Road, Victoria Park, Rusholme, there is a building shaped like an inverted letter Y. It stands back from the road, and on each side of the path leading to the entrance is a stretch of greensward. Such is the exterior of First Church of Christ, Scientist. The design is certainly attractive, and the branches of the edifice, suggestive, it has been said, of the outstretched arms of Love, form reading and class rooms, while the stem is the nave or chapel, in which the services are held.

The first impression we receive of the interior is one of brightness. The walls, arched at the sides, are plastered or cemented white, and on them are texts in gilt from the Scriptures, and one by Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, the Founder of the Christian Science sect. This reads, "Divine love always has met and always will meet every human need" [Science and Health, p. 494]. Instead of a pulpit there is a platform on which are two beautifully carved reading-desks. Behind them are two high, straightback chairs, also carved. On the front of the platform is a vase filled with large lilies, and a number of platform add to the general picturesqueness. A small organ finds a place in a corner near to the platform. The congregation numbers about fifty or sixty, and the members of it are well dressed. The service is short and simple, and is conducted by a lady and a gentleman, who take up positions at the reading-desks. For those who desire to make inquiry into the tenets of Christian Science, the use of the free library attached to the church, it is announced during the service, is allowed daily.

Manchester (Eng.) City News.

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