Branch Church News

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Sydney, Australia THE study of the Christian Science text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, began in Sydney about the year 1896, when a few copies of this book were obtained in various ways by people quite unknown to one another; but as they studied eagerly and put into practise what they learned, the healing effect of this revelation of Truth and Love became noticeable in many ways.

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Johannesburg, Transvaal Like many other of the branches of the Church of Christ, Scientist, this dates its inception from a service held in a private dwelling house. On the 21st of August, 1904, a little knot of six truth seekers gathered in Prince's street, Troyeville, a suburb of the South African "Golden City," and for six months after held regular services there.

Close to every Christian Science church nestles the nursery of the church, with the silent but insistent appeal of our babes in years. How are we equipped to meet this appeal, being yet babes ourselves in the new teaching? is a question which insistently presses itself upon the thoughtful.

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Jacksonville, Fla. The history of every Christian Science church is very much the same.

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Paris, France IN June, 1898, about two years after Christian Science was first brought to Paris, a church was organized. For seven years, except during the period when a hall in the Hotel Continental was used, the services in English and French were held in private rooms, part of the time in a remote locality.

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Duluth, Minn. THE seed of Christian Science was planted in Duluth by students who had imbibed their first ideas of it at Oconto, Wis.

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Atlanta, Georgia The beginning of the Christian Science movement in Atlanta and this section of the South was in the year 1886, and was marked by the healing of a case of invalidism of fifteen years' standing. The patient, imbued with a desire to comprehend the spiritual meaning of the truth which had wrought such wonderful healing, at once began the study of Christian Science, and soon was joined by others.

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Spokane, Wash. " Guided by the pillar and the cloud, this little church.

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Berlin, Germany THE early history of this church has quite an interesting feature. Christian Science had come to a foreign country with a foreign language, but the healing power of the new interpretation of the gospel of Love prepared the way and proved that Truth knows only one country and one language.

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Detroit, Mich. In February, 1885, Christian Science was brought to Detroit, and at the time of its introduction three of the leading daily papers published interviews and commented favorably upon some of the healing done in the city.