April 15, 1888.
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[_Boston Herald_, January 7, 1895]
[Extract]
A TEMPLE GIVEN TO GOD--DEDICATION OF THE MOTHER CHURCH OF CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE
NOVEL METHOD OF ENABLING SIX THOUSAND BELIEVERS TO ATTEND THE
EXERCISES--THE SERVICE REPEATED FOUR
TIMES--SERMON BY REV. MARY BAKER EDDY, FOUNDER OF THE
DENOMINATION--BEAUTIFUL ROOM WHICH THE CHILDREN
BUILT
With simple ceremonies, four times repeated, in the presence of four
different congregations, aggregating nearly six thousand persons, the
unique and costly edifice erected in Boston at Norway and Falmouth Streets
as a home for The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and a testimonial to
the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, was
yesterday dedicated to the worship of God.
The structure came forth from the hands of the artisans with every stone
paid for--with an appeal, not for more money, but for a cessation of the
tide of contributions which continued to flow in after the full amount
needed was received. From every State in the Union, and from many lands,
the love-offerings of the disciples of Christian Science came to help erect
this beautiful structure, and more than four thousand of these contributors
came to Boston, from the far-off Pacific coast and the Gulf States and all
the territory that lies between, to view the new-built temple and to listen
to the Message sent them by the teacher they revere.
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