THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST 
 
 SCIENTIST, IN BOSTON, MASS. 
 
 1908 
 
DUKE UNIVERSITY 
 
 DIVINITY SCHOOL 
 LIBRARY 
 
 FRANK BAKER COLLECTION 
 OF 
 WESLEYANA 
 AND 
 BRITISH METHODISM 
 
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Manual of the Mother Church 
 
 The First Church of Christ 
 Scientist 
 
 In Boston, Massachusetts 
 
 By 
 Mary Baker G. Eddy 
 
 * Sixty-ninth Edition 
 
 BOSTON, U.S.A. 
 Published by Allison V. Stewart 
 
 250 Huntincton AvENUE 
 
 1908 
 
Copyright, 1895, 
 By CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Boar 
 
 Copyright, 1895, 1896, 1897, 189 
 
 By JAmMres A. NEAL AND THomas 
 x ' , 
 
 Copyright, 1908, 1904, 1 
 By Mary BAKER G. 
 
EXTRACT FROM A LETTER IN ‘MISCEL- 
 LANEOUS WRITINGS” By Mary Baker G. Eddy 
 
 = TIE Rules and By-Laws in the Manual 
 
 A} of The First Church of Christ, Scien- 
 
 tist, Boston, originated not in solemn 
 
 conclave as in ancient Sanhedrim. 
 
 They were not arbitrary opinions nor 
 
 dictatorial demands, suchas one person might impose 
 
 on another. They were impelled by a power not 
 
 one’s own, were written at different dates, and as 
 
 the occasion required. They sprang from necessity, 
 
 the logic of events, —from the immediate demand 
 
 for them as a help that must be supplied to maintain 
 
 the dignity and defence of our cause; hence their 
 
 simple, scientific basis, and detail so requisite to 
 
 demonstrate genuine Christian Science, and which 
 
 will do for the race what absolute doctrines destined 
 for future generations might not accomplish. 
 
Table of Contents 
 
 ENE ES! poate Srey aif ites care eres) lope tt 
 
 Ap in OVEUTIC Auli eRe © Ele at ay (sah anineiie) ceaastOue 
 Pi ie OheCHURCH) OFRICERS, | Ris camry rs 
 
 Church By-Laws 
 
 CHURCH OFFICERS. 
 
 NAMES, ELECTION, AND DuTIEs, Art. I. 
 
 INERINC Sar rr wage Sat. gore gusto hence MON peuuree ath ie 
 President. .. oF ct Paghi ee Cg Si ee ee 
 Clerk and aeustrer ee MURS abr aene oro aire ara 
 HVEAC ETS wueaaes he cee east eee g 
 
 Directors 
 
 Publishing Buildings : 
 No Trusteeships nor Syndicates 
 Duties of Church Officers 
 
 DuTIES OF CLERK. ART. IT. 
 
 Reading Communications ie 
 Understanding Communications . . .... . 
 
 READERS OF THE MOTHER CHURCH. Ar’. III. 
 LE CHON MaicRE metowiteuiee mic mat. oo err ci ellits) 
 Eligibility 
 
 First Reader’s RESiience 
 DUTIES OF READERS OF THE MOTHER CHURCH 
 AND OF ITs BRANCH CHURCHES. ArT. IV. 
 Moral Obligations ; 
 BirstiReaders: Dutieses ee (<0) erento te 
 
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 Suitable Selections... =) 4) =) 1.) a) eae 
 Order of, Reading). 55%) nena 
 Naming Book and Author . . . .... « 
 Readers in Branch Churches 
 Enforcement of By-Laws. . . . . . « « 
 
 EXECUTIVE MEMBERS. 
 TITLE, QUALIFICATIONS, AND NUMBER. ART. V. 
 
 Title fcc. a ee pana 
 Qualifications. . . » 2) ao. (se 
 Number oe fe ee ce Se) na 
 Residence: «0. % 0 +) + «\ 9 5 
 
 TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS AND ELECTION. ArT. VI. 
 Church Business. ' 5. « ° 2. . Se 
 Nomination and Election ~~ <= <>) eememnnee 
 
 CHURCH MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP. ART. VIL 
 Believe in Christian Science ... .. =. = = 
 Free from Other Denominations . . . .«- © » 
 Children when Twelve Years Old ....-=: «© 
 
 APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP. ART. VIII. 
 Students of the College. 2 =) 5 -euuemeee 
 Other Students... . 2°. 92) 3 Soe 
 Students’ Pupils. 3 0% =, 6 5]: 
 Exceptional Cases . ..: «5 « = « auenuenamea 
 Addressed to Clerk... = =. =. «ssn 
 Notice of Rejection . : fore 
 
 RECOMMENDATION AND ELECTION. ART. IX. 
 Pupils of Normal Students. . . .- ». « « = « 
 Members of The Mother Church . . . . « « « 
 Election. «9s © © 0, « ‘© © 6 )vem tujiianiscane 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
 DUTIES OF MEMBERS. ART. X. 
 
 RernCapitagl axaes oni el ei taien <! s 
 Church Periodicals. . . 
 Dntytopbaiients sie ratl ers. ce st laf is 
 Stewardship ... . 
 
 PROBATIONARY MEMBERSHIP. ART. XI. 
 
 Members who once Withdrew ... 
 Members once Dismissed .... . 
 Ineligible for Probation . . . .. . 
 Dirtyt0; GOdi ewe. sauieinied sr tetteaiie! 6 
 
 MEETINGS. 
 
 REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETINGS. ART. XII. 
 
 Annual Meetings . 
 
 Meetings of Board of Diceetors 
 
 Annual Meetings of Executive Members 
 Special Meetings . . 
 
 Called only by Clerk . 
 
 CHURCH SERVICES. 
 
 THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Pastor. ART. 
 Ordination ice 
 The Lesson- Seaton fe ys Suet es 
 
 READING IN PuBLic. ART. XIV. 
 
 Announcing Author’s Name ... . 
 
 WELCOMING STRANGERS. ART. XV. 
 
 The Leader’s Welcome 
 The Local Members’ W Seoak 
 
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 SERVICES UNINTERRUPTED. ART. XVI. 
 Continued Throughout the Year . 
 Easter Observances .. . 
 
 GUARDIANSHIP OF CHURCH FUNDS. 
 
 ArT. XVII. 
 Church Edifice a Testimonial . 
 Financial Situation. . sss a seeenee 
 Reportiof Directors) yess enn 
 Finance Committee 
 God’s Requirement. . . 5 
 Provision forthe Future. .... 
 Debt and Duty 
 Emergencies: -..4. > . 
 Committee on Business . . . s+ 
 
 TEACHING CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. 
 TEACHERS. Arr. XVIII. 
 
 Motive "ins leaching) ¥en 
 Care of Pupils : 
 Defense against Mal peanee Efe t, 
 Numberiof Pupilss iy 2) lke 
 Pupil’s Tuition 
 Associations ; 
 A Single Field of Laker 0 
 Change of Location : 
 Caring for Pupils of Giraied Mieckabene 
 Teachers must have Certificates . . - 
 
 Pupiyts, ART. XIX. 
 
 Authorized to Teach 
 Without Teachers 
 Basis for Teaching . 
 The Sunday School . 
 Teaching the Children 
 Subject for Lessons . 
 
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 GUIDANCE OF MEMBERS. Arr. XX. 
 
 A Rule for Motives and Acts . 
 
 To Be Readin Church ... . 
 
 Christ Jesus the Ensample . 
 
 Daily Prayer : 
 
 Braver ini@ hunch ry yo i) yi) oes 
 Alertness to Duty 
 
 One Christ . ahah roy a 
 
 ING} Mialpracticel me) myer)» lel ts 
 
 Charity to All 
 
 Obedience Required 
 
 A Member not a Leader . 
 
 Teasomim@nAS 5 6 9 4 4 io 18s 
 Wisevorulnitralses CoSs iat et we) clues 
 
 The Promotion of Peace ear istis Coeheds Mate 
 
 DISCIPLINE. 
 Complaints. ART. XXI. 
 
 Preliminanys Ne quirements isltemieius ts) hens 
 
 Authority c eno Mode 
 Members in Mother ‘Church Only Beco ab ns 
 Removal of Cards .. . nigtoen ae arteeay we 
 Members of Branch Gictes Pi Poe eats 
 
 RELATION OF MEMBERS TO PASTOR EMERITUS. 
 
 ArT. XXII. 
 
 The Title of Mother Changed . . . .. 
 Working Against the Cause ...... 
 
 NovUnehnistian Conducts, <).) 2) cei: ale 
 INottope canny Ey pnotismlr vic ly elite 
 Reading and Attesting Letters .... . 
 UnanthonizedgReports jie yy elie 
 Interpreting Communications . .... . 
 
 Unauthorized Legal Action. . . .... 
 
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 CHURCH MANUAL 
 
 No Adulterating Christian Science . . . 
 Opportunity for Serving the Leader. . . . 
 
 Publications Unjust . 
 
 READERS. ART. XXIII. 
 In The Mother Church . 
 A Reader not a Leader 
 
 EXECUTIVE MEMBERS. ART. 
 
 Honesty Requisite . 
 Disobedience Dealt With 
 
 TEACHERS. ART. XXV. 
 Probation shel tare 
 WEacwine A Noe 
 
 MEMBERS. Arr. XXVI. 
 Departure from Tenets . . 
 
 Violation of By-Laws . . 
 illegal Adoption 
 
 Violation of Christian Fellowship 
 
 Formulas Forbidden 
 Forbidden Membership 
 Officious Members A 
 Uncharitable Publications . 
 Legal Titles . - 
 Practitioners and Patients ‘ 
 No Incorrect Literature 
 Endorsing Applications 
 Privilege of Members 
 
 Church Organizations Ample. . .... . 
 
 The Golden Rule . . 
 Private Communications 
 
 The Mother Church of Christ, Scientist Tenets 
 
 Music IN THE CHURCH. ART. XXVII. 
 
 Soloist and Organist . 
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS It 
 THE MOTHER CHURCH AND BRANCH 
 CHURCHES. Art. XXVIII. 
 Hocaliseli-Govermmentirs, jars Ys - e- etbeaeere? Meno 77. 
 itles: ive!) arene ssc Ratt 6: Vha IEAM MME See 77, 
 Mother Chareti Oia BY ag i. -/ "airs La eRe TO 
 denets Gopynighted e.g.) skis, ae 78 
 Nol Executive Members) (3). (si 110, due) & cle oe 7S 
 Manual3 . “ Siete eta o aioe <ey ake) © ale one ang. 
 Organizing Churches cigeh Soepe a anhis At - 79 
 Requirements for Organizing Branch Churches sere ste) 
 Communion of Branch Churches. . . . 80 
 NoiGloserCGommuniony pee.) «isr,e =) « « <=. *-SO 
 No Duplicate Membership Oe RO ga irene goeneta) 
 No Impromptu Meetings . . 2. «8 « » « «= 80 
 Bayinsai@orer stones) =) ie.) «je = =) «+ OF 
 Ou Churchwbh dices mreteceo cys) sn 6 sr bard oO 
 Church Membership . 5 hr 
 THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING SO- 
 CIE DY) vART: XOX DX: 
 BoandroiMlructeesmy-m.-nils ae pauls. tN etl =) tomes PO 
 MisposaliorsbiinGs ts «mega oor) bsp cech eal aa Oe 
 Waecancies in iinusteeship). acs, «a ie ws 8 82 
 Widitorsiand Managers. <n. i) vols) ket pathst «cat ce 83 
 Suitable Employees -. . .... + + «= » «= 83 
 HACHIOU GALS sepia cheer esis irs! © *) Js)" sins: ses (a) 0) ec OR 
 Ral erofi GOnGucty he-0 ce) ue ey or Gwe cee ol OM) 
 Books)tosbeyPablished) 9%) %.. (ste. sas eh eee SA) 
 @bnoxiouseBoOoksS: ys /. Ge iso! io! fe ye) ent lls ta SH 
 BOARD OF EDUCATION. 
 ORGANIZATION. ART. XXX. 
 OUR Is EG 6 SSsioeomernD= Cra Qn OmcOlts 
 
 Ie A. Soh SING OO NEE we ID om an OO 
 
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 President not to be Consulted. . . . . . » « 85 
 Presidency of College . « «= jn (sien 
 
 APPLICANTS AND GRADUATES. ART. XXXI. 
 
 Normal Teachers 2 . : < © 3 ©) piueuenenmennenS 
 Qualifications... 2... 0+ 5 | Seeye STS 
 Certificates’ 20 0. 0s ken 2 oe 
 ACTION OF THE BoaRp. ArT. XXXII. 
 Sessions. . oe eee ee 
 Special Etruchon + 8 8 oe mie) tn a 
 Signatures. . . oo) aa tele Sgn 
 Remuneration and Free Scholiveken oa te tele eas 
 Surplus Funds 2,2 <<. 5 «9. «| :seenDeanes 
 Primary Students .. . . 6 te (CS ees 
 Healing Better than Teaching: > 5S ee koe 
 Not Members of The Mother Church . . - + + 89 
 GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS. 
 
 ORGANIZATION AND REGULATION. ART. XXXIII. 
 Qualification of Members . . . . + +» « « = 90 
 Meetings . s. 6 = 0) so) a! gee 
 Organization Required ... . ° + OL 
 Uniformity in Teaching and Practice "Requigal ~ = OF 
 Conduct*of Members ~ . <5 (S> eerea 
 Admission of Members . . . . - - « « «= + Q2 
 
 BOARD OF LECTURESHIP. 
 
 ORGANIZATION AND DuTiEs. ART, XXXIV. 
 Election. . . se 8 oe 3 eS Oe een 
 Duty of iectiees Sept o 02 ate OR 
 No Disruption of Branch Ghercees «6 5 6 Romeeinngs 
 
 Receptions. . « s 0) s =: © =) «== 
 
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 CALLS FOR LecrureEsS. ART. XXXV. 
 BL OMULLE HID re CLOLSH pew a teuere eras! ite tenet we) 104: 
 BromibranchyChurGhesi jams)... lee ede eee. 
 ISHOV MIMS OENSUEE, Me) chao Wer so Aneesh arog 
 ASDC IVECO Go: o) oo cStea OO ie LOR 
 No Lectures by Readers. . . ev hg on eiae Nee OS 
 No Wednesday Evening cages Si aes eee EOS 
 
 IE SCEULE HCOM) ot Mati teaNe mi catee Maas ers es erase ROS 
 IEIXDENSES| ME ot \'s cl Saree amen aoe) See OS 
 ipxceptionaliCasesie sis = uence em ciete ote; is ot. siete OS 
 
 MISSIONARIES. Arr. XXXVI. 
 
 BUCCHONE Gram Eee tc eevee re ae tees) AG 
 
 : 9 
 Campensalonwanere epee cat arem finteale Mele hte 96 
 ISI 0S paula 5. cee ee Meee ae ee an mr 96 
 
 COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION. Arr. XXXVII. 
 
 Inge WlothersG hurch.) <a: wee ep) step ena Miela cae KOT. 
 IDES Ns AU Vodnhesais hee Leek sue ecm ishhiar OT, 
 In Branch Ghavches: 5: JE WeCRE gO ho oS cabo tnrcH ete DEK] 
 PATIPOUMEMEN Ms ewes) vetete dl is stoke. Wie a) ele) GO 
 Removal-tromsOnice:..) poy, ey =| <li (eth os) 6 OO 
 GASeVOLPNECESSItVame uci ot fs) oss te eee el = LOO 
 
 READING ROOMS. Art. XXXVIII. 
 Dae lelnsymisin? a BT GP ola sh GL Se neequso Gian 
 Librarian . . Pear ech eel ys) Ee) sy ee eelOn 
 Mrs. Eddy’s Roane Speed sau cunciae Mowe (ple mNe TOE 
 MARRIAGE AND DECEASE. Arr, XXXIX. 
 AS WevaliGeremOny. win. ere) er 6) wey le) =) fans LOZ 
 Sudden Deceaseumeye er sas: 0 me a fw ail w yee en LOZ 
 DEBATING IN PUBLIC. Art. XL. 
 No Unauthorized Debating ..... =. «- » 102 
 
14 CHURCH MANUAL 
 
 CHURCH-BUILDING. Arr XLI. 
 Building Committee . . . 4). 0) eee 
 
 Designation of Deeds. .°. <=) :uueuienEmnE 
 
 The Mother Church Building seen 
 CHURCH MANUAL. Art. XLII. 
 
 For the Mother’Church Only, | 2) 2h 
 
 Fifty-seventh Edition the Authority 
 
 Amendment of By-Laws 
 
 Appendix 
 
 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING APPLICATIONS FOR 
 
 CHURCH MEMBERSHIP . . . ¢:  < 9.5 )sene 
 PRESENT ORDER OF SERVICES IN THE MOTHER 
 
 CHURCH «..¢e. se) 0 “Sa far 8) eh cl 
 DEEDSO “RUST are ane 6 bene 
 
 DEED CONVEYING LAND FOR CHURCH PURPOSES . . 
 
 103 
 103 
 103 
 
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 104 
 104 
 
 107 
 
 118 
 125 
 
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Tenets 
 
 of Che Mother Church 
 Che First Church of Christ, Scientist. 
 
 To be signed by those untting with The First 
 Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass. 
 
 1. As adherents of Truth, we take the inspired 
 Word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal 
 Life. 
 
 2. We acknowledge and adore one supreme and 
 infinite God. We acknowledge His Son, one Christ ; 
 the Holy Ghost or divine Comforter; and man in 
 God’s image and likeness. 
 
 3. We acknowledge God’s forgiveness of sin in 
 the destruction of sin and the spiritual understanding 
 that casts out evil as unreal. But the belief in sin is 
 punished so long as the belief lasts. 
 
 4. We acknowledge Jesus’ atonement as the evi- 
 dence of divine, efficacious Love, unfolding man’s 
 unity with God through Christ Jesus the Wayshower ; 
 
 2 15 
 
16 TENETS OF THE MOTHER CHURCH 
 
 and we acknowledge that man is saved through Christ, 
 through Truth, Life, and Love as demonstrated by the 
 Galilean Prophet in healing the sick and overcoming 
 sin and death. 
 
 5. We acknowledge that the crucifixion of Jesus 
 and his resurrection served to uplift faith to under- 
 stand eternal Life, even the allness of Soul, Spirit, and 
 the nothingness of matter. 
 
 6. And we solemnly promise to watch,and pray 
 for that Mind to be in us which was also in Christ 
 Jesus; to do unto others as we would have them do 
 unto us; and to be merciful, just, and pure. 
 
 Mary Baker G. Eppy. 
 
historical Sketch. 
 
 N the spring of 1879, a little band of earnest 
 
 seekers after Truth, went into deliberations over 
 forming a church without creeds, to be called the 
 “CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST.”” They were mem- 
 bers of evangelical churches, and students of Mrs, 
 Mary Baker G. Eddy, in Christian Science, and were 
 known as “ Christian Scientists.” 
 
 At a meeting of the Christian Scientist Association, 
 April 19, 1879, on motion of Mrs. Eddy, it was 
 voted, — To organize a church designed to com- 
 memorate the word and works of our Master, which 
 should reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost 
 element of healing. 
 
 Mrs. Eddy was appointed on the committee to 
 draft the Tenets of the Mother Church — the chief 
 cornerstone whereof is, that Christian Science, as 
 taught and demonstrated by our Master, casts out 
 error, heals the sick and restores the lost Israel: 
 
 2 17 
 
18 HISTORICAL SKETCH 
 
 for “the stone which the builders rejected, the same 
 is become the head of the corner.” 
 
 The charter for the Church was obtained June, 
 1879, and the same month the members, twenty-six 
 in number, extended a call to Mary Baker G. Eddy 
 to become their pastor. She accepted the call, 
 and was ordained a. D. 1881. Although walking 
 through deep waters, the little Church went steadily 
 on, increasing in numbers, and at every epoch 
 saying, 
 
 «Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.” 
 
 On the twenty-third day of September, 1892, at 
 the request of Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy, twelve 
 of her students and church members met and re- 
 organized, under her jurisdiction, the Christian 
 Science Church and named it, THE First CHuRcH 
 OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST. 
 
 At this meeting twenty others of Mrs. Eddy’s 
 students and members of her former Church were 
 elected members of this Church, — those with others 
 that have since been elected were known as “ First 
 Members.” The Church Tenets, Rules, and By- 
 Laws, as prepared by Mrs. Eddy, were adopted. A 
 By-Law adopted March 17, 1903, changed the 
 title of First Members” to “ Executive Members.” 
 (See Article V, Section 1.) 
 
HISTORICAL SKETCH 19 
 
 THE First CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, IN 
 Boston, Mass., is designed to be built on the rock, 
 Christ ; even the understanding and demonstration 
 of divine Truth, Life, and Love, healing and saving 
 the world from sin, and death ; —thus to reflect in 
 some degree the Church Universal and Triumphant. 
 
Church Officers. 
 
 Rev. MARY BAKER G. EDDY 
 Pastor Emeritus 
 
 IRA O. KNAPP 
 
 WILLIAM B. JOHNSON | Sia : 
 STEPHEN A. CHASE Christian Science Board 
 | of Directors 
 
 ARCHIBALD McLELLAN 
 ALLISON V. STEWART 
 
 EUGENE H. GREENE, C.S.D. 
 President 
 
 WILLIAM D. McCRACKAN, M.A., C.S.B. 
 First Reader 
 Conducts services and reads from the Christian Science textbook, 
 “SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE 
 SCRIPTURES” 
 By Mary Baker G. Eddy 
 
 Mrs. LAURA CAREY CONANT 
 Second Reader 
 Reads from the SCRIPTURES 
 
 WILLIAM B. JOHNSON, C.S.D. 
 Clerk, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Falmouth, Norway, 
 and St. Paul Streets, Boston, Mass. 
 STEPHEN A. CHASE 
 Treasurer, Box 56, Fall River, Mass. 
 21 
 
Church By=Laws. 
 
 CHURCH OFFICERS. 
 
 ARTICLE I, 
 NAMES, ELECTION, AND DUTIES. 
 
 Names. Section 1. The Church officers 
 shall consist of a President, a Clerk, a Treas- 
 urer, and two Readers. 
 
 President. Sect. 2. The President shall be 
 elected, subject to the approval of the Pastor 
 Emeritus, by the Board of Directorst on Mon- 
 day preceding the annual meeting of the Church. 
 The President shall hold office for one year, and 
 the same person is eligible for election but once 
 in three years. 
 
 Clerk and Treasurer. Sect. 3. The term of 
 office for the Clerk and the Treasurer of this 
 Church (also for the editors and the manager 
 
 1 See under “ Deed of Trust”? for incorporation of the “ Christian 
 Science Board of Directors.’’ 
 
 5 
 
26 CHURCH BY-LAWS 
 
 of The Christian Science Publishing Society, and 
 the manager of the general Committee on Pub- 
 lication in Boston) is one year each, dating 
 from the time of election to office. Incumbents, 
 who have served one year or more, may be re- 
 elected, or new officers elected, at the annual 
 meeting held for this purpose, by a unanimous 
 vote of the Christian Science Board of Direc- 
 tors and the consent of the Pastor Emeritus 
 given in her own handwriting. 
 
 Readers. Sect. 4. Every third year new 
 Readers shall be elected for The Mother Church 
 by the Board of Directors, which shall inform 
 the Pastor Emeritus of the names of its candi- 
 dates before they are elected, and if she ob- 
 jects, said candidates shall not be chosen. 
 The Directors shall fix the salaries of the 
 Readers. 
 
 Directors. Sect. 5. The Christian Science 
 Board of Directors shall consist of five members; 
 They shall fill a vacancy occurring on that Board 
 after the candidate is approved by the Pastor 
 Emeritus. A majority vote or the request of 
 Mrs. Eddy shall dismiss a member. Members 
 shall neither report the discussions of this Board, 
 nor those with Mrs. Eddy. 
 
CHURCH OFFICERS 27 
 
 Publishing Buildings. Srcr. 6. It shall be 
 the duty of the Christian Science Board of Di- 
 rectors to provide a suitable building for the 
 publication of The Christian Science Journal, 
 Christian Science Sentinel, Der Herold der 
 Christian Science, and all other Christian Sci- 
 ence literature published by The Christian Science 
 Publishing Society. It shall also be the duty 
 of the Christian Science Board of Directors to 
 provide suitable rooms, conveniently and pleas- 
 antly located in the same building, for the pub- 
 lication and sale of the books of which Mary 
 Baker G. Eddy is, or may be, the author, and 
 of other literature connected therewith. 
 
 No Trusteeships nor Syndicates. Sect. 7. 
 No Boards of Trustees nor Syndicates shall 
 ever be formed by, or between, the members 
 of this Church, or shall exist in The Mother 
 Church, except the Trusteeships be constituted 
 by the Pastor Emeritus. 
 
 Duties of Church Officers. Sect. 8. Law 
 constitutes government, and disobedience to the 
 laws of The Mother Church must ultimate in 
 annulling its Tenets and By-Laws. Without a 
 proper system of government and form of ac- 
 tion, nations, individuals, and religion are un- 
 
28 CHURCH BY—LAWS 
 
 protected; hence the necessity of this By-Law 
 and the warning of Holy Writ: “That servant, 
 which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not 
 himself, neither did according to his will, shall 
 be beaten with many stripes.” 
 
 It is the duty of the Christian Science Board of 
 Directors to watch and make sure that the offi- 
 cers of this Church perform the functions of 
 their several offices promptly and well. If an 
 officer fails to fulfil all the obligations of his 
 office, the Board of Directors shall immediately 
 call a meeting and notify this officer either to 
 resign his place or to perform his office faith- 
 fully; then failing to do either, said officer shall 
 be dismissed from this Church, and his dismis- 
 sal shall be written on the Church records. 
 
 It is the duty of any member of this Church, 
 and especially of one who has been or who is 
 the First Reader of a church, to inform the 
 Board of Directors of the failure of the Com- 
 mittee on Publication or of any other officer in 
 this Church to perform his official duties. A 
 Director shall not make known the name of the 
 complainant. 
 
 If the Christian Science Board of Directors 
 fails to fulfil the requirements of this By-Law, 
 
CHURCH OFFICERS 29 
 
 and a member of this Church or the Pastor 
 Emeritus shall complain thereof to the Clerk and 
 the complaint be found valid, the Directors shall 
 resign their office or perform their functions 
 faithfully. Failing to do thus, the Clerk of this 
 Church shall call a meeting of the Executive 
 . Members, and their two-thirds vote, with the 
 consent of the Pastor Emeritus, shall elect five 
 suitable members of this Church to fill the va- 
 cancy. The salary of the members of the Board 
 of Directors shall be at present one thousand 
 dollars each annually. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 DUTIES OF CLERK. 
 
 Reading Communications. SEcTion 1. When 
 the Pastor Emeritus sends a letter or message to 
 the Clerk of The Mother Church to be read at a 
 meeting of the Executive Members, it shall be 
 his imperative duty to read said communication 
 at the place and time specified. 
 
 Understanding Communications. Sect. 2. 
 If the Clerk of this Church shall receive a com- 
 munication from the Pastor Emeritus which he 
 does not fully understand, he shall inform her 
 of this fact before presenting it to the Church 
 
30 CHURCH BY—LAWS 
 
 and obtain a clear understanding of the matter, 
 —then act in accordance therewith. 
 
 Articce III. 
 
 READERS OF THE MOTHER CHURCH, 
 
 Election. Section 1. The Readers for The 
 Mother Church shall be a man and a woman, 
 one to read the BrBie, and one to read SCIENCE 
 AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES. 
 
 Eligibility. Sect. 2. The Directors shall 
 select intelligible Readers who are exemplary 
 Christians and good English scholars. They 
 must be members of this denomination and 
 Executive Members of this Church. 
 
 First Reader’s Residence. Sect. 3. Unless 
 Mrs. Eddy requests otherwise, the First Reader 
 of The Mother Church shall occupy, during his 
 term of Readership, the house of the Pastor 
 Emeritus, No. 385 Commonwealth Avenue, Bos- 
 ton. The Board of Directors shall pay from 
 the Church funds the taxes and rent on this 
 property; the Board shall attend to the insur- 
 ance before it expires, suitably furnish the 
 house, and keep the property in good repair so 
 long as Mrs. Eddy does not occupy the house 
 
CHURCH OFFICERS 31 
 
 herself and the occupants are satisfactory to 
 her. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 DUTIES OF READERS OF THE MOTHER CHURCH 
 AND OF ITS BRANCH CHURCHES. 
 
 Moral Obligations. Section 1. The Readers 
 of The Mother Church and of all its branch 
 churches must devote a suitable portion of their 
 time to preparation for the reading of the Sunday 
 lesson, —a lesson on which the prosperity of 
 Christian Science largely depends. They must 
 keep themselves unspotted from the world, — 
 uncontaminated with evil, —that the mental at- 
 mosphere they exhale shall promote health and 
 holiness, even that spiritual animus so universally 
 needed. 
 
 First Readers’ Duties. Sect. 2. It shall be 
 the duty of the First Readers to conduct the 
 principal part of the Sunday services, and the 
 Wednesday evening meetings. 
 
 Suitable Selections. Sect. 3. The First 
 Readers shall read, as a part of the Wednesday 
 evening services, selections from the ScrIPTURES, 
 and from ScIENCE AND HEALTH WITH Key TO 
 THE SCRIPTURES. 
 
 Order of Reading. Sect. 4. The First Read- 
 ers in the Christian Science churches shall read 
 
32 CHURCH BY-LAWS 
 
 the correlative texts in ScIENCE AND HEALTH 
 witH Key TO THE SCRIPTURES; and the Second 
 Readers shall read the Bree texts. The readings 
 from the Scriptures shall precede the readings 
 from ScIENCE AND HEeattH. The Readers shall 
 not read from copies or manuscripts, but from 
 the books. 
 
 Naming Book and Author. Secr. 5. The 
 Readers of SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO 
 THE SCRIPTURES, before commencing to read 
 from this book, shall distinctly announce the full 
 title of the book and give the author’s name. 
 Such announcement shall be made but once 
 during the lesson. 
 
 Readers in Branch Churches. Sect. 6. 
 These Readers shall be members of The Mother 
 Church. They shall read understandingly and 
 be well educated. They shall make no remarks 
 explanatory of the Lesson-SERMON at any time, 
 but they shall read all notices and remarks that 
 may be printed in the CHRISTIAN SCIENCE QUAR- 
 TERLY. This By-Law applies to Readers in all 
 the branch churches. 
 
 Enforcement of By-Laws. Sect. 7. It shall 
 be the duty of every member of The Mother 
 Church, who is a First Reader in a Church of 
 Christ, Scientist, to enforce the discipline and 
 by-laws of the church over which he presides. 
 
EXECUTIVE MEMBERS 33 
 
 EXECUTIVE MEMBERS. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 TITLE, QUALIFICATIONS, AND NUMBER. 
 
 Title. Section 1. The members, known as 
 First Members prior to March 17, 1903, from 
 and after that date shall bear the title and be 
 known as Executive Members of The First 
 Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass. 
 
 Qualifications. Sect. 2. The Executive 
 Members of this Church «shall be persons who 
 have proven themselves, in successive years, 
 strict adherents to the doctrines and practice in- 
 culcated and set forth in ScIENCE AND HEALTH 
 witH Key TO THE SCRIPTURES. 
 
 Number. Sect. 3. If the Executive Mem- 
 bers become less than fifty in number, they shall 
 regain this number. Their number shall not ex- 
 ceed one hundred. 
 
 Residence. Sect. 4. The Executive Mem- 
 bers, who are residents of the United States, 
 shall live within five hundred miles of Bos- 
 ton, Mass. 
 
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34 CHURCH BY—LAWS 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 
 TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS AND ELECTION. 
 
 Church Business. Section 1. The business 
 of The Mother Church shall be transacted by 
 its Christian Science Board of Directors. The 
 manager of the general Committee on Publication 
 in the United States shall order no special ac- 
 tion to be taken by said Committee that is not 
 named in the Manual of this Church without 
 consulting with the full Board of Directors of 
 The Mother Church and receiving the written 
 consent of said Board. 
 
 The Executive Members of this Church shall 
 continue to convene annually at the Com- 
 munion season, but they shall not be pres- 
 ent at the business meetings of the Board of . 
 Directors. 
 
 Nomination and Election. Sect. 2. Mem- 
 bers of this Church become Executive Mem- 
 bers after being nominated in writing by -the 
 Pastor Emeritus and unanimously elected by the 
 Christian Science Board of Directors. 
 
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP 35 
 
 CHURCH MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 ——— 
 
 ARTICLE VII, 
 QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 Believe in Christian Science. SEcTION I. 
 To become a member of The Mother Church, 
 The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Bos- 
 ton, Mass., the applicant must be a believer in 
 the doctrines of Christian Science, according to 
 the platform and teaching contained in the Chris- 
 tian Science textbook, ScIENCE AND HEALTH 
 WiTH Key TO THE ScRIPTURES, by Rev. Mary 
 Baker G. Eddy. The Brpte, together with 
 ScIENCE AND HEALTH and other works by Mrs. 
 Eddy, shall be his only textbooks for self-in- 
 struction in Christian Science, and for teaching 
 and practising metaphysical healing, 
 
 Free from Other Denominations. Sect. 2. 
 This Church will receive a member of another 
 Church of Christ, Scientist, but not a church- 
 member from a different denomination until 
 that membership is dissolved. 
 
36 CHURCH BY—LAWS 
 
 Children when Twelve Years Old. Sect. 3. 
 Children, who have arrived at the age of twelve 
 years, who are approved and whose applications 
 are countersigned by one of Mrs. Eddy’s loyal 
 students, by an Executive Member, a Director, 
 or by a student of the Board of Education, may 
 be admitted to membership with The Mother 
 Church. 
 
 ArticLe VIII. 
 
 APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 Students of the College. Section 1. Appli- 
 cations for membership with The Mother Church 
 from students of the Massachusetts Metaphysical 
 College, who studied with Rev. Mary Baker G. 
 Eddy, shall be signed by the Christian Science 
 Board of Directors as evidence of the loyalty of 
 the applicants. 
 
 Other Students. Sect. 2. Applicants for 
 membership, who have not studied Christian Sci- 
 ence with Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy, can unite 
 with this Church only by approval from students 
 of Mrs. Eddy, loyal to the teachings of the text- 
 book, ScIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE 
 ScrIpTURES, or from members of The Mother 
 
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP 37 
 
 Church, as provided in Article IX, Sect. 2, of 
 these By-Laws. 
 
 Students’ Pupils. Sect. 3. Applications for 
 membership with The Mother Church, coming 
 from pupils of loyal students who have taken 
 the Primary or Normal Course at the Massa- 
 chusetts Metaphysical College or in the Board 
 of Education, or from pupils of those who have 
 passed an examination by the Board of Educa- 
 tion, shall have the approval and signature of 
 their teachers, except in such cases as are pro- 
 vided for in Article VIII, Sect. 4. 
 
 Exceptional Cases. Secr. 4. Loyal Chris- 
 tian Scientists whose teachers are deceased, ab- 
 sent, or disloyal, —or those whose teachers, for 
 insufficient cause, refuse to indorse their appli- 
 cations for membership with The Mother Church, 
 —can apply to the Clerk of this Church, and 
 present to him a recommendation signed by three 
 members thereof in good standing, after which, 
 the unanimous vote of the Board of Directors 
 may admit said applicant to membership. 
 
 Addressed to Clerk. Sect. 5. All applica- 
 tions for membership must be addressed to the 
 Clerk of the Church. 
 
 Notice of Rejection. Sect. 6. If an applica- 
 
38 CHURCH BY-LAWS 
 
 tion for membership with The First Church of 
 Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., is rejected, the 
 Clerk of the Church shall send to the applicant a 
 notice of such rejection; but neither the Clerk 
 nor the Church shall be obliged to report the 
 cause for rejection. 
 
 ARTICLE IX, 
 
 RECOMMENDATION AND ELECTION. 
 
 Pupils of Normal Students. SecTION I. 
 One Normal student cannot recommend the pupil 
 of another Normal student, so long as both are 
 loyal to their Leader and to the Christian Science 
 textbook, except as provided for in Article VIII, 
 Sect. 4. 
 
 Members of The Mother Church. Sect. 2. 
 Only members of The Mother Church are quali- 
 fied to approve for membership individuals who 
 are known to them to be Christians, and faith- 
 ful, loyal students of the textbook, ScIENCE AND 
 HEALTH WITH Key TO THE Scriptures. If the 
 approver is not a loyal student of Mrs. Eddy, a 
 Director of this Church, an Executive Member, 
 or a student of the Board of Education who holds 
 a degree, the application must be countersigned 
 by one of these. 
 
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP 39 
 
 Election. Sect. 3. Applicants for member- 
 ship in this Church, whose applications are 
 correctly prepared, may be elected by majority 
 vote of the Christian Science Board of Direc- 
 tors at the semi-annual meetings held for this 
 purpose. 
 
 ARTICLE X. 
 DUTIES OF MEMBERS. 
 
 Per Capita Tax. Section 1. Every member 
 of The Mother Church shall pay annually a per 
 capita tax of not less than one dollar, which shall 
 be forwarded each year to the Church Treasurer. 
 
 Church Periodicals. Sect. 2. It shall be the 
 privilege and duty of every: member, who can 
 afford it, to subscribe for the periodicals which 
 are the organs of this Church; and it shall be 
 the duty of the Directors to see that these period- 
 icals are ably edited and kept abreast of the 
 times. 
 
 Duty to Patients. Sect. 3. If a member of 
 this Church has a patient whom he does not heal, 
 and whose case he cannot fully diagnose, he 
 may consult with an M.D. on the anatomy in- 
 volved. And it shall be the privilege of a Chris- 
 
40 CHURCH BY-LAWS 
 tian Scientist to confer with an M.D. on Ontol- 
 ogy, or the Science of being. 
 
 Stewardship. Sect. 4. The individual in 
 charge of Mrs. Eddy’s Room in The Mother 
 Church must be a member of this Church, and 
 if called for, it shall be her duty to go to Mrs. 
 Eddy’s home and remain so long as the latter 
 shall desire it. Mrs. Eddy shall pay this mem- 
 ber the same sum and on the same conditions 
 named in By-law Article XXII, Sect. 10, “ Op- 
 portunity for Serving the Leader.” Breaking 
 this By-law shall excommunicate a member from 
 this Church. 
 
 ARTICLE XI. 
 PROBATIONARY MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 Members who once Withdrew. SEcTION I. 
 Individuals, who have heretofore been members 
 of this Church, or were members of the Church 
 of Christ, Scientist, organized in 1879 by Mary 
 Baker G. Eddy, but who have voluntarily with- 
 drawn, may be received into this Church on one 
 year’s probation, provided they are willing and 
 anxious to live according to its requirements and 
 
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP AI 
 
 make application for membership according to 
 its By-Laws. If, at the expiration of said one 
 year, they are found worthy, they shall be re- 
 ceived into full membership, but if not found 
 worthy their applications shall be void. 
 
 Members once Dismissed. Sect. 2. A full 
 member or a probationary member, who has 
 been excommunicated once, and who afterward, 
 when sufficient time has elapsed thoroughly to 
 test his sincerity, gives due evidence of having 
 genuinely repented and of being radically re- 
 formed, shall be eligible to probationary mem- 
 bership upon a unanimous vote of the Christian 
 Science Board of Directors. 
 
 Ineligible for Probation. Sercr. 3. If a 
 member has been twice notified of his excom- 
 munication, he shall not again be received into 
 this Church. 
 
 Duty to God. Sect. 4. Members of this 
 Church, who turn their attention from the 
 divine Principle of being to personality, sending 
 gifts, congratulatory dispatches or letters to the 
 Pastor Emeritus on Thanksgiving, Christmas, 
 New Year, or Easter, break a rule of this Church 
 and are amenable therefor. 
 
42 CHURCH BY-LAWS 
 
 MEETINGS. 
 
 ARTICLE XII. 
 REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETINGS. 
 
 Annual Meetings. Section 1. The regular 
 meetings of The Mother Church shall be held 
 annually, on the Tuesday following the Com- 
 munion Sunday in June of each year. These 
 assemblies shall be for the purpose of listening 
 to the reports of Treasurer, Clerk, and Commit- 
 tees, and general reports from the Field. 
 
 Meetings of Board of Directors. Sect. 2. 
 The annual meeting of the Christian Science 
 Board of Directors, for the purpose of electing 
 officers and other business, shall be held on 
 Monday preceding the annual meeting of the 
 Church. Regular meetings for the purpose of 
 electing candidates to membership with The 
 Mother Church, and for the transaction of such 
 other business as may properly come before these 
 meetings, shall be held on the Tuesday preced- 
 ing the Communion Sunday in June, and on the 
 first Tuesday in November of each year. Special 
 meetings may be held at any time upon the call 
 of the Clerk. 
 
MEETINGS 43 
 
 Annual Meetings of Executive Members. 
 Sect. 3. The regular meetings of the Execu- 
 tive Members shall be held annually in June, 
 on the Saturday preceding the Communion 
 Sunday. 
 
 Special Meetings. Sect. 4. Special meet- 
 ings of the Executive Members shall be called 
 by the Clerk, upon a request from the Pastor 
 Emeritus. For this purpose he is authorized 
 to use the mail service, also the telegraph and 
 telephone if necessary. 
 
 Called only by Clerk. Sect. 5. A member 
 of The Mother Church, who is not the Clerk 
 thereof, shall not appoint a meeting of the Ex- 
 ecutive Members. Only the Clerk appoints said 
 meetings in accordance with the By-Laws of 
 this Church. Before calling a meeting of the 
 members of this Church (excepting its regular 
 sessions), it shall be the duty of the Clerk to 
 inform the Board of Directors and the Pastor 
 Emeritus of his intention, and to state definitely 
 the purpose for which the members are to con- 
 vene. The Clerk must have the consent of this 
 Board and the Pastor Emeritus, before he can 
 call said meeting. 
 
44 CHURCH BY—LAWS 
 
 CHURCH SERVICES, 
 
 ARTICLE XIII. 
 THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PASTOR. 
 
 Ordination. Section 1. I, Mary Baker G. 
 Eddy, ordain the BrsLte, and SCIENCE AND 
 HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES, Pastor 
 over The Mother Church,— The First Church 
 of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., —and 
 they will continue to preach for this Church 
 and the world. 
 
 The Lesson-Sermon. Sect. 2. The subject 
 of the Lesson-Sermon in the morning service of 
 The Mother Church, and of the branch Churches 
 of Christ, Scientist, shall be repeated at the other 
 services on Sunday. The correlative Biblical 
 texts in the Lesson-Sermon shall extend from 
 Genesis to Revelation. 
 
CHURCH SERVICES 45 
 
 ARTICLE XIV. 
 READING IN PUBLIC, 
 
 Announcing Author's Name. SEcTION I. 
 To pour into the ears of listeners the sacred 
 revelations of Christian Science indiscrimi- 
 nately, or without characterizing their origin 
 and thus distinguishing them from the writ- 
 ings of authors who think at random on this 
 subject, is to lose some weight in the scale of 
 right thinking. Therefore it is the duty of every 
 member of this Church, when publicly reading or 
 quoting from the books or poems of our Pastor 
 Emeritus, first to announce the name of the 
 author. Members shall also instruct their pupils 
 to adopt the aforenamed EEL for the benefit 
 of our Cause. 
 
 ARTICLE XV. 
 WELCOMING STRANGERS. 
 
 The Leader’s Welcome. Section 1. Mrs. 
 Eddy welcomes to her seats in the Church, 
 persons of all sects and denominations, who 
 come to listen to the Sunday sermon and are 
 not otherwise provided with seats. 
 
46 CHURCH BY-LAWS 
 
 The Local Members’ Welcome. Sect. 2. It 
 shall be the duty and privilege of the local mem- 
 bers of The Mother Church to give their seats, if 
 necessary, to strangers who may come to attend 
 the morning services. 
 
 ARTICLE XVI. 
 SERVICES UNINTERRUPTED, 
 
 Continued Throughout the Year. SrEcTIon 
 1. The services of The Mother Church shall be 
 continued twelve months each year. One meet- 
 ing on Sunday during the months of July and 
 August is sufficient. A Christian Scientist is 
 not fatigued by prayer, by reading the Scriptures 
 or the Christian Science textbook. Amusement 
 or idleness is weariness. Truth and Love rest 
 the weary and heavy laden. 
 
 Easter Observances. Sect. 2. In the United 
 States there shall be no special observances, 
 festivities, nor gifts at the Easter season by 
 members of The Mother Church. Gratitude 
 and love should abide in every heart each 
 day of all the years. Those sacred words of 
 our beloved Master, “ Let the dead bury their 
 dead,” and “ Follow thou me,” appeal to daily 
 Christian endeavors for the living whereby to 
 exemplify our risen Lord. 
 
GUARDIANSHIP OF CHURCH FUNDS 47 
 
 GUARDIANSHIP OF CHURCH FUNDS. 
 
 ARTICLE XVII. 
 
 Church Edifice a Testimonial. SercTIon 1. 
 Whereas, on March 20, 1895, the Christian 
 Science Board of Directors, in behalf of The 
 First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, 
 Mass., presented to Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy 
 their church edifice as a Testimonial of this 
 Church’s love and gratitude, and she, with 
 grateful acknowledgments thereof, declined to 
 receive this munificent gift, she now under- 
 stands the financial situation between the 
 Christian Science Board of Directors and said 
 Church to be as follows: — 
 
 Financial Situation. Sect. 2. The Christian 
 Science Board of Directors owns the church edi- 
 fices, with the land whereon they stand, legally; 
 and the church members own the aforesaid 
 premises and buildings, beneficially. After the 
 first church was built, the balance of the build- 
 ing funds, which remained in the hands of the 
 Directors, belonged to the Church, and not solely 
 
48 CHURCH BY-LAWS 
 
 to the Directors. The balance of the church 
 building funds, which can be spared after the 
 debts are paid, should remain on safe deposit, 
 to be hereafter used for the benefit of this 
 Church, as the right occasion may call for it. 
 The following indicates the proper management 
 of the church funds : — 
 
 Report of Directors. Sect. 3. It shall be 
 the duty of the Christian Science Board of Di- 
 rectors to have the books of the Church Treas- 
 urer audited semi-annually, and to report at 
 the annual church meeting the amount of funds 
 which the Church has on hand, the amount of 
 its indebtedness and of its expenditures for the 
 last year. 
 
 Finance Committee. Sect. 4. There shall 
 be a Committee on Finance which shall con- 
 sist of three Executive Members of this Church 
 in good standing. Its members shall be ap- 
 pointed annually by the Christian Science Board 
 of Directors and with the consent of the 
 Pastor Emeritus. They shall hold quarterly 
 meetings and keep themselves thoroughly in- 
 formed as to the real estate owned by this 
 Church and the amount of funds received by 
 the Treasurer of The Mother Church, who is 
 
GUARDIANSHIP OF CHURCH FUNDS 49 
 
 individually responsible for said funds. They 
 shall have the books of the Christian Science 
 Board of Directors and the books of the Church 
 Treasurer audited annually by an honest, com- 
 petent accountant. The books are to be audited 
 on May first. 
 
 Prior to paying bills against the Church, the 
 Treasurer of this Church shall submit them all 
 to said committee for examination. This com- 
 mittee shall decide thereupon by a unanimous 
 vote, and its endorsement of the bills shall render 
 them payable. 
 
 If it be found that the church funds have not 
 been properly managed, it shall be the duty of 
 the Board of Directors and the Treasurer to be 
 individually responsible for the performance of 
 their several offices satisfactorily, and for the 
 proper distribution of the funds of which they 
 are the custodians. 
 
 God’s Requirement. Sect. 5. God requires 
 wisdom, economy, and brotherly love to char- 
 acterize all the proceedings of the members of 
 The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, 
 Scientist. 
 
 Provision for the Future. Secr. 6. In case 
 of any possible future deviation from duty, the 
 
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50 CHURCH BY-LAWS 
 
 Committee on Finance shall visit the Board of 
 Directors, and, in a Christian spirit and manner, 
 demand that each member thereof comply with 
 the By-Laws of the Church. If any Director 
 fails to heed this admonition, he may be dis- 
 missed from office and the vacancy supplied by 
 the Board. 
 
 Debt and Duty. Sect. 7. The Mother Church 
 shall not be made legally responsible for the debts 
 of individuals except such debts as are specified 
 in its By-Laws. Donations from this Church 
 shall not be made without the written consent 
 of the Pastor Emeritus. Also important move- 
 ments of the manager of the Committee on Pub- 
 lication shall be sanctioned by the Board of 
 Directors and be subject to the approval of Mary 
 Baker G. Eddy. (See Article VI, Sect. 1.) 
 
 Emergencies. Secr. 8. The Treasurer, per- 
 sonally, or through the Clerk of the Church, 
 may pay from the funds of the Church bills of 
 immediate necessity not exceeding $200 for 
 any one transaction, and he may keep on de- 
 posit the sum of $500 with the Clerk, as a petty 
 cash fund, to be used by him for the payment 
 of such bills. Such payments shall be reported, 
 
GUARDIANSHIP OF CHURCH FUNDS 5! 
 
 on the first of the following month, to the 
 Board of Directors and the Committee on 
 Finance, for their approval. 
 
 Committee on Business. Sect. 9. The Chris- 
 tian Science Board of Directors shall elect annu- 
 ally a Committee on Business, which shall consist 
 of not less than three loyal members of The 
 Mother Church, who shall transact promptly and 
 efficiently such business as Mrs. Eddy, the Di- 
 rectors, or the Committee on Publication shall 
 commit to it. While the members of this Com- 
 mittee are engaged in the transaction of the 
 business assigned to them they shall be paid 
 from the Church funds, 
 
52 CHURCH BY-LAWS 
 
 TEACHING CHRISTIAN SCIENCE, 
 
 ARTICLE XVIII. 
 TEACHERS. 
 
 Motive in Teaching. Section 1. Teaching 
 Christian Science shall not be a question of 
 money, but of morals and religion, healing and 
 uplifting the race. 
 
 Care of Pupils. Sect. 2. Christian Scien- 
 tists who are teachers shall carefully select for 
 pupils such only as have good past records and 
 promising proclivities toward Christian Science. 
 The teacher shall hold himself morally obligated 
 to promote the progress of his pupils, not only 
 during the class term but after it, and to watch 
 well that they prove sound in sentiment and 
 practical in Christian Science. He shall per- 
 sistently and patiently counsel his pupils in con- 
 formity with the unerring wisdom and law of 
 God, and shall enjoin them habitually to study 
 the Scriptures and ScIENCE AND HEALTH 
 WITH Key TO THE SCRIPTURES. 
 
TEACHING CHRISTIAN SCIENCE 53 
 
 Defense against Malpractice. SeEcT. 3. 
 Teachers shall instruct their pupils how to de- 
 fend themselves against mental malpractice, 
 never to return evil for evil, but to know the 
 truth that makes free, and thus to be a law, not ° 
 unto others, but to themselves. 
 
 Number of Pupils. Sect. 4. The teachers of 
 Christian Science shall teach but one class yearly, 
 which class shall consist of not more than thirty 
 pupils. After 1907, the Board of Education shall 
 have one class triennially, a Normal class not 
 exceeding thirty pupils. 
 
 Pupil’s Tuition. Sect. 5. A student’s price 
 for teaching Christian Science shall not exceed 
 $50.00 per pupil. 
 
 Associations. Sect. 6. Teachers’ associations 
 shall convene annually, and their pupils shall 
 be guided by the Bripie, and ScIENCE AND 
 HEALTH. 
 
 A Single Field of Labor. Sect. 7. A loyal 
 teacher of Christian Science shall take entire 
 charge of his pupils. He shall not teach a loyal 
 teacher’s pupil except it be in the Board of 
 Education. Outside .of this Board each student 
 
54 CHURCH BY-LAWS 
 
 occupies his own field of labor. Pupils may visit 
 each other’s churches, and by invitation attend 
 each other’s associations. 
 
 Change of Location. Sect. 8. Faithfully to 
 fulfil the solemn responsibilities of a teacher of 
 Christian Science or of a Reader, a teacher or 
 Reader should remain with his own pupils, asso- 
 ciation, and church. But if, for sufficient cause 
 or to supply a need of the Pastor Emeritus, a 
 teacher permanently changes his location, he may 
 select a member of his church to guide his 
 pupils. 
 
 Caring for Pupils of Strayed Members. 
 Sect. 9. A loyal teacher of Christian Science 
 may teach and receive into his association the 
 pupils of another member of this Church who 
 has so strayed as justly to be deemed, under the 
 provisions of Article XXV, Sect. 1, not ready to 
 lead his pupils. 
 
 Teachers must have Certificates. SrEcr. Io. 
 A member of this Church shall not teach pupils 
 Christian Science unless he has a certificate to 
 show that he has been taught by Mrs. Eddy or 
 has taken a Normal Course at the Massachu- 
 setts Metaphysical College or in the Board of 
 Education. 
 
TEACHING CHRISTIAN SCIENCE 55 
 
 ARTICLE XIX. 
 PUPILS. 
 
 Authorized to Teach. Section 1. After a 
 student’s pupil has been duly authorized to be 
 a teacher of Christian Science, he is no longer 
 ‘under the jurisdiction of his former teacher. 
 
 Without Teachers. Sect. 2. Those beloved 
 brethren, who are distant from The Mother 
 Church and whose teachers have left them, can 
 elect Readers of their churches who are ready 
 for this high calling, and continue the meetings 
 of their associations. 
 
 Basis for Teaching. Sect. 3. The teachers 
 of the Normal class shall teach from the chapter 
 “Recapitulation” in SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH 
 Key TO THE Scriptures, and from the Chris- 
 tian Science Platform, beginning on page 330 of 
 the revised editions since 1902, and they shall 
 teach nothing contrary thereto. The teachers 
 of the Primary class shall instruct their pupils 
 from the said chapter on “ Recapitulation ” 
 only. 
 
56 CHURCH BY-LAWS 
 
 The Sunday School. Sect. 4. Pupils may 
 be received in the Sunday School classes of any 
 Church of Christ, Scientist, up to the age of 
 twenty years, and by transfer from another 
 Church of Christ, Scientist, up to that age, but 
 no pupil shall remain in the Sunday School of 
 any Church of Christ, Scientist, after reaching 
 the age of twenty. None except the officers, 
 teachers, and pupils should attend the Sunday 
 School exercises. 
 
 Teaching the Children. Sect. 5. The 
 Sabbath School children shall be taught the 
 Scriptures, and they shall be instructed ac- 
 cording to their understanding or ability to 
 grasp the simpler meanings of the divine 
 Principle that they are taught. 
 
 Subject for Lessons. Sect. 6. The first 
 lessons of the children should be the Ten Com- 
 mandments (Exodus, 20: 3-17), the Lord’s 
 Prayer (Matt. 6 : 9-13), and its Spiritual In- 
 terpretation by Mary Baker G. Eddy, Sermon 
 on the Mount (Matt. 5 : 3-12). The next les- 
 sons consist of such questions and answers as 
 are adapted to a juvenile class, and may be 
 found in the Christian Science Quarterly Lessons, 
 read in Church services. The instruction given 
 by the children’s teachers must not deviate from 
 the absolute Christian Science contained in their 
 textbook. 
 
GUIDANCE OF MEMBERS 57 
 
 GUIDANCE OF MEMBERS. 
 
 ARTICLE XX. 
 
 A Rule for Motives and Acts. Section I. 
 Neither animosity nor mere personal attachment 
 should impel the motives or acts of the members 
 of The Mother Church. In Science, divine Love 
 alone governs man; and a Christian Scientist 
 re‘Jects the sweet amenities of Love, in rebuk- 
 ing sin, in true brotherliness, charitableness, 
 and forgiveness. The members of this Church 
 should daily watch and pray to be delivered 
 from all evil, from prophesying, judging, con- 
 demning, counseling, influencing or being influ- 
 enced erroneously. 
 
 ja Be Read. in Church. Secr. 2, The 
 above Church Rule shall be read in The Mother 
 Church and in the branch churches by the First 
 Reader on the first Sunday of each month. 
 On Communion day the Church Tenets are to 
 be read. 
 
 Christ Jesus the Ensample. Secr. 3. He 
 who dated the Christian era is the Ensample in 
 
58 CHURCH BY-LAWS 
 
 Christian Science. Careless comparison or irrev- 
 erent reference to Christ Jesus is abnormal in a 
 Christian Scientist, and is prohibited. When it is 
 necessary to show the great gulf between Chris- 
 tian Science and theosophy, hypnotism, or spirit- 
 ualism, do it, but without hard words. The wise 
 man saith, “ A soft answer turneth away wrath.” 
 However despitefully used and misrepresented 
 by the churches or the press, in return employ 
 no violent invective, and do good unto your 
 enemies when the opportunity occurs. A de- 
 parture from this rule disqualifies a member for 
 office in the Church or on the Board of Lec- 
 tureship, and renders this member liable to dis- 
 cipline and, possibly, dismissal from The Mother 
 Church. 
 
 Daily Prayer. Sect. 4. It shall be the duty 
 of every member of this Church to pray each 
 day: “Thy kingdom come;” let the reign of 
 divine Truth, Life, and Love be established in 
 me, and rule out of me all sin; and may Thy 
 Word enrich the affections of all mankind, and 
 govern them! 
 
 Prayer in Church. Sect. 5. The prayers in 
 Christian Science churches shall be offered for 
 the congregations, 
 
GUIDANCE OF MEMBERS 59 
 
 Alertness to Duty. Sect. 6. It shall be the 
 duty of every member of this Church to defend 
 himself daily against aggressive mental sugges- 
 tion, and not be made to forget nor to neglect 
 his duty to God, to his Leader, and to mankind. 
 By his works he shall be judged, — and justified 
 or condemned. 
 
 One Christ. Sect. 7. In accordance with 
 the Christian Science textbooks,—the Brste, 
 and ScIENCE AND HEALTH wiTH Key TO THE 
 SCRIPTURES, —and in accord with all of Mrs. 
 Eddy’s teachings, members of this Church shall 
 neither entertain a belief nor signify a belief in 
 more than one Christ, even that Christ whereof 
 the Scripture beareth testimony. 
 
 No Malpractice. Sect. 8. Members will not 
 intentionally or knowingly mentally malpractise, 
 inasmuch as Christian Science can only be prac- 
 tised according to the Golden Rule: “ All things 
 whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, 
 do ye even so to them.” (Matt. 7: 12.) 
 
 Charity to All. Secr. 9. While members 
 of this Church do not believe in the doctrines 
 of theosophy, hypnotism, or spiritualism, they 
 cherish no enmity toward those who do believe 
 in such doctrines, and will not harm them. But 
 whenever God calls a member to bear testimony 
 
60 CHURCH BY—LAWS 
 
 to Truth and to defend the cause of Christ, he 
 shall do it with love and without fear. 
 
 Obedience Required. Sect. 10. It shall be 
 the duty of the officers of this Church, of the 
 Editors of the Christian Science Journal, Sen- 
 tinel, and Der Herold, of the members of the 
 Committees on Publication, of the Trustees of 
 The Christian Science Publishing Society, and 
 of the Board of Education promptly to comply 
 with any written order, signed by Mary Baker 
 G. Eddy, which applies to their official functions. 
 Disobedience to this By-Law shall be sufficient 
 cause for the removal of the offending member 
 from office. 
 
 The vacancy shall be supplied by a majority 
 vote of the Christian Science Board of Direc- 
 tors, and the candidate shall be subject to the 
 approval of Mary Baker G. Eddy. 
 
 A Member not a Leader. Sect. 1. A 
 member of The First Church of Christ, Scien- 
 tist, in Boston, Mass., shall not be called 
 Leader by members of this Church, when this 
 term is used in connection with Christian 
 Science. 
 
 Testimonials. Sect. 12. “Glorify God in 
 your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s ” 
 
GUIDANCE OF MEMBERS 61 
 
 (St. Paul). Testimony in regard to the healing 
 of the sick is highly important. More than a mere 
 rehearsal of blessings, it scales the pinnacle of 
 praise and illustrates the demonstration of Christ, 
 “who healeth all thy diseases” (Psalm 103: 3). 
 This testimony, however, shall not include a de- 
 scription of symptoms or of suffering, though the 
 generic name of the disease may be indicated. 
 This By-Law applies to testimonials which appear 
 in the periodicals and to those which are given 
 at the Wednesday evening meeting. 
 
 Use of Initials “C.S.” Sect. 13. A member 
 of The Mother Church shall not place the initials 
 “C.S.” after his name on circulars, cards, or 
 leaflets, which advertise his business or profes- 
 sion, except as a Christian Science practitioner. 
 
 The Promotion of Peace. Sect. 14. It shall 
 be the duty of the members of the Mother 
 Church and of its branch churches to encour- 
 age and render such aid as they can individ- 
 ually to promote and establish peace on earth 
 and good will toward men, but to do this 
 noble work it is not needful to form orgam- 
 sations of the members of Christian Science 
 churches, nor to adopt by-laws upon this sub- 
 ject to govern members. 
 
62 CHURCH BY—LAWS 
 
 DISCIPLINE. 
 
 ARTICLE XXI, 
 COMPLAINTS. 
 
 Preliminary Requirement. Section 1. No 
 church discipline shall ensue until the require- 
 ments according to the Scriptures, in Matthew, 
 18: 15-17, have been strictly obeyed, unless a 
 By-Law governing the case provides for imme- 
 diate action. 
 
 Authority. Sect. 2. The Christian Science 
 Board of Directors has power to discipline, place 
 on probation, remove from membership, or to 
 excommunicate members of The Mother Church. 
 Only the members of this Board shall be pres- 
 ent at meetings for the examination of com- 
 plaints against church members; and they alone 
 shall vote on cases involving The Mother Church 
 discipline. 
 
 Members in Mother Church Only. Sect. 3. 
 A complaint against a member of The Mother 
 Church, if said member belongs to no branch 
 church and if this complaint is not for mental 
 malpractice, shall be laid before this Board, and 
 within ten days thereafter, the Clerk of the 
 Church shall address a letter of inquiry to the 
 member complained of as to the validity of 
 
DISCIPLINE 63 
 
 the charge. If a member is found guilty of that 
 whereof he is accused and his previous character 
 has been good, his confession of his error and 
 evidence of his compliance with our Church 
 Rules shall be deemed sufficient by the Board 
 for forgiveness for once, and the Clerk of the 
 Church shall immediately so inform him. But 
 a second offense shall dismiss a member from 
 the Church. 
 
 Removal of Cards. Sect. 4. No cards shall 
 be removed from our periodicals without the re- 
 quest of the advertiser, except by a majority vote 
 of the Christian Science Board of Directors at 
 a meeting held for this purpose or for the exam- 
 ination of complaints. 
 
 Members of this Church, who facie other 
 professions or pursue other vocations, shall not 
 advertise as healers, excepting those members 
 who are officially engaged in the work of Chris- 
 tian Science, and they must devote ample time 
 for faithful practice. 
 
 Members of Branch Churches. Sect. 5. A 
 member of both The Mother Church and a branch 
 Church of Christ, Scientist, or a Reader, shall not 
 report nor send notices to The Mother Church, 
 or to the Pastor Emeritus, of errors of the 
 
64 CHURCH BY-LAWS 
 
 members of their local church; but they shall 
 strive to overcome these errors. Each church 
 shall separately and independently discipline its 
 own members, —1if this sad necessity occurs. 
 
 ARTICLE XXII. 
 RELATION OF MEMBERS TO PASTOR EMERITUS. 
 
 The Title of Mother Changed. Section 1. 
 In the year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, 
 loyal Christian Scientists had given to the 
 author of their textbook, the Founder of Chris- 
 tian Science, the individual, endearing term of 
 Mother. At first Mrs. Eddy objected to being 
 called thus, but afterward consented on the 
 ground that this appellative in the Church meant 
 nothing more than a tender term such as sister 
 or brother. In the year nineteen hundred and 
 three and after, owing to the public misunder- 
 standing of this name, it is the duty of Christian 
 Scientists to drop the word mother and to sub- 
 stitute Leader, already used in our periodicals. 
 
 Working Against the Cause. Sect. 2. lfa 
 member of this Church shall, mentally or other- 
 wise, persist in working against the interests of 
 another member, or the interests of our Pastor 
 Emeritus and the accomplishment of what she 
 understands is advantageous to this Church and 
 
DISCIPLINE 65 
 
 to the cause of Christian Science, or shall influ- 
 ence others thus to act, upon her complaint or 
 the complaint of a member for her or for himself, 
 it shall be the duty of the Board of Directors 
 immediately to call a meeting, and drop forever 
 the name of the member guilty of this offense 
 from the roll of Church membership. 
 
 No Unchristian Conduct. Secr. 3. Ifa 
 member of this Church were to treat the author 
 of our textbook disrespectfully and cruelly, upon 
 her complaint that member should be excommu- 
 nicated. If a member, without her having re- 
 quested the information, shall trouble her on 
 subjects unnecessarily and without her consent, 
 it shall be considered an offense. 
 
 Not to Learn Hypnotism. Sect. 4. Mem- 
 bers of this Church shall not learn hypnotism 
 on penalty of being excommunicated from this 
 Church. No member shall enter a complaint of 
 mental malpractice for a sinister purpose. If 
 the author of ScIENCE AND HEALTH shall bear 
 witness to the offense of mental malpractice, it 
 shall be considered a sufficient evidence thereof. 
 
 Reading and Attesting Letters. Sect. 5. 
 When a letter or a message from the Pastor 
 Emeritus is brought before a meeting of this 
 
 Church, or she is referred to as authority for 
 5 
 
66 CHURCH BY~LAWS 
 
 business, it shall be the duty of the Church to 
 inquire if all of the letter has been read, and to 
 require all of it to be read; also to have any 
 authority supposed to come from her satisfac- 
 torily attested. 
 
 Unauthorized Reports. Sect. 6. Members 
 of this Church shall not report on authority an 
 order from Mrs. Eddy that she has not sent, 
 either to the Boards or to the executive bodies 
 of this Church. The Pastor Emeritus is not to 
 be consulted on cases of discipline, on the cases 
 of candidates for admission to this Church, or 
 on the cases of those on trial for dismissal from 
 the Church. 
 
 Interpreting Communications. Sect. 7. If 
 at a meeting of this Church a doubt or dis- 
 agreement shall arise among the members as to 
 the signification of the communications of the 
 Pastor Emeritus to them, before action is taken 
 it shall be the duty of the Clerk to report to her 
 the vexed question and to await her explanation 
 thereof. 
 
 Unauthorized Legal Action. Srcr. 8 A 
 member of this Church shall not employ an at- 
 torney, nor take legal action on a case not pro- 
 vided for in its By-Laws —if said case relates 
 to the person or to the property of Mary Baker 
 
DISCIPLINE 67 
 
 G. Eddy — without having personally conferred 
 with her on said subject. 
 
 No Adulterating Christian Science. SrctT. 9. 
 A member of this Church shall not publish pro- 
 fuse quotations from Mary Baker G. Eddy’s 
 copyrighted works without her permission, and 
 shall not plagiarize her writings. This By-Law 
 not only calls more serious attention to the com- 
 mandment of the Decalogue, but tends to pre- 
 vent Christian Science from being adulterated. 
 
 Opportunity for Serving the Leader. Sect. 
 1o. At the written request of the Pastor Eme- 
 ritus, Mrs. Eddy, the Board of Directors shall 
 immediately notify a member of this Church to 
 go in ten days to her, and it shall be the duty 
 of the member thus notified to remain with 
 Mrs. Eddy twelve months consecutively, or 
 three years consecutively if Mrs. Eddy requires 
 or requests it. A member, who leaves her in 
 less time without her consent or who is dis- 
 charged shall be dropped from the Church. 
 Male members, who remain with her three 
 years consecutively, shall be paid semi-annu- 
 ally at the rate of twelve hundred dollars 
 yearly in addition to rent and board. Female 
 
 ‘members shall receive one thousand dollars an- 
 nually with rent and board. Those members, 
 
68 CHURCH BY-LAWS 
 
 whom she teaches the course in Divinity, and 
 those who remain with her three consecutive 
 years, receive the degree of the Massachusetts 
 Metaphysical College, if they are considered 
 by Mrs. Eddy prepared to receive it. 
 
 Publications Unjust. Sect. 11. If a mem- 
 ber of The Mother Church publishes, or causes 
 to be published, an article that is false or unjust, 
 hence injurious, to Christian Science or to its 
 Leader, and if, upon complaint by another mem- 
 ber, the Board of Directors finds that the offense 
 has been committed, the offender shall be sus- 
 pended for not less than three years from his 
 or her office in this Church and from Church 
 membership. 
 
 ARTICLE XXIII. 
 READERS. 
 
 In The Mother Church. Section 1. If a 
 Reader in The Mother Church be found at any 
 time inadequate or unworthy, he or she shall be 
 removed from office by a majority vote of the 
 Board of Directors and the consent of the Pas- 
 tor Emeritus, and the vacancy supplied. 
 
DISCIPLINE 69 
 
 A Reader not a Leader. Sect. 2. The Church 
 Reader shall not be a Leader, but he shall main- 
 tain the Tenets, Rules, and discipline of the 
 Church. A Reader shall not be a President of 
 a church. . 
 
 ARTICLE XXIV. 
 EXECUTIVE MEMBERS. 
 
 Honesty Requisite. Section 1. No person 
 shall be elected nor remain an Executive Mem- 
 ber, against whom another Executive Member — 
 brings positive proof of his dishonesty in busi- 
 ness or of his dishonest deportment in any de- 
 partment of Christian Science. 
 
 Disobedience Dealt With. Sect. 2. If one 
 Executive Member knows that another member 
 is disobeying the above By-Law, it is his duty im- 
 mediately to tell him his fault, rebuke, and exhort 
 him. Then, if he continue to break the By- 
 Law, a meeting of the Board of Directors shall 
 be called within seven days, and his name erased 
 from the list of Executive Members. 
 
79° CHURCH BY—LAWS 
 
 ARTICLE XXV. 
 TEACHERS. 
 
 Probation. Section 1. For sufficient rea- 
 sons it may be decided that a teacher has so 
 strayed as not to be fit for the work of a Reader 
 in church or a teacher of Christian Science. 
 Although repentant and forgiven by the Church 
 and retaining his membership, this weak mem- 
 ber shall not be counted loyal till after three years 
 of exemplary character. Then the Board of 
 Directors may decide if his loyalty has been 
 proved by uniform maintenance of the life of 
 a consistent, consecrated Christian Scientist. 
 
 Misteaching. Sect. 2. If a member of this 
 Church is found trying to practise or to teach 
 Christian Science contrary to the statement 
 thereof in its textbook, SclENCE AND HEALTH 
 ‘WITH Kry TO THE SCRIPTURES, it shall be the 
 duty of the Board of Directors to admonish that 
 member according to Article XXI, Sect. 1. 
 Then, if said member persists in this offense, 
 his or her name shall be dropped from the roll 
 of this Church. 
 
DISCIPLINE 71 
 
 ARTICLE XXVI. 
 MEMBERS. 
 
 Departure from Tenets. Section 1. If a 
 member of this Church shall depart from the 
 Tenets and be found having the name without 
 the life of a Christian Scientist, and another 
 member in good standing shall from Christian 
 motives make this evident, a meeting of the Board 
 of Directors shall be called, and the offender’s 
 case shall be tried and said member exonerated 
 — put on probation or excommunicated. 
 
 Violation of By-Laws. Sect. 2. A member, 
 who is found violating any of the By-Laws 
 or Rules herein set forth, shall be admonished 
 in consonance with the Scriptural demand in 
 Matthew, 18: 15-17; and if he neglect to accept 
 such admonition, he shall be placed on probation, 
 or if he repeat the offense, his name shall be 
 dropped from the roll of Church membership. _ 
 
 Illegal Adoption. Secr. 3. No person shall 
 be a member of this Church, who claims a spirit- 
 ually adopted child or a spiritually adopted hus- 
 band or wife. There must be legal adoption and 
 legal marriage, which can be verified according 
 to the laws of our land. 
 
72 CHURCH BY—LAWS 
 
 Violation of Christian Fellowship. Sect. 4. 
 Any member, who shall unjustly aggrieve or 
 vilify the Pastor Emeritus or another member, 
 or who does not live in Christian fellowship with 
 members who are in good and regular standing 
 with this Church, shall either withdraw from the 
 Church or be excommunicated. 
 
 Formulas Forbidden. Sect. 5. No member 
 shall use written formulas, nor permit his patients 
 or pupils to use them, as auxiliaries to teach- 
 ing Christian Science or for healing the sick. 
 Whatever is requisite for either is contained in 
 the books of the Discoverér and Founder of 
 Christian Science. Sometimes she may strengthen 
 the faith by a written text as no one else 
 can. 
 
 Forbidden Membership. Sect. 6. A member 
 of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Bos- 
 ton, Mass., shall not be a member of any church 
 whose Readers are not Christian Scientists and 
 members of The Mother Church. 
 
 Officious Members. Sect. 7. A member of 
 The Mother Church is not entitled to hold office 
 or read in branch churches of this denomination 
 except by invitation. 
 
 Uncharitable Publications. Secr. 8 <A 
 member of this Church shall not publish, nor 
 
DISCIPLINE 73 
 
 cause to be published, an article that is unchari- 
 table or impertinent towards religion, medicine, 
 the courts, or the laws of our land. 
 
 Legal Titles. Sect. 9. Students of Christian 
 Science must drop the titles of Reverend and 
 Doctor, except those who have received these 
 titles under the Jaws of the State. 
 
 Practitioners and Patients. Sect. 10. A 
 member of The Mother Church shall not, under 
 pardonable circumstances, sue his patient for 
 ' recovery of payment for said member’s practice, 
 on penalty of discipline and liability to have his 
 name removed from membership. Also he shall 
 reasonably reduce his price in chronic cases of 
 recovery, and in cases where he has not effected 
 acure. A Christian Scientist is a humanitarian ; 
 he is benevolent, forgiving, long-suffering, and 
 seeks to overcome evil with good. 
 
 No Incorrect Literature. Sect. 11. A mem- 
 ber of this Church shall neither buy, sell, nor cir- 
 culate Christian Science literature which is not 
 correct in its statement of the divine Principle 
 and rules and the demonstration of Christian 
 Science. Also the spirit in which the writer 
 has written his literature shall be definitely con- 
 sidered. His writings must show strict adher- 
 
74 CHURCH BY—LAWS 
 
 ence to the Golden Rule, or his literature shall 
 not be adjudged Christian Science. A departure 
 from the spirit or letter of this By-Law involves 
 schisms in our Church and the possible loss, for 
 a time, of Christian Science. 
 . Endorsing Applications. Sect. 12. A mem- 
 ber of The Mother Church shall not endorse’ nor 
 countersign an application for membership there- 
 with until after the blank has been properly filled 
 out by an applicant. A member who violates 
 this By-Law shall be disciplined. 
 
 Privilege of Members. Sect. 13. Members 
 in good standing with The Mother Church, who 
 are members of the faculty, instructors, or stu- 
 dents in any university or college, can form and 
 conduct a Christian Science organization at such 
 university or college, provided its rules so permit. 
 Also members in good standing with The Mother 
 Church, who are graduates of said university 
 or college, may become members of the organ- 
 ization by application to, and by the unanimous 
 vote of, the active members present, if the rules 
 of the university or college so permit. When 
 called for, a member of the Board of Lecture- 
 ship may lecture for said university or college 
 organization. 
 
DISCIPLINE 75 
 
 Church Organizations Ample. Sect. 14. 
 Members of this Church shall not become mem- 
 . bers of organizations which exclude either sex, — 
 except they are Free Masons, or Press Clubs that 
 give the toil-worn aged Journalists a Home. God 
 requires our whole heart, and He supplies within 
 the wide channels of The Mother Church dutiful 
 and sufficient occupations for all its members. 
 
 The Golden Rule. Sect. 15. A member of 
 _The Mother Church shall not haunt Mrs. Eddy’s 
 drive when she goes out, continually stroll by 
 her house, nor make a summer resort of Concord, 
 N. H., for this purpose. 
 
 Private Communications. Sect. 16. A strictly 
 private communication from the Pastor Emeritus 
 to a member of her Church shall not be made 
 public without her written consent. 
 
 The Mother Church of Christ, Scientist 
 Tenets. Sect. 17. Ifa member of The Mother 
 Church of Christ, Scientist, or a member of a 
 Branch of this Church break the rules of its 
 Tenets as to unjust and unmerciful conduct — 
 on complaint of Mrs. Eddy our Pastor Emeritus 
 —and this complaint being found valid his or 
 her name shall be erased from The Mother 
 Church and the Branch Church’s list of mem- 
 bership and the offender shall not be received 
 
76 CHURCH BY-LAWS 
 
 into The Mother Church or a branch church 
 for twelve years. 
 
 ARTICLE X XVII. 
 MUSIC IN THE CHURCH. 
 
 Soloist and Organist. Section 1. The music 
 in The Mother Church shall be of an appro- 
 priate religious character and of a recognized 
 standard of musical excellence. Music from 
 the organ alone should continue about eight 
 or nine minutes for the voluntary and six or 
 seven minutes for the postlude, the offertory 
 conforming to the time required to take the 
 collection. The solo singer shall not neglect 
 to sing any special hymn selected by the Board 
 of Directors. 
 
THE MOTHER CHURCH AND BRANCH CHURCHES 77 
 
 THE MOTHER CHURCH AND BRANCH 
 CHURCHES. 
 
 ArticteE XXVIII. 
 
 Local Self-Government: Section 1. The 
 Mother Church of Christ, Scientist, shall assume 
 no general official control of other churches, and 
 it shall be controlled by none other. The general 
 Communion of this Church shall be observed tri- 
 ennially in Boston, Mass., on the second Sunday 
 in June. Its local Communion service shall be 
 held annually at the same date. 
 
 Each Church of Christ, Scientist, shall have 
 its own form of government. No conference of 
 churches shall be held, except the triennial con- 
 ference at The Mother Church, unless it be when 
 our churches, located in the same State, convene 
 to confer on a statute of said State, or to confer 
 harmoniously on individual unity and action of 
 the churches in said State. 
 
 witles. Seer. 2.9“ The First Church of 
 Christ, Scientist,” is the legal title of The Mother 
 Church. Branch churches of The Mother Church 
 may take the title of First Church of Christ, 
 Scientist; Second Church of Christ, Scientist; 
 
78 CHURCH BY-LAWS 
 
 and so on, where more than one church is es- 
 tablished in the same place; but the article 
 “The” must not be used before titles of branch 
 churches, nor written on applications for mem- 
 bership in naming such churches. 
 
 Mother Church Unique. Sect. 3. In its 
 relation to other Christian Science churches, in 
 its By-Laws and self-government, The Mother 
 Church stands alone; it occupies a position that 
 no other church can fill. Then for a branch 
 church to assume such position would be disas- 
 trous to Christian Science. Therefore, no Church 
 of Christ, Scientist, shall be considered loyal 
 that has branch churches or adopts The Mother 
 Church’s form of government, except in such cases 
 as are specially allowed and named in this Manual. 
 
 Tenets Copyrighted. Sect. 4. Branch 
 churches shall not write the Tenets of The 
 Mother Church in their church books, except 
 they give the name of their author and her 
 permission to publish them as Tenets of The 
 Mother Church, copyrighted in ScIENCE AND 
 HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES. 
 
 No Executive Members. Sect. 5. Branch 
 churches shall not organize with Exec- 
 utive Members, that special method of or- 
 
THE MOTHER CHURCH AND BRANCH CHURCHES 79 
 
 ganization being adapted to The Mother Church 
 alone. 
 
 Manual. Sect. 6. Branch churches shall 
 not adopt, print, nor publish the Manual of The 
 Mother ‘Church. See Articre XLIT, Sect 1 
 
 Organizing Churches. Secr. 7. A member 
 of this Church, who obeys its By-Laws and is a 
 loyal exemplary Christian Scientist working in 
 the Field, is eligible to form a church in con- 
 formity with Article XXVIII, Sect. 8, and to 
 have church services conducted by reading the 
 SCRIPTURES and the Christian Science textbook. 
 This church shall be acknowledged publicly as a 
 Church of Christ, Scientist. Upon proper appli- 
 cation, made in accordance with the rules of The 
 Christian Science Publishing Society, the ser- 
 vices of such a church may be advertised in The 
 Christian Science Journal. The branch churches 
 shall be. individual, and not more than two small 
 churches shall consolidate under one church govy- 
 ernment. If the Pastor Emeritus, Mrs. Eddy, 
 should relinquish her place as the head or Leader 
 of The Mother Church of Christ, Scientist, each 
 branch church shall continue its present form of 
 government in consonance with The Mother 
 Church Manual. 
 
80 CHURCH BY—LAWS 
 
 Requirements for Organizing Branch 
 Churches. Sect. 8. A branch church of -The 
 First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Mass., 
 shall not be organized with less than sixteen loyal 
 Christian Scientists, four of whom are members 
 of The Mother Church. This membership shall 
 include at least one active practitioner whose card 
 is published in the list of practitioners in “ The 
 Christian Science Journal.” 
 
 Communion of Branch Churches. SEcT. 9. 
 The Communion shall be observed in the branch 
 churches on the second Sunday in January and 
 July of each year, and at this service the Tenets 
 of The Mother Church are to be read. 
 
 No Close Communion. Sect. 10, The 
 Mother Church and the branch churches shall 
 not confine their membership to the pupils of 
 one teacher. 
 
 No Duplicate Membership. Sect. 11. A 
 member of The Mother Church may be a 
 member of one Branch Church of Christ, Sci- 
 entist, or of one Christian Science Society hold- 
 ing public services, but he shall not be a member 
 of both. 
 
 No Impromptu Meetings. Srect.12. Neither 
 before nor after the Communion of this Church 
 shall the members immediately hold informal 
 
THE MOTHER CHURCH AND BRANCH CHURCHES 8&1 
 
 gatherings for testimonial meetings or recep- 
 tions in Boston, Mass., or in Concord, N. H. 
 Baptized in the Spirit of Truth and Love, they 
 shall quietly go forth prepared to demonstrate 
 more fully the divine power which heals the 
 sick and the sinner. 
 
 Laying a Corner Stone. Sect. 13. No large 
 gathering of people nor display shall be allowed 
 when laying the Corner Stone of a Church of 
 Christ, Scientist. Let the ceremony be devout. 
 No special trowel should be used. (See “ Science 
 and Health,” page 140.) 
 
 Our Church Edifices. Sect. 14. The period- 
 icals of our denomination do not publish de- 
 scriptions of our church edifices, but they may 
 quote from other periodicals or give incidental 
 narratives. 
 
 Church Membership. Sect. 15. Neither the 
 Pastor Emeritus nor a member of this Church 
 shall teach Roman Catholics Christian Science, 
 except it be with the written consent of the 
 authority of their Church. Choice of patients is 
 left to the wisdom of the practitioner, and Mrs. 
 Eddy is not to be consulted on this subject. 
 
82 CHURCH BY-LAWS 
 
 THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING 
 SOCIETY. 
 
 ARTICLE X XIX. 
 
 Board of Trustees. Section 1. The Board 
 of Trustees, constituted by a Deed of Trust 
 given by Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy, the Pastor 
 Emeritus of this Church, on January twenty- 
 fifth, 1898, shall hold and manage the property 
 therein conveyed, and conduct the business of 
 “The Christian Science Publishing Society ” on 
 a strictly Christian basis, for the promotion of 
 the interests of Christian Science. 
 
 Disposal of Funds. Sect. 2. The net profits 
 of the business shall be paid over semi-annually 
 to the Treasurer of The Mother Church. He 
 shall hold this money subject to the order of the 
 Christian Science Board of Directors, which is 
 authorized to order its disposition only in accord- 
 ance with the By-Laws contained in this Manual. 
 
 Vacancies in Trusteeship. Sect. 3. The 
 Christian Science Board of Directors shall have the 
 
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING SOCIETY 83 
 
 power to declare vacancies in said trusteeship, for 
 such reasons as to the Board may seem expedient. 
 
 Whenever a vacancy shall occur, the Pastor 
 Emeritus reserves the right to fill the same by 
 appointment; but if she does not elect to exer- 
 cise this right, the remaining trustees shall fill 
 the vacancy, subject to her approval. 
 
 Editors and Manager. Sect. 4. The term 
 of office for the editors and the manager of The 
 Christian, Science Publishing Society is one year 
 each, dating from the time of election to the 
 office. Incumbents who have served one year or 
 more can be re-elected, or new officers elected, 
 by a unanimous vote of the Christian Science 
 Board of Directors, and the consent of the Pastor 
 Emeritus given in her own handwriting. 
 
 Suitable Employees. Sect. 5. A person, 
 who is not accepted by the Pastor Emeritus and 
 the Christian Science Board of Directors as suit- 
 able, shall in no manner be connected with pub- 
 lishing her books, nor with editing or publishing 
 The Christian Science Journal, Christian Science 
 Sentinel, Der Herold der Christian Science, nor 
 - with The Christian Science Publishing Society. 
 
 Periodicals. Sect. 6. Periodicals, which 
 shall at any time be published by The Christian 
 
84 CHURCH BY-LAWS 
 
 Science Publishing Society, shall be copyrighted 
 and conducted according to the provisions in the 
 Deed of Trust relating to The Christian Science 
 Journal. 
 
 - Rule of Conduct. Sect. 7. No objectionable 
 . pictures shall be exhibited in the rooms where the 
 Christian Science textbook is published or sold. 
 No idle gossip, no slander, no mischief-making, 
 no evil speaking shall be allowed. 
 
 . Books to be Published. Secr. 8. Only the 
 Publishing Society of The Mother Church selects, 
 approves, and publishes the books and literature 
 it sends forth. If Mary Baker G. Eddy disap- 
 proves of certain books or literature, the Society 
 will not publish them. The Committees on Publi- 
 cation are in no manner connected with these 
 functions. A book or an article of which Mrs. 
 Eddy is the author shall not be published nor 
 republished by this Society without her knowl- 
 edge or written consent. 
 
 Obnoxious Books. Sect. 9. A member of 
 this Church shall not patronize a publishing 
 house or bookstore that has for sale obnoxious 
 books. 
 
BOARD OF EDUCATION 85 
 
 BOARD OF EDUCATION. 
 
 — = 
 
 ARTICLE XXX. 
 ORGANIZATION. 
 
 Officers. Section 1. There shall be a Board 
 of Education, under the auspices of Mary Baker 
 G. Eddy, President of the Massachusetts Meta- 
 physical College, consisting of three members, 
 a president, vice-president, and teacher of Chris- 
 tian Science. Obstetrics will not be taught. _ 
 
 Election. Sect. 2. The vice-president. shall 
 be elected annually by the Christian Science 
 Board of Directors. Beginning with 1907, the - 
 teacher shall be elected every third year by said 
 Board, and the candidate shall be subject to the 
 approval of the Pastor Emeritus. 
 
 President not to be Consulted. Sect. 3. The 
 President is not to be consulted by students © 
 on the question of applying for admission 
 to this Board nor on their course or conduct. 
 The students can confer with their teachers on 
 subjects essential to their progress. 
 
86 CHURCH BY—LAWS 
 
 Presidency of College. Sect. 4. Should the 
 President resign over her own signature or va- 
 cate her office of President of the Massachusetts 
 Metaphysical College, a meeting of the Christian 
 Science Board of Directors shall immediately be 
 called, and the vice-president of the Board of 
 Education, being found worthy, on receiving her 
 approval shall be elected to fill the vacancy. 
 
 ARTICLE XXXI, 
 APPLICANTS AND GRADUATES. 
 
 Normal Teachers. Section 1. Loyal stu- 
 dents, who have been taught in a Primary class . 
 by Mrs. Eddy and have practised Christian 
 Science healing acceptably three years, and who 
 present such credentials as are required to verify 
 this fact, are eligible to receive the degree of 
 CSD: 
 
 Qualifications. Sect. 2. Loyal Christian 
 Scientists’ pupils who so desire may apply to the 
 Board of Education for instruction; and if they 
 have practised Christian Science healing success- 
 fully three years and will furnish evidence of 
 their eligibility therefor, they are eligible to enter 
 
BOARD OF EDUCATION 87 
 
 the Normal class. All members of this class must 
 be thorough English scholars. 
 
 Certificates. Sect. 3. Students are examined 
 and given certificates by this Board if found 
 qualified to receive them. 
 
 ‘ARTICLE XXXII. 
 ACTION OF THE BOARD, 
 
 Sessions. SeEcTION 1. The term of the 
 Massachusetts Metaphysical College will open 
 with the Board of Education on the first 
 Wednesday of December. The sessions will 
 continue not over one week. None but the 
 teacher and members of the College class shall 
 be present at the sessions, and no Primary 
 classes shall be taught under the auspices of 
 this Board. 
 
 Special Instruction. Sect, 2. Not less than 
 two thorough lessons by a well qualified teacher 
 shall be given to each Normal class on the 
 subject of mental practice and malpractice. One 
 student in the class shall prepare a paper on 
 said subject that shall be read to the class, 
 thoroughly discussed, and understood; this paper 
 
88 CHURCH BY—LAWS 
 
 shall be given to the teacher, and he shall not 
 allow it or a copy of it to remain, but shall 
 destroy this paper. 
 
 Signatures. Sect. 3. The signature of the 
 teacher and of the President of the College 
 shall be on all certificates issued. 
 
 » Remuneration and Free Scholarship. Sect. 4. 
 
 Tuition of class instruction in the Board of 
 Education shall be $75.00. The bearer of a 
 card of free scholarship from the President, 
 Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy, shall be entitled to 
 a free course in this department on presenta- 
 tion of the card to the teacher. Only the 
 President gives free admission to classes. 
 
 Surplus Funds. Sect. 5. Any surplus funds 
 left in the hands of the Board of Education 
 shall be paid over annually to the Treasurer of 
 The Mother Church. 
 
 Primary Students. Sect. 6. Students of 
 Christian Science, duly instructed therein and 
 with good moral records, not having the certifi- 
 eate of C.S.D. may enter the Normal class in 
 the Board of Education, which will be held once 
 in three years beginning A.D. 1907; provided 
 their diplomas are for three consecutive years 
 under Mrs. Eddy’s daily conversation on 
 
BOARD OF EDUCATION 89 
 
 Christian Science, or from the Massachusetts 
 Metaphysical College Board of Education. 
 
 Healing Better than Teaching. Sect. 7. 
 Healing the sick and the sinner with Truth dem- 
 onstrates what we affirm of Christian Science, 
 and nothing can substitute this demonstration. 
 I recommend that each member of this Church 
 shall strive to demonstrate by his or her practice, 
 that Christian Science heals the sick quickly and 
 wholly, thus proving this Science to be all that 
 we claim for it. 
 
 If both husband and wife are found duly quali- 
 fied to teach Christian Science, either one, not 
 both, should teach yearly one class. 
 
 Not Members of the Mother Church. Secr, 8. 
 No person shall receive instructions in Chris- 
 tian Science in any class in the Massachusetts 
 Metaphysical College, nor receive the degree of 
 C.S.B. or C.S.D., who is not a member of The 
 First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, 
 Mass. 
 
90 CHURCH BY—LAWS 
 
 GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF 
 TEACHERS. 
 
 ARTICLE XXXIII. 
 ORGANIZATION AND REGULATION. 
 
 Qualification of Members. Section 1. There 
 shall be an Association of Teachers consisting of 
 loyal Christian Scientists who have certificates of 
 the C.S.B. or C.S.D. degree, or of both, from 
 the faculty of the Massachusetts Metaphysical 
 College or Board of Education. Said Associa- 
 tion of Teachers shall be established in the 
 United States, Canada, Germany, in London, 
 England, and Edinburgh, Scotland. 
 
 Meetings. Sect. 2. The meetings of this 
 Association in the United States shall be held 
 triennially, and in alternate order, first in Boston, 
 second in Chicago, third in New York City. 
 -A member shall not report what is said or done 
 in these meetings. 
 
 The session of the General Association of 
 Teachers may be held two days, closing daily 
 not later than 6 p.m. The main topics for dis- 
 
GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS gi 
 
 cussion are, unity of action, strict conformity to 
 The Mother Church By-Laws and to the contents 
 of the chapter on Teaching Christian Science in 
 SCIENCE AND HEALTH. 
 
 Organization Required. Sect. 3. This As- 
 sociation shall be organized with an Executive 
 Board of twelve members of The Mother Church. 
 Seven members thereof shall be teachers of 
 Christian Science, and five members shall form 
 a quorum. Only members who present their 
 names and credentials of membership at the door 
 shall be admitted to the private business meetings 
 of this Association. A two-thirds vote of the 
 Executive Board shall elect or dismiss a member 
 from the General Association of Teachers, but a 
 member shall not be dismissed without the writ- 
 ten consent of the Pastor Emeritus. If dismissed, 
 a member shall no longer be regarded as a teacher 
 of Christian Science. A member can only be re- 
 instated by a unanimous vote of this Board and 
 
 _strict compliance with the rules of the General 
 Association of Teachers. 
 
 Uniformity in Teaching and Practice Re- 
 quired. Sect. 4. If one or more of the pupils 
 either of a Normal class teacher or of a Primary 
 class teacher shall practise differently from the 
 others, and so depart from the theory and prac- 
 tice which they have been taught, this departure 
 shall be noted and discussed Christianly at the 
 
92 CHURCH BY—LAWS 
 
 meeting of this Association, and then acted upon 
 by this body of teachers. The rule of uniformity 
 in the teaching and practice of Christian Science 
 shall be strictly adhered to by both teacher and 
 pupil. Ifa pupil persists in disobeying this rule, 
 his name shall be dropped from the membership 
 of the General Association of Teachers. And if 
 a teacher, after being admonished, continues to 
 disobey said rule, he shall be dismissed from this 
 Association. 
 
 Conduct of Members. Sect. 5. Ifan applica- 
 tion for membership in the General Association 
 of Teachers is rejected, it shall be the duty of 
 the Secretary of the Executive Board to notify 
 the applicant, but neither the Secretary nor 
 Board shall be obliged to report the cause 
 therefor. The members of this Board shall 
 neither report the business transactions of the 
 Board, nor what is said during its meetings. 
 
 The Executive Board shall elect a new chair- 
 man each year. His duties shall be to preside at 
 the meetings of the Executive Board and at the 
 sessions of the General Association of Teachers. 
 
 Admission of Members. Sect. 6. The Gen- 
 eral Association of Teachers shall not admit to 
 its membership students who are not members of 
 The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, 
 Mass. 
 
BOARD OF LECTURESHIP 93 
 
 BOARD OF LECTURESHIP. 
 
 ARTICLE XXXIV. 
 
 ORGANIZATION AND DUTIES. 
 
 Election. Section 1. This Church shall 
 maintain a Board of Lectureship, the members 
 of which shall be elected annually on the Mon- 
 day preceding the Annual Meeting, subject to 
 the approval of the Pastor Emeritus. The lec- 
 ture year shall begin July 1 of each year. 
 
 Duty of Lecturers. Sect. 2. It is the duty 
 of the Board of Lectureship to include in each 
 lecture a true and just reply to public topics 
 condemning Christian Science, and to bear testi- 
 mony to the facts pertaining to the life of the 
 Pastor Emeritus. Each member shall mail to 
 the Clerk of this Church copies of his lectures 
 before delivering them. 
 
 No Disruption of Branch Churches. Sect. 3. 
 The Board of Lectureship is not allowed in any- 
 wise to meddle with nor to disrupt the organiza- 
 
94 CHURCH BY—LAWS 
 
 tion of branch churches. The lecturer can invite 
 churches within the city whither he is called to 
 unite in their attendance on his lecture, and so 
 make for their churches a less lecture fee; but 
 the churches shall decide their action. 
 
 Receptions. Sect. 4. Asa rule there should 
 be no receptions nor festivities after a lecture on 
 Christian Science, but there may occur excep- 
 tions. If there be an individual who goes to hear 
 and deride truth, he should go away contemplat- 
 ing truth; and he who goes to seek truth should 
 have the opportunity to depart in quiet thought 
 on that subject. 
 
 ARTICLE XXXV. 
 CALLS FOR LECTURES. 
 
 From the Directors. Section 1. When the 
 need is apparent, the Christian Science Board of 
 Directors of The Mother Church may call on 
 any member of this Board of Lectureship to 
 lecture at such places and at such times as the 
 cause of-Christian Science demands. 
 
 From Branch Churches. Sect. 2. The 
 branch Churches of Christ, Scientist, may apply 
 through their clerks to a member of this Board 
 
BOARD OF LECTURESHIP 95 
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 of Lectureship for a speaker, and one shall be 
 assigned them by the Board. 
 
 From Societies. Secr. 3. If called for, a 
 member of the Board may lecture for a Society. 
 
 Annual Lectures. Sect. 4. The Mother 
 Church and the branch churches shall call on 
 the Board of Lectureship annually for one or 
 more lectures. 
 
 No Lectures by Readers. Sect. 5. No lec- 
 ture shall be given by a Reader during his term 
 of readership. The duties alone of a Reader are 
 ample. 
 
 No Wednesday Evening Lectures. Sect. 6. 
 The Board of Lectureship shall not appoint a 
 lecture for Wednesday evening. 
 
 Lecture Fee. Sect. 7. The lecture fee shall 
 be left to the discretion of the lecturer. 
 
 Expenses. Sect. 8. The lecturer’s traveling 
 expenses and the cost of hall shall be paid by 
 the church that employs him. 
 
 Exceptional Cases. Sect. 9. If a lecturer 
 receive a call to lecture in a place where he sees 
 there is special need, and the local church is un- 
 able to meet the expense, he is at liberty to supply 
 that need and trust to contributions for his fee. 
 
96 CHURCH BY—LAWS 
 
 MISSIONARIES, 
 
 ARTICLE XXXVI. 
 
 Election. Section 1. The Christian Science 
 Board of Directors shall annually elect not 
 less than three experienced, competent Chris- 
 tian Scientists for missionary work in Boston, 
 Mass. 
 
 Compensation. Sect. 2. While these stu- 
 dents are performing missionary labor, they 
 shall receive suitable wages, and the money 
 thus appropriated shall be drawn from contri- 
 butions to the Church or from the annual 
 Church fund. 
 
 Help. Sect. 3. If the author of the Chris- 
 tian Science text-book call on this Board for 
 household help or a handmaid, the Board 
 shall immediately appoint a proper member 
 of this Church therefor, and the appointee 
 shall go immediately in obedience to the call. 
 “He that loveth father or mother more than 
 me is not worthy of me.” (Matt. 10: 37.) 
 
COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION 97 
 
 COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION. 
 
 ARTICLE XXXVII. 
 
 In The Mother Church. Section 1. There 
 shall be appointed by The Mother Church a Com- 
 mittee on Publication, which shall consist of one 
 loyal Christian Scientist who lives in Boston, and 
 he shall be manager of the Committees on Publi- 
 cation throughout the United States and Canada. 
 He shall be elected annually by a unanimous vote 
 of the Christian Science Board of Directors and 
 the consent of the Pastor Emeritus given in her 
 own handwriting, and shall receive an annual 
 salary, paid quarterly, of not less than. four thou- 
 sand dollars. 
 
 Duties. Sect. 2. It shall be the duty of the 
 Committee on Publication to correct in a Chris- 
 tian manner impositions on the public in regard 
 to Christian Science, injustices done Mrs. Eddy 
 or members of this Church by the daily press, 
 by periodicals or circulated literature of any sort. 
 
 This Committee on Publication shall be respon- 
 7 
 
98 CHURCH BY-LAWS 
 
 sible for correcting or having corrected a false 
 newspaper article which has not been replied to 
 by other Scientists, or which has been forwarded 
 to this Committee for the purpose of having him 
 reply to it. If the correction by the Committee 
 on Publication is not promptly published by the 
 periodical, in which it is desirable that this cor- 
 rection shall appear, this Committee shall im- 
 mediately apply for aid to the Committee on 
 Business. Furthermore, the Committee on Pub- 
 lication shall read the last proof sheet of such 
 an article and see that it is published according 
 to copy; he shall circulate in large quantities 
 the papers containing such an article, sending a 
 copy to the Clerk of the Church. It shall also 
 be the duty of the Committee on Publication to 
 have published each year in a leading Boston 
 newspaper the letter sent to the Pastor Emeritus 
 by the Church members in annual meeting as- 
 sembled. The State Committees on Publication 
 act under the direction of this Committee on 
 Publication. 
 
 In Branch Churches. Sect. 3. The Readers 
 of the three largest branch churches in each State 
 of the United States and in Canada shall annually 
 and alternately appoint a Committee on Publi- 
 
COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION 99 
 
 cation to serve in their localities. Each county 
 of Great Britain and Ireland, through the Readers 
 of its three largest branch churches, shall annu- 
 ally and alternately appoint a Committee on Pub- 
 lication to serve in its locality. Each church is 
 not necessarily confined to its own members mm 
 selecting this Committee, but if preterred, can 
 appoint a Committee on Publication, who is in 
 good fellowship with another Church of Christ, 
 Scientist. 
 
 This By-Law applies to all States except 
 Massachusetts, in which the Committee on Pub- 
 lication is elected only by the Christian Science 
 Board of Directors, 
 
 Appointment. Sect. 4. The Committees on 
 Publication shall consist of men generally. Each 
 State Committee shall be appointed by the First 
 and Second Readers of the church employing 
 said Committee. If prior to the meeting of the 
 church for the election of officers, Mrs. Eddy 
 shall send to the First Reader of the church the 
 name of a candidate for its Committee on Publi- 
 cation, the Readers shall appoint said candidate. 
 Or if she shall send a special request to any 
 Committee on Publication, the request shall be 
 carried out according to her directions, 
 
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100 CHURCH BY—LAWS 
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 Removal from Office. Sect. 5. If the Com- 
 mittee on Publication neglects to fulfil the obli- 
 gations of his office according to these By-Laws, 
 and this becomes apparent to the Christian Sci- 
 ence Board of Directors, it shall be the duty of 
 the Directors immediately to act upon this im- 
 portant matter in accordance with said By-Laws. 
 
 The Christian Science Board of Directors may 
 notify any Church of Christ, Scientist, to remove 
 its Committee on Publication and to appoint an- 
 other Committee to fill the vacancy; and it shall 
 be the duty of that church to comply with this 
 request. In such cases it shall be the privilege 
 of this Board to name the Committee if it so 
 desires, and any Committee so named by the 
 Board shall be elected by the branch church. 
 
 Case of Necessity. Sercr. 6. If a suitable 
 man is not obtainable for Committee on Publica- 
 tion, a suitable woman shall be elected. If at 
 any time the Christian Science Board of Direc- 
 tors shall determine that the manager of the 
 general Committee on Publication needs an as- 
 sistant, the Board shall, with the approval of the 
 Pastor Emeritus, appoint an assistant manager, 
 who shall receive an adequate salary from The 
 Mother Church. 
 
READING ROOMS 101 
 
 READING ROOMS. 
 
 ARTICLE XXXVIII. 
 
 Establishment. Section 1. Each church of 
 the Christian Science denomination shall have 
 a reading room, though two or more churches 
 may unite in having reading rooms, provided 
 these rooms are well located. 
 
 Librarian. Sect. 2. The individual who 
 takes charge of the Reading Room of The 
 Mother Church shall be elected by the Trustees 
 of The Christian Science Publishing Society, 
 subject to the approval of Mary Baker G. Eddy. 
 He or she shall have no bad habits, shall have 
 had experience in the Field, shall be well edu- 
 cated, and a devout Christian Scientist. 
 
 Mrs. Eddy’s Rooms. Sect. 3. The tempo- 
 rary custodians of Mrs. Eddy’s rooms shall be 
 appointed with her consent. 
 
102 CHURCH BY-LAWS 
 
 MARRIAGE AND DECEASE. 
 
 ARTICLE XXXIX. 
 
 - A Legal Ceremony. Section 1. If a Chris- 
 tian Scientist is to be married, the ceremony 
 shall be performed by a clergyman who is legally 
 authorized. 
 
 Sudden Decease, Sect. 2. If a member of 
 the Mother Church shall decease suddenly, 
 without ‘previous injury or illness, and the 
 cause thereof be unknown, an autopsy shall 
 be made by qualified experts. 
 
 DEBATING IN PUBLIC. 
 
 ARTICLE XL. 
 
 No Unauthorized Debating. Section 1. A 
 member of this Church shall not debate on Chris- 
 tian Science in public debating assemblies, with- 
 out the consent of the Board of Directors. 
 
CHURCH BUILDING 103 
 
 CHURCH-BUILDING. 
 
 ArTIcLeE XLI. 
 
 Building Committee. Section 1. There 
 shall be a Building Committee consisting of 
 not less than three members, and this committee 
 shall not be dissolved until the new Church 
 edifice is completed. This Committee shall elect, 
 dismiss, or supply a vacancy of its members by 
 a majority vote. 
 
 . Designation of Deeds. Sect. 2. All deeds 
 of further purchases of land for The First 
 Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., 
 shall have named in them all the trusts mentioned 
 in the deeds given by Mr. Albert Metcalf and 
 Mr. E. Noyes Whitcomb, March, 1903. Also there 
 shall be incorporated in all deeds for land for 
 said Church the phrase “ Mary Baker G. Eddy’s 
 Church, The Mother Church or The First Clrurch 
 ‘of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass.” 
 
 The Mother Church Building. Sect. 3. The 
 edifice erected in 1894 for The First Church of 
 Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., shall neither 
 be demolished, nor removed from the site where 
 it was built, without the written consent of the 
 Pastor Emeritus, Mary Baker G. Eddy. 
 
104 CHURCH BY—LAWS 
 
 CHURCH MANUAL, 
 
 ArTIcLE XLII. 
 
 For The Mother Church Only. Section I. 
 The Church Manual of The First Church of 
 Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., written by 
 Mary Baker G. Eddy and copyrighted, is 
 adapted to The Mother Church only. It stands 
 alone, uniquely adapted to form the budding 
 thought and hedge it about with divine Love. 
 This Manual shall not be revised without the 
 written consent of its author. 
 
 Fifty-seventh Edition the Authority. Sect. 
 2. The Board of Directors, the Committee on 
 Bible Lessons, and the Board of Trustees shall 
 each keep a copy of the fifty-seventh edition and 
 of subsequent editions of the Church Manual; 
 and if a discrepancy appears in any revised edi- 
 tion, these editions shall be cited as authority. 
 
 Amendment of By-Laws. Sect. 3. No new 
 Tenet or By-Law shall be adopted, nor any 
 Tenet or By-Law amended or annulled, with- 
 out the written consent of Mary Baker G. 
 Eddy, the author of our text-book, ScrENCcE 
 AND HEALTH. 
 
Eppendir. 
 
 Special Instructions. 
 Regarding Applications for Church Membership. 
 
 1. Loyal members of the Mother Church are 
 eligible to approve candidates to unite with this 
 Church, 
 
 2. No persons are eligible to countersign ap- 
 plications except loyal students of Mrs. Eddy, 
 Directors, Executive Members, and students of 
 the Board of Education who have been given 
 a degree, and are members of the Mother 
 Church. 
 
 3. Those who approve applicants should have 
 applications returned to them after being filled 
 out by the applicants, as required by Article 
 XXVI, Sect. 12, and should compare them 
 with the forms here given, and see that names 
 are legibly written, before sending them to the 
 Clerk of the Church. If not correct, the appli- 
 cant will be notified, and new applications will 
 
 107 
 
108 APPENDIX 
 
 be required, as none will be returned that are 
 not correctly made out. This requirement is to 
 prevent applications being duplicated and the 
 confusion that might result therefrom. It is 
 important that these seemingly strict conditions 
 be complied with, as the names of the members 
 of the Mother Church will be recorded in the his- 
 tory of the Church and become a part thereof. 
 
 4. All names, whether of applicants, signers, 
 or countersigners, must be plainly written, and 
 one, at least, of the given names of each, written 
 in full. Initials only of first names will not be 
 received. Women must sign Miss or Mrs. be- 
 fore their names as the case may be. 
 
 All names must be written the same in all 
 places where they are required. 
 
INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLICANTS b ele) 
 
 TO APPLICANTS. 
 
 1. In filling out the application blank, one 
 of the -Christian names must be written in full. 
 Initials alone will not be received. 
 
 2. If the applicant is a married woman she 
 must sign her own Christian name, not her hus- 
 band’s, and prefix her signature with “ Mrs;” 
 unmarried women must sign “ Miss.” 
 
 3. There are two regular forms of applica- 
 tion. 1. For those who have studied Christian 
 Science with an authorized teacher; 2. For those 
 who have not studied Christian Science with a 
 teacher. 
 
 Applicants will find the chief points of these 
 instructions illustrated in Form 1 and Form 2, 
 on pages 112 and 116, 
 
 4. Those whose teachers are deceased, absent, 
 or disloyal, or those whose teachers refuse, with- 
 out sufficient cause, to sign applications (see Art. 
 VIII, Sect. 4), will be furnished special forms 
 on application to the Clerk. 
 
210 APPENDIX 
 
 5. When branch churches are designated by 
 number, as First Church, Second Church, etc., 
 the number must be written First, Second, as 
 shown on page 116. ‘The article “the” either 
 capitalized (The), or small (the), must not be 
 used before titles of branch churches. See Ar- 
 ticle XXVIII, Sect. 2. 
 
 6. If the applicant is not a member of a 
 branch church, he should fill out his applica- 
 tion in this respect according to the form .on 
 page 114. 
 
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College, or by one who has passed an examination by the 
 Board of Education, fill this blank. 
 
 If you have been taught by a loyal student who has taken a degree at the Massachv- 
 setts Metaphysical 
 
 112 APPENDIX 
 
 APPLICATION. 
 i 
 
 PROPERLY SIGNED AND ENDORSED, ACCORDING TO 
 ARTICLE VIII, SECT. 2. ‘ 
 
 FORM ! 
 
 The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, 
 Mass., is designed to be built on the rock of Christ — 
 Truth and Life —and to reflect the Church Trium- 
 
 phant. 
 
 One who is not a member of any church, excepting 
 a branch church of Christ, Scientist, who loves Christian 
 Science, and reads understandingly the Bible, and Sci- 
 ENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES, 
 by Reverend Mary Baker G. Eddy, and other works by 
 this author, and who is Christianly qualified and can 
 
 enter into full fellowship’ with the Tenets and Rules of 
 The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., 
 is eligible to membership. 
 
 To The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, 
 Mass. 
 William B. Johnson, C.S.D., Clerk. 
 I hereby make application-for- membership, and sub- 
 scribe to the Tenets and the By-Laws of the Church. 
 My teacher in Christian Science is 
 
INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLICATION II3 
 
 Ee eA O ING 
 
 I. — (Continued.) 
 
 PROPERLY SIGNED AND ENDORSED, ACCORDING TO 
 ARTICLE VIII, SECT. Z. 
 
 FORM 1 , — (Continued.) 
 
 I am not a member of any church. 
 Yours in Truth and Love, 
 
 J OGTR ee eae QT eNO MT O OT Bet We Pe Lee 
 
 I cordially approve the applicant. 
 
 To THE APPLICANT: 
 
 Please fill out the 
 following for the use 
 of the Treasurer of 
 the Church: 
 
 Street and Number....18 Forest St.,..----.---- 
 
I14 APPENDIX 
 
 APPLICATION. 
 
 I. 
 
 PROPERLY SIGNED AND ENDORSED, ACCORDING TO 
 ARTICLE VIII, SECT. 2. 
 
 FORM 1. 
 
 The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, 
 Mass., is designed to be built on the rock of Christ — 
 Truth and Life —and to reflect the Church Trium- 
 phant. 
 
 One who is not a member of any church, excepting 
 a branch church of Christ, Scientist, who loves Christian 
 Science, and reads understandingly the Bible, and Sci- 
 ENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES, 
 by Reverend Mary Baker G. Eddy, and other works by 
 this author, and who is Christianly qualified and can 
 enter into full fellowship with the Tenets and Rules of 
 The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., 
 is eligible to membership. 
 
 To The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, 
 Mass. 
 
 College, or by one who has passed an examination by the 
 Board of Education, fill this blank. 
 
 William B. Johnson, C.S.D., Clerk. 
 
 I hereby make application for membership, and sub- 
 scribe to the Tenets and the By-Laws of the Church. 
 My teacher in Christian Science is 
 
 setts Metaphysical 
 
 Yf you have been taught by a loyal student who has taken a degree at the Massachu- 
 
INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLICATION II5 
 
 APPLICATION. 
 I. — (Continued) - 
 
 PROPERLY SIGNED AND ENDORSED, ACCORDING TO 
 ARTICLE VIII, SECT. 2. 
 
 FORM | ,— (Continued) 
 
 I am not a member of any church, -exeepting:.........--. 
 Ghureh-of Christ, Seientist at. cece cececeececeeceeeeseeeeees 
 
 Yours in Truth and Love, 
 INCL, TARAS Mrs. Jennie W. Field, C.S. 
 Street and Number 
 
 an. 2nd, TQOL. 
 
 I cordially approve this applicant. 
 
 Mrs. Jennie W. Field, C.S.,.----+-» 
 To THE APPLICANT: 
 
 Please fill out the Street and Number 
 following for the use” 
 
 of the Treasurer of 
 the Church: 
 
the Board of Education, fill this blank. 
 
 If you have not been taught by a loyal student who has taken a degree at the Massa- 
 chusetts Metaphysical College, or by one who has passed an examination by 
 
 ‘+ 
 
 116 APPENDIX 
 
 APPLICATION. 
 De 
 
 SIGNED, ENDORSED, AND COUNTERSIGNED, ACCORD- 
 ING TO ARTICLE IX, SECT. 2. 1 
 
 | FORM 2. 
 | 
 
 One who is not a member of any church, excepting 
 a branch church of Christ, Scientist, who loves Christian 
 Science, and reads understandingly the Bible, and Scr- 
 ENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES, 
 | by Reverend Mary Baker G. Eddy, and other works by 
 
 this author, and who is Christianly qualified and can 
 | enter into full fellowship with the Tenets and Rules of 
 The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., 
 is eligible to membership. 
 
 To The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, 
 Mass. 
 William B. Johnson, C.S.D., Clerk. 
 
 I hereby make application for membership, and sub- 
 | scribe to the Tenets and the By-Laws of the Church. 
 I have not studied Christian Science with a teacher, 
 and am not a member of any church excepting Second 
 Church of Christ, Scientist, at Wew Vork, WV. Y. 
 
 Yours in Truth and Love, 
 
INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLICATION li7 
 
 APPLICATION. 
 Il. — (Continued.) 
 
 SIGNED, ENDORSED, AND COUNTERSIGNED, ACCORD- 
 ING TO ARTICLE [X, SECT. 2. 
 
 FORM 2, — (Continued.) 
 
 To THE APPLICANT: 
 
 Blescecniloutihe Street and Number....-- 293 Emerson St. ..--.- 
 | following for the use - 
 of the Treasurer of 227 07 CitY -----------20------- New York....... 
 
 the Church : Ly har aed ore ste, ee NES N. F. 
 
118 APPENDIX 
 
 Present Order of Services in the 
 Mother Church. 
 
 Republished from the Sentinel 
 
 SUNDAY SERVICES. 
 
 nl 
 
 Organ Voluntary. 
 
 2. Hymn. 
 3. Reading a Scriptural Selection. 
 4. Silent Prayer, followed by the audible 
 
 repetition of the Lord’s Prayer with its spirit- 
 ual interpretation. 
 
 33.) Etymmn, 
 6. Announcing necessary notices. 
 7s Solo, 
 
 8. Reading the explanatory note on first leaf 
 of Quarterly. 
 
 g. Announcing the subject of the Teen 
 Sermon, and reading the Golden Text. 
 
 10. Reading the Scriptural selection, entitled 
 “Responsive Reading,” alternately by the First 
 Reader and the congregation. 
 
ORDER OF SERVICES I1I9 
 
 11. Reading the Lesson-Sermon. (After the 
 Second Reader reads the BiBLe references of 
 the first Section of the Lesson, the First Reader 
 makes the following announcement: “As an- 
 nounced in the explanatory note, I shall now 
 read correlative passages from the Christian 
 Science textbook, SciENcCE AND HEALTH WITH 
 Key TO THE SCRIPTURES, by Mary Baker G. 
 Eddy.’’) 
 
 12. Collection. 
 xao El ymin. 
 
 14. Reading “The scientific statement of 
 being,” and the correlative ScRIPTURE accord- 
 ing to 1 John, 3: 1-3. 
 
 15. Pronouncing Benediction. 
 
 The order of Sunday service is sometimes 
 varied by the singing of a selection immedi- 
 ately after the organ voluntary. 
 
 On the first Sunday of each month, except on 
 Communion Day, Article XX, Section 1, A Rule 
 for Motives and Acts, is to be read. 
 
120 APPENDIX 
 
 COMMUNION SERVICES. 
 
 1. Organ Voluntary. 
 
 2. Hymn. 
 
 3. Reading a Scriptural Selection. 
 
 4. Silent Prayer, followed by the audible 
 repetition of the Lord’s Prayer with its spiritual 
 ‘interpretation. 
 
 5. Hymn. 
 
 6. Announcing ‘necessary notices. 
 
 7. Reading Tenets of the Mother Church. 
 
 8. Collection and Solo. 
 
 g. Reading the explanatory note on first leaf 
 of Quarterly. 
 
 1o. Announcing the subject of the Lesson- 
 Sermon, and reading the Golden Text. 
 
 11. Reading the Scriptural selection entitled 
 “Responsive Reading” alternately by the First 
 Reader and the congregation. 
 
 12. Reading the Lesson-Sermon. (After the 
 Second Reader reads the Brsie references of the 
 first Section of the Lesson, the First Reader 
 makes the following announcement: “As an- 
 
 a 
 
ORDER OF SERVICES E2T 
 
 nounced in the explanatory note, I shall now read 
 correlative passages from the Christian Science 
 textbook, ScIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEy TO 
 THE SCRIPTURES, by Mary Baker G. Eddy.”) 
 
 13. The First Reader briefly invites the con- 
 gregation to kneel in silent Communion. This is 
 concluded by the audible repetition of the Lord’s 
 Prayer (spiritual interpretation omitted). 
 
 14. Singing the Doxology: 
 
 “Be Thou, O God, exalted high; 
 And as Thy glory fills the sky, 
 So let it be on earth displayed, 
 Till Thou art here and now obeyed.” 
 
 15. Reading “The scientific statement of 
 being” and the correlative ScrIpTURE accord- 
 ing to I John, 3: 1-3. 
 
 16. Pronouncing Benediction, 
 
 This is the order of service at the Mother 
 Church. The branch churches shall adopt this 
 form of service; and the members of this Church 
 shall not assemble at the residence of the Pastor 
 Emeritus at or about the time of its Annual 
 Meeting and Communion season. The Church 
 Tenets shall be read at the Communion service 
 in the branch churches. ; 
 
122 APPENDIX 
 
 Chanksgiving Day. 
 
 Order of Service for the Mother Church and 
 Branch Churches. 
 
 1. Organ Voluntary. 
 2. Hymn. 
 
 3. Reading the Thanksgiving Proclama- 
 tion of the President of the United States, or 
 the Governor of the state, or both. 
 
 4. Reading a Scriptural Selection. 
 
 5. Silent Prayer, followed by the audible 
 repetition of the Lord’s Prayer with its spirit- 
 ual interpretation. 
 
 6.. Hymn. 
 
 7. Reading the Explanatory Note on the 
 first leaf of the Quarterly. 
 
 8. Announcing the subject of the Lesson- 
 Sermon, and reading the Golden Text. 
 
 g. Responsive Reading by the First Reader 
 and the congregation. 
 
ORDER OF SERVICES 123 
 
 10. Reading the Lesson-Sermon prepared 
 by the Bible Lesson Committee. 
 
 mer Solo, 
 
 12. Testimonies by Christian Scientists, 
 
 appropriate for the occasion. 
 She? Ely ing. 
 
 14. Reading the Scientific Statement of 
 Being, and the correlative Scripture according 
 te.7 John, 3:1, 2, 3. 
 
 15. Pronouncing Benediction. 
 
 16. Organ Voluntary. 
 
 No collection is to be taken at this service. 
 
124 APPENDIX 
 
 WEDNESDAY MEETINGS. 
 
 1. Organ Prelude. 
 2. Elymn, 
 
 3. Reading from the Bree, and correlative 
 passages from SCIENCE AND HEALTH wiTH Key 
 TO THE SCRIPTURES. 
 
 4. Silent Prayer, followed by the audible repe- 
 tition of the Lord’s Prayer, its spiritual interpre- 
 tation being omitted. 
 
 5. Hymn. 
 6. Announcing necessary notices. 
 
 7. Experiences, testimonies, and remarks on 
 Christian Science. 
 
 8. Closing Hymn. 
 
DEED OF TRUST 125 
 
 Deed of Crust. 
 
 The following is a Copy of the Deed of Trust 
 Conveying Land for Church Edtfice. 
 
 KNow ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, 
 
 That I Mary Baker G. Eddy of Concord in 
 the County of Merrimack and State of New 
 Hampshire in consideration of one dollar to 
 me paid by Ira O. Knapp of Boston, Mas- 
 sachusetts, William B. Johnson of Boston, 
 Massachusetts, Joseph S. Eastaman of Chel- 
 sea, Massachusetts, and Stephen A. Chase of 
 Fall River, Massachusetts, the receipt whereof 
 is hereby acknowledged, and, also in consider- 
 ation of the trusts and uses hereinafter men- 
 tioned and established, do hereby give, bargain, 
 sell, and convey to the said Ira O. Knapp, Wil- 
 liam B. Johnson, Joseph S. Eastaman, and 
 Stephen A. Chase as trustees as hereinafter 
 provided and to their legitimate successors in 
 
126 APPENDIX 
 
 office forever, a certain parcel of land situate 
 on Falmouth street in said Boston, bounded and 
 described as follows: Beginning at the junction 
 of Falmouth street, and a forty-foot street now 
 called Caledonia street; thence running South- 
 west on said Falmouth street one hundred and 
 sixteen and eighty-eight hundredths feet; thence 
 Northwest at a right angle to a point where a 
 line drawn at right angles to said forty-foot 
 street at a point thereon one hundred and six- 
 teen and fifty-five hundredths feet Northwest 
 from the point of beginning meets the said 
 boundary at right angles to Falmouth street, 
 sixty-six and seventy-eight hundredths feet; 
 thence at an obtuse angle on said line at right 
 angles to said forty-foot street sixty-seven and 
 thirty-five hundredths feet to said forty-foot 
 street; thence Southeasterly on said forty-foot 
 street one hundred and sixteen and fifty-five 
 hundredths feet to the point of beginning; 
 containing seven thousand eight hundred and 
 twenty-eight square feet more or less, and sub- 
 ject to the agreements and restrictions men- 
 tioned in a deed recorded in Suffolk Registry 
 of Deeds Lib. 1719, Fol. 83 so far as the same 
 are now legally operative. 
 
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 DEED OF TRUST 12 
 
 This deed of conveyance is made upon the 
 following express trusts and conditions which 
 the said grantees by accepting this deed agree 
 and covenant for themselves and their succes- 
 sors in office to fully perform and fulfil. 
 
 1. Said grantees shall be known as the “ Chris- 
 tian Science Board of Directors,” and shall con- 
 stitute a perpetual body or corporation under and 
 in accordance with section one, Chapter 39 of the 
 Public Statutes of Massachusetts... Whenever a 
 vacancy occurs in said Board the remaining mem- 
 bers shall within thirty days fill the same by elec- 
 tion; but no one shall be eligible to that office 
 who is not in the opinion of the remaining mem- 
 bers of the Board a firm and consistent believer 
 in the doctrines of Christian Science as taught in 
 a book entitled “Science AND HEALTH,” by Mary 
 Baker G. Eddy beginning with the seventy-first 
 edition thereof. 
 
 T The deacons, church wardens, or other similar officers of churches 
 or other religious societies, and the trustees of the Methodist Episco- 
 pal churches appointed according to the discipline and usages thereof, 
 shall, if citizens of this commonwealth, be deemed bodies corporate for 
 
 curpose of taking and holding in succession all the grants and 
 whether of real or personal estate, made either to them and 
 sors, or to their respective churches, or to the poor of the 
 
128 APPENDIX 
 
 2. Said Board shall within five years from the 
 date hereof build or cause to be built upon said 
 lot of land a suitable and convenient church edi- 
 fice, the cost of which shall not be less than fifty 
 thousand dollars. 
 
 3. When said church building is completed 
 said Board shall elect a pastor, reader or speaker 
 to fill the pulpit who shall be a genuine Christian 
 Scientist; they shall maintain public worship in 
 accordance with the doctrines of Christian Sci- 
 ence in said church, and for this purpose they 
 are fully empowered to make any and all neces- 
 sary rules and regulations. 
 
 4. Said Board of Directors shall not suffer 
 or allow any building to be erected upon said 
 lot except a church building or edifice, nor shall 
 they allow said church building or any part 
 thereof to be used for any other purpose than 
 for the ordinary and usual uses of a church.’ 
 
 5. Said Board of Directors shall not allow or 
 permit in said church building any preaching or 
 other religious services which shall not be con- 
 sonant and in strict harmony with the doctrines 
 and practice of Christian Science as taugk’ 
 explained by Mary Baker G. Eddy in the s 
 
DEED OF TRUST 129 
 
 first edition of her book entitled “ SclIENCE AND 
 HEALTH,” which is soon to be issued, and in any 
 subsequent edition thereof. 
 
 6. The congregation: which shall worship in 
 said church shall be styled “ The First Church 
 of Christ, Scientist.” 
 
 7. Said Directors shall not sell or mortgage 
 the land hereby conveyed; but they shall see 
 that all taxes and legal assessments on said 
 property are promptly paid. 
 
 8. Said church building shall not be removed 
 from said lot except for the purpose of rebuild- 
 ing thereon a more expensive or a more conven- 
 ient structure in which said doctrines of Christian 
 Science only shall be preached and practised. If 
 said church building is removed for either of 
 the purposes above set forth, any and all tablets 
 and inscriptions which are or shall be upon said 
 church building at the time of removal shall be 
 removed therefrom and placed upon the walls 
 of the new edifice. If said building is burned, 
 the Directors shall forthwith proceed to rebuild 
 the church. 
 
 9. Said Bireciors shall maintain acme 
 preaching, reading or speaking in said church 
 
 9 
 
130 APPENDIX 
 
 pi eee 
 on each Sabbath, and an omission to have and 
 maintain such preaching, reading or speaking 
 for one year in succession shall be deemed a 
 breach of this condition. 
 
 ~ 
 
 10. Whenever said Directors shall determine 
 that it is inexpedient to maintain preaching, 
 reading or speaking in said church in accord- 
 ance with the terms of this deed, they are 
 authorized and required to reconvey forthwith 
 said lot of land with the building thereon to 
 Mary Baker G. Eddy, her heirs and assigns 
 forever by a proper deed of conveyance. 
 
 11. The omission or neglect on the part of 
 said Directors to strictly comply with any of 
 the conditions herein contained shall constitute 
 a breach thereof, and the title hereby conveyed 
 shall revert to the grantor Mary Baker G. Eddy, 
 her heirs and assigns forever, upon her entry 
 upon said land and taking possession thereof 
 for such breach. 
 
 To Have and to Hold the above granted 
 premises with all the privileges and appurte- 
 nances thereon belonging to said grantees and 
 their successors in office to the uses and trusts 
 above described forever. 
 
DEED OF TRUST I31 
 
 And the said grantor for herself and her heirs, 
 executors and administrators covenants with the 
 said grantees and their successors in office that 
 she is lawfully seized in fee simple of the afore- 
 said premises, that they are free from all incum- 
 brances not herein mentioned or referred to, that 
 she has good right to sell and convey the same 
 to the said grantees and their successors in office 
 as aforesaid, and that she will and her heirs, 
 executors, and administrators shall, warrant and 
 defend the same to the said grantees and their 
 successors in office forever against the lawful 
 claims and demands of all persons. 
 
 In witness whereof I the said Mary Baker G. 
 Eddy have hereto set my hand and seal this 1st 
 day of September, 1892. 
 
 MARY BAKER G. EDDY 
 
 Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of 
 
 LauRA E. SARGENT. 
 
 R. E. WALKER. 
 September Ist, 1892. 
 
 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Se 
 MERRIMACK. i 
 
 Then personally appeared the above named 
 Mary Baker G. Eddy and acknowledged the 
 
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DEED CONVEYING LAND FOR CHURCH PURPOSES 133 
 
 Deed Conveying Land for 
 Church Purposes. 
 
 METCALF ¢o KNAPP ef al Trs. 
 Libro 2886, Fol. 521. 
 
 Know ALL MEN, 
 
 That I, Albert Metcalf, the grantor in a cer- 
 tain deed given to Ira O. Knapp and others 
 dated October 23, 1896, and recorded with Suf- 
 folk Deeds, Book 2591, page 398, do hereby de- 
 clare that the land conveyed by said deed was 
 conveyed to the grantees therein, as they are the 
 Christian Science Board of Directors, upon the 
 trusts, but not subject to the conditions men- 
 tioned in the deed creating said Board given by 
 Mary Baker G. Eddy to Ira O. Knapp and 
 others, dated September Ist, 1892, and recorded 
 with Suffolk Deeds, Book 2081, page 257. In 
 addition to the trusts contained in said deed of 
 September 1, 1892, from Mary Baker G, Eddy, 
 
134 APPENDIX 
 this property is conveyed on the further trusts 
 that no new Tenet or By-Law shall be adopted, 
 nor any Tenet or By-Law amended or annulled 
 by the grantees unless the written consent of said 
 Mary Baker G. Eddy, the author of the textbook 
 “SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEy TO THE SCRIP- 
 TURES,” be given therefor, or unless at the writ- 
 ten request of Mrs. Eddy the Executive Members 
 of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, (for- 
 merly called the ‘“ First Members,”) by a two- 
 thirds vote of all their number, decide so to do. 
 And that the same inscription which is on the 
 outside of the present church edifice shall be 
 placed on any new church erected on said lot. 
 And in consideration of one dollar to me paid 
 by said Ira O. Knapp, William B. Johnson, 
 Joseph Armstrong and Stephen A. Chase, the 
 receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, I do 
 hereby confirm the deed as above mentioned, and 
 do grant and release unto them, their heirs, suc- 
 cessors and assigns in trust as aforesaid, the 
 premises therein described. 
 
 In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my 
 hand and seal this nineteenth day of March, A.D. 
 nineteen hundred and three. 
 
 ALBERT METCALF. [Seal] 
 
DEED CONVEYING LAND FOR CHURCH PURPOSES 135 
 
 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, 
 SUFFOLK 
 
 Then said Albert Metcalf acknowledged the 
 foregoing instrument to be his free act and 
 deed. 
 
 Before me 
 
 } ss. MARCH 2oth, 1903. 
 
 Matco“tm McLovup. 
 Fustice of the Peace. 
 
 MARCH 20, 1903, at twelve o’clock and sixteen minutes P. M. 
 Received, Entered and Examined. 
 
 Attest: THos. F. TEMPLE, Reg. 
 
 A true copy from the REcoRDs oF DEEDs for the CouNTY 
 OF SUFFOLK, Lib. 2886, Fol. 521. 
 
 Attest: CHas. W. KIMBALL, Asst. Reg. 
 
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