South China Morning Post, Monday 15 January, 1912
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Opening of New Church in Hong Kong
Remarkable Progress
On Sunday the beautiful edifice on Macdonnell Road erected as their Church by the local members of the Christian Science Society was opened to the public with an appropriate service, which was largely attended.
THE NEW BUILDING
The Christian Science Society of Hong Kong was organised by October 22, 1905, and the members grateful for the blessings which have come to them, have erected the edifice “as a testimonial of the healing and redemptive power of Christian Science”. It certainly is a remarkable testimony to the vitality of the Society during the few short years of its existence. On an ideal site just above the Union church it overlooks the harbour and the business centre of the city. The building, which in many respects is after the pattern of the Mother Church in Boston, is unique in the colony. For the foundations brick cylinders were sunk and filled with lime concrete. This was deemed necessary by the architect Mr. B.B. Harker, on account of the steep sloping character of the land, and some of these supports are sunk as much as thirty feet below the surface. Beautiful stained glass windows from Birmingham adorn the building, the floors of which are of polished marble from the quarries at Ipoh, Perak. Unfortunately the marble rostrum will not be here for a couple of weeks yet. The seating accommodation is also behind, the contractor having been unable to complete his work in time for the opening service. In a few weeks, however, the church will be thoroughly equipped and the Christian Scientists will have a place of worship second to none in the colony.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Opening of New Church in Hong Kong
Remarkable Progress
On Sunday the beautiful edifice on Macdonnell Road erected as their Church by the local members of the Christian Science Society was opened to the public with an appropriate service, which was largely attended.
THE NEW BUILDING
The Christian Science Society of Hong Kong was organised by October 22, 1905, and the members grateful for the blessings which have come to them, have erected the edifice “as a testimonial of the healing and redemptive power of Christian Science”. It certainly is a remarkable testimony to the vitality of the Society during the few short years of its existence. On an ideal site just above the Union church it overlooks the harbour and the business centre of the city. The building, which in many respects is after the pattern of the Mother Church in Boston, is unique in the colony. For the foundations brick cylinders were sunk and filled with lime concrete. This was deemed necessary by the architect Mr. B.B. Harker, on account of the steep sloping character of the land, and some of these supports are sunk as much as thirty feet below the surface. Beautiful stained glass windows from Birmingham adorn the building, the floors of which are of polished marble from the quarries at Ipoh, Perak. Unfortunately the marble rostrum will not be here for a couple of weeks yet. The seating accommodation is also behind, the contractor having been unable to complete his work in time for the opening service. In a few weeks, however, the church will be thoroughly equipped and the Christian Scientists will have a place of worship second to none in the colony.