The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-01
Christian Science Society of
 Juneau

I'll" Christian science Society Oi Juneau. Alaska. is branch of the First church of Christ. scientist. 0i "d the Mother rhurrh. Christian Sci. enc" has been active in the City ot Juneau for many years. an OrgdniZa- ton oI Christian scientist; having been formed here in November. lo"1. Siu," that tim" church services have h"cn r.gI.arIi held uu >umHal morn ing, with rhr exception VI a few short Interruptions during th, first few H,urS e! the .urIrtl'S existence. Il" work continuing [" gruw. in Aug ust. l"ll a Su.iaI school for per sum- under twenty l"arS uI age waS "p,m.i. This sunday school has been carried ou without Interruption since its ,n,lIuru,"mrut
 While rhi, original organization wu> formed in 1907. it did not formal F. hrc"m" q branch ot the First Church ul Christ. scientist. of BoS- ton. MasSaC husrttS. until October. l"l5. Then h! reason of it's growth and hy conformity with the require m"nts UI the Mother Church. the To- Ca! QTganihaiion became affiliated with th" Mother Church. Since that time lt has been advertised in the Christian science Journal, one of the official publications of that church. At th" same time the name of the or gani/ation was changed to the Chris tian science Society of Juneau. Alas ka. and Su it is now. Immediately upon having become affiliated with tn" Mother Church the society began meetings. the same as held by all Christian science Churches and So CirticS elsewhere. This feature of the church work has since been car ricd on continuously.
 From the time of it's formation un- til September ?, 1914. the society held it's various services and meetings and maintained it's reading room in the Held Building on Seward Street. Late in August, 1914, it leased from the Juneau Bodies of the Ancient and Ac- Ccptcd Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, the church building at No. 126 East Sixth Street. and on Wednesday eve ming, September 2, 1914, the first ser
 vice of the society in that place was held
 One of the activities of Christian
 Science churches and societies every
 where, is the maintenance of the
 free reading room. The Juneau so-
 ciety since it's organization in 1907,
 has carried on and is now maintain-
 ing this work, the reading room being
 open each Wednesday afternoon from
 two to five o'clock and after the We'd
 nesday evening meeting in charge of
 a librarian who is member of the
 society. In addition to the ordinary
 feature of the Christian Science read.
 ing room where the authorized litera. turc of Christian Science may be
 found tO be read or purchased as may
 be desired, this reading room is now
 supplied with a loaning library com
 prising all the writings of Mary Bak
 CT Eddy, the disCOycrcr and founder
 of Christian Science. This library
 was provided some five months age
 by the trustees under the will of Mrs
 Eddy for the use of this society ana
 is available tO the public on the day! that the reading room is open. The |. b0Ooks of this library have been ir : constant and general use during tn, . time the library has been open. . Thus all the meetings of the socie ty' thv sIunin! School at ;9 G'GI0c! . anl ihc church service at II o'clocl . on Sunday mornings and the Wed . nesday evening meeting at s o'clocI I and the reading room from 2 to : o'clock on Wednesday afternoon ar now held in the church building q i l2d East sixth Street.
 i Christian Science has become cs ] tablishcd elsewhere in the Territor as well. In Kctchikan. the Christian i Science of Kctchikan. Alaska, was ol ganized some time since as a branc of the Mother Church, the Firs Church of Christ, Scientist, of Bostor Mass. Al Fairbanks also 6 society branch of tho Mother Church Ina existed for some years. and service and meetings arc conducted and
 reading room maintained al each cit as in Juneau. Similar action Ina been taken at Dawson. Yukon Terr
 tory, E. c. Besides this organize work, services are held in skagwa! CoIdova, Valdez. and other towns l Alaska and at Whitehorse in the Y, .akon Territory.