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M a n u a l o f T h e M o t h e r C h u r c h

Manual of The Mother Church - The First Church of Christ Scientist

In Boston, Massachusetts

BY
MARY BAKER EDDY
EIGHTY-EIGHTH EDITION
BOSTON, U.S.A.
Published by Allison V. Stewart
FALMOUTH AND ST. PAUL STREETS
1910

ISBN Number 0-930227-22-0- Soft Bound
ISBN Number 0-930227-23-9-HardBound

EXTRACT FROM A LETTER IN "MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS"
By Mary Baker Eddy

he Rules and By-Laws in the Manual of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, originated not in solemn
conclave as in ancient Sanhedrim. They were not arbitrary opinions nor dictatorial demands, such as one person
might impose on another. They were impelled by a power not one's own, were written at different dates, and as
the occasion required. They sprang from necessity, the logic of events, - from the immediate demand for them as
a help that must be supplied to maintain the dignity and defense of our Cause; hence their simple, scientific basis,
and detail so requisite to demonstrate genuine Christian Science, and which will do for the race what absolute
doctrines destined for future generations might not accomplish.

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Table of Contents

Relation And Duties of Members to Pastor
Emeritus. Art. XXII. (cont.)

Interpreting Communications

Reading and Attesting Letters

Unauthorized Reports

Private Communications

Unauthorized Legal Action

Duty to God

Opportunity for Serving the Leader

Location

Agreement Required

Incomplete Term of Service

Help

Students with Mrs. Eddy

Mrs. Eddy's Room

Pastor Emeritus to be Consulted

The Mother Church and Branch

Churches. Art. XXIII.

Local Self-government

Titles

Mother Church Unique

Tenets Copyrighted

Manual

Organizing Churches

Requirements for Organizing Branch
Churches

Privilege of Members

No Close Communion

No Interference

Teachers' and Practitioners' Officers 74
Recognition

Guardianship of Church Funds. Art. XXIV.

Church Edifice a Testimonial

Financial Situation

Report of Directors

Finance Committee

God's Requirement

Provision for the Future

Debt and Duty

Emergencies

Committee on Business

The Christian Science Publishing Society. Art. XXV.

Board of Trustees

Disposal of Funds

Vacancies in Trusteeship

Editors and Manager

Suitable Employees

Periodicals

Rule of Conduct

Books to be Published

Removal of Cards

TEACHING CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.

Teachers. Art. XXVI.

Motive in Teaching

Care of Pupils

Defense against Malpractice

Number of Pupils

Pupils' Tuition

Associations

A Single Field of Labor

Caring for Pupils of Strayed Members

Teachers must have Certificates

Pupils. Art. XXVII.

Authorized to Teach

Without Teachers

Basis for Teaching

Church Membership

Class Teaching

BOARD OF EDUCATION

Organization. Art. XXVIII

Officers

Election

President not to be Consulted

Presidency of College

Aplicants and Graduates. Art. XXIX.

Normal Teachers

Qualifications

Certificates

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BOARD OF EDUCATION (cont.)

Action of the Board. Art. XXX.

Sessions

Special Instruction

Signatures

Remuneration and Free Scholarship

Surplus Funds

Primary Students

Healing Better than Teaching

Not Members of The Mother Church

BOARD OF LECTURESHIP

Organization and Duties. Art. XXXI.

Election

Duty of Lecturers

No Disruption of Branch Churches

Receptions

Circuit Lecturer

Calls for Lecturers. Art. XXXII.

From the Directors

From Branch Churches

From Societies

Annual Lectures

No Lectures by Readers

No Wednesday Evening Lectures

Lecture Fee

Expenses

Exceptional Cases

Comittee on Publication. Art. XXXIII.

In The Mother Church

Duties

In Branch Churches

Appointment

Removal from Office

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Case of Neccessity

100

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Church-Building. Art. XXXIV.

Building Committee

102

Designation of Deeds

102

The Mother Church Building

103

Church Manual. Art. XXXV.

For The Mother Church Only

104

Seventy-third Edition the Authority 104
Amendment of By-Laws

105

Appendix

Special Instructions Regarding Applications
for Church Membership

109

Present Order of Services in The Mother
Church

120

Present Order of Communion Services
in Branch Churches

125

Order of Exercises for the Sunday School
of The Mother Church

127

Deed of Trust

128

Deed Conveying Land for Church Purposes 136

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Tenets of The Mother Church

The First Church of Christ, Scientist*

To be signed by those uniting with The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass.

As adherents of Truth, we take the inspired Word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to

eternal Life.

We acknowledge and adore one supreme and infinite God. We acknowledge His Son, one Christ; the

Holy Ghost or divine Comforter; and man in God's image and likeness.

We acknowledge God's forgiveness of sin in the destruction of sin and the spiritual understanding that

casts out evil as unreal. But the belief in sin is punished so long as the belief lasts.

We acknowledge Jesus' atonement as the evidence of divine, efficacious Love, unfolding man's unity

with God through Christ Jesus the Way-shower;and we acknowledge that man is saved through Christ,
through Truth, Life, and Love as
demonstrated by the Galilean Prophet in healing the sick and overcoming sin and death.

We acknowledge that the crucifixion of Jesus and his resurrection served to uplift faith to understand

eternal Life, even the allness of Soul, Spirit, and the nothingness of matter

And we solemnly promise to watch, and pray for that Mind to be in us which was also in Christ Jesus; to

do unto others as we would have them do unto us; and to be merciful, just, and pure.

Mary Baker Eddy

Historical Sketch

In the spring of 1879, a little band of earnest seekers after Truth went into deliberations over forming a
church without creeds, to be called the CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST.

They were members of evangelical churches, and students of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy in Christian Science,
and were known as "Christian Scientists."

At a meeting of  the Christian Scientist Association, April 19, 1879, on motion of  Mrs. Eddy, it was voted.
To organize a church designed to commemorate the word and works of  our Master, which should reinstate
primitive Christianity and its lost element of  healing.

Mrs. Eddy was appointed on the committee to draft the Tenets of the Mother Church. The chief corner
stone whereof is that Christian Science, as taught and demonstrated by our Master, casts out error, heals
the sick, and restores the lost Israel: for "the stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head
of the corner."

Church Officers

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Rev. MARY BAKER EDDY

Pastor Emeritus

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IRA O. KNAPP

STEPHEN A. CHASE

ARCHIBALD McLELLAN

ALLISON V. STEWART

JOHN V. DITTEMORE

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WILLIAM D. BALDWIN

President

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Judge CLIFFORD P. SMITH

First Reader

Conducts services and reads from the Christian Science textbook,

"SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE

SCRIPTURES"

by Mary Baker Eddy

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Mrs. CAROL HOYT POWERS

Second Reader

Reads from the SCRIPTURES

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JOHN V. DITTEMORE

Clerk, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Falmouth, Norway,

and St. Paul Streets, Boston, Mass.

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STEPHEN A. CHASE

Tresurer, Box 55, Fall River, Mass

Christian Science Board

of Directors

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Church By-Laws

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C H U R C H O F F I C E R S

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Article I.

AMES

, E

LECTION

AND

UTIES

Names. Section 1.

The Church officers shall consist of the Pastor Emeritus, a Board of Directors, a President, a

Clerk, a Treasurer, and two Readers.

President. SECTION 2.

The President shall be elected, subject to the approval of the Pastor Emeritus, by the

Board of Directors (1)(See under "Deed of Trust"for incoreporatin of the "Christian Science Board of
Directors.") on Monday preceding the annual meeting of the Church. The President shall hold office for one year,
and the same person is eligible for election but once in three years.

Clerk and Treasurer. SECTION 3.

The term of office for the Clerk and the Treasurer of this (1) See under

"Deed of  Trust" for incorporation of  the "Christian Science Board of  Directors." Church (also for the editors and
the manager of  The Christian Science Publishing Society, and the manager of  the general Committee on
Publication in Boston) is one year each, dating from the time of  election to office. Incumbents who have served
one year or more, may be re-elected, or new officers elected, at the annual meeting held for this purpose, by a
unanimous vote of the Christian Science Board of Direc- tors and the consent of the Pastor Emeritus given in
her own handwriting.

Readers. SECTION 4.

Every third year Readers shall be elected in The Mother Church by the Board of

Directors, which shall inform thePastor Emeritus of the names of its candidates before they are elected; and if
she objects, said candidates shall not be chosen. The Directors shall fix the salaries of the Readers.

Directors. SECTION 5.

The Christian Science Board of Directors shall consist of five members. They shall fill

a vacancy occurring on that Board after the candidate is approved by the Pastor Emeritus. A majority vote or the
request of Mrs. Eddy shall dismiss a member. Members shall neither report the discussions of this Board, nor
those with Mrs. Eddy.

Church Business. SECTION 6.

The business of The Mother Church shall be transacted by its Christian

Science Board of Directors. The manager of the general Committee on Publication in the United States shall
order no special action to be taken by said Committee that is not named in the Manual of this Church without
consulting with the full Board of Directors of The Mother Church and receiving the written consent of said
Board.

Publishing Buildings. SECTION 7.

It shall be the duty of the Christian Science Board of Directors to provide

a suitable building for the publication of The Christian Science Journal, Christian Science Sentinel, Der Herold
der Christian Science, and all other Christian Science literature published by The Christian Science Publishing
Society. It shall also be the duty of the Christian Science Board of Directors to provide suitable rooms,
conveniently and pleas- antly located in the same building, for the publication and sale of the books of which
Mary Baker Eddy is, or may be, the author, and of other literature connected therewith.

Trusteeships and Syndicates. SECTION 8.

Boards of Trustees and Syndicates may be formed by The Mother

Church, subject to the approval of the Pastor Emeritus.

Duties of Church Officers. SECTION 9.

Law constitutes government, and disobedience to the laws of The

Mother Church must ultimate inannulling its Tenets and By-Laws. Without a proper system of  government and
form of  action, nations, individuals, and religion are unprotected; hence the necessity of  this By-Law and the
warning of  Holy Writ: "That servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared nothimself, neither did according
to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes."

It is the duty of the Christian Science Board of Directors to watch and make sure that the officers of this Church
perform the functions of their several offices promptly and well. If an officer fails to fulfil all the obligations of
his office, the Board of Directors shall immediately call a meeting and notify this officer either to resign his place
or to perform his office faithfully; then failing to do either, said officer shall be dismissed from this Church, and
his dismissal shall be written on the Church records.

It is the duty of any member of this Church, and especially of one who has been or who is the First Reader of a
church, to inform the Board of Directors of the failure of the Committee on Publication or of any other officer in
this Church to perform his of official duties. A Director shall not make known the name of the complainant.

If the Christian Science Board of Directors fails to fulfil the requirements of this By-Law, and a member of this
Church or the Pastor Emeritus shall complain thereof to the Clerk and the complaint be found valid, the
Directors shall resign their office or perform their functions faithfully. Failing to do thus, the Pastor Emeritus shall
appoint five suitable members of this Church to fill the vacancy. The salary of the members of the Board of
Directors shall be at present two thousand five hundred dollars each annually.

Article II

EADERS

OTHER

HURCH

Election. SECTION 1.

The Readers for The Mother Church shall be a man and a woman, one to read the

BIBLE, and one to read SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES.

Eligibility. SECTION 2.

The Directors shall select intelligible Readers who are exemplary Christians and good

English scholars. They must be members of The Mother Church.

Removal. SECTION 3.

If a Reader in The Mother Church be found at any time inadequate or unworthy,

he or she shall be removed from office by a majority vote of the Board of Directors and the consent of the
Pastor Emeritus, and the vacancy supplied.

Church By-Laws

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EADERS

OTHER

HURCH

First Reader's Residence. SECTION 4.

Unless Mrs. Eddy requests otherwise, the First Reader of The Mother

Church shall occupy, during his term of  Readership, the house of  the  Pastor Emeritus, No. 385 Commonwealth
Avenue, Boston. The Board of  Directors shall pay from the Church funds the taxes and rent on this property; the
Board shall attend to the insurance before it expires, suitably furnish the house, and keep the property in good
repair, so long as Mrs. Eddy does not occupy the house herself  and the occupants are satisfactory to her.

Article III

UTIES

EADERS

OTHER

HURCH

RANCH

HURCHES

Moral Obligations. SECTION l.

The Readers of The Mother Church and of all its branch churches must

devote a suitable portion of their time to preparation for the reading of the Sunday lesson, - a lesson on which the
prosperity of Christian Science largely depends. They must keep themselves unspotted from the world,
uncontaminated with evil, that the mental atmosphere they exhale shall promote health and holiness, even that
spiritual animus so universally needed.

First Readers' Duties. SECTION 2

. It shall be the duty of the First Readers to conduct the principal part of

the Sunday services, and theWednesday evening meetings.

Suitable Selections. SECTION 3.

The First Readers shall read, as a part of the Wednesday evening services,

selections from the SCRIPTURES, and from SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES.

Order of Reading. SECTION 4.

The First Read- ers in the Christian Science churches shall read the correlative

texts in SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES; and the Second Readers shall read the
BIBLE texts. The readings from the SCRIPTURES shall precede the readings from SCIENCE AND HEALTH.
The Readers shall not read from copies or manuscripts, but from the books.

Naming Book and Author. SECTION 5.

The Readers of SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE

SCRIPTURES, before commencing to read from this book, shall distinctly announce the full title of the book and
give the author's name. Such announcement shall be made but once during the lesson.

Readers in Branch Churches. SECTION 6.

These Readers shall be members of The Mother Church. They

shall read understandingly and be well educated. They shall make no remarks explanatory of the LESSON-
SERMON at any time, but they shall read all notices and remarks that may be printed in the CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE QUARTERLY. This By-Law applies to Readers in all the branch churches.

Enforcement of By-Laws. SECTION 7.

It shall be the duty of every member of The Mother Church, who is a

First Reader in a Church of Christ, Scientist, to enforce the discipline and by-laws of the church in which he is
Reader.

A Reader not a Leader. SECTION 8

. The Church Reader shall not be a Leader, but he shall maintain the

Tenets, Rules, and discipline of the Church. A Reader shall not be a President of a church.

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Article IV

UALIFICATIONS

EMBERSHIP

Believe in Christian Science. SECTION l.

To become a member of The Mother Church, the First Church of

Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., the applicant must be a believer in the doctrines of Christian Science, accord-
ing to the platform and teaching contained in the Christian Science textbook, SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH
KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES, by Rev. Mary Baker Eddy. The BIBLE, together with SCIENCE AND HEALTH
and other works by Mrs. Eddy, shall be his only textbooks for self-instruction in Christian Science, and for teach-
ing and practising metaphysical healing.

Free from Other Denominations. SECTION 2.

This Church will receive a member ofanother Church of

Christ, Scientist, but not a church member from a different denomination until that membership is dissolved.

Children when Twelve Years Old. SECTION 3.

Children who have arrived at the age of twelve years, who are

approved, and whose applications are countersigned by one of Mrs. Eddy's loyal students, by a Director, or by a
student of the Board of Education, may be admitted to membership with The Mother Church.

Article V

PPLICATIONS

FOR

EMBERSHIP

Students of the College. SECTION 1.

Applications for membership with The Mother Churchfrom students of

the Massachusetts Metaphysical College who studied with Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, shall be signed by the Christian
Science Board of Directors as evidence of the loyalty of the applicants.

Other Students. SECTION 2.

Applicants for membership who have not studied Christian Science with Rev.

Mary Baker Eddy, can unite with this Church only by approval from students of  Mrs. Eddy, loyal to the teachings
of  the textbook, SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES, or from members of  The
Mother Church, as provided in Article VI, Sect. 2, of  these By-Laws.

Students' Pupils. SECTION 3.

Applications for membership with The Mother Church, coming from pupils of

loyal students who have taken the Primary or Normal Course at the Massachusetts Metaphysical College or in the
Board of Education, or from pupils of those who have passed an examination by the Board of Education, shall
have the approval and signature of their teachers, except in such cases as are provided for in Sect. 4 of this
Article.

Exceptional Cases. SECT. 4.

Loyal Christian Scientists whose teachers are deceased, absent, or disloyal, or

those whose teachers, for insufficient cause, refuse to endorse their applications for membership with The Mother
Church, - can apply to the Clerk of this Church, and present to him a recommendation signed by three members
thereof in good standing, after which, the unanimous vote of the Board of Directors may admit said applicant
to membership.

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Addressed to Clerk. SECTION 5.

All applica tions for membership must be addressed to the Clerk of the

Church.

Endorsing Applications. SECTION 6.

A member of The Mother Church shall not endorse nor countersign an

application for membership therewith until after the blank has been properly filled out by an applicant. A member
who violates this By-Law shall be disciplined.

Notice of Rejection. SECTION 7.

If an application for membership with The First Church of Christ, Scientist,

in Boston, Mass., is rejected, the Clerk of the Church shall send to the applicant a notice of such rejection; but
either the Clerk nor the Church shall be obliged to report the cause for rejection.

Article VI

ECOMMENDATION

AND

LECTION

Pupils of Normal Students. SECTION 1.

One Normal student cannot recommend the pupil of another

Normal student, so long as both are loyal to their Leader and to the Members of The Mother Church.

Members of The Mother Church. SECTION 2.

Only members of The Mother Church are qualified to

approve for membership individuals who are known to them to be Christians, and faithful, loyal students of the
textbook, SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES. If the approver is not a loyal student
of Mrs. Eddy, a Director of this Church, or a student of the Board of Education who holds a degree, the
application must be countersigned by one of these.

Election. SECTION 3.

Applicants for membership in this Church, whose applications are correctly prepared,

may be elected by majority vote of the Christian Science Board of Directors at the semi-annual meetings held for
this purpose.

Article VII

ROBATIONARY

EMBERSHIP

Members who once Withdrew. SECTION 1.

Individuals who have heretofore been members of this Church,

or were members of the Church of Christ, Scientist, organized in 1879 by Mary Baker Eddy, but who have
voluntarily withdrawn, may be received into this Church on one year's probation, provided they are willing and
anxious to live according to its requirements and make application for membership according to its By-Laws. If, at
the expiration of said one year, they are found worthy, they shall be received into full membership, but if not
found worthy their applications shall be void.

Article V

PPLICATIONS

FOR

EMBERSHIP

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CONT

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Article VII (cont.)

ROBATIONARY

EMBERSHIP

Members once Dismissed. SECTION 2.

A full member or a probationary member, who has been

excommunicated once, and who afterward, when sufficient time has elapsed thoroughly to test his sincerity, gives
due evidence of having genuinely repented and of being radically reformed, shall be eligible to probationary
membership upon a unanimous vote of the Christian Science Board of Directors.

Ineligible for Probation. SECTION 3.

If a member has been twice notified of his excommunication, he shall

not again be received into this Church.

D I S C I P L I N E

Article VIII

UIDANCE

EMBERS

A Rule for Motive and Acts. SECTION 1.

Neither animosity nor mere personal attachment should .impel the

motives or acts of the members of The Mother

Church.

In Science, divine Love alone governs man; and a

Christian Scientist reflects the sweet amenities of Love, in rebuking sin, in true brotherliness, charitableness, and
forgiveness. The members of this Church should daily watch and pray to be delivered from all evil, from
prophesying, judging, condemning ing, counseling, influencing or being influenced erroneously.

To be Read in Church.

SECTION 2.

The above Church Rule shall be read in The Mother Church and in the

branch churches by the First Reader on the first Sunday of each month. On Communion day the Church Tenets
are to be read.

Christ Jesus the Ensample. SECTION 3.

. He who dated the Christian era is the Ensample in Christian Sence.

Careless comparison or irrev-erent reference to Christ Jesus is abnormal in a Christian Scientist, and is prohibited.
When it is necessary to show the great gulf between Christian Science and theosophy, hypnotism, or spiritualism,
do it, but without hard words.The wise man saith, “A soft answer turneth away wrath.” However despitefully
used and misrepresented by the churches or the press, in return employ no violent invective,and do good unto
your enemies when the opportunity occurs. A departure from this rule disqualifis a member for office in the
Church or on the Board of Lectureship, and renders this member liable to discipline and possibly, dismissal from
The Mother Church.

Daily Prayer. SECTION 4.

It shall be the duty of every member of this Church to pray each day: “Thy kingdom

the affections of all mankind, and govern them!

Prayer in Church. SECTION 5.

The prayers in Christian Science churches shall be offered for the

congregations collectively and exclusively.

Alertness to Duty. SECTION 6.

It shall be the duty of every member of this Church to defend himself daily

against aggressive mental suggestion, and not be made to forget nor to neglect his duty to God, to his Leader, and
to mankind. By his Works he shall be judged, - and justified or condemned.

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One Christ. SECTION 7.

In accordance with the Christian Science textbooks, - the BIBLE,

and SCIENCE

AND HEALTH WITH KEY

TO THE SCRIPTURES

- and in accord with all of Mrs. Eddy’s teachings,

members of this Church shall neither entertain a belief nor signify a belief in more than one Christ, even that
Christ whereof the Scripture beareth testimony.

No Malpractice. SECTION 8.

Members will not intentionally or knowingly mentally malpractise inasmuch as

Christian Science can only be prac-tised according to the Golden Rule: “All things whatsoever ye would that men
should do to you, do ye even so to them.” (Matt. 7:

12.)

A member of The Mother Church who mentally

malpractises upon or treats our Leader or her staff without her or their consent shall be disciplined, and a second
offense as aforesaid shall cause the name of said member to be dropped forever from The Mother Church.

Formulas Forbidden. SECTION 9.

No member shall use written formulas, nor permit his patients or pupils to

use them, as auxiliaries to teaching Christian Science or for healing the sick. Whatever is requisite for either is
contained in the books of the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science. Sometimes she may strengthen the
faith by a written text as no one else can.

No Adulterating Christian Science. SECTION 10.

A member of this Church shall not publish profuse

quotations from Mary Baker Eddy’s copyrighted works without her permission, and shall not plagiarize her
writings. This By-Law not only calls more serious attention to the commandment of the Decalogue, but tends to
prevent Christian Science from being

adulterated.

No Incorrect Literature. SECTION 11.

A member of this Church shall neither buy, sell, nor circulate Christian

Science literature which is not correct in its statement of the divine Principle and rules and the demonstration of
Christian Science. Also the spirit in which the writer

has written his literature shall be definitely considered. His

writings must show strict adherence to the Golden Rule, or his literature shall not be adjudged Christian Science.
A departure from the spirit or letter of this By-Law involves schisms in our Church and the possible loss, for a
time, of Christian Science.

Obnoxious Books. SECTION 12.

A member of this Church shall not patronize a publishing house or

bookstore that has for sale obnoxious books.

Per Capita Tax. SECTION 13.

Every member of The Mother Church shall pay annually a per capita tax of not

less than one dollar, which shall be forwarded each year to the Church Treasurer.

Church Periodicals. SECTION 14.

It shall be the privilege and duty of every member, who can afford it, to

subscribe for the periodicals which are the organs of this Church; and it shall be the duty of the Directors to see
that these periodicals are ably edited and kept abreast of the times.

Article VIII (cont.)

UIDANCE

EMBERS

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Church Organizations Ample. SECTION 15.

Members of this Church shall not unite with organizations

which impede their progress in Christian Science. God requires our whole heart, and he supplies within the wide
channels of The Mother Church dutiful and sufficient occupation for all its members.

Joining Another Society. SECTION 16.

It shall be the duty of the members of The Mother Church and of its

branches to promote peace on earth and good will toward men; but members of The Mother Church shall not
hereafter become members of other societies except those specified in the Mother Church Manual, and they shall
strive to promote the welfare of all mankind by demonstrating the rules of divine Love.

Forbidden Membership. SECTION 17.

A member of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass.,

shall not be a member of any church whose Readers are not Christian Scientists and members of The Mother
Church.

Officious Members. SECTION 18.

A member of The Mother Church is not entitled to hold office or read in

branch churches of this denomination except by invitation.

Legal Titles. SECTION 19.

Students of Christian Science must drop the titles of Reverend and Doctor, except

those who have received these titles under the

laws

of the State.

Illegal Adoption. SECTION 20.

No person shall be a member of this Church who claims a spiritually adopted

child or a spiritually adopted husband or wife. There must be legal adoption and legal marriage, which can be
verified according to the laws of our land.

Use of

Initials “C. S.”. SECTION 21.

A member of The Mother Church shall not place the initials "C. S." after

his name on circulars, cards, or leaflets, which advertise his business or profession, except as a Christian Science
practitioner.

Practitioners and Patients. SECTION 22.

Members of this Church shall hold in sacred confidence all private

communications made to them by their patients; also such information as may come to them by reason of  their
relation of practitioner to patient. A failure to do this shall subject the offender to Church discipline. A memher
of The Mother Church shall not, under pardonable circumstances, sue his patient for recovery of payment for said
member’s practice, on penalty of  discipline and liability to have his name removed from membership. Also he
shall reasonably reduce his price in chronic cases of  recovery, and in cases where he has not effected a cure. A
Christian Scientist

is a humanitarian; he is benevolent, forgiving, long-suffering, and seeks to overcome evil with

good.

Duty to Patients. SECTION 23.

If a member of this Church has a patient whom he does not heal, and whose

case he cannot fully diagnose, he may consult with an M.D. on the anatomy involved. And

shall be the privilege

of a Christian Scientist to confer with an M.D. on Ontology, or the Science of being.

Article VIII (cont.)

UIDANCE

EMBERS

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Testimonials. SECTION 24.

“Glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s” (St. Paul).

Testimony in regard to the healing of the sick is highly important. More than a mere rehearsal of blessings, it
scales the pinnacle of praise and illustrates the demonstration of Christ, "who healeth all thy diseases" (Psalm
103

3). This testimony, however, shall not include a description of symptoms or of suffering, though the generic

name of the disease may be indicated. This By-Law applies to testimonials which appear in the periodicals and to
those which are given at the Wednesday evening meeting.

Charity to All. SECTION 25

. While members of this Church do not believe in the doctrines of theosophy,

hypnotism, or spiritualism, they cherish no enmity toward those who do believe in such doctrines, and will not
harm them. But whenever God calls a member to bear testimony to Truth and to defend the Cause of Christ, he
shall do it with love and without fear.

Uncharitable Publications. SECTION 26.

A member of this Church shall not publish, nor cause to be

published, an article that is uncharitable or impertinent towards religion, medicine, the courts, or the laws of our
land.

The Golden Rule. SECTION 27.

A member of The Mother Church shall not haunt Mrs. Eddy’s drive when

she goes out, continually stroll by her house, or make a summer resort near her for such a purpose.

Numbering the

People. SECTION 28.

Christian Scientists shall not report for publication the number of the

members of The Mother Church, nor that of the branch churches. According to the Scripture they shall turn away
from personality and numbering the people.

Our Church Edifices. SECTION 29.

The periodicals of our denomination do not publish descriptions of our

church edifices, but they may quote from other periodicals or give incidental narratives.

No Monopoly. SECTION 30.

A Scientist shall not endeavor to monopolize the healing work in any church or

locality, to the exclusion of others, but all who understand the teachings of Christian Science are privileged to
enter into this holy work, and “by their fruits ye shall know them.”

Christian Science Nurse. SECTION 31.

A member of The Mother Church who represents himself or herself

as a Christian Science nurse shall be one who has a demonstrable knowledge of Christian Science practice, who
thoroughly understands the practical wisdom necessary in a sick room, and who can take proper care of the sick.
The cards of such persons may be inserted in The Christian Science Journal under rules established by the
publishers.

Article IX

ARRIAGE

AND

ECEASE

A Legal Ceremony. SECTION 1.

If a Christian Scientist is to be married, the ceremony shall be performed by

a clergyman who is legally authorized.

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ARRIAGE

AND

ECEASE

Sudden Decease. SECTION 2.

If a member of The Mother Church shall decease suddenly, without previous

injury or illness, and the cause thereof be unknown, an autopsy shall he made by qualified experts. When it is
possible the body of a female shall be prepared for burial by

one of her own sex.

ARTICLE X

EBATING

UBLIC

No Unauthorized Debating. SECTION 1.

A member of this Church shall not debate on Christian Science in

public debating assemblies, without the consent of the Board of Directors.

Article XI

OMPLAINTS

Departure from Tenets. SECTION 1.

If a member of this Church shall depart from the Tenets and be found

having the name without the life of a Christian Scientist, and another member in good standing shall from
Christian motives make this evident, a meeting of the Board of Directors shall be called, and the offender’s case
shall be tried and said member exonerated, put on probation, or excommunicated.

Violation of By-Laws. SECTION 2.

A member who is found violating any of the By-Laws or Rules herein set

forth, shall be admonished in consonance with the Scriptural demand in Matthew, 18:15-17:

and if he neglect to

accept such admonition, he shall be placed on probation, or if he repeat the offense, his name shall be dropped
from the roll of Church membership.

Violation of Christian Fellowship. SECTION 3.

Any member who shall unjustly aggrieve or vilify the Pastor

Emeritus or another member, or who does not live in Christian fellowship with members who are in good and
regular standing with this Church, shall either withdraw from the Church or be excommunicated.

Preliminary Requirement. SECTION 4.

No church discipline shall ensue until the requirements according to

the Scriptures, in Matthew, 18: 15-17, have been strictly obeyed, unless a By-Law governing the case provides for
immediate action.

Authority. SECTION 5.

The Christian Science Board of Directors has power to discipline, place on probation,

remove from membership, or to excommunicate members of The Mother Church. Only the members of this
Board shall be present at meetings for the examination of complaints against church members; and they alone
shall vote on cases involving The Mother Church discipline.

Members in Mother Church Only. SECTION 6.

A complaint against a member of The Mother Church,

said member belongs to no branch church

and if this complaint is not for

mental malpractice,

shall be laid before this

Board, and within ten days thereafter, the Clerk of the Church shall address a letter of inquiry to the member
complained of as to the validity of the charge. If a member is found guilty of that whereof he is accused and his
previous character has been good, his confession of his error and evidence of his compliance with our
Church Rules shall be deemed sufficient by the Board for forgiveness for once, and the Clerk of the Church
shall immediately so inform him. But a second offense shall dismiss a member from the Church.

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Working Against

the Cause. SECTION 7.

If a

member of this Church shall, mentally or otherwise, persist in

working against the interests of another member, or the interests of our Pastor Emeritus and the accomplishment
of what she understands is advantageous to this Church and to the Cause of Christian Science, or shall influence
others thus to act, upon her complaint or the complaint of a member for her or for himself, it shall be the duty of
the Board of Directors immediately to call a meeting, and drop forever the name of the member guilty of this
offense from the roll of Church membership.

No Unchristian

Conduct. SECTION 8.

If a

member of this Church were to treat the author of our textbook

disrespectfully and cruelly, upon her complaint that member should be excomrnunicated. If a member, without
her having requested the information, shall trouble her on subjects unnecessarily and without her consent, it shall
be considered an offense.

Not to Learn Hypnotism. SECTION 9.

Members of this Church shall not learn hypnotism on penalty of

being excommunicated from this Church. No member shall enter a complaint of mental malpractice for a sinister
purpose. If the author of SCIENCE AND HEALTH shall bear witness to the offense of mental malpractice, it
shall be considered sufficient evidence thereof.

Publications Unjust. SECTION 10.

If a member of The Mother Church publishes, or causes to be published,

an article that is false or unjust, hence injurious, to Christian Science or to its Leader, and if, upon complaint by
another member, the Board of Directors finds that the offense has been committed, the offender shall be
suspended for not less than three years from his or her office in this Church and from Church membership.

The Mother Church of Christ, Scientist,Tenets. SECTION 11.

If a member of The Mother Church of

Christ, Scientist, or a member of  a branch of  this Church break the rules of  its Tenets as to unjust and unmerciful
conduct —on complaint of  Mrs. Eddy our Pastor Emeritus — and this complaint being found valid, his or her
name shall be erased from The Mother Church and the branch church’s list of  membership and the offender shall
not be received into The Mother Church or a branch church for twelve years.

Special Offense. SECTION 12.

If a member of this Church, either by word or work, represents falsely to or of

the Leader and Pastor Emeritus, said member shall immediately be disciplined, and a second similar offense shall
remove his or her name from membership in The Mother Church.

Members of Branch Churches. SECTION 13.

If both The Mother Church and a branch Church of Christ,

Scientist, or a Reader, shall not report nor send notices to The Mother Church, or to the Pastor Emeritus, of
errors of the members of their local church; but they shall strive to overcome these errors. Each church shall
separately and independently discipline its own members, - if this sad necessity occurs.

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EACHERS

Probation. SECTION 1.

For sufficient reasons it may be decided that a teacher has so strayed as to not be fit for

the work of a Reader in church or a teacher of Christian Science. Although repentant and forgiven by the Church
and retaining his membership, this weak member shall not be counted loyal till after three years of exemplary
character. Then the Board of Directors may decide if his loyalty has been proved by uniform maintenance of the
life of a consistent, consecrated Christian Scientist.

Misteaching. SECTION 2.

If a member of this Church is found trying to practise or to teach Christian Science

contrary to the statement thereof in its textbook, SCIENCE AND HEALTH

WITH KEY TO THE

SCRIPTURES

it shall be the duty of the Board of Directors to admonish that member according to Article XI,

Section 4. Then, if said member persists in this offense, his or her name shall be dropped from the roll of this
Church.

ARTICLE XIII

EETINGS

REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETINGS.

Annual Meetings. SECTION 1.

The regular meetings of The Mother Church shall be held annually, on

Monday following the first Sunday in June. No other than its officers are required to he present. These assemblies
shall be for listening to the reports of Treasurer, Clerk, and Committees, and general reports from the Field.

Meetings of Board of Directors. SECTION 2.

The annual meeting of the Christian Science Board of

Directors, for electing officers and other business, shall be held on Monday preceding the annual meeting of the
Church. Regular meetings for electing candidates to membership with The Mother Church, and for the transaction
of such other business as may properly come before these meetings, shall be held on the Friday preceding the first
Sunday in June, and on the first Friday in November of each year. Special meetings may be held at any time upon
the call of the Clerk.

Called only by the Clerk. SECTION 3.

Before calling a meeting of the members of this Church (excepting its

regular sessions) it shall be the duty of the Clerk to inform the Board of Directors and the Pastor Emeritus of his
intention, and to state definitely the purpose for which the members are to convene. The Clerk must have the
consent of this Board and the Pastor Emeritus, before he can call said meeting.

C H U RC H S E RV I C E S

ARTICLE X1V

HRISTIAN

CIENCE

ASTOR

Ordination. SECTION 1.

I, Mary Baker Eddy, ordain the BIBLE, and SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY

TO THE SCRIPTURES, Pastor over The Mother Church, — The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston,
Mass., — and they will continue to preach for this Church and the world.

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ARTICLE X1V (cont.)

HRISTIAN

CIENCE

ASTOR

The Lesson-Sermon. SECTION 2.

The subject of the Lesson-Sermon in the morning service of The Mother

Church, and of the branch Churches of Christ, Scientist, shall be repeated at the other services on Sunday. The
correlative Biblical texts in the Lesson-Sermon shall extend from Genesis to Revelation.

ARTICLE XV

EADING

UBLIC

Announcing Author’s Name. SECTION 1.

To pour into the ears of listeners the sacred revelations of

Christian Science indiscriminately, or without characterizing their origin and thus distinguishing them from the
writings of authors who think at random on this subject, is to lose some weight in the scale of right think-ing.
Therefore it is the duty of every member of this Church, when publicly reading or quot-ing from the books or
poems of our Pastor Emeritus, first to announce the name of the author. Members shall also instruct their pupils
to adopt the aforenamed method for the benefit of our Cause.

ARTICLE XVI

ELCOMING

TRANGERS

The Leader’s Welcome

SECTION 1.

Mrs. Eddy welcomes to her seats in the church, persons of all sects and

denominations who come to listen to the Sunday sermon and are not otherwise provided with seats.

The Local Members’ Welcome. SECTION 2.

It shall be the duty and privilege of the local members of The

Mother Church to give their seats, if necessary, to strangers who may come to attend the morning services.

ARTICLE XVII

ERVICES

NINTERRUPTED

Continued Throughout the Year. SECTION 1.

The services of The Mother Church shall be continued twelve

months each year. One meeting on Sunday during the months of July and August is sufficient. A Christian
Scientist is not fatigued by prayer, by reading the Scriptures or the Christian Science textbook. Amusement or
idleness is weariness. Truth and Love rest the weary and heavy laden.

Easter Observances. SECTION 2.

In the United States there shall be no special observances, festivities, nor

gifts at the Easter season by members of The Mother Church. Gratitude and love should abide in every heart each
day of all the years. Those sacred words of our beloved Master, “Let the dead bury their dead,” and “Follow thou
me,” appeal to daily Christian endeavors for the living whereby to exemplify our risen Lord.

Laying a Corner Stone. SECTION 3.

No large gathering of people nor display shall be allowed when laying the

Corner Stone of a Church of Christ, Scientist. Let the ceremony be devout. No special trowel should be used.
(See SCIENCE AND HEALTH page 140.)

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ERVICES

NINTERRUPTED

Overflow Meetings. SECTION 4.

A Church of Christ, Scientist, shall not hold two or more Sunday services at

the same hour.

ARTICLE XVIII

OMMUNION

No more Communion.

SECTION 1.

The Mother Church of Christ, Scientist, shall observe no more

Communion seasons.

Communion of Branch Churches. SECTION 2

The Communion shall he observed in the branch churches on

the second Sunday in January and July of each year, and at this service the Tenets of The Mother Church are to
be read.

ARTICLE XIX

USIC

HURCH

Soloist and Organist.

SECTION 1.

The music in The Mother Church shall not he operatic, but of an

appropriate religious character and of a recognized standard of musical excellence; it shall be played in a dignified
and suitable manner. Music from the organ alone should con-tinue about eight or nine minutes for the voluntary
and six or seven minutes for the postlude, the offertory conforming to the time required to take the co1lection.
The solo singer shall not neglect to sing any special hymn selected by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE XX

UNDAY

CHOOL

The Sunday School. SECTION 1.

Pupils may be received in the Sunday School classes of any Church of

Christ, Scientist, up to the age of twenty years, and by transfer from another Church of Christ, Scientist, up to
that age, but no pupil shall remain in the Sunday School of any Church of Christ, Scientist, after reaching the age
of twenty. None except the officers,teachers, and pupils should attend the Sunday School exercises.

Teaching the Children. SECTION 2.

The Sabbath School children shall be taught the Scriptures, and they

shall be instructed according to their understanding or ability to grasp the simpler meanings of the divine
Principle that they are taught.

Subject for Lessons. SECTION 3.

The first lessons of the children should be the Ten Commandments (Exodus

20: 3-17)), the Lord’s Prayer (Matt 6: 9-13); and its Spiritual Interpretation by Mary Baker Eddy, Sermon on the
Mount (Matt.5: 3-12). The next lessons consist of such questions and answers as are adapted to a juvenile class,
and may be found in the Christian Science Quarterly Lessons, read in Church services. The instruction given by
the children’s teachers must not deviate from the absolute Christian Science contained in their textbook.

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A R T I C L E X X I

READING

ROOMS

Estabslishment. SECTION 1.

Each Church of the Christian Science denomination shall have a Reading

Room, though two or more churches may unite in having Reading Rooms provided these rooms are well
located.

Librarian. SECTION 2.

The Individuals who take Charge of the Reading Rooms of The Mother Church

shall be elected by the Christian Science Board of Directors subject to the approval of Mary Baker Eddy.
He or she shall have no bad habits, shall have had experience in the Field, shall be well educated, and a
devout Christian Scientist. (See also Article XXV,sec.7.)

Literature in Reading Rooms. SECTION 3.

The literature sold or exhibited in the reading rooms of

Christian Science Churches shall consist only of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary
Baker Eddy, and other writings by this author; also the literature published or sold by The Christian Science
Publishing Society.

ARTICLE XXII

RELATION

AND

DUTIES

MEMBERS

PASTOR

EMERITUS

The Title of Mother Changed. SECTION 1.

In the year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, loyal

Christian Scientists had given to the author of their textbook, the Founder of Christian Science, the
individual, endearing term of Mother. At first Mrs. Eddy objected to being called thus, but afterward
consented on the ground that this appellative in the Church meant nothing more than a tender term such as
sister or brother. In the year nineteen hundred and three and after, owing to the public misunderstanding of
this name, it is the duty of Christian Scientists to drop the word mother and to substitute Leader, already
used in our periodicals.

A Member not a Leader. SECTION 2.

A member of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston,

Mass., shall not be called Leader by members of this Church, when this term is used in connection with
Christian Science.

Obedience Required. SECTION 3.

It shall be the duty of the officers of this Church, of the editors of

the

Christian Science Journal, Sentinel, and DerHerold,

of the members of the Committees on Publication, of

the Trustees of The Christian Science Publishing Society, and of the Board of Education promptly to
comply with any written order, signed by Mary Baker Eddy, which applies to their official functions.
Disobedience to this By-Law shall be sufficient cause for the removal of the offending member from office.

The vacancy shall be supplied by a majority vote of the Christian Science Board of Directors, and the
candidate shall be subject to the approval of Mary Baker Eddy.

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RELATION

AND

DUTIES

MEMBERS

PASTOR

EMERITUS

Understanding Communications. SECTION 4.

If the Clerk of this Church shall receive a

communication from the Pastor Emeritus which he does not fully understand, he shall inform her of this
fact before presenting it to the Church and obtain a clear understanding of the matter,then act in accordance
therewith.

Interpreting Communications. SECTION 5.

If at a meeting of this Church a doubt or disagreement

shall arise among the members as to the signification of the communications of the Pastor Emeritus to
them, before action is taken it shall be the duty of the Clerk to report to her the vexed question and to await
her explanation thereof.

Reading and Attesting Letters. SECTION 6.

When a letter or a message from the Pastor Emeritus is

brought before a meeting of this Church, or she is referred to as authority for business, it shall be the duty
of the Church to inquire if all of the letter has been read, and to require all of it to be read; also to have any
authority supposed to come from her satisfactorily attested.

Unauthorized Reports. SECTION 7.

Members of this Church shall not report on authority an order from

Mrs. Eddy that she has not sent, either to the Boards or to the executive bodies of this Church. The Pastor
Emeritus is not to be Consulted on cases of discipline, on the cases of candidates for admission to this
Church, or on the cases of those on trial for dismissal from the Church.

Private Communications SECTION 8.

A strictly private communication from the Pastor Emeritus to a

member of her Church shall not be made public without her Written consent.

Unauthorized Legal Action. SECTION 9.

A member of this Church shall not employ an attorney, nor

take legal action on a case not provided for in its By-Laws — if said case relates to the person or to
theproperty of Mary Baker Eddy without having personally conferred with her on said subject.

Duty to God. SECTION 10.

Members of this Church who turn their attention from the divine Principle of

being to Personality, sending gifts, congratulatory despatches or letters to the Pastor Emeritus on
Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year, or Easter, break a rule of this Church and are amenable there for.

Opportunity for Serving the Leader. SECTION 11.

At the written request of the Pastor Emeritus, Mrs.

Eddy, the Board of  Directors shall immediately notify a person who has been a member of  this Church at
least three years to go in ten days to her, and it shall be the duty of the member thus notified to remain with
Mrs. Eddy three years consecutively. A member who leaves her in less time without the Directors’ consent
or who declines to obey this call to duty, upon Mrs. Eddy’s complaint thereof  shall be excommunicated from
The Mother Church. Members thus serving the Leader shall be paid semi-annually at the rate of  one
thousand dollars yearly in addition to rent and board. Those members whom she teaches the course in
Divinity, and who remain with her three consecutive years, receive the degree of  the Massachusetts
Metaphysical College.

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RELATION

AND

DUTIES

MEMBERS

PASTOR

EMERITUS

Location. SECTION 12.

Rev. Mary Baker Eddy calls to her home or allows to visit or to locate therein

only those individuals whom she engages through the Christian Science Board of Directors of the Mother
Church. This By-Law takes effect on Dec. 15, 1908.

Agreement Required. SECTION 13.

When the Christian Science Board of Directors calls a student in

accordance with Article XXII, Sect.11 of our Church Manual to the home of their Leader, Mrs. Eddy, said
student shall come under a signed agreement to remain with Mrs. Eddy if she so desires, during the time
specified in the Church Manual.

Incomplete Term of Service. SECTION 14.

If a student who has been called to serve our Leader in

accordance with Article XXII, Sect. xx of the Church Manual leaves her before the expiration of the time
therein mentioned such student shall pay to Mrs. Eddy whatsoever she may charge for what she has taught
him or her during the time of such service.

Help. SECTION 15.

If the author of the Christian Science textbook call on this Board for household help

or a handmaid, the Board shall immediately appoint a proper member of this Church therefor, and the
appointee shall go immediately in obedience to the call. “He that beth father or mother more than me is
not worthy of me.” (Matt.10: 37.)

Students with Mrs. Eddy. SECTION 16.

Students employed by Mrs. Eddy at her home shall not take

care of their churches or attend to other affairs outside of her house.

Mrs. Eddy’s Room. SECTION 17.

The room in The Mother Church formerly known as “Mother’s

Room” shall hereafter be closed to visitors.

Pastor Emeritus to be Consulted. SECTION 18.

The Mother Church shall not make a church Bylaw,

nor enter into a business transaction with a Christian Scientist in the employ of Rev. Mary Baker Eddy,
without first consulting her on said subject and adhering strictly to her advice thereon.

ARTICLE XXIII

THE

MOTHER

CHURCH

AND

BRANCH

CHURCHES

Local Self-government. SECTION 1.

The Mother Church of Christ, Scientist, shall assume no general

official control of  other churches, and it shall be controlled by none other. Each Church of  Christ,
Scientist, shall have its own form of  government. No conference of  churches shall be held, unless it be
when our churches, located in the same State, convene to confer on a statute of said State, or to confer
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THE

MOTHER

CHURCH

AND

BRANCH

CHURCHES

Titles. SECTION 2.

“The First Church of Christ, Scientist,” is the legal title of The Mother Church. Branch

churches of The Mother Church may take the title of First Church of Christ, Scientist; Second Church of Christ,
Scientist; and so on, where more than one church is established in the same place; but the article "The” must not
be used before titles of branch churches, nor written on applications for membership in naming such churches.

Mother Church Unique. SECTION 3.

In its relation to other Christian Science churches, in its By-Laws and

self-govemment, The Mother Church stands alone; it occupies a position that no other church can fill. Then for a
branch church to assume such position would be disastrous to Christian Science. Therefore, no Church of Christ,
Scientist, shall be considered loyal that has branch churches or adopts The Mother Church’s form of government,
except in such cases as are specially allowed and named in this Manual.

Tenets Copyrighted. SECTION 4.

Branch churches shall not write the Tenets of The Mother Church in their

church books, except they give the name of their author and her permission to publish them as Tenets of The
Mother Church, copyrighted in SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES.

Manual. SECTION 5.

Branch churches shall not adopt, print, nor publish the Manual of The Mother Church.

See Article XXXV, Sect. i.

Organizing Churches. SECTION 6.

A member of this Church who obeys its By-Laws and is a loyaf exemplary

Christian Scientist working in the Field, is eligible to form a church in conformity with Sect. 7 of  this Article, and
to have church services conducted by reading the SCRIPTURES and the Christian Science textbook. This church
shall be acknowledged publicly as a Church of Christ, Scientist. Upon proper application, made in accordance
with the rules of  The Christian Science Publishing Society, the services of  such a church may be advertised in
The Christian Science Journal. The branch churches shall be individual, and not more than two small churches
shall consolidate under one church government. If  the Pastor Emeritus, Mrs. Eddy, should relinquish her place as
the head or Leader of  The Mother Church of  Christ, Scientist, each branch church shall continue its present form
of government in consonance with The Mother Church Manual.

Requirements for Organizing Branch Churches. SECTION 7.

A branch church of The First Church of

Christ, Scientist,Boston, Mass., shall not be organized with less than sixteen loyal Christian Scientists, four of
whom are members of The Mother Church. This membership shall include at least one active practitioner whose
card is published in the list of practitioners in The Christian Science Journal.

Privilege of Members. SECTION 8.

Members in good standing with The Mother Church, who are members of

the faculty, instructors, or students in any university or college, can form and conduct a Christian Science
organization at such university or college, provided its rules so permit. Also members in good standing with The
Mother Church, who are graduates of said university or college, may become members of the organization by
application to, and by the unanimous vote of, the active members present, if the rules of the university or college
so permit. When called for, a member of the Board of Lectureship may lecture for said university or college
organization.

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ARTICLE XXIII (cont.)

THE

MOTHER

CHURCH

AND

BRANCH

CHURCHES

No Close Communion. SECTION 9.

The Mother Church and the branch churches shall not confine their

membership to the pupils of one teacher.

No Interference. SECTION 10.

A member of The Mother Church may be a member of one branch Church of

Christ, Scientist, or of one Christian Science society holding public services, but he shall not be a member of both
a branch church and a society; neither shall he exercise supervision or control over any other church. In Christian
Science each branch church shall be distinctly democratic in its government, and no individual, and no other
church shall interfere with its affairs.

Teachers’ and Practitioners’ offices. SECTION II.

Teachers and practitioners of Christian Science shall not

have their offices or rooms in the branch churches, in the reading-rooms, nor in rooms connected therewith.

Recognition. SECTION 12.

In order to be eligible to a card in The Christian Science Journal, churches and

societies are required to acknowedge as such all other Christian Science churches and societies advertised in said
Journal, and to maintain toward them an attitude of Christian fellowship.

ARTICLE XXIV

GUARDIANSHIP

CHURCH

FUNDS

Church Edifice a Testimonial. SECTION I.

Whereas, on March 2o, 1895, the Christian Science Board of

Directors, in behalf of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Mass., presented to Rev. Mary Baker Eddy
their church edifice as a Testimonial of this Church’s love and gratitude, and she, with grateful acknowledgments
thereof, declined to receive this munificent gift, she now understands the financial situation between the Christian
Science Board of Directors and said Church to be as follows —

Financial Situation. SECTION 2.

The Christian Science Board of Directors owns the church edifices, with the

land whereon they stand, ‘legally; and the Church members own the aforesaid premises and buildings, beneficially.
After the first church was built, the balance of the building funds, which remained in the hands of the Directors,
belonged to the Church, and not solely to the Directors. The balance of the church building funds, which can be
spared after the debts are paid, should remain on safe deposit, to be hereafter used for the benefit of this Church,
as the right occasion may call for it. The following indicates the proper management of the Church funds:

Report of Directors. SECTION 3.

It shall be the duty of the Christian Science Board of Directors to have the

books of the Church Treas- urer audited semi-annually, and to report at the annual Church meeting the amount of
funds which the Church has on hand, the amount of its indebtedness and of its expenditures for the last year.

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ARTICLE XXIV (cont.)

GUARDIANSHIP

CHURCH

FUNDS

Finance Committee. SECTION 4.

There shall be a Committee on Finance, which shall consist of three

members of  this Church in good standing. Its members shall be appointed annually by the Christian Science Board
of  Directors and with the consent of  the Pastor Emeritus. They shall hold quarterly meetings and keep
themselves thoroughly informed as to the real estate owned by this Church and the amount of  funds received by
the Treasurer of  The Mother Church, who is individually responsible for said funds. They shall have the books of
the Christian Science Board of  Directors and the books of  the Church Treasurer audited annually by an honest,
competent accountant. The books are to be audited on May first. Treasurer of  this Church shall submit them all
to said committee for examination. This committee shall decide thereupon by a unanimous Prior to paying bills
against the Church, the vote, and its endorsement of the bills shall render them payable. If it be found that the
Church funds have not been properly managed, it shall be the duty of  the Board of  Directors and the Treasurer to
be individually responsible for the performance of  their several offices satisfactorily, and for the proper
distribution of  the funds of  which they are the custodians.

God's Requirement. SECTION 5.

God requires wisdom, economy, and brotherly love to characterize all the

proceedings of the members of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist.

Provision for the Future. SECTION 6.

In case of any possible future deviation from duty, the Committee on

Finance shall visit the Board of Directors, and, in a Christian spirit and manner, demand that each member
thereof comply with the By-Laws of the Church. If any Director fails to heed this admonition, he may be dis
missed from office and the vacancy supplied by the Board.

Debt and Duty. SECTION 7.

The Mother Church shall not be made legally responsible for the debts of

individuals except such debts as are specified in its By-Laws. Donations from this Church shall not be made
without the written consent of the Pastor Emeritus. Also important move- ments of the manager of the
Committee on Publication shall be sanctioned by the Board of Directors and be subject to the approval of Mary
Baker Eddy. (See Article I, Sect. 6.)

Emergencies. SECTION 8.

The Treasurer, personally, or through the Clerk of the Church, may pay from the

funds of the Church bills of immediate necessity not exceeding $200 for any one transaction, and he may keep on
deposit the sum of $500 with the Clerk, as a petty cash fund, to be used by him for the payment of such bills.
Such payments shall be reported, on the first of the following month, to the Board of Directors and the
Committee on Finance, for their approval.

Committee on Business. SECTION 9.

The Christian Science Board of Directors shall elect annually a

Committee on Business, which shall consist of not less than three loyal members of The Mother Church, who
shall transact promptly and efficiently such business as Mrs. Eddy, the Directors, or the Committee on Publication
shall commit to it. While the mem- bers of this Committee are engaged in the transaction of the business assigned
to them they shall be paid from the Church funds. Before being eligible for office the names of the persons
nominated for said office shall be presented to Mrs. Eddy for her written approval.

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ARTICLE XXV

THE

CHRISTIAN

SCIENCE

PUBLISHING

SOCIETY

Board of Trustees. SECTION 1.

The Board of Trustees, constituted by a Deed of Trust given by Rev. Mary

Baker Eddy, the Pastor Emeritus of this Church, on January twentyfifth, 1898, shall hold and manage the
property therein conveyed, and conduct the business of "The Christian Science Publishing Society" on a strictly
Christian basis, for the promotion of the interests of Christian Science.

Disposal of Funds. SECTION 2.

The net profits of the business shall be paid over semi-annually to the

Treasurer of The Mother Church. He shall hold this money subject to the order of the Christian Science Board of
Directors, which is authorized to order its disposition only in accordance with the By-Laws contained in this
Manual.

Vacancies in Trusteeship. SECTION 3.

The Christian Science Board of Directors shall have the power to

declare vacancies in said trusteeship, for such reasons as to the Board may seem expedient. Whenever a vacancy
shall occur, the Pastor Emeritus reserves the right to fill the same by appointment; but if she does not elect to
exercise this right, the remaining trustees shall fill the vacancy, subject to her approval.

Editors and Manager. SECTION 4.

The term of office for the editors and the manager of The Christian

Science Publishing Society is one year each, dating from the time of election to the office. Incumbents who have
served one year or more can be re-elected, or new officers elected, by a unanimous vote of the Christian Science
Board of Directors, and the consent of the Pastor Emeritus given in her own handwriting.

Suitable Employees. SECT. 5.

A person who is not accepted by the Pastor Emeritus and the Christian Science

Board of Directors as suitable, shall in no manner be connected with publishing her books, nor with editing or
publishing The Christian Science Journal, Christian Science Sentinel, Der Herold der Christian Science, nor with
The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Periodicals. SECTION 6.

Periodicals which shall at any time be published by The Christian Science Publishing

Society, shall be copyrighted and conducted according to the provisions in the Deed of Trust relating to The
Christian Science Journal.

Rule of Conduct. SECTION 7.

No objectionable pictures shall be exhibited in the rooms where the Christian

Science textbook is published or sold. No idle gossip, no slander, no mischief-making, no evil speaking shall be
allowed.

Books to be Published. SECTION 8.

Only the Publishing Society of The Mother Church selects, approves,

and publishes the books and literature it sends forth. If Mary Baker Eddy disap- proves of certain books or
literature, the Society will not publish them. The Committees on Publication are in no manner connected with
these functions. A book or an article of which Mrs. Eddy is the author shall not be published nor republished by
this Society without her knowledge or written consent.

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ARTICLE XXV (cont.)

THE

CHRISTIAN

SCIENCE

PUBLISHING

SOCIETY

Removal of Cards. SECTION 9.

No cards shall be removed from our periodicals without the request of the

advertiser, except by a majority vote of the Christian Science Board of Directors at a meeting held for this
purpose or for the examination of complaints. Members of this Church who practise other professions or pursue
other vocations, shall not advertise as healers, excepting those members who are officially engaged in the work of
Christian Science, and they must devote ample time for faithful practice.

TEACHING CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

ARTICLE XXVI

TEACHERS

Motive in Teaching. SECTION 1.

Teaching Christian Science shall not be a question of money, but of morals

and religion, healing and uplifting the race.

Care of Pupils. SECTION 2.

Christian Scientists who are teachers shall carefully select for pupils such only as

have good past records and promising proclivities toward Christian Science. A teacher shall not assume personal
control of, or attempt to dominate his pupils, but he shall hold himself morally obligated to promote their prog-
ress in the understanding of divine Principle, not only during the class term but after it, and to watch well that
they prove sound in sentiment and practical in Christian Science. He shall persistently and patiently counsel his
pupils in conformity with the unerring laws of God, and shall enjoin them habitually to study the Scriptures and
SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES as a help thereto.

Defense against Malpractice. SECTION 3.

Teachers shall instruct their pupils how to de- fend themselves

against mental malpractice, never to return evil for evil, but to know the truth that makes free, and thus to be a
law, not unto others, but to themselves.

Number of Pupils. SECTION 4.

The teachers of Christian Science shall teach but one class yearly, which class

shall consist of not more than thirty pupils. After 1907, the Board of Education shall have one class triennially, a
Normal class not exceeding thirty pupils.

Pupil's Tuition. SECTION 5.

A student's price for teaching Christian Science shall not exceed $100.00 per

pupil.

Associations. SECTION 6.

The associations of the pupils of loyal teachers shall convene annually. The pupils

shall be guided by the BIBLE, and SCIENCE AND HEALTH, not by their teachers personal views. Teachers
shall not call their pupils together, or assemble a selected number of them, for more frequent meetings.

A Single Field of Labor. SECTION 7.

A loyal teacher of Christian Science shall not teach another loyal

teacher's pupil, except it be in the Board of Education. Outside of this Board each student occupies only his own
field of labor. Pupils may visit each other's churches, and by invitation attend each other's associations.

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ARTICLE XXVI (cont.)

TEACHERS

A Single Field of Labor. SECTION 7.

A loyal teacher of Christian Science shall not teach another loyal

Caring for Pupils of Strayed Members. SECTION 8.

A loyal teacher of Christian Science may teach and

receive into his association the pupils of another member of this Church who has so strayed as justly to be
deemed, under the provisions of Article XII, Sect. 1, not ready to lead his pupils.

Teachers must have Certificates. SECTION 9.

A member of this Church shall not teach pupils Christian

Science unless he has a certificate to show that he has been taught by Mrs. Eddy or has taken a Normal Course at
the Massachusetts Metaphysical College or in the Board of Education. Such members who have not been
continuously active and loyal Christian Scientists since receiving instruction as above, shall not teach Christian
Science without the approval of The Christian Science Board of Directors.

ARTICLE XXVII

PUPILS

Authorized to Teach. SECTION 1.

After a student's pupil has been duly authorized to be a teacher of Christian

Science, or has been under the personal instruction of Mrs. Eddy, he is no longer under the jurisdiction of his
former teacher.

Without Teachers. SECTION 2.

Those beloved brethren whose teacher has left them, can elect an experienced

Christian Scientist, who is not in charge of an association of students and who is ready for this high calling, to
conduct the meetings of their association.

Basis for Teaching. SECTION 3

. The teachers of the Normal class shall teach from the chapter Recapitulation

in SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES, and from the Christian Science Platform,
beginning on page 330 of the revised editions since 1902, and they shall teach nothing contrary thereto. The
teachers of the Primary class shall instruct their pupils from the said chapter on "Recapitulation" only.

Church Membership. SECTION 4.

Neither the Pastor Emeritus nor a member of this Church shall teach

Roman Catholics Christian Science, except it be with the written consent of the authority of their Church. Choice
of patients is

Class Teaching. SECTION 5.

Members of The Mother Church who are authorized by its By-Laws to teach

Christian Science, shall not solicit, or cause or permit others to solicit, pupils for their classes. No member of  this
Church shall advise against class instruction. Teachers of  Christian Science must have the necessary moral and
spiritual qualifications to elucidate the Principle and rule of  Christian Science, through the higher meaning of  the
Scrip- tures. "The less the teacher personally controls other minds, and the more he trusts them to the divine
Truth and Love, the better it will be for both teacher and student." (Retrospection and Introspection, page 84.)

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BOARD OF EDUCTION

ARTICLE XXVIII

ORGANIZATION

Officers. SECTION 1.

There shall be a Board of Education, under the auspices of Mary Baker Eddy, President

of the Massachusetts Metaphysical College, consisting of three members, a president, vice-president, and teacher
of Christian Science. Obstetrics will not be taught.

Election. SECTION 2.

The vice-president shall be elected annually by the Christian Science Board of Directors.

Beginning with 1907, the teacher shall be elected every third year by said Board, and the candidate shall be
subject to the approval of the Pastor Emeritus.

President not to be Consulted. SECTION 3.

The President is not to be consulted by students on the question

of applying for admission to this Board nor on their course or conduct. The students can confer with their
teachers on subjects essential to their progress.

Presidency of College. SECTION 4.

Should the President resign over her own signature or va- cate her office

of President of the Massachusetts Metaphysical College, a meeting of the Christian Science Board of Directors
shall immediately be called, and the vice-president of the Board of Education being found worthy, on receiving
her approval shall be elected to fill the vacancy.

ARTICLE XXIX

APPLICANTS

AND

GRADUATES

Normal Teachers.. SECTION 1.

Loyal students who have been taught in a Primary class by Mrs. Eddy and

have practised Christian Science healing acceptably three years, and who pre- sent such credentials as are required
to verify this fact, are eligible to receive the degree of C.S.D.

Qualifications. SECTION 2.

Loyal Christian Scientists' pupils who so desire may apply to the Board of

Education for instruction; and if they have practised Christian Science healing success- fully three years and will
furnish evidence of their eligibility therefor, they are eligible to enter the Normal class. All members of this class
must be thorough English scholars.

Certificates. SECTION 3.

Students are examined and given certificates by this Board if found qualified to

receive them.

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ARTICLE XXX

ACTION

THE

BOARD

Sessions. SECTION 1 .

The term of the Massachusetts Metaphysical College will open with the Board of

Education on the first Wednesday of December. The sessions will continue not over one week. None but the
teacher and members of the College class shall be present at the sessions, and no Primary classes shall be taught
under the auspices of this Board.

Special Instruction. SECTION 2.

Not less than two thorough lessons by a well qualified teacher shall be given

to each Normal class on the subject of mental practice and malpractice. One student in the class shall prepare a
paper on said subject that shall be read to the class, thoroughly discussed, and understood; this paper shall be
given to the teacher, and he shall not allow it or a copy of it to remain, but shall destroy this paper.

Signatures. SECTION 3.

The signature of the teacher and of the President of the College shall be on all

certificates issued.

Remuneration and Free Scholarship. SECTION 4.

Tuition of class instruction in the Board of Education

shall be $100.00. The bearer of a card of free scholarship from the President, Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, shall be
entitled to a free course in this department on presentation of the card to the teacher. Only the President gives
free admission to classes.

Surplus Funds. SECTION 5.

Any surplus funds left in the hands of the Board of Education shall be paid over

annually to the Treasurer of The Mother Church.

Primary Students. SECTION 6.

Students of Christian Science, duly instructed therein and with good moral

records, not having the certificate of C.S.D. may enter the Normal class in the Board of Education, which will be
held once in three years beginning A. D. 1907; provided their diplomas are for three consecutive years under Mrs.
Eddy's daily conversation on Christian Science, or from the Massachusetts Meta-physical College Board of
Education.

Healing Better than Teaching. SECTION 7.

Healing the sick and the sinner with Truth dem- onstrates what

we affirm of Christian Science, and nothing can substitute this demonstration. I recommend that each member of
this Church shall strive to demonstrate by his or her practice, that Christian Science heals the sick quickly and
wholly, thus proving this Science to be all that we claim for it. If both husband and wife are found duly qualified
to teach Christian Science, either one, not both, should teach yearly one class.

Not Members of The Mother Church. SECTION 8.

No person shall receive instructions in Christian Science

in any class in the Massachusetts Metaphysical College, nor receive the degree of C.S.B. or C.S.D., who is not a
member of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass. Only those persons who are members of this
Church and possessed of the qualifications named in Sect. 9 of Article XXVI of these By-Laws shall be deemed
loyal teachers of Christian Science.

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BOARD OF LECTURESHIP

ARTICLE XXXI

ORGANIZATION

AND

DUTIES

Election. SECTION 1.

This Church shall maintain a Board of Lectureship, the members of which shall be

elected annually on Monday preceding the Annual Meeting, subject to the approval of the Pastor Emeritus. The
lecture year shall begin July 1 of each year.

Duty of Lecturers. SECTION 2.

It is the duty of the Board of Lectureship to include in each lecture a true and

just reply to public topics condemning Christian Science, and to bear testimony to the facts pertaining to the life
of the Pastor Emeritus. Each member shall mail to the Clerk of this Church copies of his lectures before
delivering them.

No Disruption of Branch Churches. SECTION 3.

The Board of Lectureship is not allowed in anywise to

meddle with nor to disrupt the organization of branch churches. The lecturer can invite churches within the city
whither he is called to unite in their attendance on his lecture, and so make for their churches a less lecture fee;
but the churches shall decide their action.

Receptions. SECTION 4.

As a rule there should be no receptions nor festivities after a lecture on Christian

Science, but there may occur excep- tions. If there be an individual who goes to hear and deride truth, he should
go away contemplat- ing truth; and he who goes to seek truth should have the opportunity to depart in quiet
thought on that subject.

Circuit Lecturer. SECTION 5.

Upon the written request of Mrs. Eddy, The Mother Church shall appoint a

Circuit Lecturer. His term of office, if approved, shall not be less than three years. He shall lecture in the United
States, in Canada, in Great Britain and Ireland. A member shall neither resign nor transfer this sacred office.

ARTICLE XXXII

CALLS

FOR

LECTURES

The Directors. SECTION 1.

When the need is apparent, the Christian Science Board of Directors of The

Mother Church may call on any member of this Board of Lectureship to lecture at such places and at such times
as the cause of Christian Science demands.

From Branch Churches. SECTION 2.

The branch Churches of Christ, Scientist, may apply through their

clerks to a member of this Board of Lectureship for a speaker, and one shall be assigned them by the Board.

From Societies. SECTION 3.

If called for, a member of the Board may lecture for a Society.

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CALLS

FOR

LECTURES

Annual Lectures. SECTION 4.

The Mother Church and the branch churches shall call on the Board of

Lectureship annually for one or more lectures.

No Lectures by Readers. SECTION 5.

No lecture shall be given by a Reader during his term of Readership.

The duties alone of a Reader are ample.

No Wednesday Evening Lectures. SECTION 6.

The Board of Lectureship shall not appoint a lecture for

Wednesday evening.

Lecture Fee. SECTION 7.

The lecture fee shall be left to the discretion of the lecturer.

Expenses. SECTION 8.

The lecturer's traveling expenses and the cost of hall shall be paid by the church that

employs him.

Exceptional Cases. SECTION 9.

If a lecturer receive a call to lecture in a place where he sees there is special

need, and the local church is unable to meet the expense, he is at liberty to supply that need and trust to
contributions for his fee.

ARTICLE XXXIII

COMMITTEE

PUBLICATION

In The Mother Church. SECTION 1.

There shall be appointed by The Mother Church a Committee on

Publication, which shall consist of one loyal Christian Scientist who lives in Boston, and he shall be manager of
the Committees on Publication throughout the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Ireland. He shall be
elected annually by a unanimous vote of the Christian Science Board of Directors and the consent of the Pastor
Emeritus given in her own handwriting, and shall receive an annual salary, paid quarterly, of not less than four
thousand dollars.

Duties. SECTION 2.

It shall be the duty of the Committee on Publication to correct in a Christian manner

impositions on the public in regard to Christian Science, injustices done Mrs. Eddy or members of this Church by
the daily press, by periodicals or circulated literature of any sort. This Committee on Publication shall be
responsible for correcting or having corrected a false newspaper article which has not been replied to by other
Scientists, or which has been forwarded to this Committee for the purpose of having him reply to it. If the
correction by the Committee on Publication is not promptly published by the periodical in which it is desirable
that this cor- rection shall appear, this Committee shall immediately apply for aid to the Committee on Business.
Furthermore, the Committee on Pub- lication shall read the last proof sheet of such an article and see that it is
published according to copy; he shall circulate in large quantities the papers containing such an article, sending a
copy to the Clerk of the Church. It shall also be the duty of the Committee on Publication to have published each
year in a leading Boston newspaper the letter sent to the Pastor Emeritus by the Church members in annual
meeting as- sembled. The State Committees on Publication act under the direction of this Committee on
Publication.

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ARTICLE XXXIII (cont.)

COMMITTEE

PUBLICATION

In Branch Churches. SECTION 3.

The Readers of the three largest branch churches in each State of the

United States and in Canada shall annually and alternately appoint a Committee on Publication to serve in their
localities. For the pur- poses of this By-Law, the State of California shall be considered as though it were two
States, the dividing line being the 36th parallel of latitude. Each county of Great Britain and Ireland, except as
hereinafter specified, through the Readers of its three largest branch churches, shall annually and alternately
appoint a Committee on Publication to serve in its locality. Each church is not necessarily confined to its own
members in selecting this Committee, but if preferred, can appoint a Committee on Publication who is in good
fellowship with another Church of Christ, Scientist. This By-Law applies to all States except Massachusetts, in
which the Committee on Publication is elected only by the Christian Science Board of Directors. The Committee
for the counties in which London, England, is situated shall be appointed by the Christian Science Board of
Directors, and he shall, in addition to his other duties, act as District Manager of the Committees on Publication
for Great Britain and Ireland.

Appointment. SECTION 4.

The Committees on Publication shall consist of men generally. Each State

Committee shall be appointed by the First and Second Readers of the church employing said Committee. If prior
to the meeting of the church for the election of officers, Mrs. Eddy shall send to the First Reader of the church
the name of a candidate for its Committee on Publi cation, the Readers shall appoint said candidate. Or if she
shall send a special request to any Committee on Publication, the request shall be carried out according to her
directions.

Removal from Office. SECTION 5.

If the Committee on Publication neglects to fulfil the obligations of his

office according to these By-Laws, and this becomes apparent to the Christian Science Board of Directors, it shall
be the duty of the Directors immediately to act upon this important matter in accordance with said By-Laws. The
Christian Science Board of Directors may notify any Church of Christ, Scientist, to remove its Committee on
Publication and to appoint another Committee to fill the vacancy; and it shall be the duty of that church to
comply with this request. In such cases it shall be the privilege of this Board to name the Committee if it so
desires, and any Committee so named by the Board shall be elected by the branch church.

Case of Necessity. SECTION 6.

If a suitable man is not obtainable for Committee on Publication, a suitable

woman shall be elected. If at any time the Christian Science Board of Directors shall determine that the manager
of the general Committee on Publication needs an assistant, the Board shall, with the approval of the Pastor
Emeritus, appoint an assistant manager, who shall receive an adequate salary from The Mother Church.

ARTICLE XXXIV

CHURCH

BUILDING

Building Committee. SECTION 1.

There shall be a Building Committee consisting of not less than three

members, and this committee shall not be dissolved until the new church edifice is completed. This committee
shall elect, dismiss, or supply a vacancy of its members by a majority vote.

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ARTICLE XXXIV (cont.)

CHURCH

BUILDING

Designation of Deeds. SECTION 2.

All deeds of further purchases of land for The First Church of Christ,

Scientist, in Boston, Mass., shall have named in them all the trusts mentioned in the deeds given by Albert
Metcalf and E. Noyes Whitcomb in March, 1903; but this rule shall not apply to land purchased for any purpose
other than the erection of a church edifice. Also there shall be incorporated in all such deeds the phrase, "Mary
Baker Eddy's Church, The Mother Church or The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass."

The Mother Church Building. SECTION 3.

The edifice erected in 1894 for The First Church of Christ,

Scientist, in Boston, Mass., shall neither be demolished, nor removed from the site where it was built, without the
written consent of the Pastor Emeritus, Mary Baker Eddy.

ARTICLE XXXV

CHURCH

MANUAL

For The Mother Church Only. SECTION 1.

The Church Manual of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in

Boston, Mass., written byMary Baker Eddy and copyrighted, is adapted to The Mother Church only. It stands
alone, uniquely adapted to form the budding thought and hedge it about with divine Love. This Manual shall not
be revised without the written consent of its author.

Seventy-third Edition the Authority. SECTION 2.

The Board of Directors, the Committee on Bible Lessons,

and the Board of Trustees shall each keep a copy of the Seventy-third Edition and of subsequent editions of the
Church Manual; and if a discrepancy appears in any revised edition, these editions shall be cited as authority.

Amendment of By-Laws. SECTION 3.

No new Tenet or By-Law shall be adopted, nor any Tenet or By-Law

amended or annulled, without the written consent of Mary Baker Eddy, the author of our textbook, SCIENCE
AND HEALTH.

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APPENDIX

Special Instructions Regarding Applications for Church Membership

1. Loyal members of The Mother Church are eligible to approve candidates to unite with this Church.

2. No persons are eligible to countersign applications except loyal students of Mrs. Eddy, Directors, and students
of the Board of Education who have been given a degree, and are members of The Mother Church.

3. Those who approve applicants should have applications returned to them after being filled out by the
applicants, as required by Article V, Sect. 6, and should compare them with the forms here given, and see that
names are legibly written, before sending them to the Clerk of the Church. If not correct, the applicant will be
notified, and new applications will be required, as none will be returned that are not correctly made out. This
requirement is to prevent applications being duplicated and the confusion that might result therefrom. It is
important that these seemingly strict conditions be exactly complied with, as the names of the members of The
Mother Church will be recorded in the history of the Church and become a part thereof.

4. All names, whether of applicants, signers, or countersigners, must be plainly written, and one, at least, of the
given names of each, written in full. Initials only of first names will not be received. Women must sign Miss or
Mrs. before their names as the case may be. All names must be written the same in all places where they are
required.

TO APPLICANTS

1. In filling out the application blank, one of the Christian names must be written in full. Initials alone will not be
received.

2. If the applicant is a married woman she must sign her own Christian name, not her hus- band's, and prefix her
signature with "Mrs;" unmarried women must sign "Miss."

3. There are two regular forms of  application. 1. For those who have studied Christian Science with an authorized
teacher; 2. For those who have not studied Christian Science with a teacher. Applicants will find the chief  points
of  these instructions illustrated in Form 1 and Form 2, on pages 114 and 118.

4. Those whose teachers are deceased, absent, or disloyal, or those whose teachers refuse, without sufficient
cause, to sign applications (see Art. V, Sect. 4), will be furnished special forms on application to the Clerk.

5. When branch churches are designated by number, as First Church, Second Church, etc., the number must be
written First, Second, as shown on page 118. The article "the" either capitalized (The), or small (the), must not be
used before titles of branch churches. See Article XXIII, Sect. 2.

6. If the applicant is not a member of a branch church, he should fill out his application in this respect according
to the form on page 114.

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APPENDIX

Special Instructions Regarding Applications for Church Membership

1. Loyal members of The Mother Church are eligible to approve candidates to unite with this Church.

TO APPLICANTS

1. In filling out the application blank, one of the Christian names must be written in full. Initials alone will not be
received.

2. If the applicant is a married woman she must sign her own Christian name, not her hus- band's, and prefix her
signature with "Mrs;" unmarried women must sign "Miss."

6. If the applicant is not a member of a branch church, he should fill out his application in this respect according
to the form on page 114.

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SUNDAY SERVICES (cont.)

9. Reading the Scriptural selection, entitled "Responsive Reading," alternately by the First Reader and the
congregation.

10. Reading the Lesson-Sermon. (After the Second Reader reads the BIBLE references of the first Section of the
Lesson, the First Reader makes the following announcement: "As announced in the explanatory note, I shall now
read correlative passages from the Christian Science textbook, SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE
SCRIPTURES, by Mary Baker Eddy. )

11. Collection.

12. Hymn.

13. Reading the scientific statement of being, and the correlative SCRIPTURE according to I John 3:1-3.

14. Pronouncing Benediction. The services should be preceded and followed by organ or piano music of an
appropriate character in all cases where this is possible. On the first Sunday of each month Article VIII, SECT. 1,

, is to be read.

WEDNESDAY MEETINGS

1. Hymn.

2. Reading from the BIBLE, and correlative passages from SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE
SCRIPTURES.

3. Silent Prayer, followed by the audible repetition of the Lord's Prayer, its spiritual interpretation being omitted.

4. Hymn.

5. Announcing necessary notices.

6. Experiences, testimonies, and remarks on Christian Science.

7. Closing Hymn. The services should be preceded and followed by organ or piano music of an appropriate
character in all cases where this is possible.

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THANKSGIVING DAY

Order of Service for The Mother Church

and Branch Churches.

1. Hymn.

2. Reading the Thanksgiving Proclamation of the President of the United States, or the Governor of the state, or
both.

3. Reading a Scriptural Selection.

4. Silent Prayer, followed by the audible repetition of the Lord's Prayer with its spiritual interpretation.

5. Hymn.

6. Reading the Explanatory Note on the first leaf of the

Quarterly.

7. Announcing the subject of the Lesson Sermon, and reading the Golden Text.

8. Responsive Reading by the First Reader and the congregation.

9. Reading the Lesson-Sermon prepared by the Bible Lesson Committee.

10. Solo.

11. Testimonies by Christian Scientists, appropriate for the occasion.

12. Hymn.

13. Reading the Scientific Statement of Being, and the correlative SCRIPTURE according to I John 3:1-3.

14. Pronouncing Benediction. No collection is to be taken at this service. The services should be preceded and
followed by organ or piano music of an appropriate character in all cases where this is possible.

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Present Order of Communion Services

in Branch Churches

1. Hymn.

2. Reading a Scriptural Selection.

3. Silent Prayer, followed by the audible repetition of the Lord's Prayer with its spiritual interpretation.

4. Hymn.

5. Announcing necessary notices.

6. Reading Tenets of The Mother Church.

7. Collection and Solo.

8. Reading the explanatory note on first leaf of

Quarterly.

9. Announcing the subject of the Lesson Sermon, and reading the Golden Text.

10. Reading the scriptural selection entitled "Responsive Reading" alternately by the First Reader and the
congregation.

11. Reading the Lesson-Sermon. (After the Second Reader reads the BIBLE references of the first Section of the
Lesson, the First Reader makes the following announcement: "As announced in the explanatory note, I shall now
read correlative passages from the Christian Science textbook, SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE
SCRIPTURES, by Mary Baker Eddy.")

12. The First Reader briefly invites the congregation to kneel in silent Communion. This is concluded by the
audible repetition of the Lord's Prayer (spiritual interpretation omitted).

13. Singing the Doxology: "Be Thou, O God, exalted high; And as Thy glory fills the sky, So let it be on earth
displayed, Till Thou art here and now obeyed."

14. Reading the scientific statement of being and the correlative SCRIPTURE according to I John 3:1-3.

15. Pronouncing Benediction. The Church Tenets shall be read at this service. The services should be preceded
and followed by organ or piano music of an appropriate character in all cases where this is possible.

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Order of Exercises for the Sunday School of the Mother Church.

1. Call to order by the Superintendent.

2. Hymn.

3. Subject of the lesson announced; Golden Text repeated by the children; Responsive Reading.

4. Silent prayer, followed by the audiblerepetition of the Lord's Prayer in unison.

5. Instruction in classes, in accordance with Sections 2 AND 3 of Article XX of the Manual of The Mother
Church.

6. Entire school reassembles.

7. Hymn.

8. Scientific Statement of Being read by the Superintendent.

9. School dismissed.

Deed of Trust

The following is a Copy of the Deed of Trust

Conveying Land for Church Edifice

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I Mary Baker G. Eddy of

Concord in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire in consideration of one dollar to me paid by
Ira O. Knapp of Boston, Mas sachusetts, William B. Johnson of Boston, Massachusetts, Joseph S. Eastaman of
Chelsea, Massachusetts, and Stephen A. Chase of Fall River, Massachusetts, the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged, and, also in consideration of the trusts and uses hereinafter mentioned and established, do hereby
give, bargain, sell, and convey to the said Ira O. Knapp, William B. Johnson, Joseph S. Eastaman, and Stephen A.
Chase as trustees as hereinafter provided and to their legitimate successors in office forever, a certain parcel of
land situate on Falmouth street in said Boston, bounded and described as follows:

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Deed of Trust (cont.)

Beginning at the junction of  Falmouth street, and a forty-foot street now called Caledonia street; thence running
Southwest on said Falmouth street one hundred andsixteen and eighty-eight hundredths feet; thence Northwest at
a right angle to a point where a line drawn at right angles to said forty-foot street at a point thereon one hundred
and sixteen and fifty-five hundredths feet Northwest from the point of beginning meets the said boundary at right
angles to Falmouth street, sixty-six and seventy-eight hundredths feet; thence at an obtuse angle on said line at
right angles to said forty-foot street sixty-seven and thirty-five hundredths feet to said forty-foot street; thence
Southeasterly on said forty-foot street one hundred and sixteen and fifty-five hundredths feet to the point of
beginning; containing seven thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight square feet more or less, and subject to the
agreements and restrictions mentioned in a deed recorded in Suffolk Registry of  Deeds Lib. 1719, Fol 83so far as
the same are now legally operative. This deed of  conveyance is made upon the following express trusts and
conditions which the said grantees by accepting this deed agree and covenant for themselves and their successors
in office to fully perform and fulfil.

1. Said grantees shall be known as the "Chris- tian Science Board of Directors," and shall constitute a perpetual
body or corporation under and in accordance with section one, Chapter 39 of the Public Statutes of
Massachusetts.(1) Whenever a vacancy occurs in said Board the remaining members shall within thirty days fill
the same by election; but no one shall be eligible to that office who is not in the opinion of the remaining mem-
bers of  the Board a firm and consistent believer in the doctrines of  Christian Science as taught in a book entitled
SCIENCE AND HEALTH, by Mary Baker G. Eddy beginning with the seventy-first edition thereof. (1)The
deacons, church wardens, or other similar officers of  Churches or religious societies, and the trustees of  the
Methodist Episcopal churches, appointed according to the discipline and usages thereof, shall, if citizens of this
commonwealth, be deemed bodies corporate for the purpose of taking and holding in succession all grants and
donations, whether of real or personal estate, made either to the and their successors, or to their respective
churches, or to the poor of  their churches.

2. Said Board shall within five years from the date hereof build or cause to be built upon said lot of land a
suitable and convenient church edifice, the cost of which shall not be less than fifty thousand dollars.

3. When said church building is completed said Board shall elect a pastor, reader or speaker to fill the pulpit who
shall be a genuine Christian Scientist; they shall maintain public worship in accordance with the doctrines of
Christian Science in said church, and for this purpose they are fully empowered to make any and all necessary
rules and regulations.

4. Said Board of Directors shall not suffer or allow any building to be erected upon said lot except a church
building or edifice, nor shall they allow said church building or any part thereof to be used for any other purpose
than for the ordinary and usual uses of a church.

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Deed of Trust (cont.)

5. Said Board of  Directors shall not allow or permit in said church building any preaching or other religious
services which shall not be consonant and in strict harmony with the doctrines and practice of  Christian Science
as taught and explained by Mary Baker G. Eddy in the seventy first edition of  her book entitled SCIENCE AND
HEALTH," which is soon to be issued, and in any subsequent edition thereof.

6. The congregation which shall worship in said church shall be styled "The First Church of Christ, Scientist."

7. Said Directors shall not sell or mortgage the land hereby conveyed; but they shall see that all taxes and legal
assessments on said property are promptly paid.

8. Said church building shall not be removed from said lot except for the purpose of rebuilding thereon a more
expensive or a more convenient structure in which said doctrines of Christian Science only shall be preached and
practised. If said church building is removed for either of the purposes above set forth, any and all tablets and
inscriptions which are or shall be upon said church building at the time of removal shall be removed therefrom
and placed upon the walls of the new edifice. If said building is burned, the Directors shall forthwith proceed to
rebuild the church.

9. Said Directors shall maintain regular preaching, reading or speaking in said church on each Sabbath, and an
omission to have and maintain such preaching, reading or speaking for one year in succession shall be deemed a
breach of this condition.

10. Whenever said Directors shall determine that it is inexpedient to maintain preaching, reading or speaking in
said church in accordance with the terms of this deed, they are authorized and required to reconvey forthwith
said lot of land with the building thereon to Mary Baker G. Eddy, her heirs and assigns forever by a proper deed
of conveyance.

11. The omission or neglect on the part of said Directors to strictly comply with any of the conditions herein
contained shall constitute a breach thereof, and the title hereby conveyed shall revert to the grantor Mary Baker
G. Eddy, her heirs and assigns forever, upon her entry upon said land and taking possession thereof for such
breach. To Have and to Hold the above granted premises with all the privileges and appurtenances thereon
belonging to said grantees and their successors in office to the uses and trusts above described forever.

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Deed of Trust (cont.)

And the said grantor for herself and her heirs, executors and administrators covenants with the said grantees and
their successors in office that she is lawfully seized in fee simple of the afore said premises, that they are free from
all incum brances not herein mentioned or referred to, that she has good right to sell and convey the same to the
said grantees and their successors in office as aforesaid, and that she will and her heirs, executors, and
administrators shall, warrant and defend the same to the said grantees and their successors in office forever
against the lawful claims and demands of  all persons. In witness whereof  I the said Mary Baker G. Eddy have
hereto set my hand and seal this 1st day of  September, 1892. MARY BAKER G. EDDY. Signed, sealed, and
delivered in presence of  LAURA E. SARGENT. R. E. WALKER. September 1st, 1892. STATE OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE, MERRIMACK. Then personally appeared the above named Mary Baker G. Eddy and
acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be her free act and deed,
Before me R. E. WALKER.

Notary Public.

September 2, 1892. SUFFOLK REGISTRY OF DEEDS, Lib. 2081, Fol. 257.

Deed Conveying Land for Church Purposes

METCALE to KNAPP et al. Trs. Libro 2886, Fol. 521. KNOW ALL MEN, That I, Albert Metcalf, the grantor in
a certain deed given to Ira O. Knapp and others dated October 23, 1896, and recorded with Suffolk Deeds, Book
2591, page 398, do hereby declare that the land conveyed by said deed was conveyed to the grantees therein, as
they are the Christian Science Board of Directors, upon the trusts, but not subject to the conditions mentioned in
the deed creating said Board given by Mary Baker G. Eddy to Ira O. Knapp and others, dated September 1st,
1892, and recorded with Suffolk Deeds, Book 2081, page 257. In addition to the trusts contained in said deed of
September 1, 1892, from Mary Baker G. Eddy,

this property is conveyed on the further trusts that no new Tenet or By-Law shall be adopted, nor any Tenet or
By-Law amended or annulled by the grantees unless the written consent of  said Mary Baker G. Eddy, the author
of  the textbook SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES," be given therefor, or unless
at the written request of  Mrs. Eddy the Executive Members of  The First Church of  Christ, Scientist, (formally
called the "First Members,") by a two thirds vote of  all their number, decide so to do. And that the same
inscription which is on the outside of the present church edifice shall be placed on any new church erected on
said lot. And in consideration of  one dollar to me paid by said Ira O. Knapp, William B. Johnson, Joseph
Armstrong and Stephen A. Chase, the receipt whereof  is hereby acknowledged, I do hereby confirm the deed as
above mentioned, and do grant and release unto them, their heirs, successors and assigns in trust as aforesaid, the
premises therein described. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this nineteenth day of
March, A. D. nineteen hundred and three. ALBERT METCALF. [Seal]