New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-29

r1ct about the construction Of THE building as
any individual who has had anything 70 DO with
rhe work
One wear after Mrs stetson came 20 this city
the FIRST church Il Christ was chartered under
the laws q the State q New-York. with fourteen
Member The first hall secured for meeting pur-
poses was over drug store AZ Forty-seventh-st.
enI Ficrh-ave. year later hall Al No. Is Fifth
ave vas occupied. This soon proved too small,
ard Ha-duan Han al Nineteenth-st. and Fifth
ave- was leased. and occupied until lsss- when
e~er these quarters were found inadequate 70 con-
tain the rapidly growing organization, and the
church was moved 70 Scottish Rite Hall. formerly
Presbyterian church. where they wo-shippec
urtll -Leir numbers compelled them 10 move They
ths1 r---aased AL Souls Church. formerly occu-
pied by The Rev Heber Newton. at No ls3 West
Forty-e gh--z- Cor temporary quarters until they
could build p permanent home In lsss the site az
Niner.--s.xth-st.. vas purchased. and work was
starred on the new structure. Thanksgiving q
Thar year The cornerstone was laid
L1-. 1855 the services consisted OF sermon
written by the pastor. Mrs. StetsOn- At this tine
Hrs EDDY instituted TIE present order % services.
which consist Of a lesson sermon read from the
Bible WIZ co--elstive passages from the Christian
Science text book. science and Health, with the
key 20 TIRE Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy read by the
tao readers. q man and q woman. officially ap-
Pointed -v The church. and known as the hrst
and second readers. Last wear change was made
every three wears. THIS mace il necessary Tor
MrE stetson 10 leave the post as reader. which
sas had occupied FOR SO many wears, and Mrs.
Laura C Lyman. q thls city. succeeded her. Stu
AZ G. RoW5otlar occupies tho place as second
rsadcr. Z. =. rIacfeld Is chairman of the board
o trustees and J. z. whitney j. the treasurer
Charles Henry Cottreu is chairman OF the building
eona-ttes and it is upon his shoulders that the
tfeat b1lk ~ THE detail Work has fallen.
TIE architecture and decoration q the new
oliioing Is ~ the mocern French school rather
te-llng to Ire Louis XVI period but perhaps a
e1e more conservative than THAI usually found
= A-t country The cesign was from plans fur
eleo by Ca-re-e g. Hastings The exterior % the
- --.g has been constructed entirely q Concord
- granite. TIE seating capacity is twenty
az .-'oFe1. TIE Membership IT, twelve hundred
oe Go moe o. students studying tho mysteries
- science is fourteen hundred.
- -1io The structure from tie street the
-oez not Realize the r,ap-f--,d.. Of the audi
fe-5ee q the immense ove-hau ging gal
torerse- - = s'oEy and the gallery are So close
Tbs Is -. 1esnas Ike one audience chamber
collars u--A - ny The harmony o. ceiling
usual con &C., -e alcc well and by The IN
--sl,,... 4. y Nlrcassiar italian and French
= ne kaIeTT. frSrf A. - r., ,,,,,
u 1iis -argest q its -, i. -, 7,
cost fZ0J1 J. Is -.--- = Aii4 ID AAleflc4- IL
e~to o--., -, 10y sis organs IN one The
from - -~.t- ~ is a. the opposite end
heard, r--or~t 80. - A out Of sight. and is
a--oV light from the cieres,- - q -i'oi- "i'lol
lie auditorium WINDOWS 10 enter
-Ae t"o large electric eieya,o-. -.
---.o'l-iH win the baserne,+ - 9,
seoo ana reading ROOMS above - 49,,
-N church They carry To-. ~'1 1.''-1-
iatc o; three hundred feer - persons al me
@iofs are only used on sunesvs - =. = "sSe 'ie
ents a special one being provi5es -.
'a,-ls rooms which is reached l-v 49, -.
CO. Z p. NC. West Nilety-sistE-s, TINS
r.. -a from Do gHtil O'Clock danr
for "a method Of heating the structure .lso
Aess,,. resting study. Il lis arranged viii
'''S u tie basement and tresb s.r =