Among the Churches

Current Notes

Boston, Mass.—The First Church of Christ, Scientist. Sunday service (during July and August), 10:45 a.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.

Indianapolis, Ind.—First Church of Christ, Scientist, was dedicated April 20. The building, which is situated at Meridian and Twentieth Streets, was constructed several years ago and has been occupied since that time.

First Church of Christ, Scientist, was organized in August, 1889, when a group of twenty-nine students of Christian Science enrolled as charter members. At first the little band held their services at the homes of the members; later the old church, then standing in Meridian Street opposite Christ Church, was rented. Through the growth and development of the work it became necessary that a new location be secured, and in 1890 the Methodist Church at Alabama and North Streets became the home of the organization.

In 1897 First Church was reorganized. In 1898 a beautiful room in the Propylæum on North Street was secured, and in this room the church held its services until October, 1911, when the Sunday school of the new edifice on North Meridian Street was ready for occupancy. Services were held in the Sunday school, which seats four hundred persons, until the main auditorium, seating seven hundred, had its formal opening, the church in its several parts being then fully completed and beautifully furnished and equipped at a total cost of seventy-five thousand dollars. The lot on which the church stands was purchased in 1909 and work was begun on the edifice August 11, 1910, the corner stone being laid September 22.

There are now two other Christian Science churches in this city. These three churches are separated only as congregations and individual services, as the general work in this city is maintained jointly by the three organizations. Now that First Church has completed the work of paying off its indebtedness, it is planning to start immediately to work systematically to help other Christian Science churches of the city to accomplish the same purpose and dedicate their church edifices.—Indianapolis Times.

Los Angeles (San Pedro), Calif.—Seventh Church of Christ, Scientist, on Seventh Street, was dedicated yesterday [Feb. 16] with impressive ceremonies. The church was organized in 1911. The Christian Scientists of San Pedro began holding meetings at the homes of members in 1904 and organized a society in 1906. From this small beginning the work has grown until there is now an average attendance at the services of nearly one hundred and fifty people.

San Pedro News.

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