The Christian Scientists of Toronto to the number of thirty took part in the ceremonies at Boston last Sunday and for the day or two following, by which the members of that faith all over North America celebrated the dedication of the church constructed in the great New England capital as a Testimonial to the discoverer and founder of Christian Science, Rev. Mary Baker Eddy.

The temple is believed to be the most nearly fire-proof church structure on the continent, the only combustible material used in its construction being that used in the doors and pews.  A striking feature of the church is a beautiful apartment known as the “Mother’s Room,” which is approached through a superb archway of Italian marble set in the wall.  The furnishing of the “Mother’s Room” is described as “particularly beautiful, and blends harmoniously with the pale green and gold decoration of the walls.  The floor is of mosaic in elegant designs, and two alcoves are separated from the apartment by rich hangings of deep green plush, which in certain lights has a shimmer of silver.  The furniture frames are of white mahogany in special designs, elaborately carved, and the upholstery is in white and gold tapestry.  A superb mantel of Mexican onyx with gold decoration adorns the south wall, and before the hearth is a large rug composed entirely of skins of the eider-down duck, brought from the Arctic regions.  Pictures and bric-a-brac everywhere suggest the tribute of loving friends.  One of the two alcoves is a retiring room, and the other a lavatory in which the plumbing is all heavily plated with gold.”

(Evening Monitor, Concord, N.H., February 27, 1895.)

AN ELEGANT SOUVENIR.

Rev. Mary Baker Eddy Memorialized by a Christian Science Church.

Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, discoverer of Christian Science, has received from the members of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, an invitation to formally accept the magnificent new edifice of worship which the church has just erected.

The invitation itself is one of the most chastely elegant memorials ever prepared, and is a scroll of solid gold, suitably engraved, and encased in a handsome plush casket with white silk linings.  Attached to the scroll is a golden key of the church structure.

The inscription reads thus: 

DEAR MOTHER:  During the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four a church edifice was erected at the intersection of Falmouth and Norway streets in the city of Boston, by the loving hands of four thousand members.  This edifice is built as a Testimonial to truth as revealed by divine Love through you to this age.

You are hereby most lovingly invited to visit and formally accept this Testimonial on the twentieth day of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-five at high noon.

The First Church of Christ, Scientist, at Boston, Mass.

By EDWARD P. BATES, CAROLINE S. BATES.

To the Reverend Mary Baker Eddy, Boston, January 6th, 1895.