Article August 9, 1913 Issue

AMONG THE CHURCHES

CURRENT NOTES

St. Louis, Mo .—The first Christian Science church organization was incorporated in 1894 with a membership of fifty, and services were held in the old Beethoven Conservatory of Music at Twenty-third and Locust streets, while steps were being taken to build a church. Early in 1895 a lot was purchased at Leffingwell avenue and Pine street and the building was started in June. The efforts of the little band soon made the church inadequate to accommodate the members, and in 1902 they moved to the Odeon. In 1903 the congregation erected a costly edifice at Kingshighway and Westminster place and had it completed in time to welcome the large attendance due to the World's Fair the following year. The structure was built at a cost of one hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars, and without a gallery ther are seats for twelve hundred and fifty persons. Several churches of Christ, Scientist, have sprung from this church, and it still has the third largest membership in the state.—St. Louis Star.

Providence, R. I.—The new edifice of First Church of Christ, Scientist, which was opened on Sunday morning [June 29] for public worship, has been completed so far as the exterior work is concerned, and the interior is practically finished. The structure, which was begun five years ago, was built at a cost of two hundred thousand dollars. It is 87 feet square and will accommodate about eleven hundred persons, for the auditorium is 84 by 52 feet. The church was incorporated in 1895, and at first the meetings were held in private homes. Later a chapel was built on Bowen street, at which place the members of the church have worshiped until the present time. This chapel, which was built to accommodate three hundred persons, long ago became too small.—The Evening Bulletin.

North Vancouver, British Columbia.—Christian Science is evidently making rapid progress in this city. Since services were first started here, about fifteen months ago, the attendance has more than doubled, and the North Vancouver Christian Science Society, which was organized only last July, has now outgrown its present quarters at 1428 Chesterfield avenue, where services have been held hitherto, and has rented a house at 146 3d street east. At this address they will also maintain a free reading-room for the use of the public, which will be open every week day from two to four in the afternoons, and on Tuesday and Friday evenings from eight to ten.—North Shore Press.

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