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Boston, Mass. —The First Church of Christ, Scientist. Sunday services, 10:45 a.m., 7:30 p.m.; Sunday school, 10:45 a.m.; Wednesday evening meeting, 7:30 p.m., in the church edifice, Norway, Falmouth, and St. Paul Streets. The church is open to visitors Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Reading rooms: Little Building, corner of Tremont and Boylston Streets (fourth floor); open daily, except Sunday and Wednesday, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and on Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. International Trust Company Building (second floor), 45 Milk Street, near Devonshire, opposite post office; open daily, except Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Coolidge Corner Building, 1316 Beacon Street, Brookline; open daily, except Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Creston, Iowa.—The dedication of First Church of Christ, Scientist, took place yesterday morning [March 30]. The first formal organization of Christian Science here was in 1897, and on October 12, 1899, the church was incorporated, nine people signing their names as charter members. The Sunday school was organized at that time, and the Wednesday evening testimony meetings were also held. In 1908 the church moved to 503 West Adams Street, where meetings were held until 1917, when a more suitable place for holding services was desired. No such place seemed available, so the members decided to build. A fund had been started some time previously, and soon a lot centrally located at 104 North Oak Street was purchased. In April, 1918, the first contracts were awarded, and ground was broken in May. The corner stone was laid August 30. The church was practically finished January 17, 1919, and the first Sunday service was held two days later.

The Creston Advertiser-Gazette.

Washington, D. C.—Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, was organized at a meeting Thursday evening [Feb. 6] in the Sunday school room of First Church, Columbia Road and Euclid Street Northwest. The occasion for its organization was the crowded condition of First Church building, which seats about twelve hundred people. Preliminary steps of organization and incorporation were taken, and by-laws were adopted practically identical with those of the other Washington churches.

A group of persons living west of Rock Creek considered the formation of a fifth church in Cleveland Park, but decided that, while a church for that locality would be needed before long, the time for its formation had not yet arrived. Similar crowded conditions in First Church resulted in the organization of Third Church less than a year ago. It was incorporated March 11, 1918, and is now holding services in the auditorium of Masonic Temple at Thirteenth Street and New York Avenue with an attendance of twelve to fifteen hundred people on Sunday.—Washington Herald.

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