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Denver, Colo.—Dedicatory services, signalizing the freeing of Second Church of Christ, Scientist, from debt were held Sunday [July 27] in the new church edifice at South Grant Street and East Bayaud Avenue. The building was completed two years ago. The church building cost $110,000. The cost of furnishings, organ, and building site amounted to $18,600 additional. The seating capacity of the church is 1150.

Second Church of Christ, Scientist, was organized in 1909 to relieve an overcrowded condition of First Church, where additional room was needed for both church and Sunday school services. Members of Second Church met for three and one half years in the South Denver Masonic Temple, moving from that place into the foyer of the new church building, which was occupied pending completion of the edifice.—South Denver Eye and Bulletin.

Long Beach, Calif.—During the month [June 8] the Christian Scientists of Long Beach dedicated their church at 440 Elm Avenue.

First Church of Christ, Scientist, held its first services as a society in 1902 in a small cottage called "The Barnacle" at the corner of Third Street and Cedar Avenue. The attendance at the services outgrew the seating capacity of this building, and Chapel Hall, a room seating three hundred, was provided upon an adjoining lot. In the summer of 1904, incorporation papers for First Church of Christ, Scientist, were obtained, and the church was duly organized. In 1911 the capacity of Chapel Hall proved inadequate and the Congregational Chapel on Fourth Street, with a seating capacity of six hundred, was secured. Again progress dictated a move to larger quarters and in March, 1912, two lots on Elm Avenue were purchased and the contract let for a brick and reinforced concrete structure. The auditorium seats about one thousand, with a basement Sunday school room of equal size. The church edifice, lots, furnishings, and pipe organ cost, when completed, approximately $100,000.

The Daily Telegram.

Davenport, Iowa,—The edifice of First Church of Christ, Scientist, will be dedicated on Sunday [June 15]. The structure at Grand Avenue and Kirkwood Boulevard was completed in 1913 at a cost of $50,500. Christian Science churches, however, are not dedicated until they are fully paid for. The first Christian Science healing in Davenport resulting from the teachings of Mary Baker Eddy, the Founder of the church, occurred in 1887. It made such a profound impression that a large number became interested and took up the study of Christian Science. Other remarkable healings followed, and a society was formed, meetings being held in private homes. People came from Rock Island to attend the services.

The church was incorporated in 1892, and in 1895 it moved into Columbian Hall at Third and Brady Streets. Meetings had been held at the old Masonic Hall, but this place was rapidly outgrown. Property at Sixth and Perry Streets was purchased and dedicated in 1908. The capacity of this building became overtaxed and the arrangements were made with the Unitarian church to hold the services in Unity Hall. A building committee was appointed which led to the erection of the present beautiful structure.

Davenport Democrat.

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