{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_18039/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_18039","id":"gutenberg_18039","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18039","summary":null,"tags":["Category: Religion/Spirituality","Christian Science","Christianity"],"text":"Eighty-Ninth edition\n\nManual of The Mother Church\n\nThe First Church of Christ\n\nScientist\n\nIn Boston, Massachusetts\n\nBY\n\nMARY BAKER EDDY\n\nDiscoverer and founder of Christian Science\nAnd author of Science and Health with\nKey to the Scriptures\n\nPUBLISHED BY THE\nTRUSTEES UNDER THE WILL OF MARY BAKER G. EDDY\n\nBOSTON, U.S.A.\n\n\nAuthorized literature of\nThe first Church of Christ, Scientist\nIn Boston, Massachusetts\n\n  COPYRIGHT, 1895\n  _By_ CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS\n  Copyright renewed, 1923\n\n  COPYRIGHT 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1901\n  _By_ JAMES A. NEAL _and_ THOMAS W. HATTEN\n  Copyright renewed, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929\n\n  COPYRIGHT, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1908\n  _By_ MARY BAKER G. EDDY\n  Copyright renewed, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1936\n\nPRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA\n\n\n\n\nEXTRACT FROM A LETTER IN \"MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS\"\n\n_By Mary Baker Eddy_\n\n\nThe Rules and By-laws in the Manual of The First Church of Christ,\nScientist, Boston, originated not in solemn conclave as in ancient\nSanhedrim. They were not arbitrary opinions nor dictatorial demands,\nsuch as one person might impose on another. They were impelled by\na power not one's own, were written at different dates, and as\nthe occasion required. They sprang from necessity, the logic of\nevents,--from the immediate demand for them as a help that must\nbe supplied to maintain the dignity and defense of our Cause;\nhence their simple, scientific basis, and detail so requisite to\ndemonstrate genuine Christian Science, and which will do for the\nrace what absolute doctrines destined for future generations might\nnot accomplish.\n\n\n\n\nTENETS\n\n_of The Mother Church_\n\n_The First Church of Christ, Scientist_\n\n_To be signed by those uniting with The First Church of Christ,\nScientist, in Boston, Mass._\n\n1. As adherents of Truth, we take the inspired Word of the Bible as\nour sufficient guide to eternal Life.\n\n2. We acknowledge and adore one supreme and infinite God. We\nacknowledge His Son, one Christ; the Holy Ghost or divine Comforter;\nand man in God's image and likeness.\n\n3. We acknowledge God's forgiveness of sin in the destruction of sin\nand the spiritual understanding that casts out evil as unreal. But\nthe belief in sin is punished so long as the belief lasts.\n\n4. We acknowledge Jesus' atonement as the evidence of divine,\nefficacious Love, unfolding man's unity with God through Christ Jesus\nthe Way-shower; and we acknowledge that man is saved through Christ,\nthrough Truth, Life, and Love as demonstrated by the Galilean Prophet\nin healing the sick and overcoming sin and death.\n\n5. We acknowledge that the crucifixion of Jesus and his resurrection\nserved to uplift faith to understand eternal Life, even the allness\nof Soul, Spirit, and the nothingness of matter.\n\n6. And we solemnly promise to watch, and pray for that Mind to be in\nus which was also in Christ Jesus; to do unto others as we would have\nthem do unto us; and to be merciful, just, and pure.\n\nMARY BAKER EDDY\n\n\n\n\nHISTORICAL SKETCH\n\n\nIn the spring of 1879, a little band of earnest seekers after Truth\nwent into deliberations over forming a church without creeds, to\nbe called the \"CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST.\" They were members\nof evangelical churches, and students of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy in\nChristian Science, and were known as \"Christian Scientists.\"\n\nAt a meeting of the Christian Scientist Association, April 12, 1879,\non motion of Mrs. Eddy, it was voted,--To organize a church designed\nto commemorate the word and works of our Master, which should\nreinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing.\n\nMrs. Eddy was appointed on the committee to draft the Tenets of the\nMother Church--the chief corner stone whereof is, that Christian\nScience, as taught and demonstrated by our Master, casts out error,\nheals the sick, and restores the lost Israel: for \"the stone which\nthe builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner.\"\n\nThe charter for the Church was obtained June, 1879,[1] and the same\nmonth the members, twenty-six in number, extended a call to Mary\nBaker Eddy to become their pastor. She accepted the call, and was\nordained A. D. 1881. Although walking through deep waters, the little\nChurch went steadily on, increasing in numbers, and at every epoch\nsaying,\n\n\"Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.\"\n\nOn the twenty-third day of September, 1892, at the request of Rev.\nMary Baker Eddy, twelve of her students and Church members met and\nreorganized, under her jurisdiction, the Christian Science Church\nand named it, THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST.\n\nAt this meeting twenty others of Mrs. Eddy's students and members of\nher former Church were elected members of this Church,--those with\nothers that have since been elected were known as \"First Members.\"\nThe Church Tenets, Rules, and By-Laws, as prepared by Mrs. Eddy,\nwere adopted. A By-Law adopted March 17, 1903, changed the title of\n\"First Members\" to \"Executive Members.\" (On July 8, 1908, the By-Laws\npertaining to \"Executive Members\" were repealed.)\n\nTHE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, IN BOSTON, MASS., is designed\nto be built on the Rock, Christ; even the understanding and\ndemonstration of divine Truth, Life, and Love, healing and saving the\nworld from sin and death; thus to reflect in some degree the Church\nUniversal and Triumphant.\n\n[1] Steps were taken to promote the Church of Christ, Scientist, in\nApril, May and June; formal organization was accomplished and the\ncharter obtained in August, 1879.\n\n\n\n\nCHURCH OFFICERS\n\n\nRev. MARY BAKER EDDY        Pastor Emeritus\n\nGEORGE WENDELL ADAMS        Christian Science Board of Directors\nCHARLES E. HEITMAN\nMrs. NELVIA E. RITCHIE\nFRANCIS LYSTER JANDRON\nALFRED PITTMAN\n\nMrs. HELEN CHAFFEE ELWELL   President\n\nTHOMAS E. HURLEY            First Reader\n                            Conducts services and reads from\n                            the Christian Science textbook,\n                            \"SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE\n                            SCRIPTURES\" by Mary Baker Eddy\n\nMrs. GEORGINA TENNANT       Second Reader\n                            Reads from the SCRIPTURES\n\nGORDON V. COMER             Clerk, 107 Falmouth Street,\n                            Boston, Mass.\n\nROY GARRETT WATSON          Treasurer, 107 Falmouth Street,\n                            Boston, Mass.\n\n1947-1948\n\n\n\n\nCHURCH BY-LAWS\n\n\nCHURCH OFFICERS\n\n\nArticle I--NAMES, ELECTION, AND DUTIES\n\nNames. SECTION 1. The Church officers shall consist of the Pastor\nEmeritus, a Board of Directors, a President, a Clerk, a Treasurer,\nand two Readers.\n\nPresident. SECTION 2. The President shall be elected, subject to the\napproval of the Pastor Emeritus, by the Board of Directors[2] on\nMonday preceding the annual meeting of the Church. The President\nshall hold office for one year, and the same person is eligible for\nelection but once in three years.\n\n[2] See under \"Deed of Trust\" for incorporation of the \"Christian\nScience Board of Directors.\"\n\nClerk and Treasurer. SECTION 3. The term of office for the Clerk and\nthe Treasurer of this Church (also for the editors and the manager\nof The Christian Science Publishing Society, and the manager of the\ngeneral Committee on Publication in Boston) is one year each, dating\nfrom the time of election to office. Incumbents who have served one\nyear or more, may be re-elected, or new officers elected, at the\nannual meeting held for this purpose, by a unanimous vote of the\nChristian Science Board of Directors and the consent of the Pastor\nEmeritus given in her own handwriting.\n\nReaders. SECTION 4. Every third year Readers shall be elected in The\nMother Church by the Board of Directors, which shall inform the\nPastor Emeritus of the names of its candidates before they are\nelected; and if she objects, said candidates shall not be chosen.\nThe Directors shall fix the salaries of the Readers.\n\nDirectors. SECTION 5. The Christian Science Board of Directors shall\nconsist of five members. They shall fill a vacancy occurring on that\nBoard after the candidate is approved by the Pastor Emeritus. A\nmajority vote or the request of Mrs. Eddy shall dismiss a member.\nMembers shall neither report the discussions of this Board, nor those\nwith Mrs. Eddy.\n\nChurch Business. SECTION 6. The business of The Mother Church shall\nbe transacted by its Christian Science Board of Directors. The\nmanager of the general Committee on Publication in the United States\nshall order no special action to be taken by said Committee that is\nnot named in the Manual of this Church without consulting with the\nfull Board of Directors of The Mother Church and receiving the\nwritten consent of said Board.\n\nPublishing Buildings. SECTION 7. It shall be the duty of the\nChristian Science Board of Directors to provide a suitable building\nfor the publication of _The Christian Science Journal_, _Christian\nScience Sentinel_, _Der Herold der Christian Science_, and all other\nChristian Science literature published by The Christian Science\nPublishing Society. It shall also be the duty of the Christian\nScience Board of Directors to provide suitable rooms, conveniently\nand pleasantly located in the same building, for the publication and\nsale of the books of which Mary Baker Eddy is, or may be, the author,\nand of other literature connected therewith.\n\nTrusteeships and Syndicates. SECTION 8. Boards of Trustees and\nSyndicates may be formed by The Mother Church, subject to the\napproval of the Pastor Emeritus.\n\nDuties of Church Officers. SECTION 9. Law constitutes government,\nand disobedience to the laws of The Mother Church must ultimate\nin annulling its Tenets and By-Laws. Without a proper system of\ngovernment and form of action, nations, individuals, and religion are\nunprotected; hence the necessity of this By-Law and the warning of\nHoly Writ: \"That servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared\nnot himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with\nmany stripes.\"\n\nIt is the duty of the Christian Science Board of Directors to watch\nand make sure that the officers of this Church perform the functions\nof their several offices promptly and well. If an officer fails to\nfulfil all the obligations of his office, the Board of Directors\nshall immediately call a meeting and notify this officer either to\nresign his place or to perform his office faithfully; then failing to\ndo either, said officer shall be dismissed from this Church, and his\ndismissal shall be written on the Church records.\n\nIt is the duty of any member of this Church, and especially of one\nwho has been or who is the First Reader of a church, to inform the\nBoard of Directors of the failure of the Committee on Publication or\nof any other officer in this Church to perform his official duties.\nA Director shall not make known the name of the complainant.\n\nIf the Christian Science Board of Directors fails to fulfil the\nrequirements of this By-Law, and a member of this Church or the\nPastor Emeritus shall complain thereof to the Clerk and the complaint\nbe found valid, the Directors shall resign their office or perform\ntheir functions faithfully. Failing to do thus, the Pastor Emeritus\nshall appoint five suitable members of this Church to fill the\nvacancy. The salary of the members of the Board of Directors shall\nbe at present two thousand five hundred dollars each annually.\n\n\nArticle II--READERS OF THE MOTHER CHURCH\n\nElection. SECTION 1. The Readers for The Mother Church shall be a man\nand a woman, one to read the BIBLE, and one to read SCIENCE AND\nHEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES.\n\nEligibility. SECTION 2. The Directors shall select intelligible\nReaders who are exemplary Christians and good English scholars.\nThey must be members of The Mother Church.\n\nRemoval. SECTION 3. If a Reader in The Mother Church be found at any\ntime inadequate or unworthy, he or she shall be removed from office\nby a majority vote of the Board of Directors and the consent of the\nPastor Emeritus, and the vacancy supplied.\n\nFirst Reader's Residence. SECTION 4. Unless Mrs. Eddy requests\notherwise, the First Reader of The Mother Church shall occupy, during\nhis term of Readership, the house of the Pastor Emeritus, No. 385\nCommonwealth Avenue, Boston. The Board of Directors shall pay from\nthe Church funds the taxes and rent on this property; the Board shall\nattend to the insurance before it expires, suitably furnish the\nhouse, and keep the property in good repair, so long as Mrs. Eddy\ndoes not occupy the house herself and the occupants are satisfactory\nto her.\n\n\nArticle III--DUTIES OF READERS OF THE MOTHER CHURCH AND OF ITS\nBRANCH CHURCHES\n\nMoral Obligations. SECTION 1. The Readers of The Mother Church and of\nall its branch churches must devote a suitable portion of their time\nto preparation for the reading of the Sunday lesson,--a lesson on\nwhich the prosperity of Christian Science largely depends. They\nmust keep themselves unspotted from the world,--uncontaminated with\nevil,--that the mental atmosphere they exhale shall promote health\nand holiness, even that spiritual _animus_ so universally needed.\n\nFirst Readers' Duties. SECTION 2. It shall be the duty of the First\nReaders to conduct the principal part of the Sunday services, and\nthe Wednesday evening meetings.\n\nSuitable Selections. SECTION 3. The First Readers shall read, as\na part of the Wednesday evening services, selections from the\nSCRIPTURES, and from SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES.\n\nOrder of Reading. SECTION 4. The First Readers in the Christian\nScience churches shall read the correlative texts in SCIENCE AND\nHEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES; and the Second Readers shall read\nthe BIBLE texts. The readings from the SCRIPTURES shall precede the\nreadings from SCIENCE AND HEALTH. The Readers shall not read from\ncopies or manuscripts, but from the books.\n\nNaming Book and Author. SECTION 5. The Readers of SCIENCE AND HEALTH\nWITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES, before commencing to read from this book,\nshall distinctly announce the full title of the book and give the\nauthor's name. Such announcement shall be made but once during the\nlesson.\n\nReaders in Branch Churches. SECTION 6. These Readers shall be members\nof The Mother Church. They shall read understandingly and be well\neducated. They shall make no remarks explanatory of the LESSON-SERMON\nat any time, but they shall read all notices and remarks that may be\nprinted in the CHRISTIAN SCIENCE QUARTERLY. This By-Law applies to\nReaders in all the branch churches.\n\nEnforcement of By-Laws. SECTION 7. It shall be the duty of every\nmember of The Mother Church, who is a First Reader in a Church of\nChrist, Scientist, to enforce the discipline and by-laws of the\nchurch in which he is Reader.\n\nA Reader not a Leader. SECTION 8. The Church Reader shall not be a\nLeader, but he shall maintain the Tenets, Rules, and discipline of\nthe Church. A Reader shall not be a President of a church.\n\n\n\n\nCHURCH MEMBERSHIP\n\n\nArticle IV--QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP\n\nBelieve in Christian Science. SECTION 1. To become a member of The\nMother Church, the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston,\nMass., the applicant must be a believer in the doctrines of Christian\nScience, according to the platform and teaching contained in the\nChristian Science textbook, SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE\nSCRIPTURES, by Rev. Mary Baker Eddy. The BIBLE, together with SCIENCE\nAND HEALTH and other works by Mrs. Eddy, shall be his only textbooks\nfor self-instruction in Christian Science, and for teaching and\npractising metaphysical healing.\n\nFree from Other Denominations. SECTION 2. This Church will receive\na member of another Church of Christ, Scientist, but not a church\nmember from a different denomination until that membership is\ndissolved.\n\nChildren when Twelve Years Old. SECTION 3. Children who have arrived\nat the age of twelve years, who are approved, and whose applications\nare countersigned by one of Mrs. Eddy's loyal students, by a\nDirector, or by a student of the Board of Education, may be admitted\nto membership with The Mother Church.\n\n\nArticle V--APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP\n\nStudents of the College. SECTION 1. Applications for membership with\nThe Mother Church from students of the Massachusetts Metaphysical\nCollege who studied with Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, shall be signed by the\nChristian Science Board of Directors as evidence of the loyalty of\nthe applicants.\n\nOther Students. SECTION 2. Applicants for membership who have not\nstudied Christian Science with Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, can unite with\nthis Church only by approval from students of Mrs. Eddy, loyal to the\nteachings of the textbook, SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE\nSCRIPTURES, or from members of The Mother Church, as provided in\nArticle VI, Sect. 2, of these By-Laws.\n\nStudents' Pupils. SECTION 3. Applications for membership with The\nMother Church, coming from pupils of loyal students who have taken\nthe Primary or Normal Course at the Massachusetts Metaphysical\nCollege or in the Board of Education, or from pupils of those who\nhave passed an examination by the Board of Education, shall have the\napproval and signature of their teachers, except in such cases as are\nprovided for in Sect. 4 of this Article.\n\nExceptional Cases. SECTION 4. Loyal Christian Scientists whose\nteachers are deceased, absent, or disloyal, or those whose teachers,\nfor insufficient cause, refuse to endorse their applications for\nmembership with The Mother Church,--can apply to the Clerk of this\nChurch, and present to him a recommendation signed by three members\nthereof in good standing, after which, the unanimous vote of the\nBoard of Directors may admit said applicant to membership.\n\nAddressed to Clerk. SECTION 5. All applications for membership must\nbe addressed to the Clerk of the Church.\n\nEndorsing Applications. SECTION 6. A member of The Mother Church\nshall not endorse nor countersign an application for membership\ntherewith until after the blank has been properly filled out by an\napplicant. A member who violates this By-Law shall be disciplined.\n\nNotice of Rejection. SECTION 7. If an application for membership with\nThe First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., is rejected,\nthe Clerk of the Church shall send to the applicant a notice of such\nrejection; but neither the Clerk nor the Church shall be obliged to\nreport the cause for rejection.\n\n\nArticle VI--RECOMMENDATION AND ELECTION\n\nPupils of Normal Students. SECTION 1. One Normal student cannot\nrecommend the pupil of another Normal student, so long as both are\nloyal to their Leader and to the Christian Science textbook, except\nas provided for in Article V, Sect. 4.\n\nMembers of The Mother Church. SECTION 2. Only members of The Mother\nChurch are qualified to approve for membership individuals who are\nknown to them to be Christians, and faithful, loyal students of the\ntextbook, SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES. If the\napprover is not a loyal student of Mrs. Eddy, a Director of this\nChurch, or a student of the Board of Education who holds a degree,\nthe application must be countersigned by one of these.\n\nElection. SECTION 3. Applicants for membership in this Church, whose\napplications are correctly prepared, may be elected by majority vote\nof the Christian Science Board of Directors at the semi-annual\nmeetings held for this purpose.\n\n\nArticle VII--PROBATIONARY MEMBERSHIP\n\nMembers who once Withdrew. SECTION 1. Individuals who have heretofore\nbeen members of this Church, or were members of the Church of Christ,\nScientist, organized in 1879 by Mary Baker Eddy, but who have\nvoluntarily withdrawn, may be received into this Church on one year's\nprobation, provided they are willing and anxious to live according to\nits requirements and make application for membership according to\nits By-Laws. If, at the expiration of said one year, they are found\nworthy, they shall be received into full membership, but if not found\nworthy their applications shall be void.\n\nMembers once Dismissed. SECTION 2. A full member or a probationary\nmember, who has been excommunicated once, and who afterward, when\nsufficient time has elapsed thoroughly to test his sincerity, gives\ndue evidence of having genuinely repented and of being radically\nreformed, shall be eligible to probationary membership upon a\nunanimous vote of the Christian Science Board of Directors.\n\nIneligible for Probation. SECTION 3. If a member has been twice\nnotified of his excommunication, he shall not again be received into\nthis Church.\n\n\n\n\nDISCIPLINE\n\n\nArticle VIII--GUIDANCE OF MEMBERS\n\nA Rule for Motives and Acts. SECTION 1. Neither animosity nor mere\npersonal attachment should impel the motives or acts of the members\nof The Mother Church. In Science, divine Love alone governs man;\nand a Christian Scientist reflects the sweet amenities of Love, in\nrebuking sin, in true brotherliness, charitableness, and forgiveness.\nThe members of this Church should daily watch and pray to be\ndelivered from all evil, from prophesying, judging, condemning,\ncounseling, influencing or being influenced erroneously.\n\nTo be Read in Church. SECTION 2. The above Church Rule shall be read\nin The Mother Church and in the branch churches by the First Reader\non the first Sunday of each month. On Communion day the Church Tenets\nare to be read.\n\nChrist Jesus the Ensample. SECTION 3. He who dated the Christian era\nis the Ensample in Christian Science. Careless comparison or\nirreverent reference to Christ Jesus is abnormal in a Christian\nScientist, and is prohibited. When it is necessary to show the\ngreat gulf between Christian Science and theosophy, hypnotism, or\nspiritualism, do it, but without hard words. The wise man saith,\n\"A soft answer turneth away wrath.\" However despitefully used and\nmisrepresented by the churches or the press, in return employ no\nviolent invective, and do good unto your enemies when the opportunity\noccurs. A departure from this rule disqualifies a member for office\nin the Church or on the Board of Lectureship, and renders this member\nliable to discipline and, possibly, dismissal from The Mother Church.\n\nDaily Prayer. SECTION 4. It shall be the duty of every member of this\nChurch to pray each day: \"Thy kingdom come;\" let the reign of divine\nTruth, Life, and Love be established in me, and rule out of me all\nsin; and may Thy Word enrich the affections of all mankind, and\ngovern them!\n\nPrayer in Church. SECTION 5. The prayers in Christian Science\nchurches shall be offered for the congregations collectively and\nexclusively.\n\nAlertness to Duty. SECTION 6. It shall be the duty of every member\nof this Church to defend himself daily against aggressive mental\nsuggestion, and not be made to forget nor to neglect his duty to God,\nto his Leader, and to mankind. By his works he shall be judged,--and\njustified or condemned.\n\nOne Christ. SECTION 7. In accordance with the Christian Science\ntextbooks,--the BIBLE, and SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE\nSCRIPTURES,--and in accord with all of Mrs. Eddy's teachings, members\nof this Church shall neither entertain a belief nor signify a belief\nin more than one Christ, even that Christ whereof the Scripture\nbeareth testimony.\n\nNo Malpractice. SECTION 8. Members will not intentionally or\nknowingly mentally malpractise, inasmuch as Christian Science can\nonly be practised according to the Golden Rule: \"All things\nwhatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to\nthem.\" (Matt. 7:12.)\n\nA member of The Mother Church who mentally malpractises upon or\ntreats our Leader or her staff without her or their consent shall be\ndisciplined, and a second offense as aforesaid shall cause the name\nof said member to be dropped forever from The Mother Church.\n\nFormulas Forbidden. SECTION 9. No member shall use written formulas,\nnor permit his patients or pupils to use them, as auxiliaries to\nteaching Christian Science or for healing the sick. Whatever is\nrequisite for either is contained in the books of the Discoverer and\nFounder of Christian Science. Sometimes she may strengthen the faith\nby a written text as no one else can.\n\nNo Adulterating Christian Science. SECTION 10. A member of this\nChurch shall not publish profuse quotations from Mary Baker Eddy's\ncopyrighted works without her permission, and shall not plagiarize\nher writings. This By-Law not only calls more serious attention to\nthe commandment of the Decalogue, but tends to prevent Christian\nScience from being _adulterated_.\n\nNo Incorrect Literature. SECTION 11. A member of this Church shall\nneither buy, sell, nor circulate Christian Science literature which\nis not correct in its statement of the divine Principle and rules and\nthe demonstration of Christian Science. Also the spirit in which the\nwriter has written his literature shall be definitely considered.\nHis writings must show strict adherence to the Golden Rule, or his\nliterature shall not be adjudged Christian Science. A departure from\nthe spirit or letter of this By-Law involves schisms in our Church\nand the possible loss, for a time, of Christian Science.\n\nObnoxious Books. SECTION 12. A member of this Church shall not\npatronize a publishing house or bookstore that has for sale obnoxious\nbooks.\n\nPer Capita Tax. SECTION 13. Every member of The Mother Church shall\npay annually a per capita tax of not less than one dollar, which\nshall be forwarded each year to the Church Treasurer.\n\nChurch Periodicals. SECTION 14. It shall be the privilege and duty of\nevery member, who can afford it, to subscribe for the periodicals\nwhich are the organs of this Church; and it shall be the duty of the\nDirectors to see that these periodicals are ably edited and kept\nabreast of the times.\n\nChurch Organizations Ample. SECTION 15. Members of this Church shall\nnot unite with organizations which impede their progress in Christian\nScience. God requires our whole heart, and he supplies within the\nwide channels of The Mother Church dutiful and sufficient occupation\nfor all its members.\n\nJoining Another Society. SECTION 16. It shall be the duty of the\nmembers of The Mother Church and of its branches to promote peace on\nearth and good will toward men; but members of The Mother Church\nshall not hereafter become members of other societies except those\nspecified in the Mother Church Manual, and they shall strive to\npromote the welfare of all mankind by demonstrating the rules of\ndivine Love.\n\nForbidden Membership. SECTION 17. A member of The First Church of\nChrist, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., shall not be a member of any\nchurch whose Readers are not Christian Scientists and members of\nThe Mother Church.\n\nOfficious Members. SECTION 18. A member of The Mother Church is not\nentitled to hold office or read in branch churches of this\ndenomination except by invitation.\n\nLegal Titles. SECTION 19. Students of Christian Science must drop the\ntitles of Reverend and Doctor, except those who have received these\ntitles under the _laws_ of the _State_.\n\nIllegal Adoption. SECTION 20. No person shall be a member of this\nChurch who claims a spiritually adopted child or a spiritually\nadopted husband or wife. There must be legal adoption and legal\nmarriage, which can be verified according to the laws of our land.\n\nUse of Initials \"C.S.\" SECTION 21. A member of The Mother Church\nshall not place the initials \"C.S.\" after his name on circulars,\ncards, or leaflets, which advertise his business or profession,\nexcept as a Christian Science practitioner.\n\nPractitioners and Patients. SECTION 22. Members of this Church shall\nhold in sacred confidence all private communications made to them by\ntheir patients; also such information as may come to them by reason\nof their relation of practitioner to patient. A failure to do this\nshall subject the offender to Church discipline.\n\nA member of The Mother Church shall not, under pardonable\ncircumstances, sue his patient for recovery of payment for said\nmember's practice, on penalty of discipline and liability to have\nhis name removed from membership. Also he shall reasonably reduce\nhis price in chronic cases of recovery, and in cases where he has\nnot effected a cure. A Christian Scientist is a humanitarian; he\nis benevolent, forgiving, long-suffering, and seeks to overcome\nevil with good.\n\nDuty to Patients. SECTION 23. If a member of this Church has a\npatient whom he does not heal, and whose case he cannot fully\ndiagnose, he may consult with an M. D. on the anatomy involved. And\nit shall be the privilege of a Christian Scientist to confer with\nan M. D. on Ontology, or the Science of being.\n\nTestimonials. SECTION 24. \"Glorify God in your body, and in your\nspirit, which are God's\" (St. Paul). Testimony in regard to the\nhealing of the sick is highly important. More than a mere rehearsal\nof blessings, it scales the pinnacle of praise and illustrates the\ndemonstration of Christ, \"who healeth all thy diseases\" (Psalm\n103:3). This testimony, however, shall not include a description of\nsymptoms or of suffering, though the generic name of the disease may\nbe indicated. This By-Law applies to testimonials which appear in the\nperiodicals and to those which are given at the Wednesday evening\nmeeting.\n\nCharity to All. SECTION 25. While members of this Church do not\nbelieve in the doctrines of theosophy, hypnotism, or spiritualism,\nthey cherish no enmity toward those who do believe in such doctrines,\nand will not harm them. But whenever God calls a member to bear\ntestimony to Truth and to defend the Cause of Christ, he shall do\nit with love and without fear.\n\nUncharitable Publications. SECTION 26. A member of this Church\nshall not publish, nor cause to be published, an article that is\nuncharitable or impertinent towards religion, medicine, the courts,\nor the laws of our land.\n\nThe Golden Rule. SECTION 27. A member of The Mother Church shall not\nhaunt Mrs. Eddy's drive when she goes out, continually stroll by her\nhouse, or make a summer resort near her for such a purpose.\n\nNumbering the People. SECTION 28. Christian Scientists shall not\nreport for publication the number of the members of The Mother\nChurch, nor that of the branch churches. According to the Scripture\nthey shall turn away from personality and numbering the people.\n\nOur Church Edifices. SECTION 29. The periodicals of our denomination\ndo not publish descriptions of our church edifices, but they may\nquote from other periodicals or give incidental narratives.\n\nNo Monopoly. SECTION 30. A Scientist shall not endeavor to monopolize\nthe healing work in any church or locality, to the exclusion of\nothers, but all who understand the teachings of Christian Science\nare privileged to enter into this holy work, and \"by their fruits ye\nshall know them.\"\n\nChristian Science Nurse. SECTION 31. A member of The Mother Church\nwho represents himself or herself as a Christian Science nurse\nshall be one who has a demonstrable knowledge of Christian Science\npractice, who thoroughly understands the practical wisdom necessary\nin a sick room, and who can take proper care of the sick.\n\nThe cards of such persons may be inserted in _The Christian Science\nJournal_ under rules established by the publishers.\n\n\nArticle IX--MARRIAGE AND DECEASE\n\nA Legal Ceremony. SECTION 1. If a Christian Scientist is to be\nmarried, the ceremony shall be performed by a clergyman who is\nlegally authorized.\n\nSudden Decease. SECTION 2. If a member of The Mother Church shall\ndecease suddenly, without previous injury or illness, and the\ncause thereof be unknown, an autopsy shall be made by qualified\nexperts. When it is possible the body of a female shall be prepared\nfor burial by _one of her own sex_.\n\n\nArticle X--DEBATING IN PUBLIC\n\nNo Unauthorized Debating. SECTION 1. A member of this Church shall\nnot debate on Christian Science in public debating assemblies,\nwithout the consent of the Board of Directors.\n\n\nArticle XI--COMPLAINTS\n\nDeparture from Tenets. SECTION 1. If a member of this Church shall\ndepart from the Tenets and be found having the name without the life\nof a Christian Scientist, and another member in good standing shall\nfrom Christian motives make this evident, a meeting of the Board of\nDirectors shall be called, and the offender's case shall be tried and\nsaid member exonerated, put on probation, or excommunicated.\n\nViolation of By-Laws. SECTION 2. A member who is found violating any\nof the By-Laws or Rules herein set forth, shall be admonished in\nconsonance with the Scriptural demand in Matthew 18:15-17; and if he\nneglect to accept such admonition, he shall be placed on probation,\nor if he repeat the offense, his name shall be dropped from the roll\nof Church membership.\n\nViolation of Christian Fellowship. SECTION 3. Any member who shall\nunjustly aggrieve or vilify the Pastor Emeritus or another member, or\nwho does not live in Christian fellowship with members who are in\ngood and regular standing with this Church, shall either withdraw\nfrom the Church or be excommunicated.\n\nPreliminary Requirement. SECTION 4. No church discipline shall ensue\nuntil the requirements according to the Scriptures, in Matthew\n18:15-17, have been strictly obeyed, unless a By-Law governing the\ncase provides for immediate action.\n\nAuthority. SECTION 5. The Christian Science Board of Directors has\npower to discipline, place on probation, remove from membership, or\nto excommunicate members of The Mother Church. Only the members of\nthis Board shall be present at meetings for the examination of\ncomplaints against church members; and they alone shall vote on cases\ninvolving The Mother Church discipline.\n\nMembers in Mother Church Only. SECTION 6. A complaint against a\nmember of The Mother Church, _if said member belongs to no branch\nchurch_ and if this complaint is not for _mental malpractice_, shall\nbe laid before this Board, and within ten days thereafter, the Clerk\nof the Church shall address a letter of inquiry to the member\ncomplained of as to the validity of the charge. If a member is found\nguilty of that whereof he is accused and his previous character has\nbeen good, his confession of his error and evidence of his compliance\nwith our Church Rules shall be deemed sufficient by the Board for\nforgiveness for once, and the Clerk of the Church shall immediately\nso inform him. But a second offense shall dismiss a member from the\nChurch.\n\nWorking Against the Cause. SECTION 7. If a member of this Church\nshall, mentally or otherwise, persist in working against the\ninterests of another member, or the interests of our Pastor Emeritus\nand the accomplishment of what she understands is advantageous to\nthis Church and to the Cause of Christian Science, or shall influence\nothers thus to act, upon her complaint or the complaint of a member\nfor her or for himself, it shall be the duty of the Board of\nDirectors immediately to call a meeting, and drop forever the name of\nthe member guilty of this offense from the roll of Church membership.\n\nNo Unchristian Conduct. SECTION 8. If a member of this Church were\nto treat the author of our textbook disrespectfully and cruelly, upon\nher complaint that member should be excommunicated. If a member,\nwithout her having requested the information, shall trouble her on\nsubjects unnecessarily and without her consent, it shall be\nconsidered an offense.\n\nNot to Learn Hypnotism. SECTION 9. Members of this Church shall not\nlearn hypnotism on penalty of being excommunicated from this Church.\nNo member shall enter a complaint of mental malpractice for a\nsinister purpose. If the author of SCIENCE AND HEALTH shall bear\nwitness to the offense of mental malpractice, it shall be considered\na sufficient evidence thereof.\n\nPublications Unjust. SECTION 10. If a member of The Mother Church\npublishes, or causes to be published, an article that is false or\nunjust, hence injurious, to Christian Science or to its Leader, and\nif, upon complaint by another member, the Board of Directors finds\nthat the offense has been committed, the offender shall be suspended\nfor not less than three years from his or her office in this Church\nand from Church membership.\n\nThe Mother Church of Christ, Scientist, Tenets. SECTION 11. If a\nmember of The Mother Church of Christ, Scientist, or a member of a\nbranch of this Church break the rules of its Tenets as to unjust\nand unmerciful conduct--on complaint of Mrs. Eddy our Pastor\nEmeritus--and this complaint being found valid, his or her name\nshall be erased from The Mother Church and the branch church's list\nof membership and the offender shall not be received into The Mother\nChurch or a branch church for twelve years.\n\nSpecial Offense. SECTION 12. If a member of this Church, either by\nword or work, represents falsely to or of the Leader and Pastor\nEmeritus, said member shall immediately be disciplined, and a second\nsimilar offense shall remove his or her name from membership in The\nMother Church.\n\nMembers of Branch Churches. SECTION 13. A member of both The Mother\nChurch and a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, or a Reader, shall\nnot report nor send notices to The Mother Church, or to the Pastor\nEmeritus, of errors of the members of their local church; but they\nshall strive to overcome these errors. Each church shall separately\nand independently discipline its own members,--if this sad necessity\noccurs.\n\n\nArticle XII--TEACHERS\n\nProbation. SECTION 1. For sufficient reasons it may be decided that a\nteacher has so strayed as not to be fit for the work of a Reader in\nchurch or a teacher of Christian Science. Although repentant and\nforgiven by the Church and retaining his membership, this weak member\nshall not be counted loyal till after three years of exemplary\ncharacter. Then the Board of Directors may decide if his loyalty has\nbeen proved by uniform maintenance of the life of a consistent,\nconsecrated Christian Scientist.\n\nMisteaching. SECTION 2. If a member of this Church is found trying to\npractise or to teach Christian Science contrary to the statement\nthereof in its textbook, SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE\nSCRIPTURES, it shall be the duty of the Board of Directors to\nadmonish that member according to Article XI, Sect. 4. Then, if said\nmember persists in this offense, his or her name shall be dropped\nfrom the roll of this Church.\n\n\n\n\nMEETINGS\n\n\nArticle XIII--REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETINGS\n\nAnnual Meetings. SECTION 1. The regular meetings of The Mother Church\nshall be held annually, on Monday following the first Sunday in June.\nNo other than its of officers are required to be present. These\nassemblies shall be for listening to the reports of Treasurer, Clerk,\nand Committees, and general reports from the Field.\n\nMeetings of Board of Directors. SECTION 2. The annual meeting of the\nChristian Science Board of Directors, for electing officers and other\nbusiness, shall be held on Monday preceding the annual meeting of the\nChurch. Regular meetings for electing candidates to membership with\nThe Mother Church, and for the transaction of such other business as\nmay properly come before these meetings, shall be held on the Friday\npreceding the first Sunday in June, and on the first Friday in\nNovember of each year. Special meetings may be held at any time upon\nthe call of the Clerk.\n\nCalled only by the Clerk. SECTION 3. Before calling a meeting of the\nmembers of this Church (excepting its regular sessions) it shall be\nthe duty of the Clerk to inform the Board of Directors and the Pastor\nEmeritus of his intention, and to state definitely the purpose for\nwhich the members are to convene. The Clerk must have the consent of\nthis Board and the Pastor Emeritus, before he can call said meeting.\n\n\n\n\nCHURCH SERVICES\n\n\nArticle XIV--THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PASTOR\n\nOrdination. SECTION 1. I, Mary Baker Eddy, ordain the BIBLE, and\nSCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES, Pastor over The\nMother Church,--The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston,\nMass.,--and they will continue to preach for this Church and the\nworld.\n\nThe Lesson-Sermon. SECTION 2. The subject of the Lesson-Sermon in the\nmorning service of The Mother Church, and of the branch Churches of\nChrist, Scientist, shall be repeated at the other services on Sunday.\nThe correlative Biblical texts in the Lesson-Sermon shall extend from\nGenesis to Revelation.\n\n\nArticle XV--READING IN PUBLIC\n\nAnnouncing Author's Name. SECTION 1. To pour into the ears\nof listeners the sacred revelations of Christian Science\nindiscriminately, or without characterizing their origin and thus\ndistinguishing them from the writings of authors who think at random\non this subject, is to lose some weight in the scale of right\nthinking. Therefore it is the duty of every member of this Church,\nwhen publicly reading or quoting from the books or poems of our\nPastor Emeritus, first to announce the name of the author. Members\nshall also instruct their pupils to adopt the aforenamed method for\nthe benefit of our Cause.\n\n\nArticle XVI--WELCOMING STRANGERS\n\nThe Leader's Welcome. SECTION 1. Mrs. Eddy welcomes to her seats in\nthe church, persons of all sects and denominations who come to listen\nto the Sunday sermon and are not otherwise provided with seats.\n\nThe Local Members' Welcome. SECTION 2. It shall be the duty and\nprivilege of the local members of The Mother Church to give their\nseats, if necessary, to strangers who may come to attend the morning\nservices.\n\n\nArticle XVII--SERVICES UNINTERRUPTED\n\nContinued Throughout the Year. SECTION 1. The services of The Mother\nChurch shall be continued twelve months each year. One meeting on\nSunday during the months of July and August is sufficient. A\nChristian Scientist is not fatigued by prayer, by reading the\nScriptures or the Christian Science textbook. Amusement or idleness\nis weariness. Truth and Love rest the weary and heavy laden.\n\nEaster Observances. SECTION 2. In the United States there shall be no\nspecial observances, festivities, nor gifts at the Easter season by\nmembers of The Mother Church. Gratitude and love should abide in\nevery heart each day of all the years. Those sacred words of our\nbeloved Master, \"Let the dead bury their dead,\" and \"Follow thou me,\"\nappeal to daily Christian endeavors for the living whereby to\nexemplify our risen Lord.\n\nLaying a Corner Stone. SECTION 3. No large gathering of people nor\ndisplay shall be allowed when laying the Corner Stone of a Church of\nChrist, Scientist. Let the ceremony be devout. No special trowel\nshould be used. (See SCIENCE AND HEALTH, page 140.)\n\nOverflow Meetings. SECTION 4. A Church of Christ, Scientist, shall\nnot hold two or more Sunday services at the same hour.\n\n\nArticle XVIII--COMMUNION\n\nNo more Communion. SECTION 1. The Mother Church of Christ, Scientist,\nshall observe no more Communion seasons.\n\nCommunion of Branch Churches. SECTION 2. The Communion shall be\nobserved in the branch churches on the second Sunday in January and\nJuly of each year, and at this service the Tenets of The Mother\nChurch are to be read.\n\n\nArticle XIX--MUSIC IN THE CHURCH\n\nSoloist and Organist. SECTION 1. The music in The Mother Church shall\nnot be operatic, but of an appropriate religious character and of a\nrecognized standard of musical excellence; it shall be played in a\ndignified and suitable manner. Music from the organ alone should\ncontinue about eight or nine minutes for the voluntary and six or\nseven minutes for the postlude, the offertory conforming to the time\nrequired to take the collection. The solo singer shall not neglect\nto sing any special hymn selected by the Board of Directors.\n\n\nArticle XX--SUNDAY SCHOOL\n\nThe Sunday School. SECTION 1. Pupils may be received in the Sunday\nSchool classes of any Church of Christ, Scientist, up to the age of\ntwenty years, and by transfer from another Church of Christ,\nScientist, up to that age, but no pupil shall remain in the Sunday\nSchool of any Church of Christ, Scientist, after reaching the age of\ntwenty. None except the officers, teachers, and pupils should attend\nthe Sunday School exercises.\n\nTeaching the Children. SECTION 2. The Sabbath School children shall\nbe taught the Scriptures, and they shall be instructed according to\ntheir understanding or ability to grasp the simpler meanings of the\ndivine Principle that they are taught.\n\nSubject for Lessons. SECTION 3. The first lessons of the children\nshould be the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20: 3-17), the Lord's Prayer\n(Matt. 6: 9-13), and its Spiritual Interpretation by Mary Baker Eddy,\nSermon on the Mount (Matt. 5: 3-12). The next lessons consist of such\nquestions and answers as are adapted to a juvenile class, and may be\nfound in the Christian Science Quarterly Lessons, read in Church\nservices. The instruction given by the children's teachers must not\ndeviate from the absolute Christian Science contained in their\ntextbook.\n\n\n\n\nREADING ROOMS\n\n\nArticle XXI\n\nEstablishment. SECTION 1. Each church of the Christian Science\ndenomination shall have a Reading Room, though two or more churches\nmay unite in having Reading Rooms, provided these rooms are well\nlocated.\n\nLibrarian. SECTION 2. The individuals who take charge of the Reading\nRooms of The Mother Church shall be elected by the Christian Science\nBoard of Directors, subject to the approval of Mary Baker Eddy. He or\nshe shall have no bad habits, shall have had experience in the Field,\nshall be well educated, and a devout Christian Scientist.[3]\n\nLiterature in Reading Rooms. SECTION 3. The literature sold or\nexhibited in the reading rooms of Christian Science Churches shall\nconsist only of _Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures_,\nby Mary Baker Eddy, and other writings by this author; also the\nliterature published or sold by The Christian Science Publishing\nSociety.\n\n[3] See also Article XXV, Sect. 7.\n\n\n\n\nRELATION AND DUTIES OF MEMBERS TO PASTOR EMERITUS\n\n\nArticle XXII\n\nThe Title of Mother Changed. SECTION 1. In the year eighteen hundred\nand ninety-five, loyal Christian Scientists had given to the author\nof their textbook, the Founder of Christian Science, the individual,\nendearing term of Mother. At first Mrs. Eddy objected to being called\nthus, but afterward consented on the ground that this appellative in\nthe Church meant nothing more than a tender term such as sister or\nbrother. In the year nineteen hundred and three and after, owing to\nthe public misunderstanding of this name, it is the duty of Christian\nScientists to drop the word _mother_ and to substitute Leader,\nalready used in our periodicals.\n\nA Member not a Leader. SECTION 2. A member of The First Church of\nChrist, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., shall not be called Leader by\nmembers of this Church, when this term is used in connection with\nChristian Science.\n\nObedience Required. SECTION 3. It shall be the duty of the officers\nof this Church, of the editors of the _Christian Science Journal_,\n_Sentinel_, and _Der Herold_, of the members of the Committees on\nPublication, of the Trustees of The Christian Science Publishing\nSociety, and of the Board of Education promptly to comply with any\nwritten order, signed by Mary Baker Eddy, which applies to their\nofficial functions. Disobedience to this By-Law shall be sufficient\ncause for the removal of the offending member from office.\n\nThe vacancy shall be supplied by a majority vote of the Christian\nScience Board of Directors, and the candidate shall be subject to\nthe approval of Mary Baker Eddy.\n\nUnderstanding Communications. SECTION 4. If the Clerk of this Church\nshall receive a communication from the Pastor Emeritus which he does\nnot fully understand, he shall inform her of this fact before\npresenting it to the Church and obtain a clear understanding of the\nmatter,--then act in accordance therewith.\n\nInterpreting Communications. SECTION 5. If at a meeting of this\nChurch a doubt or disagreement shall arise among the members as to\nthe signification of the communications of the Pastor Emeritus to\nthem, before action is taken it shall be the duty of the Clerk to\nreport to her the vexed question and to await her explanation thereof.\n\nReading and Attesting Letters. SECTION 6. When a letter or a message\nfrom the Pastor Emeritus is brought before a meeting of this Church,\nor she is referred to as authority for business, it shall be the duty\nof the Church to inquire if all of the letter has been read, and to\nrequire all of it to be read; also to have any authority supposed to\ncome from her satisfactorily attested.\n\nUnauthorized Reports. SECTION 7. Members of this Church shall not\nreport on authority an order from Mrs. Eddy that she has not sent,\neither to the Boards or to the executive bodies of this Church. The\nPastor Emeritus is not to be consulted on cases of discipline, on the\ncases of candidates for admission to this Church, or on the cases of\nthose on trial for dismissal from the Church.\n\nPrivate Communications. SECTION 8. A strictly private communication\nfrom the Pastor Emeritus to a member of her Church shall not be made\npublic without her written consent.\n\nUnauthorized Legal Action. SECTION 9. A member of this Church shall\nnot employ an attorney, nor take legal action on a case not provided\nfor in its By-Laws--if said case relates to the person or to the\nproperty of Mary Baker Eddy--without having personally conferred with\nher on said subject.\n\nDuty to God. SECTION 10. Members of this Church who turn their\nattention from the divine Principle of being to personality, sending\ngifts, congratulatory despatches or letters to the Pastor Emeritus on\nThanksgiving, Christmas, New Year, or Easter, break a rule of this\nChurch and are amenable therefor.\n\nOpportunity for Serving the Leader. SECTION 11. At the written\nrequest of the Pastor Emeritus, Mrs. Eddy, the Board of Directors\nshall immediately notify a person who has been a member of this\nChurch at least three years to go in ten days to her, and it shall be\nthe duty of the member thus notified to remain with Mrs. Eddy three\nyears consecutively. A member who leaves her in less time without the\nDirectors' consent or who declines to obey this call to duty, upon\nMrs. Eddy's complaint thereof shall be excommunicated from The Mother\nChurch. Members thus serving the Leader shall be paid semi-annually\nat the rate of one thousand dollars yearly in addition to rent and\nboard. Those members whom she teaches the course in Divinity, and who\nremain with her three consecutive years, receive the degree of the\nMassachusetts Metaphysical College.\n\nLocation. SECTION 12. Rev. Mary Baker Eddy calls to her home or\nallows to visit or to locate therein only those individuals whom\nshe engages through the Christian Science Board of Directors of\nthe Mother Church. This By-Law takes effect on Dec. 15, 1908.\n\nAgreement Required. SECTION 13. When the Christian Science Board of\nDirectors calls a student in accordance with Article XXII, Sect. 11,\nof our Church Manual to the home of their Leader, Mrs. Eddy, said\nstudent shall come under a signed agreement to remain with Mrs. Eddy\nif she so desires, during the time specified in the Church Manual.\n\nIncomplete Term of Service. SECTION 14. If a student who has been\ncalled to serve our Leader in accordance with Article XXII, Sect. 11,\nof the Church Manual leaves her before the expiration of the time\ntherein mentioned such student shall pay to Mrs. Eddy whatsoever she\nmay charge for what she has taught him or her during the time of such\nservice.\n\nHelp. SECTION 15. If the author of the Christian Science textbook\ncall on this Board for household help or a handmaid, the Board shall\nimmediately appoint a proper member of this Church therefor, and the\nappointee shall go immediately in obedience to the call. \"He that\nloveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me.\" (Matt.\n10:37.)\n\nStudents with Mrs. Eddy. SECTION 16. Students employed by Mrs. Eddy\nat her home shall not take care of their churches or attend to other\naffairs outside of her house.\n\nMrs. Eddy's Room. SECTION 17. The room in The Mother Church formerly\nknown as \"Mother's Room\" shall hereafter be closed to visitors.\n\nPastor Emeritus to be Consulted. SECTION 18. The Mother Church shall\nnot make a church By-Law, nor enter into a business transaction with\na Christian Scientist in the employ of Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, without\nfirst consulting her on said subject and adhering strictly to her\nadvice thereon.\n\n\n\n\nTHE MOTHER CHURCH AND BRANCH CHURCHES\n\n\nArticle XXIII\n\nLocal Self-government. SECTION 1. The Mother Church of Christ,\nScientist, shall assume no general official control of other\nchurches, and it shall be controlled by none other. Each Church\nof Christ, Scientist, shall have its own form of government. No\nconference of churches shall be held, unless it be when our churches,\nlocated in the same State, convene to confer on a statute of said\nState, or to confer harmoniously on individual unity and action of\nthe churches in said State.\n\nTitles. SECTION 2. \"The First Church of Christ, Scientist,\" is the\nlegal title of The Mother Church. Branch churches of The Mother\nChurch may take the title of First Church of Christ, Scientist;\nSecond Church of Christ, Scientist; and so on, where more than one\nchurch is established in the same place; but the article \"The\"\nmust not be used before titles of branch churches, nor written on\napplications for membership in naming such churches.\n\nMother Church Unique. SECTION 3. In its relation to other Christian\nScience churches, in its By-Laws and self-government, The Mother\nChurch stands alone; it occupies a position that no other church\ncan fill. Then for a branch church to assume such position would be\ndisastrous to Christian Science. Therefore, no Church of Christ,\nScientist, shall be considered loyal that has branch churches or\nadopts The Mother Church's form of government, except in such cases\nas are specially allowed and named in this Manual.\n\nTenets Copyrighted. SECTION 4. Branch churches shall not write the\nTenets of The Mother Church in their church books, except they give\nthe name of their author and her permission to publish them as Tenets\nof The Mother Church, copyrighted in SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO\nTHE SCRIPTURES.\n\nManual. SECTION 5. Branch churches shall not adopt, print, nor\npublish the Manual of The Mother Church. See Article XXXV, Sect. 1.\n\nOrganizing Churches. SECTION 6. A member of this Church who obeys its\nBy-Laws and is a loyal exemplary Christian Scientist working in the\nField, is eligible to form a church in conformity with Sect. 7 of\nthis Article, and to have church services conducted by reading the\nSCRIPTURES and the Christian Science textbook. This church shall be\nacknowledged publicly as a Church of Christ, Scientist. Upon proper\napplication, made in accordance with the rules of The Christian\nScience Publishing Society, the services of such a church may be\nadvertised in _The Christian Science Journal_. The branch churches\nshall be individual, and not more than two small churches shall\nconsolidate under one church government. If the Pastor Emeritus, Mrs.\nEddy, should relinquish her place as the head or Leader of The Mother\nChurch of Christ, Scientist, each branch church shall continue its\npresent form of government in consonance with The Mother Church\nManual.\n\nRequirements for Organizing Branch Churches. SECTION 7. A branch\nchurch of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Mass., shall\nnot be organized with less than sixteen loyal Christian Scientists,\nfour of whom are members of The Mother Church. This membership shall\ninclude at least one active practitioner whose card is published in\nthe list of practitioners in _The Christian Science Journal_.\n\nPrivilege of Members. SECTION 8. Members in good standing with\nThe Mother Church, who are members of the faculty, instructors,\nor students organization.\n\nNo Close Communion. SECTION 9. The Mother Church and the branch\nchurches shall not confine their membership to the pupils of one\nteacher.\n\nNo Interference. SECTION 10. A member of The Mother Church may be a\nmember of one branch Church of Christ, Scientist, or of one Christian\nScience society holding public services, but he shall not be a member\nof both a branch church and a society; neither shall he exercise\nsupervision or control over any other church. In Christian Science\neach branch church shall be distinctly democratic in its government,\nand no individual, and no other church shall interfere with its\naffairs.\n\nTeachers' and Practitioners' Offices. SECTION 11. Teachers and\npractitioners of Christian Science shall not have their offices or\nrooms in the branch churches, in the reading rooms, nor in rooms\nconnected therewith.\n\nRecognition. SECTION 12. In order to be eligible to a card in _The\nChristian Science Journal_, churches and societies are required to\nacknowledge as such all other Christian Science churches and\nsocieties advertised in said _Journal_, and to maintain toward them\nan attitude of Christian fellowship.\n\n\n\n\nGUARDIANSHIP OF CHURCH FUNDS\n\n\nArticle XXIV\n\nChurch Edifice a Testimonial. SECTION 1. Whereas, on March 20, 1895,\nthe Christian Science Board of Directors, in behalf of The First\nChurch of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Mass., presented to Rev. Mary\nBaker Eddy their church edifice as a Testimonial of this Church's\nlove and gratitude, and she, with grateful acknowledgments thereof,\ndeclined to receive this munificent gift, she now understands the\nfinancial situation between the Christian Science Board of Directors\nand said Church to be as follows:--\n\nFinancial Situation. SECTION 2. The Christian Science Board of\nDirectors owns the church edifices, with the land whereon they stand,\nlegally; and the Church members own the aforesaid premises and\nbuildings, beneficially. After the first church was built, the\nbalance of the building funds, which remained in the hands of the\nDirectors, belonged to the Church, and not solely to the Directors.\nThe balance of the church building funds, which can be spared after\nthe debts are paid, should remain on safe deposit, to be hereafter\nused for the benefit of this Church, as the right occasion may call\nfor it. The following indicates the proper management of the Church\nfunds:--\n\nReport of Directors. SECTION 3. It shall be the duty of the Christian\nScience Board of Directors to have the books of the Church Treasurer\naudited semi-annually, and to report at the annual Church meeting\nthe amount of funds which the Church has on hand, the amount of its\nindebtedness and of its expenditures for the last year.\n\nFinance Committee. SECTION 4. There shall be a Committee on Finance,\nwhich shall consist of three members of this Church in good standing.\nIts members shall be appointed annually by the Christian Science\nBoard of Directors and with the consent of the Pastor Emeritus. They\nshall hold quarterly meetings and keep themselves thoroughly informed\nas to the real estate owned by this Church and the amount of funds\nreceived by the Treasurer of The Mother Church, who is individually\nresponsible for said funds. They shall have the books of the\nChristian Science Board of Directors and the books of the Church\nTreasurer audited annually by an honest, competent accountant.\nThe books are to be audited on May first.\n\nPrior to paying bills against the Church, the Treasurer of this\nChurch shall submit them all to said committee for examination.\nThis committee shall decide thereupon by a unanimous vote, and its\nendorsement of the bills shall render them payable.\n\nIf it be found that the Church funds have not been properly managed,\nit shall be the duty of the Board of Directors and the Treasurer to\nbe individually responsible for the performance of their several\noffices satisfactorily, and for the proper distribution of the funds\nof which they are the custodians.\n\nGod's Requirement. SECTION 5. God requires wisdom, economy, and\nbrotherly love to characterize all the proceedings of the members\nof The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist.\n\nProvision for the Future. SECTION 6. In case of any possible future\ndeviation from duty, the Committee on Finance shall visit the Board\nof Directors, and, in a Christian spirit and manner, demand that each\nmember thereof comply with the By-Laws of the Church. If any Director\nfails to heed this admonition, he may be dismissed from office and\nthe vacancy supplied by the Board.\n\nDebt and Duty. SECTION 7. The Mother Church shall not be made legally\nresponsible for the debts of individuals except such debts as are\nspecified in its By-Laws. Donations from this Church shall not be\nmade without the written consent of the Pastor Emeritus. Also\nimportant movements of the manager of the Committee on Publication\nshall be sanctioned by the Board of Directors and be subject to the\napproval of Mary Baker Eddy. (See Article I, Sect. 6.)\n\nEmergencies. SECTION 8. The Treasurer, personally, or through the\nClerk of the Church, may pay from the funds of the Church bills of\nimmediate necessity not exceeding $200 for any one transaction, and\nhe may keep on deposit the sum of $500 with the Clerk, as a petty\ncash fund, to be used by him for the payment of such bills. Such\npayments shall be reported, on the first of the following month,\nto the Board of Directors and the Committee on Finance, for their\napproval.\n\nCommittee on Business. SECTION 9. The Christian Science Board of\nDirectors shall elect annually a Committee on Business, which shall\nconsist of not less than three loyal members of The Mother Church,\nwho shall transact promptly and efficiently such business as Mrs.\nEddy, the Directors, or the Committee on Publication shall commit\nto it. While the members of this Committee are engaged in the\ntransaction of the business assigned to them they shall be paid from\nthe Church funds. Before being eligible for office the names of the\npersons nominated for said office shall be presented to Mrs. Eddy\nfor her written approval.\n\n\n\n\nTHE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING SOCIETY\n\n\nArticle XXV\n\nBoard of Trustees. SECTION 1. The Board of Trustees, constituted by a\nDeed of Trust given by Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, the Pastor Emeritus of\nthis Church, on January twenty-fifth, 1898, shall hold and manage the\nproperty therein conveyed, and conduct the business of \"The Christian\nScience Publishing Society\" on a strictly Christian basis, for the\npromotion of the interests of Christian Science.\n\nDisposal of Funds. SECTION 2. The net profits of the business shall\nbe paid over semi-annually to the Treasurer of The Mother Church. He\nshall hold this money subject to the order of the Christian Science\nBoard of Directors, which is authorized to order its disposition only\nin accordance with the By-Laws contained in this Manual.\n\nVacancies in Trusteeship. SECTION 3. The Christian Science Board\nof Directors shall have the power to declare vacancies in said\ntrusteeship, for such reasons as to the Board may seem expedient.\n\nWhenever a vacancy shall occur, the Pastor Emeritus reserves the\nright to fill the same by appointment; but if she does not elect to\nexercise this right, the remaining trustees shall fill the vacancy,\nsubject to her approval.\n\nEditors and Manager. SECTION 4. The term of office for the editors\nand the manager of The Christian Science Publishing Society is one\nyear each, dating from the time of election to the office. Incumbents\nwho have served one year or more can be re-elected, or new officers\nelected, by a unanimous vote of the Christian Science Board of\nDirectors, and the consent of the Pastor Emeritus given in her own\nhandwriting.\n\nSuitable Employees. SECTION 5. A person who is not accepted by the\nPastor Emeritus and the Christian Science Board of Directors as\nsuitable, shall in no manner be connected with publishing her books,\nnor with editing or publishing _The Christian Science Journal_,\n_Christian Science Sentinel_, _Der Herold der Christian Science_,\nnor with The Christian Science Publishing Society.\n\nPeriodicals. SECTION 6. Periodicals which shall at any time be\npublished by The Christian Science Publishing Society, shall be\ncopyrighted and conducted according to the provisions in the Deed\nof Trust relating to _The Christian Science Journal_.\n\nRule of Conduct. SECTION 7. No objectionable pictures shall be\nexhibited in the rooms where the Christian Science textbook is\npublished or sold. No idle gossip, no slander, no mischief-making,\nno evil speaking shall be allowed.\n\nBooks to be Published. SECTION 8. Only the Publishing Society of\nThe Mother Church selects, approves, and publishes the books and\nliterature it sends forth. If Mary Baker Eddy disapproves of\ncertain books or literature, the Society will not publish them. The\nCommittees on Publication are in no manner connected with these\nfunctions. A book or an article of which Mrs. Eddy is the author\nshall not be published nor republished by this Society without her\nknowledge or written consent.\n\nRemoval of Cards. SECTION 9. No cards shall be removed from our\nperiodicals without the request of the advertiser, except by a\nmajority vote of the Christian Science Board of Directors at a\nmeeting held for this purpose or for the examination of complaints.\n\nMembers of this Church who practise other professions or pursue\nother vocations, shall not advertise as healers, excepting those\nmembers who are officially engaged in the work of Christian Science,\nand they must devote ample time for faithful practice.\n\n\n\n\nTEACHING CHRISTIAN SCIENCE\n\n\nArticle XXVI--TEACHERS\n\nMotive in Teaching. SECTION 1. Teaching Christian Science shall not\nbe a question of money, but of morals and religion, healing and\nuplifting the race.\n\nCare of Pupils. SECTION 2. Christian Scientists who are teachers\nshall carefully select for pupils such only as have good past records\nand promising proclivities toward Christian Science. A teacher shall\nnot assume personal control of, or attempt to dominate his pupils,\nbut he shall hold himself morally obligated to promote their progress\nin the understanding of divine Principle, not only during the class\nterm but after it, and to watch well that they prove sound in\nsentiment and practical in Christian Science. He shall persistently\nand patiently counsel his pupils in conformity with the unerring laws\nof God, and shall enjoin them habitually to study the Scriptures and\nSCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES as a help thereto.\n\nDefense against Malpractice. SECTION 3. Teachers shall instruct their\npupils how to defend themselves against mental malpractice, never to\nreturn evil for evil, but to know the truth that makes free, and thus\nto be a law, not unto others, but to themselves.\n\nNumber of Pupils. SECTION 4. The teachers of Christian Science shall\nteach but one class yearly, which class shall consist of not more\nthan thirty pupils. After 1907, the Board of Education shall have one\nclass triennially, a Normal class not exceeding thirty pupils.\n\nPupil's Tuition. SECTION 5. A student's price for teaching Christian\nScience shall not exceed $100.00 per pupil.\n\nAssociations. SECTION 6. The associations of the pupils of loyal\nteachers shall convene annually. The pupils shall be guided by the\nBIBLE, and SCIENCE AND HEALTH, not by their teachers' personal views.\nTeachers shall not call their pupils together, or assemble a selected\nnumber of them, for more frequent meetings.\n\nA Single Field of Labor. SECTION 7. A loyal teacher of Christian\nScience shall not teach another loyal teacher's pupil, except it\nbe in the Board of Education. Outside of this Board each student\noccupies only his own field of labor. Pupils may visit each other's\nchurches, and by invitation attend each other's associations.\n\nCaring for Pupils of Strayed Members. SECTION 8. A loyal teacher of\nChristian Science may teach and receive into his association the\npupils of another member of this Church who has so strayed as justly\nto be deemed, under the provisions of Article XII, Sect. 1, not ready\nto lead his pupils.\n\nTeachers must have Certificates. SECTION 9. A member of this Church\nshall not teach pupils Christian Science unless he has a certificate\nto show that he has been taught by Mrs. Eddy or has taken a Normal\nCourse at the Massachusetts Metaphysical College or in the Board of\nEducation.\n\nSuch members who have not been continuously active and loyal\nChristian Scientists since receiving instruction as above, shall\nnot teach Christian Science without the approval of The Christian\nScience Board of Directors.\n\n\nArticle XXVII--PUPILS\n\nAuthorized to Teach. SECTION 1. After a student's pupil has been duly\nauthorized to be a teacher of Christian Science, or has been under\nthe personal instruction of Mrs. Eddy, he is no longer under the\njurisdiction of his former teacher.\n\nWithout Teachers. SECTION 2. Those beloved brethren whose teacher has\nleft them, can elect an experienced Christian Scientist, who is not\nin charge of an association of students and who is ready for this\nhigh calling, to conduct the meetings of their association.\n\nBasis for Teaching. SECTION 3. The teachers of the Normal class shall\nteach from the chapter Recapitulation in SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY\nTO THE SCRIPTURES, and from the Christian Science Platform, beginning\non page 330 of the revised editions since 1902, and they shall teach\nnothing contrary thereto. The teachers of the Primary class shall\ninstruct their pupils from the said chapter on \"Recapitulation\" only.\n\nChurch Membership. SECTION 4. Neither the Pastor Emeritus nor a\nmember of this Church shall teach Roman Catholics Christian Science,\nexcept it be with the written consent of the authority of their\nChurch. Choice of patients is left to the wisdom of the practitioner,\nand Mrs. Eddy is not to be consulted on this subject.\n\nClass Teaching. SECTION 5. Members of The Mother Church who are\nauthorized by its By-Laws to teach Christian Science, shall not\nsolicit, or cause or permit others to solicit, pupils for their\nclasses. No member of this Church shall advise against class\ninstruction.\n\nTeachers of Christian Science must have the necessary moral and\nspiritual qualifications to elucidate the Principle and rule of\nChristian Science, through the higher meaning of the Scriptures.\n\"The less the teacher personally controls other minds, and the more\nhe trusts them to the divine Truth and Love, the better it will be\nfor both teacher and student.\" (Retrospection and Introspection,\npage 84.)\n\n\n\n\nBOARD OF EDUCATION\n\n\nArticle XXVIII--ORGANIZATION\n\nOfficers. SECTION 1. There shall be a Board of Education, under\nthe auspices of Mary Baker Eddy, President of the Massachusetts\nMetaphysical College, consisting of three members, a president,\nvice-president, and teacher of Christian Science. Obstetrics will\nnot be taught.\n\nElection. SECTION 2. The vice-president shall be elected annually by\nthe Christian Science Board of Directors. Beginning with 1907, the\nteacher shall be elected every third year by said Board, and the\ncandidate shall be subject to the approval of the Pastor Emeritus.\n\nPresident not to be Consulted. SECTION 3. The President is not to be\nconsulted by students on the question of applying for admission to\nthis Board nor on their course or conduct. The students can confer\nwith their teachers on subjects essential to their progress.\n\nPresidency of College. SECTION 4. Should the President resign\nover her own signature or vacate her office of President of the\nMassachusetts Metaphysical College, a meeting of the Christian\nScience Board of Directors shall immediately be called, and the\nvice-president of the Board of Education being found worthy, on\nreceiving her approval shall be elected to fill the vacancy.\n\n\nArticle XXIX--APPLICANTS AND GRADUATES\n\nNormal Teachers. SECTION 1. Loyal students who have been taught in\na Primary class by Mrs. Eddy and have practised Christian Science\nhealing acceptably three years, and who present such credentials as\nare required to verify this fact, are eligible to receive the degree\nof C.S.D.\n\nQualifications. SECTION 2. Loyal Christian Scientists' pupils who so\ndesire may apply to the Board of Education for instruction; and if\nthey have practised Christian Science healing successfully three\nyears and will furnish evidence of their eligibility therefor, they\nare eligible to enter the Normal class. All members of this class\nmust be thorough English scholars.\n\nCertificates. SECTION 3. Students are examined and given certificates\nby this Board if found qualified to receive them.\n\n\nArticle XXX--ACTION OF THE BOARD\n\nSessions. SECTION 1. The term of the Massachusetts Metaphysical\nCollege will open with the Board of Education on the first Wednesday\nof December. The sessions will continue not over one week. None but\nthe teacher and members of the College class shall be present at the\nsessions, and no Primary classes shall be taught under the auspices\nof this Board.\n\nSpecial Instruction. SECTION 2. Not less than two thorough lessons by\na well qualified teacher shall be given to each Normal class on the\nsubject of mental practice and _malpractice_. One student in the\nclass shall prepare a paper on said subject that shall be read to\nthe class, thoroughly discussed, and understood; this paper shall be\ngiven to the teacher, and he shall not allow it or a copy of it to\nremain, but shall destroy this paper.\n\nSignatures. SECTION 3. The signature of the teacher and of the\nPresident of the College shall be on all certificates issued.\n\nRemuneration and Free Scholarship. SECTION 4. Tuition of class\ninstruction in the Board of Education shall be $100.00. The bearer of\na card of free scholarship from the President, Rev. Mary Baker Eddy,\nshall be entitled to a free course in this department on presentation\nof the card to the teacher. Only the President gives free admission\nto classes.\n\nSurplus Funds. SECTION 5. Any surplus funds left in the hands of the\nBoard of Education shall be paid over annually to the Treasurer of\nThe Mother Church.\n\nPrimary Students. SECTION 6. Students of Christian Science, duly\ninstructed therein and with good moral records, not having the\ncertificate of C.S.D. may enter the Normal class in the Board of\nEducation, which will be held once in three years beginning A. D.\n1907; provided their diplomas are for three _consecutive_ years\nunder Mrs. Eddy's daily conversation on Christian Science, or from\nthe Massachusetts Meta-physical College Board of Education.\n\nHealing Better than Teaching. SECTION 7. Healing the sick and the\nsinner with Truth demonstrates what we affirm of Christian Science,\nand nothing can substitute this demonstration. I recommend that each\nmember of this Church shall strive to demonstrate by his or her\npractice, that Christian Science heals the sick quickly and wholly,\nthus proving this Science to be all that we claim for it.\n\nIf both husband and wife are found duly qualified to teach Christian\nScience, either one, not both, should teach yearly one class.\n\nNot Members of The Mother Church. SECTION 8. No person shall receive\ninstructions in Christian Science in any class in the Massachusetts\nMetaphysical College, nor receive the degree of C.S.B. or C.S.D., who\nis not a member of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston,\nMass.\n\nOnly those persons who are members of this Church and possessed\nof the qualifications named in Sect. 9 of Article XXVI of these\nBy-Laws shall be deemed loyal teachers of Christian Science.\n\n\n\n\nBOARD OF LECTURESHIP\n\n\nArticle XXXI--ORGANIZATION AND DUTIES\n\nElection. SECTION 1. This Church shall maintain a Board of\nLectureship, the members of which shall be elected annually on Monday\npreceding the Annual Meeting, subject to the approval of the Pastor\nEmeritus. The lecture year shall begin July 1 of each year.\n\nDuty of Lecturers. SECTION 2. It is the duty of the Board of\nLectureship to include in each lecture a true and just reply to\npublic topics condemning Christian Science, and to bear testimony to\nthe facts pertaining to the life of the Pastor Emeritus. Each member\nshall mail to the Clerk of this Church copies of his lectures before\ndelivering them.\n\nNo Disruption of Branch Churches. SECTION 3. The Board of Lectureship\nis not allowed in anywise to meddle with nor to disrupt the\norganization of branch churches. The lecturer can invite churches\nwithin the city whither he is called to unite in their attendance on\nhis lecture, and so make for their churches a less lecture fee; but\nthe churches shall decide their action.\n\nReceptions. SECTION 4. As a rule there should be no receptions nor\nfestivities after a lecture on Christian Science, but there may occur\nexceptions. If there be an individual who goes to hear and deride\ntruth, he should go away contemplating truth; and he who goes to seek\ntruth should have the opportunity to depart in quiet _thought_ on\nthat subject.\n\nCircuit Lecturer. SECTION 5. Upon the written request of Mrs. Eddy,\nThe Mother Church shall appoint a Circuit Lecturer. His term of\noffice, if approved, shall not be less than three years. He shall\nlecture in the United States, in Canada, in Great Britain and\nIreland.\n\nA member shall neither resign nor transfer this sacred office.\n\n\nArticle XXXII--CALLS FOR LECTURES\n\nThe Directors. SECTION 1. When the need is apparent, the Christian\nScience Board of Directors of The Mother Church may call on any\nmember of this Board of Lectureship to lecture at such places and\nat such times as the cause of Christian Science demands.\n\nFrom Branch Churches. SECTION 2. The branch Churches of Christ,\nScientist, may apply through their clerks to a member of this Board\nof Lectureship for a speaker, and one shall be assigned them by the\nBoard.\n\nFrom Societies. SECTION 3. If called for, a member of the Board may\nlecture for a Society.\n\nAnnual Lectures. SECTION 4. The Mother Church and the branch churches\nshall call on the Board of Lectureship annually for one or more\nlectures.\n\nNo Lectures by Readers. SECTION 5. No lecture shall be given by a\nReader during his term of Readership. The duties alone of a Reader\nare ample.\n\nNo Wednesday Evening Lectures. SECTION 6. The Board of Lectureship\nshall not appoint a lecture for Wednesday evening.\n\nLecture Fee. SECTION 7. The lecture fee shall be left to the\ndiscretion of the lecturer.\n\nExpenses. SECTION 8. The lecturer's traveling expenses and the cost\nof hall shall be paid by the church that employs him.\n\nExceptional Cases. SECTION 9. If a lecturer receive a call to lecture\nin a place where he sees there is special need, and the local church\nis unable to meet the expense, he is at liberty to supply that need\nand trust to contributions for his fee.\n\n\n\n\nCOMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION\n\n\nArticle XXXIII\n\nIn The Mother Church. SECTION 1. There shall be appointed by The\nMother Church a Committee on Publication, which shall consist of\none loyal Christian Scientist who lives in Boston, and he shall\nbe manager of the Committees on Publication throughout the United\nStates, Canada, Great Britain and Ireland. He shall be elected\nannually by a unanimous vote of the Christian Science Board of\nDirectors and the consent of the Pastor Emeritus given in her own\nhandwriting, and shall receive an annual salary, paid quarterly,\nof not less than four thousand dollars.\n\nDuties. SECTION 2. It shall be the duty of the Committee on\nPublication to correct in a Christian manner impositions on the\npublic in regard to Christian Science, injustices done Mrs. Eddy\nor members of this Church by the daily press, by periodicals or\ncirculated literature of any sort. This Committee on Publication\nshall be responsible for correcting or having corrected a false\nnewspaper article which has not been replied to by other Scientists,\nor which has been forwarded to this Committee for the purpose of\nhaving him reply to it. If the correction by the Committee on\nPublication is not promptly published by the periodical in which it\nis desirable that this correction shall appear, this Committee shall\nimmediately apply for aid to the Committee on Business. Furthermore,\nthe Committee on Publication shall read the _last proof sheet_ of\nsuch an article and see that it is published according to copy; he\nshall circulate in large quantities the papers containing such an\narticle, sending a copy to the Clerk of the Church. It shall also be\nthe duty of the Committee on Publication to have published each year\nin a leading Boston newspaper the letter sent to the Pastor Emeritus\nby the Church members in annual meeting assembled. The State\nCommittees on Publication act under the direction of this Committee\non Publication.\n\nIn Branch Churches. SECTION 3. The Readers of the three largest\nbranch churches in each State of the United States and in Canada\nshall annually and alternately appoint a Committee on Publication to\nserve in their localities. For the purposes of this By-Law, the State\nof California shall be considered as though it were two States, the\ndividing line being the 36th parallel of latitude. Each county of\nGreat Britain and Ireland, except as hereinafter specified, through\nthe Readers of its three largest branch churches, shall annually\nand alternately appoint a Committee on Publication to serve in\nits locality. Each church is not necessarily confined to its own\nmembers in selecting this Committee, but if preferred, can appoint\na Committee on Publication who is in good fellowship with another\nChurch of Christ, Scientist.\n\nThis By-Law applies to all States except Massachusetts, in which the\nCommittee on Publication is elected only by the Christian Science\nBoard of Directors. The Committee for the counties in which London,\nEngland, is situated shall be appointed by the Christian Science\nBoard of Directors, and he shall, in addition to his other duties,\nact as District Manager of the Committees on Publication for Great\nBritain and Ireland.\n\nAppointment. SECTION 4. The Committees on Publication shall consist\nof men generally. Each State Committee shall be appointed by the\nFirst and Second Readers of the church employing said Committee.\nIf prior to the meeting of the church for the election of officers,\nMrs. Eddy shall send to the First Reader of the church the name of\na candidate for its Committee on Publication, the Readers shall\nappoint said candidate. Or if she shall send a special request to any\nCommittee on Publication, the request shall be carried out according\nto her directions.\n\nRemoval from Office. SECTION 5. If the Committee on Publication\nneglects to fulfil the obligations of his office according to these\nBy-Laws, and this becomes apparent to the Christian Science Board\nof Directors, it shall be the duty of the Directors immediately to\nact upon this important matter in accordance with said By-Laws.\n\nThe Christian Science Board of Directors may notify any Church of\nChrist, Scientist, to remove its Committee on Publication and to\nappoint another Committee to fill the vacancy; and it shall be the\nduty of that church to comply with this request. In such cases it\nshall be the privilege of this Board to name the Committee if it so\ndesires, and any Committee so named by the Board shall be elected by\nthe branch church.\n\nCase of Necessity. SECTION 6. If a suitable man is not obtainable for\nCommittee on Publication, a suitable woman shall be elected. If at\nany time the Christian Science Board of Directors shall determine\nthat the manager of the general Committee on Publication needs an\nassistant, the Board shall, with the approval of the Pastor Emeritus,\nappoint an assistant manager, who shall receive an adequate salary\nfrom The Mother Church.\n\n\n\n\nCHURCH-BUILDING\n\n\nArticle XXXIV\n\nBuilding Committee. SECTION 1. There shall be a Building Committee\nconsisting of not less than three members, and this committee shall\nnot be dissolved until the new church edifice is completed. This\ncommittee shall elect, dismiss, or supply a vacancy of its members\nby a majority vote.\n\nDesignation of Deeds. SECTION 2. All deeds of further purchases of\nland for The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass.,\nshall have named in them all the trusts mentioned in the deeds given\nby Albert Metcalf and E. Noyes Whitcomb in March, 1903; but this rule\nshall not apply to land purchased for any purpose other than the\nerection of a church edifice. Also there shall be incorporated in all\nsuch deeds the phrase, \"Mary Baker Eddy's Church, The Mother Church\nor The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass.\"\n\nThe Mother Church Building. SECTION 3. The edifice erected in 1894\nfor The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., shall\nneither be demolished, nor removed from the site where it was built,\nwithout the written consent of the Pastor Emeritus, Mary Baker Eddy.\n\n\n\n\nCHURCH MANUAL\n\n\nArticle XXXV\n\nFor The Mother Church Only. SECTION 1. The Church Manual of The First\nChurch of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., written by Mary Baker\nEddy and copyrighted, is adapted to The Mother Church only. It stands\nalone, uniquely adapted to form the budding thought and hedge it\nabout with divine Love. This Manual shall not be revised without the\nwritten consent of its author.\n\nSeventy-third Edition the Authority. SECTION 2. The Board of\nDirectors, the Committee on Bible Lessons, and the Board of Trustees\nshall each keep a copy of the Seventy-third Edition and of subsequent\neditions of the Church Manual; and if a discrepancy appears in any\nrevised edition, these editions shall be cited as authority.\n\nAmendment of By-Laws. SECTION 3. No new Tenet or By-Law shall be\nadopted, nor any Tenet or By-Law amended or annulled, without the\nwritten consent of Mary Baker Eddy, the author of our textbook,\nSCIENCE AND HEALTH.\n\n\n\n\nAppendix\n\n\nSpecial Instructions Regarding Applications for Church Membership\n\n\n1. Loyal members of The Mother Church are eligible to approve\ncandidates to unite with this Church.\n\n2. No persons are eligible to countersign applications except\nloyal students of Mrs. Eddy, Directors, and students of the Board\nof Education who have been given a degree, and are members of The\nMother Church.\n\n3. Those who approve applicants should have applications returned\nto them after being filled out by the applicants, as required by\nArticle V, Sect. 6, and should compare them with the forms here\ngiven, and see that names are legibly written, before sending\nthem to the Clerk of the Church. If not correct, the applicant\nwill be notified, and new applications will be required, as\nnone will be returned that are not correctly made out. This\nrequirement is to prevent applications being duplicated and the\nconfusion that might result therefrom. It is important that these\nseemingly strict conditions be exactly complied with, as the\nnames of the members of The Mother Church will be recorded in the\nhistory of the Church and become a part thereof.\n\n4. All names, whether of applicants, signers, or countersigners,\nmust be plainly written, and one, at least, of the given names of\neach, written in full. Initials only of first names will not be\nreceived. Women must sign Miss or Mrs. before their names as the\ncase may be.\n\nAll names must be written the same in all places where they are\nrequired.\n\n\n\n\nTO APPLICANTS\n\n\n1. In filling out the application blank, one of the Christian\nnames must be written in full. Initials alone will not be\nreceived.\n\n2. If the applicant is a married woman she must sign her own\nChristian name, not her husband's, and prefix her signature with\n\"Mrs;\" unmarried women must sign \"Miss.\"\n\n3. There are two regular forms of application. 1. For those who\nhave studied Christian Science with an authorized teacher; 2. For\nthose who have not studied Christian Science with a teacher.\n\nApplicants will find the chief points of these instructions\nillustrated in Form 1 and Form 2, on pages 114 and 118.\n\n4. Those whose teachers are deceased, absent, or disloyal, or\nthose whose teachers refuse, without sufficient cause, to sign\napplications (see Art. V, Sect. 4), will be furnished special\nforms on application to the Clerk.\n\n5. When branch churches are designated by number, as First Church,\nSecond Church, etc., the number must be written First, Second,\nas shown on page 118. The article \"the\" either capitalized (The),\nor small (the), must not be used before titles of branch churches.\nSee Article XXIII, Sect. 2.\n\n6. If the applicant is not a member of a branch church, he should\nfill out his application in this respect according to the form on\npage 114.\n\n\n\n\nAPPLICATION FORMS\n\n\nApplication I\n\nPROPERLY SIGNED AND ENDORSED,\n\nACCORDING TO ARTICLE V, SECT. 2\n\nIf you have been taught by a loyal student who has taken a degree at\nthe Massachusetts Metaphysical College, or by one who has passed an\nexamination by the Board of Education, fill this blank.\n\n\n  FORM 1\n\n  The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., is\n  designed to be built on the rock of Christ--Truth and Life--and to\n  reflect the Church Triumphant.\n\n  One who is not a member of any church, excepting a branch church\n  of Christ, Scientist, who loves Christian Science, and reads\n  understandingly the Bible, and SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE\n  SCRIPTURES, by Reverend Mary Baker Eddy, and other works by this\n  author, and who is Christianly qualified and can enter into full\n  fellowship with the Tenets and Rules of The First Church of Christ,\n  Scientist, in Boston, Mass., is eligible to membership.\n\n  _To The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass._\n\n                                       Gordon V. Comer Clerk.\n\n  I hereby make application for membership, and subscribe to the\n  Tenets and the By-Laws of the Church.\n\n  My teacher in Christian Science is\n  ...............James B. Brown, C.S.D. ..................\n\n  I am not a member of any church.\n\n\nFORM 1--(Continued)\n\n  I was formerly a member of the .............................\n  ............ denomination, but have definitely severed my\n  connection therewith.\n\n  Name .............. Mrs. Jennie W. Field, C.S. ..........\n  Street and Number ....... 18 Forest St., ................\n  Town or City ................ Chicago, ..................\n  State ............................ Ill ..................\n  Date ................. Jan. 2nd, 1901 ...................\n\n  I cordially approve the applicant.\n\n  (a) ............... James B. Brown, C.S.D. ...............\n\n  Countersigned by ..........................................\n\n\n  DO NOT DETACH.\n\n  To the applicant:      Name ...... Mrs. Jennie W. Field, C.S. ......\n  Please fill out the    Street and Number ... 18 Forest St., ........\n  following for the use  Town or City ............ Chicago, ..........\n  of the Treasurer of    State ............................ Ill ......\n  the Church:\n\n\nApplication I\n\nPROPERLY SIGNED AND ENDORSED,\n\nACCORDING TO ARTICLE V, SECT. 2\n\nIf you have been taught by a loyal student who has taken a degree at\nthe Massachusetts Metaphysical College, or by one who has passed an\nexamination by the Board of Education, fill this blank.\n\n\n  FORM 1\n\n  The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., is\n  designed to be built on the rock of Christ--Truth and Life--and to\n  reflect the Church Triumphant.\n\n  One who is not a member of any church, excepting a branch church\n  of Christ, Scientist, who loves Christian Science, and reads\n  understandingly the Bible, and SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE\n  SCRIPTURES, by Reverend Mary Baker Eddy, and other works by this\n  author, and who is Christianly qualified and can enter into full\n  fellowship with the Tenets and Rules of The First Church of Christ,\n  Scientist, in Boston, Mass., is eligible to membership.\n\n  _To The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass._\n\n                                       Gordon V. Comer Clerk.\n\n  I hereby make application for membership, and subscribe to the\n  Tenets and the By-Laws of the Church.\n\n  My teacher in Christian Science is\n  ...............James B. Brown, C.S.D. ..................\n\n  I am not a member of any church, excepting Church of Christ,\n  Scientist, at ........................\n\n\nFORM 1--(Continued)\n\n  I was formerly a member of the .............................\n  ............ denomination, but have definitely severed my\n  connection therewith.\n\n  Name .............. Mrs. Jennie W. Field, C.S. ..........\n  Street and Number ....... 18 Forest St., ................\n  Town or City ................ Chicago, ..................\n  State ............................ Ill ..................\n  Date ................. Jan. 2nd, 1901 ...................\n\n  I cordially approve the applicant.\n\n  (a) ............... James B. Brown, C.S.D. ...............\n\n  Countersigned by ..........................................\n\n\n  DO NOT DETACH.\n\n  To the applicant:      Name ...... Mrs. Jennie W. Field, C.S. ......\n  Please fill out the    Street and Number ... 18 Forest St., ........\n  following for the use  Town or City ............ Chicago, ..........\n  of the Treasurer of    State ............................ Ill ......\n  the Church:\n\n\nApplication II\n\nSIGNED, ENDORSED, AND COUNTERSIGNED,\n\nACCORDING TO ARTICLE VI, SECT. 2\n\n\nIf you have not been taught by a loyal student who has taken a degree at\nthe Massachusetts Metaphysical College, or by one who has passed an\nexamination by the Board of Education, fill this blank.\n\n\n  FORM 2\n\n  One who is not a member of any church, excepting a branch church\n  of Christ, Scientist, who loves Christian Science, and reads\n  understandingly the Bible, and SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE\n  SCRIPTURES, by Reverend Mary Baker Eddy, and other works by this\n  author, and who is Christianly qualified and can enter into full\n  fellowship with the Tenets and Rules of The First Church of Christ,\n  Scientist, in Boston, Mass., is eligible to membership.\n\n  _To The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass._\n\n                                       Gordon V. Comer Clerk.\n\n  I hereby make application for membership, and subscribe to the\n  Tenets and the By-Laws of the Church. I have not studied Christian\n  Science with a teacher, and am not a member of any church excepting\n  _Second_ Church of Christ, Scientist, at _New York, N.Y._\n\n  I was formerly a member of the .............................\n  ............ denomination, but have definitely severed my\n  connection therewith.\n\n\nFORM 2--(Continued)\n\n  Name .............. Miss Emma L. French .................\n  Street and Number ...... 293 Emerson St., ...............\n  Town or City ................ New York ..................\n  State ............................ N.Y. .................\n  Date ................. Jan. 2nd, 1901 ...................\n\n  I cordially approve the applicant.\n\n  (a) ............. Miss Mary E. Grant, C.S. ...............\n\n  Countersigned by .... James B. Brown, C.S.D. .............\n\n\n  DO NOT DETACH.\n\n  To the applicant:      Name ....... Miss Emma L. French .......\n  Please fill out the    Street and Number .. 293 Emerson St. ...\n  following for the use  Town or City ............ New York .....\n  of the Treasurer of    State ......................... N.Y. ...\n  the Church:\n\n\n\n\nPresent Order of Services in The Mother Church and Branch Churches\n\n_Republished from the_ Sentinel\n\n\nSUNDAY SERVICES\n\n1. Hymn.\n\n2. Reading a Scriptural Selection.\n\n3. Silent Prayer, followed by the audible repetition of the Lord's\nPrayer with its spiritual interpretation.\n\n4. Hymn.\n\n5. Announcing necessary notices.\n\n6. Solo.\n\n7. Reading the explanatory note on first leaf of _Quarterly_.\n\n8. Announcing the subject of the Lesson Sermon, and reading the\nGolden Text.\n\n9. Reading the Scriptural selection, entitled \"Responsive Reading,\"\nalternately by the First Reader and the congregation.\n\n10. Reading the Lesson-Sermon. (After the Second Reader reads the\nBIBLE references of the first Section of the Lesson, the First Reader\nmakes the following announcement: \"As announced in the explanatory\nnote, I shall now read correlative passages from the Christian\nScience textbook, SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES,\nby Mary Baker Eddy.\")\n\n11. Collection.\n\n12. Hymn.\n\n13. Reading the scientific statement of being, and the correlative\nSCRIPTURE according to I John 3:1-3.\n\n14. Pronouncing Benediction.\n\nThe services should be preceded and followed by organ or piano music\nof an appropriate character in all cases where this is possible.\n\nOn the first Sunday of each month Article VIII, SECT. 1, _A Rule for\nMotives and Acts_, is to be read.\n\n\nWEDNESDAY MEETINGS\n\n1. Hymn.\n\n2. Reading from the BIBLE, and correlative passages from SCIENCE AND\nHEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES.\n\n3. Silent Prayer, followed by the audible repetition of the Lord's\nPrayer, its spiritual interpretation being omitted.\n\n4. Hymn.\n\n5. Announcing necessary notices.\n\n6. Experiences, testimonies, and remarks on Christian Science.\n\n7. Closing Hymn.\n\nThe services should be preceded and followed by organ or piano music\nof an appropriate character in all cases where this is possible.\n\n\nThanksgiving Day.\n\nOrder of Service for The Mother Church and Branch Churches.\n\n1. Hymn.\n\n2. Reading the Thanksgiving Proclamation of the President of the\nUnited States, or the Governor of the state, or both.\n\n3. Reading a Scriptural Selection.\n\n4. Silent Prayer, followed by the audible repetition of the Lord's\nPrayer with its spiritual interpretation.\n\n5. Hymn.\n\n6. Reading the Explanatory Note on the first leaf of the _Quarterly_.\n\n7. Announcing the subject of the Lesson Sermon, and reading the\nGolden Text.\n\n8. Responsive Reading by the First Reader and the congregation.\n\n9. Reading the Lesson-Sermon prepared by the Bible Lesson Committee.\n\n10. Solo.\n\n11. Testimonies by Christian Scientists, appropriate for the occasion.\n\n12. Hymn.\n\n13. Reading the Scientific Statement of Being, and the correlative\nSCRIPTURE according to I John 3:1-3.\n\n14. Pronouncing Benediction.\n\nNo collection is to be taken at this service.\n\nThe services should be preceded and followed by organ or piano music\nof an appropriate character in all cases where this is possible.\n\n\nPresent Order of Communion Services in Branch Churches\n\n1. Hymn.\n\n2. Reading a Scriptural Selection.\n\n3. Silent Prayer, followed by the audible repetition of the Lord's\nPrayer with its spiritual interpretation.\n\n4. Hymn.\n\n5. Announcing necessary notices.\n\n6. Reading Tenets of The Mother Church.\n\n7. Collection and Solo.\n\n8. Reading the explanatory note on first leaf of _Quarterly_.\n\n9. Announcing the subject of the Lesson Sermon, and reading the\nGolden Text.\n\n10. Reading the scriptural selection entitled \"Responsive Reading\"\nalternately by the First Reader and the congregation.\n\n11. Reading the Lesson-Sermon. (After the Second Reader reads the\nBIBLE references of the first Section of the Lesson, the First Reader\nmakes the following announcement: \"As announced in the explanatory\nnote, I shall now read correlative passages from the Christian\nScience textbook, SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES,\nby Mary Baker Eddy.\")\n\n12. The First Reader briefly invites the congregation to kneel in\nsilent Communion. This is concluded by the audible repetition of the\nLord's Prayer (spiritual interpretation omitted).\n\n13. Singing the Doxology:\n\n  \"Be Thou, O God, exalted high;\n  And as Thy glory fills the sky,\n  So let it be on earth displayed,\n  Till Thou art here and now obeyed.\"\n\n14. Reading the scientific statement of being and the correlative\nSCRIPTURE according to I John 3:1-3.\n\n15. Pronouncing Benediction.\n\nThe Church Tenets shall be read at this service.\n\nThe services should be preceded and followed by organ or piano music\nof an appropriate character in all cases where this is possible.\n\n\nOrder of Exercises for the Sunday School of the Mother Church.[4]\n\n1. Call to order by the Superintendent.\n\n2. Hymn.\n\n3. Subject of the lesson announced; Golden Text repeated by the\nchildren; Responsive Reading.\n\n4. Silent prayer, followed by the audible repetition of the Lord's\nPrayer in unison.\n\n5. Instruction in classes, in accordance with Sections 2 and 3 of\nArticle XX of the Manual of The Mother Church.\n\n6. Entire school reassembles.\n\n7. Hymn.\n\n8. Scientific Statement of Being read by the Superintendent.\n\n9. School dismissed.\n\n[4] If a collection is taken, it should be taken in the classes\nbefore they reassemble.\n\n\nDeed of Trust\n\n_The following is a Copy of the Deed of Trust_\n_Conveying Land for Church Edifice_\n\nKNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,\n\nThat I Mary Baker G. Eddy of Concord in the County of Merrimack and\nState of New Hampshire in consideration of one dollar to me paid by\nIra O. Knapp of Boston, Massachusetts, William B. Johnson of Boston,\nMassachusetts, Joseph S. Eastaman of Chelsea, Massachusetts, and\nStephen A. Chase of Fall River, Massachusetts, the receipt whereof is\nhereby acknowledged, and, also in consideration of the trusts and\nuses hereinafter mentioned and established, do hereby give, bargain,\nsell, and convey to the said Ira O. Knapp, William B. Johnson, Joseph\nS. Eastaman, and Stephen A. Chase as trustees as hereinafter provided\nand to their legitimate successors in office forever, a certain\nparcel of land situate on Falmouth street in said Boston, bounded and\ndescribed as follows:\n\nBeginning at the junction of Falmouth street, and a forty-foot street\nnow called Caledonia street; thence running Southwest on said\nFalmouth street one hundred and sixteen and eighty-eight hundredths\nfeet; thence Northwest at a right angle to a point where a line drawn\nat right angles to said forty-foot street at a point thereon one\nhundred and sixteen and fifty-five hundredths feet Northwest from\nthe point of beginning meets the said boundary at right angles to\nFalmouth street, sixty-six and seventy-eight hundredths feet; thence\nat an obtuse angle on said line at right angles to said forty-foot\nstreet sixty-seven and thirty-five hundredths feet to said forty-foot\nstreet; thence Southeasterly on said forty-foot street one hundred\nand sixteen and fifty-five hundredths feet to the point of beginning;\ncontaining seven thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight square\nfeet more or less, and subject to the agreements and restrictions\nmentioned in a deed recorded in Suffolk Registry of Deeds Lib. 1719,\nFol 83 so far as the same are now legally operative.\n\nThis deed of conveyance is made upon the following express trusts\nand conditions which the said grantees by accepting this deed agree\nand covenant for themselves and their successors in office to fully\nperform and fulfil.\n\n1. Said grantees shall be known as the \"Christian Science Board of\nDirectors,\" and shall constitute a perpetual body or corporation\nunder and in accordance with section one, Chapter 39 of the Public\nStatutes of Massachusetts.[5] Whenever a vacancy occurs in said\nBoard the remaining members shall within thirty days fill the same\nby election; but no one shall be eligible to that office who is not\nin the opinion of the remaining members of the Board a firm and\nconsistent believer in the doctrines of Christian Science as taught\nin a book entitled \"SCIENCE AND HEALTH,\" by Mary Baker G. Eddy\nbeginning with the seventy-first edition thereof.\n\n[5] The deacons, church wardens, or other similar officers of\nChurches or religious societies, and the trustees of the Methodist\nEpiscopal churches, appointed according to the discipline and usages\nthereof, shall, if citizens of this commonwealth, be deemed bodies\ncorporate for the purpose of taking and holding in succession all\ngrants and donations, whether of real or personal estate, made either\nto the and their successors, or to their respective churches, or to\nthe poor of their churches.\n\n2. Said Board shall within five years from the date hereof build or\ncause to be built upon said lot of land a suitable and convenient\nchurch edifice, the cost of which shall not be less than fifty\nthousand dollars.\n\n3. When said church building is completed said Board shall elect a\npastor, reader or speaker to fill the pulpit who shall be a genuine\nChristian Scientist; they shall maintain public worship in accordance\nwith the doctrines of Christian Science in said church, and for this\npurpose they are fully empowered to make any and all necessary rules\nand regulations.\n\n4. Said Board of Directors shall not suffer or allow any building to\nbe erected upon said lot except a church building or edifice, nor\nshall they allow said church building or any part thereof to be\nused for any other purpose than for the ordinary and usual uses of\na church.\n\n5. Said Board of Directors shall not allow or permit in said church\nbuilding any preaching or other religious services which shall not be\nconsonant and in strict harmony with the doctrines and practice of\nChristian Science as taught and explained by Mary Baker G. Eddy in\nthe seventy-first edition of her book entitled \"SCIENCE AND HEALTH,\"\nwhich is soon to be issued, and in any subsequent edition thereof.\n\n6. The congregation which shall worship in said church shall be\nstyled \"The First Church of Christ, Scientist.\"\n\n7. Said Directors shall not sell or mortgage the land hereby\nconveyed; but they shall see that all taxes and legal assessments\non said property are promptly paid.\n\n8. Said church building shall not be removed from said lot except\nfor the purpose of rebuilding thereon a more expensive or a more\nconvenient structure in which said doctrines of Christian Science\nonly shall be preached and practised. If said church building is\nremoved for either of the purposes above set forth, any and all\ntablets and inscriptions which are or shall be upon said church\nbuilding at the time of removal shall be removed therefrom and placed\nupon the walls of the new edifice. If said building is burned, the\nDirectors shall forthwith proceed to rebuild the church.\n\n9. Said Directors shall maintain regular preaching, reading or\nspeaking in said church on each Sabbath, and an omission to have\nand maintain such preaching, reading or speaking for one year in\nsuccession shall be deemed a breach of this condition.\n\n10. Whenever said Directors shall determine that it is inexpedient to\nmaintain preaching, reading or speaking in said church in accordance\nwith the terms of this deed, they are authorized and required to\nreconvey forthwith said lot of land with the building thereon to Mary\nBaker G. Eddy, her heirs and assigns forever by a proper deed of\nconveyance.\n\n11. The omission or neglect on the part of said Directors to strictly\ncomply with any of the conditions herein contained shall constitute\na breach thereof, and the title hereby conveyed shall revert to the\ngrantor Mary Baker G. Eddy, her heirs and assigns forever, upon\nher entry upon said land and taking possession thereof for such\nbreach.\n\nTo Have and to Hold the above granted premises with all the\nprivileges and appurtenances thereon belonging to said grantees and\ntheir successors in office to the uses and trusts above described\nforever.\n\nAnd the said grantor for herself and her heirs, executors and\nadministrators covenants with the said grantees and their successors\nin office that she is lawfully seized in fee simple of the aforesaid\npremises, that they are free from all incumbrances not herein\nmentioned or referred to, that she has good right to sell and convey\nthe same to the said grantees and their successors in office\nas aforesaid, and that she will and her heirs, executors, and\nadministrators shall, warrant and defend the same to the said\ngrantees and their successors in office forever against the lawful\nclaims and demands of all persons.\n\nIn witness whereof I the said Mary Baker G. Eddy have hereto set\nmy hand and seal this 1st day of September, 1892.\n\n   MARY BAKER G. EDDY.\n\nSigned, sealed, and delivered in presence of\n  LAURA E. SARGENT.\n  R. E. WALKER.\n\nSeptember 1st, 1892.\n\nSTATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, MERRIMACK.\n\nThen personally appeared the above named Mary Baker G. Eddy and\nacknowledged the foregoing instrument to be her free act and deed,\n\nBefore me\n  R. E. WALKER.\n    _Notary Public._\n\nSeptember 2, 1892.\nSUFFOLK REGISTRY OF DEEDS, Lib. 2081, Fol. 257.\n\nDeed Conveying Land for Church Purposes\n\nMETCALE _to_ KNAPP _et al. Trs._\nLibro 2886, Fol. 521.\n\nKNOW ALL MEN,\n\nThat I, Albert Metcalf, the grantor in a certain deed given to Ira O.\nKnapp and others dated October 23, 1896, and recorded with Suffolk\nDeeds, Book 2591, page 398, do hereby declare that the land conveyed\nby said deed was conveyed to the grantees therein, as they are the\nChristian Science Board of Directors, upon the trusts, but not\nsubject to the conditions mentioned in the deed creating said Board\ngiven by Mary Baker G. Eddy to Ira O. Knapp and others, dated\nSeptember 1st, 1892, and recorded with Suffolk Deeds, Book 2081, page\n257. In addition to the trusts contained in said deed of September 1,\n1892, from Mary Baker G. Eddy, this property is conveyed on the\nfurther trusts that no new Tenet or By-Law shall be adopted, nor\nany Tenet or By-Law amended or annulled by the grantees unless\nthe written consent of said Mary Baker G. Eddy, the author of the\ntextbook \"SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES,\" be given\ntherefor, or unless at the written request of Mrs. Eddy the Executive\nMembers of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, (formally called\nthe \"First Members,\") by a two-thirds vote of all their number,\ndecide so to do. And that the same inscription which is on the\noutside of the present church edifice shall be placed on any new\nchurch erected on said lot. And in consideration of one dollar to me\npaid by said Ira O. Knapp, William B. Johnson, Joseph Armstrong and\nStephen A. Chase, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, I do\nhereby confirm the deed as above mentioned, and do grant and release\nunto them, their heirs, successors and assigns in trust as aforesaid,\nthe premises therein described.\n\nIn Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this\nnineteenth day of March, A. D. nineteen hundred and three.\n\nALBERT METCALF. [Seal]\n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS\nSUFFOLK                          March 20th, 1903\n\nThen said Albert Metcalf acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be\nhis free act and deed.\n\nBefore me\n   MALCOLM McLOUD.\n      _Justice of the Peace._\n\nMarch 20, 1903. at twelve o'clock and sixteen minutes P.M.\n    Received, Entered and Examined.\n           Attest: THOS. F. TEMPLE, _Reg_.\n\nA true copy from the RECORDS OF DEEDS for the COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, Lib.\n2886, Fol. 521.\n\nAttest: CHAS. W. KIMBALL, _Asst. Reg_.","title":"Manual of the Mother Church: The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":17910}