Article July 10, 1926 Issue

Fiftieth Anniversary of the Beginning of the Christian Science Denomination

[Notice read by the First Reader of The Mother Church during the
Sunday service on July 4, 1926]

To-day is the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of the Christian Science denomination. On July 4, 1876, Mrs. Eddy and six of her students formed an organization called the Christian Scientist Association. In 1879, on Mrs. Eddy's motion, this Association voted to organize the Church of Christ, Scientist; which continued until 1892, when it was reorganized as The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. On pages 17 to 19 of the Church Manual, and on pages 43 and 44 of "Retrospection and Introspection," our Leader has related these steps in the formation of our present institution. And, as she has said in the first of these citations, "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., is designed to be build on the Rock, Christ; even the understanding and demonstration of divine Truth, Life, and Love, healing and saving the world from sin and death; thus to reflect in some degree the Church Universal and Triumphant."

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