SEVERAL hundred thousand dollars more than is now in the treasury will be required to complete and equip the building of The Christian Science Pleasant View Home, now in course of erection where once stood the home of our revered Leader in Concord, New Hampshire. Contributions to this building fund from organizations and individuals have, up to date, been generous and adequate. The building is now up to the top floor, and almost ready to receive the roof, and has reached the point where the cost of construction is at the high mark and will continue there to a degree until next May or June. We confidently expect that the announcement we are making that more is needed to finish that which has been so well begun, is all that will be required to start the stream of generous giving again flowing from the wellsprings of supply. There never has been a time when a worthy undertaking sponsored by The Mother Church has been halted for lack of necessary funds, and we believe that the building of our Pleasant View Home will be another notable demonstration of the prompt and loving generosity of our people.
As the building stands to-day, it clearly presents the qualities its designers have desired—that is, dignity without severity, home-likeness without luxury, and beauty without extravagance. The main building will have accommodations for one hundred and fifty people; a dining room with a maximum capacity of two hundred seats, with light and air on three sides; a hall for Sunday and Wednesday services, lectures, music, and appropriate entertainments, with a seating capacity of approximately two hundred; large living room; library; and several sun parlors. It is expected to be open for occupancy in the early part of next summer, and application blanks will be ready to send on request about January 1 next.
That our Home will meet the heartfelt need of many worthy elderly ones whose present surroundings are uncongenial and obstructive to right activity, is to be seen in the large number of letters already received from those who hope to live under its roof. It will be a place where right living in Christian Science can be exemplified, where activity should prevail physically and mentally, and where loving incentive to higher thinking and greater achievement will abound. An opportunity will be given to prove what Christian Science is doing for humanity in meeting and mastering the needless limitations erroneously associated with advancing years; and here may be demonstrated our Leader's words (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 246), "Each succeeding year unfolds wisdom, beauty, and holiness."
