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are not indifferent to the welfare of any one. To perpetuate a
cold distance between our denomination and other sects, and close the
door on church or individuals--however much this is done to us--is not
Christian Science. Go not into the way of the unchristly, but
wheresoever you recognize a clear expression of God's likeness, there
abide in confidence and hope.
Our unity with churches of other denominations must rest on the spirit
of Christ calling us together. It cannot come from any other source.

Popularity, self aggrandizement, aught that can darken in any degree
our spirituality, must be set aside. Only what feeds and fills the
sentiment with unworldliness, can give peace and good will towards
men.
All Christian churches have one bond of unity, one nucleus or point of
convergence, one prayer,--The Lord's Prayer. It is matter for rejoicing
that we unite in love, and in this sacred petition with every praying
assembly on earth,--"Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as
in Heaven."
If the lives of Christian Scientists attest their fidelity to Truth, I predict
that in the twentieth century, every Christian church in our land, and a
few in far-off lands, will approximate the understanding of Christian
Science sufficiently to heal the sick in His name. Christ will give to
Christianity His new name, and Christendom will be classified as
Christian Scientists.
When the doctrinal barriers between the churches are broken, and the
bonds of peace are cemented by spiritual understanding and Love, there
will be unity of spirit, and the healing power of Christ will prevail.
Then shall Zion have put on her most beautiful garments, and her waste
places budded and blossomed as the rose.

CLIPPINGS FROM NEWSPAPERS.

(_Daily Inter-Ocean_, Chicago, December 31, 1894.)
MARY BAKER EDDY.
Completion of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston.--"Our
Prayer in Stone."--Description of the Most Unique Structure in Any
City.--A Beautiful Temple and Its Furnishings--Mrs. Eddy's Work and
Her Influence.
BOSTON, MASS., December 28.--Special Correspondence.--The
"great awakening" of the time of Jonathan Edwards has been paralleled
daring the last decade by a wave of idealism that has swept over the
country, manifesting itself under several different aspects and under
various names, but each having the common identity of spiritual
demand. This movement, under the guise of Christian Science, and
ingenuously calling out a closer inquiry into oriental philosophy,
prefigures itself to us as one of the most potent factors in the social

evolution of the last quarter of the nineteenth century. History shows
the curious fact that the closing years of every century are years of
more intense life manifested in unrest, or in aspiration, and scholars of
special research, like Professor Max Muller, assert that the end of a
cycle, as is the latter part of the present century, is marked by peculiar
intimations of man's immortal life.
The completion of the first Christian Science church erected in Boston
strikes a keynote of definite attention. This church is in the fashionable
Back Bay between Commonwealth and Huntington avenues. It is one
of the most beautiful, and is certainly the most unique structure in any
city. The First Church of Christ, Scientist, as it is officially called, is
termed by its founders "our prayer in stone." It is located at the
intersection of Norway and Falmouth streets on a plot of triangular
ground, the design a Romanesque tower with a circular front and an
octagonal form accented by stone porticos and turreted corners. On the
front is a marble tablet with the following inscription carved in bold
relief:
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, erected Anno Domini, 1894. A
testimonial to our beloved teacher, the Rev. Mary Baker Eddy,
Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science; author of "Science And
Health, with Key to the Scriptures;" President of the Massachusetts
Metaphysical College, and the first Pastor of this denomination.
THE CHURCH EDIFICE.
The church is built of Concord granite in light gray, with trimmings of
the pink granite of New Hampshire, Mrs. Eddy's native State. The
architecture is Romanesque throughout. The tower is 120 feet in height
and 21-1/2 feet square. The entrances are of marble, with doors of
antique oak richly carved. The windows of stained glass are very rich in
pictorial effect. The lighting and cooling of the church--for cooling is a
recognized feature as well as heating--are done by electricity, and the
heat generated by two large boilers in the basement is distributed by the
four systems with motor electric power. The partitions are of iron; the
floors of marble in mosaic work, and the edifice is therefore as literally
fireproof as is conceivable. The principal features are the auditorium,
seating 1,100 people and capable of holding 1,500; the "Mother's
room," designed for the exclusive use of Mrs. Eddy; the "directors'
room,"