Among the Churches

Adela S. Hawley

The Pittsburg Gazette

Church Dedication at Pittsburg, Pa.

First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Clyde Street, was dedicated yesterday [April 9], three services being necessary to accommodate all those who attended. To add to the interest of the event a greeting was received from the Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy, the Founder of Christian Science.

The new church edifice was crowded at the morning service, which began at eleven o'clock. After the organ prelude and hymn there was a Scripture lesson and readings from Science and Health, the text-book of Christian Science. This was followed by silent prayer and the audible repetition of the Lord's Prayer with its spiritual interpretation as given in the Christian Science text-book. Mrs. J. E. Patton then rendered a solo, after which Mrs. Warrington Warwick, the Second Reader, read the history of the church organization. The First Reader, A. Bruce Coffroth, C.S.B., also spoke. Mr. Coffroth's remarks were followed by another hymn and the benediction. The afternoon and evening services were repetitions of the morning service.

A number of visiting Scientists from neighboring states, as well as from various parts of Pennsylvania, were present at the services. Visitors from Philadelphia and New York were in evidence, and may be heard from at the final meeting held in connection with the dedicatory services this evening, at which time many telegrams and letters of congratulation which have been received from churches and individuals throughout the United States as well as some from abroad will be read.—The Pittsburg Gazette.

[Mrs. Eddy's letter above referred to will be found on page 542 of this issue of the Sentinel.—Ed.]

The Demand for Literature.

We are glad to note a growing interest in Christian Science here in Seattle, Wash., as evidenced by the increased demand for our literature during the past year. The librarian of the reading room of First Church of Christ, Scientist, reports as follows:—

The sales during this last quarter, ending with February, amounted to $611.32; an increase of $175.65 above that of the corresponding quarter of the previous year; during the last quarter eighty-nine copies of Science and Health were sold, while for the same period of the year before fifty-six were sold. Visitors to the rooms who come to read or to purchase literature, will average five hundred per month.

We know it is through our Leader's wisdom and love that we are enabled to present this practical truth in a fitting way to the world; for this and for the manifold blessings we have received through Christian Science we are deeply grateful to God, knowing full well that we can best show this gratefulness by doing faithfully the work entrusted to us.—Adela S. Hawley, Librarian.

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