Article May 2, 1908 Issue

AMONG THE CHURCHES

There are many misconceptions as to the religion of the Christian Scientists, and it was with a view to clearing some of these that the writer paid a visit to the Harrogate headquarters, where, every Sunday evening, service is held. This is at No. 8, Princess Square, where a drawing-room makes an excellent temporary church. Christian Science is making tremendous strides all over the country, and quite recently handsome churches have been built, one in London, and one in Manchester, whilst there is hardly a town in England which has not either a small Christian Science Church or Society, and the movement is still growing. The reason of its growth is put down as "because it preaches that the kingdom of heaven is at hand, and that Christ is our Saviour, physically and morally, now. We do not wait for those blessings until after death. The main features of Christian Science are its healing and saving influences, which is proof of its truth." What impressed the writer more than anything else was the strict silence the twenty odd persons kept during the service, and the devout manner in which it was followed.—Harrogate Times.

The meeting held by the Christian Scientists last evening [April 15], at the close of the regular Wednesday evening service, was certainly an enthusiastic one. This meeting was for the purpose of passing upon the proposition of buying the South M. E. Church building, at the corner of B Street and Washington Avenue, for a permanent home, as the present quarters are getting too small to accommodate the growing congregation. The property had been placed on the market at twenty-five hundred dollars, and as the proposition was considered a good one it was voted unanimously to accept it.

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