The First Church of Christ, Scientist, held the first service in its new building on Bowen street yesterday morning. The dedicatory services did not partake of anything different from the usual order of exercises. The new house of worship is a compact and finished little structure, having a seating capacity for about 250 persons. Although not wholly finished outside, the interior is completely arranged and furnished, and was well filled at yesterday morning's service.
The exercises were of the usual order, and though differing considerably from that of the other denominations, were deeply impressive. The thought for the morning was that derived from the regular lesson found in Luke 9: 18 to 28. According to the usual custom, each verse of the lesson was annotated by a selection from "Science and Health," the Christian Scientist volume written by Rev. Mary Baker Eddy. As is usual in this church two readers officiated, one giving out selections from the Scriptures, and the other extracts from "Science and Health." There is no regular pastor, the two readers, one male and one female, occupying positions in the place of such. Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Greene are the readers and act in the place of a clergyman. The lesson being concluded, the teachings of the faith were further expounded by selections from Revelation, the twelfth, twenty-first and twenty-second chapters. The thought brought out was the nature of the New Jerusalem, as it was revealed to St. John.
During the service, the quartet very charmingly rendered the following selections: "Christians Awake," by Shelley; "Surely I have Built Them a House," by Trimmell, and "The City Hath no Need of the Sun."
