Among the Churches

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Quincy, Mass.—Dedicatory services were held yesterday [Nov.2] at the Christian Science church on Greenleaf Street.

The Quincy church owes its beginning to the efforts of a loyal student of Mary Baker Eddy, formerly living in Brain-tree, through whose efforts a meeting was held May 3, 1901, in a private house at Braintree with six persons present. The number increased until twenty or more attended the service, and then a Christian Science Society was organized and public meetings were held in Pythian Hall. On December 29 a Sunday school was formed with ten pupils.

In January of the next year a regular organization was decided upon and "First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Braintree, Massachusetts," was organized with twelve charter members. An old homestead was leased and remodeled to make it suitable for church purposes, and the first service was held there Sunday, February 23, 1902, with an experience and testimony meeting the following Wednesday evening. A reading room was opened in the same building in April. After two years this building became so crowded that Sunday services were resumed in Pythian Hall, and later the whole second floor of Long's Block was rented.

In 1904 the church gave a lecture in Music Hall, Quincy, and sentiment began to crystallize in favor of moving the church to Quincy because of the more central location. March 14, 1911, the church voted to make this change. Alpha Hall was obtained for the services, and the first meeting was held there May 3, 1911. The name of the organization was then changed to "First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Quincy, Massachusetts." In 1912 the church was incorporated under the laws of the commonwealth, and the same year the land on Greenleaf Street, where the present edifice stands, was purchased.

In February, 1916, contracts for a church structure were signed and in April the first earth was turned over. The corner stone was laid in July, at half past six o'clock in the morning. On Sunday, June 3, 1917, the first services in the new building were held, and the same afternoon a lecture was given in Music Hall.—The Quincy Patriot.

Brazil, Ind.—The handsome new home of First Church of Christ, Scientist, on North Walnut Street, will be opened to the public Sunday, November 30, when services will be held there in the morning and afternoon. The site for the new church was purchased a year ago. Ground was broken for the foundation on July 21 of this year and the corner stone laid August 13. The church was built to seat one hundred and eighty, but by a different arrangement of seats the seating capacity can be increased to two hundred and fifty. The Christian Scientists organized here as a society on December 3, 1916, but services have been held in this city for the past ten years.—Brazil News.

Akron, Ohio.—First Church of Christ, Scientist, held Thanksgiving services Thanksgiving morning [Nov. 27], these services marking the formal dedication of the church. The corner stone was laid May 18, 1915, and the first services were held in the auditorium on Sunday, April 2, 1916. Through generous contributions of the members and friends of the church, and of the friends generally of the cause of Christian Science, the debt on the edifice was gradually reduced until, with the aid of a substantial gift from the Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker Eddy, the last obligation on the church was paid November 26.

Akron Beacon Journal.

Los Angeles (Van Nuys), Calif.—The Christian Science, chapel was dedicated October 26. The cost of the lot, building, and furnishings was $2237.39.

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