On the evening of November 24, 1897, the Christian Scientists of Troy, New York, celebrated Thanksgiving Day by opening to worship, and holding dedicatory services in, a new chapel just completed there. This chapel is a Precursor of a fine and commodious church edifice which, at no very distant day, will be erected in that city.
We cull the following form the Troy Daily Record of November 25:—
"The First Church of Christ, Scientist, was dedicated with appropriate exercises Wednesday night. The interior of the handsome edifice was brilliantly lighted with Incandescent lamps, arranged in arches on the ceiling. The church was packed to the doors, and many stood up during the services. An organ voluntary by Miss Marion Sim opened the exercises, after which the hymn, 'Shepherd show me how to go,' was sung by the congregation. Mrs. Betts read from the Scriptures, and F. W. Sim read from "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," by Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy. A responsive prayer was then said, after which an arrangement of words by 'Kathleen,' with music by Haden, was sung as a duet by Mrs. E. Aline Dexter and Mand Ban croft. The rendition was very pleasing, both of the singers possessing sweet voices."
