Arizona republican., 1908-04-01

ner of Fifth and Adams streets, free 1 from debt. Present membership is | twenty-one. Tbe pastor is Rev. Flo rian A Ames, who is serving his sec
 ond term with the church. Contribu- ! tions for all purposes last year
 amounted to S673.S5.
 The Salvation Army has been en-
 gagged in it's own peculiar line of
 work in Phoenix since November, 1893. [ It owns a substantial brick hall and 1 living rooms for its staff officers.
 Captain Smith is now in command of
 the Phoenix company.
 Three thousand miles from the home
 of it's founder and the first church of that body. the First Church of Christ Scientists enters the field in aggres- i've proclamation of it's belief. Or ganization was effected in 1s96, with two members. Mrs. Norris and anoth
 CT. The society is flourishing, active and hopeful. Present membership is thirty Congregation of about 100 gather on Sundays and Wednesday evenings in the pleasant rooms in the Post Office building on Monroe street. Mrs. Sarah Wye is First Reader and MT. w. A. Beller, Second Reader. A free Scientist Reading room is main tained for the public.
 The African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded in 1898, with eight members. It now has seventy and house of worship worth s50OO. Rev. James Washington is its able and successful pastor. Congregations tax the capacity of the building and the future of the church seems full of promise. There is quite a colony of colored people in the city and they do not lack for church privileges.
 The most recent organization is the Second Baptist Church Ccolored) which came into being in 1906. Rev. W. R. Burgess is it's faithful and persevering pastor. Tho membership is small but gradually increasing. A building lot has been bought and paid for and a house Of worship will probably be erected in the not far distant future.
 Phoenix. like other places. has it's various Missions for the expression cf religious convictions which feel cramped within the regular orthodox and hoterodox folds. This is large country and a spirit of toleration rules. You can believe what you choose and preach what you please so long as you do not interfere with the irrig2- ton ditches CT disturb the public peace Peace and water are the two things Arizonians demand and will have.
 one Of tue happiest features of church life in Phoenix is the fraternity cf spirit existing between the different denominations. Tn their beginnings they have shared one another's houses of worship while waiting for means to build fc- themselves. In all moral re- ferns and public affairs there is com plete unity of feeling and effort. In evangelistic meetings the churches cCme together and dividing lines dis appear During the mild days of July ard August the leading churches combine m union services and give their pastors needed vacations. As rule the congregations are decidedly above the average in general intelli- Gence and spirituality. Visitors find themselves at home in a genial atmos- phcre of Christian fellowship and well come. In a word it may be said that by no means least in the attractions of the Salt River Valley are its Christian churches. Sunday schools and religious organizations of men. women and s-ntTncr raprala