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

The Christian Science Society of
Juneau, Alaska, is branch OF the
First Church of Christ, Scientist, OF
Boston, Massachusetts, sometimes call
ed the Mother Church. Christian Sci
ence has been active in the City OF
Juneau for many years, an organiza-
ton of Christian Scientists having
been formed here in November, 1907.
Since that time church services have
been regularly held on Sunday morn
ings with the exception of a few
short interruptions during the first
few years of the society's existence.
The work continuing to grow, in Aug
ust, 1911, a Sunday School for per-
sons under twenty years of age was
opened This Sunday School has been
carried on without interruption since
it's commencement.
While this original organization
was formed in 1907, it did not formal
~ become branch of the First
Church of Christ, Scientist, of Bos-
ton, Massachusetts, until October,
1913. Then by reason of its growth
and by conformity with the require
ments of the Mother Church, the To-
cal organization became affiliated
with the Mother Church. Since that
time it has been advertised in the
Christian Science Journal, one of the
official publications of that church. At
the same time the name of the or
ganization was changed to the Chris
tian Science Society of Juneau, Alas
ka," and so it is now. Immediately
upon having become affiliated with
the Mother Church the society began
to hold regular Wednesday evening
meetings. the same as held by all
Christian Science Churches and So
cieties elsewhere. This feature of
the church work has since been car
ried on continuously.
From the time of it's formation un
til September 2, 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-
cepted 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 its 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
librarian who is member OF the
society. In addition to the ordinary
feature of the Christian Science read
ing room where the authorized litera-
ture of Christian Science may be
found to be read or purchased as may
be desired, this reading room is now
supplied with loaning library COM
prising all the writings of Mary Bak-
er Eddy, the discoverer and founder
of Christian Science. This library
was provided some five months ago
by the trustees under the will of Mrs.
Eddy for the use of this society and
is available to the public on the days
that the reading room is open. The
books of this library have been in
constant and general use during the
time the library has been open.
Thus all the meetings of the socie-
ty, the Sunday School at 10 o'clock
and the church service at II o'clock
on Sunday mornings and the We'd
nesday evening meeting at 8 o'clock
and the reading room from 2 to 5
o'clock on Wednesday afternoon are
now held in the church building at
126 East Sixth Street.
Christian Science has become es-
tablished elsewhere in the Territory
as well. In Ketchikan, the Christian
Science of Ketchikan, Alaska, was or
ganized some time since as a branch
of the Mother Church. the First
Church of Christ. Scientist. Of Boston.
Mass. At Fairbanks also q society,
a branch of the Mother Church has
existed for some years, and services
and meetings are conducted and a
reading room maintained at each city
as in juneau. Similar action has
been taken at Dawson. Yukon Terri
tory. B. C. Besides this organised
work. services are held IN Skagway,
Cordova. valdez, and other towns in
Alaska and at whitehorse In the Yu-
'kcn Territory. ~