Article February 1, 2014

A visit among the churches

C. N.

Originally published in the April 15, 1891 issue of the Christian Science Series (Vol. 2, No. 24)

It was my privilege to accompany the pastor of a church of Christ (Scientist) to Troy and to Albany N. Y., at which places, under the auspices of the Churches there organized, the Pastor delivered a lecture, and also spent a short time with the students of Christian Science.

At Troy the attitude toward Christian Science, both in the city and with the press, is one of respectful inquiry. The members of the local Church are doing splendid work in spreading the glorious “Gospel of Peace.” This Church has a regular speaker, and bright and spacious reading rooms open daily to the public. At the lecture given, the audience numbered about three hundred. The deep and respectful attention given to every word of Truth uttered was very noticeable. The papers reported the lectures at length, and with but slight inaccuracy.

At Albany the Church has a regular speaker, and its members are all devoted workers for the establishment of “Christ’s Kingdom” on earth. All are “In His Name” sowing the seed which, when rooted, will emancipate mortals from the serfdom of sin, sickness, passion, appetite, fear, and death. The services, held in a parlor, are soon to be removed to a hall, owing to the demand for a more central, and larger room. The attendance at the lecture here was nearly five hundred persons. The attention shown to every utterance was most marked, and the fruits of the seed sown in thought are already visible.

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