The following valuable report was made by William B. Johnson, C.S.D., Clerk of the Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, to the Annual Meeting, Tuesday, June 14, and it was listened to with great attention by the large number of members in attendance.
Ten years ago the twenty-first day of last month the corner-stone of the Mother Church edifice was laid. The conditions that environed the building of the church are of intense interest to students of Christian Science history, and the success of the undertaking is evidence of faith in divine Love to guide, guard, and help those who love and obev God.
The erection of the Mother Church ten years ago was the demonstration which gave incalculable impetus to the Cause of Christian Science, not only here in Boston but in every place in which Christian Science was known. Those who are familiar with Mr. Armstrong's graphic account of the building of the church, in his book, "The Mother Church," and those who were in the front ranks at the time. know something of the struggles that beset the erection of the building which was to be an enduring testimonial to the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, and which should stand before the world as a visible sign of faith in the promise of Jesus, that those who believe on him are to heal as he healed.
