It has been well said that Christian Scientists regard the present as an era of church building. The rapidity with which church edifices are being erected, or if not erected, purchased and refitted to the uses of Christian Science worship, is matter of astonishment alike to Christian Scientists and the outside world.
It would seem that this activity, known to and endorsed by our Leader, the Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, in words of heartiest commendation, should be a sufficient answer to the inquiries which are still coming to us and others, "Does Mrs. Eddy favor or authorize church building?"
At the close of a year whose history has been replete with good works and progress, and on the eve of another year the end of which will witness the erection of many more church buildings, it may be well to take a general retrospective glance at the history of church acquisition and building up to this time.
