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21 student in the class shall prepare a paper on
said subject that shall be read to the class,
thoroughly discussed, and understood; this paper

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1 shall be given to the teacher, and he shall not
allow it or a copy of it to remain, but shall

3 destroy this paper.

Signatures. SECT. 3. The signature of the
teacher and of the President of the College

6 shall be on all certificates issued.

Remuneration and Free Scholarship. SECT. 4.
Tuition of class instruction in the Board of

9 Education shall be $100.00. The bearer of a
card of free scholarship from the President,
Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, shall be entitled to

12 a free course in this department on presenta-
tion of the card to the teacher. Only the
President gives free admission to classes.

15 Surplus Funds. SECT. 5. Any surplus funds
left in the hands of the Board of Education
shall be paid over annually to the Treasurer of

18 The Mother Church.

Primary Students. SECT. 6. Students of
Christian Science, duly instructed therein and

21 with good moral records, not having the certifi-
cate of C.S.D. may enter the Normal class in
the Board of Education, which will be held once

24 in three years beginning A. D. 1907; provided
their diplomas are for three consecutive years
under Mrs. Eddy's daily conversation on Chris-

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1 tian Science, or from the Massachusetts Meta-
physical College Board of Education.

3 Healing Better than Teaching. SECT. 7.
Healing the sick and the sinner with Truth dem-
onstrates what we affirm of Christian Science,

6 and nothing can substitute this demonstration.
I recommend that each member of this Church
shall strive to demonstrate by his or her practice,

9 that Christian Science heals the sick quickly and
wholly, thus proving this Science to be all that
we claim for it.

12 If both husband and wife are found duly quali-
fied to teach Christian Science, either one, not
both, should teach yearly one class.

15 Not Members of The Mother Church. SECT. 8.
No person shall receive instructions in Chris-
tian Science in any class in the Massachusetts

18 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,

21 Mass.

Only those persons who are members of this
Church and possessed of the qualifications named

24 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

6 which shall be elected annually on Monday pre-
ceding the Annual Meeting, subject to the ap-
proval of the Pastor Emeritus. The lecture year

9 shall begin July 1 of each year.

Duty of Lecturers. SECT. 2. It is the duty
of the Board of Lectureship to include in each

12 lecture a true and just reply to public topics
condemning Christian Science, and to bear testi-
mony to the facts pertaining to the life of the

15 Pastor Emeritus. Each member shall mail to
the Clerk of this Church copies of his lectures
before delivering them.

18 No Disruption of Branch Churches. SECT. 3.
The Board of Lectureship is not allowed in any-
wise to meddle with nor to disrupt the organiza-

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1 tion of branch churches. The lecturer can invite
churches within the city whither he is called to

3 unite in their attendance on his lecture, and so
make for their churches a less lecture fee; but
the churches shall decide their action.

6 Receptions. SECT. 4. As a rule there should
be no receptions nor festivities after a lecture on
Christian Science, but there may occur excep-

9 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

12 have the opportunity to depart in quiet thought
on that subject.

Circuit Lecturer. SECT. 5. Upon the written

15 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

18 shall lecture in the United States, in Canada, in
Great Britain and Ireland.

A member shall neither resign nor transfer

21 this sacred office.

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Article XXXII — CALLS FOR LECTURES

3 From the Directors. SECTION 1. When the
need is apparent, the Christian Science Board of
Directors of The Mother Church may call on

6 any member of this Board of Lectureship to
lecture at such places and at such times as the
cause of Christian Science demands.

9 From Branch Churches. SECT. 2. The
branch Churches of Christ, Scientist, may apply
through their clerks to a member of this Board

12 of Lectureship for a speaker, and one shall be
assigned them by the Board.

From Societies. SECT. 3. If called for, a

15 member of the Board may lecture for a Society.

Annual Lectures. SECT. 4. The Mother
Church and the branch churches shall call on

18 the Board of Lectureship annually for one or
more lectures.

No Lectures by Readers. SECT. 5. No lec-

21 ture shall be given by a Reader during his term
of Readership. The duties alone of a Reader are
ample .

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1 No Wednesday Evening Lectures. SECT. 6.
The Board of Lectureship shall not appoint a

3 lecture for Wednesday evening.

Lecture Fee. SECT. 7. The lecture fee shall
be left to the discretion of the lecturer.

6 Expenses. SECT. 8. The lecturer's traveling
expenses and the cost of hall shall be paid by
the church that employs him.

9 Exceptional Cases. SECT. 9. If a lecturer
receive a call to lecture in a place where he sees
there is special need, and the local church is un-

12 able to meet the expense, he is at liberty to supply
that need and trust to contributions for his fee.

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COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION

Article XXXIII

3 In The Mother Church. SECTION 1. There
shall be appointed by The Mother Church a Com-
mittee on Publication, which shall consist of one

6 loyal Christian Scientist who lives in Boston, and
he shall be manager of the Committees on Pub-
lication throughout the United States, Canada,

9 Great Britain and Ireland. He shall be elected
annually by a unanimous vote of the Christian
Science Board of Directors and the consent of

12 the Pastor Emeritus given in her own handwrit-
ing, and shall receive an annual salary, paid quar-
terly, of not less than four thousand dollars.

15 Duties. SECT. 2. It shall be the duty of the
Committee on Publication to correct in a Chris-
tian manner impositions on the public in regard

18 to Christian Science, injustices done Mrs. Eddy
or members of this Church by the daily press,
by periodicals or circulated literature of any sort.

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1 This Committee on Publication shall be respon-
sible for correcting or having corrected a false

3 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

6 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-

9 rection shall appear, this Committee shall im-
mediately apply for aid to the Committee on
Business. Furthermore, the Committee on Pub-

12 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

15 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

18 have published each year in a leading Boston
newspaper the letter sent to the Pastor Emeritus
by the Church members in annual meeting as-

21 sembled. The State Committees on Publication
act under the direction of this Committee on
Publication.

24 In Branch Churches. SECT. 3. The Readers
of the three largest branch churches in each State
of the United States and in Canada shall annually

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1 and alternately appoint a Committee on Publi-
cation to serve in their localities. For the pur-

3 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.

6 Each county of Great Britain and Ireland, except
as hereinafter specified, through the Readers of
its three largest branch churches, shall annually

9 and alternately appoint a Committee on Publica-
tion to serve in its locality. Each church is not
necessarily confined to its own members in select-

12 ing this Committee, but if preferred, can appoint
a Committee on Publication who is in good fel-
lowship with another Church of Christ, Scientist.

15 This By-Law applies to all States except Mas-
sachusetts, in which the Committee on Publica-
tion is elected only by the Christian Science Board

18 of Directors. The Committee for the counties
in which London, England, is situated shall be
appointed by the Christian Science Board of

21 Directors, and he shall, in addition to his other
duties, act as District Manager of the Committees
on Publication for Great Britain and Ireland.

24 Appointment. SECT. 4. The Committees on
Publication shall consist of men generally. Each
State Committee shall be appointed by the First

27 and Second Readers of the church employing

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1 said Committee. If prior to the meeting of the
church for the election of officers, Mrs. Eddy

3 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.

6 Or if she shall send a special request to any
Committee on Publication, the request shall be
carried out according to her directions.

9 Removal from Office. SECT. 5. If the Com-
mittee on Publication neglects to fulfil the obli-
gations of his office according to these By-Laws,

12 and this becomes apparent to the Christian Sci-
ence Board of Directors, it shall be the duty of
the Directors immediately to act upon this im-

15 portant matter in accordance with said By-Laws.

The Christian Science Board of Directors may
notify any Church of Christ, Scientist, to remove

18 its Committee on Publication and to appoint an-
other Committee to fill the vacancy; and it shall
be the duty of that church to comply with this

21 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

24 Board shall be elected by the branch church.

Case of Necessity. SECT. 6. If a suitable
man is not obtainable for Committee on Publica-

27 tion, a suitable woman shall be elected. If at

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1 any time the Christian Science Board of Direc-
tors shall determine that the manager of the

3 general Committee on Publication needs an as-
sistant, the Board shall, with the approval of the
Pastor Emeritus, appoint an assistant manager,

6 who shall receive an adequate salary from The
Mother Church.

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CHURCH-BUILDING

Article XXXIV

3 Building Committee. SECTION 1. There
shall be a Building Committee consisting of
not less than three members, and this committee

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

9 a majority vote.

Designation of Deeds. SECT. 2. All deeds
of further purchases of land for The First

12 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.

15 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

18 there shall be incorporated in all such deeds
the phrase, "Mary Baker Eddy's Church, The

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Mother Church or The First Church of Christ,
Scientist, in Boston, Mass."

3 The Mother Church Building. SECT. 3. The
edifice erected in 1894 for The First Church of
Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., shall neither

6 be demolished, nor removed from the site where
it was built, without the written consent of the
Pastor Emeritus, Mary Baker Eddy.

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CHURCH MANUAL

Article XXXV

3 For The Mother Church Only. SECTION 1.
The Church Manual of The First Church of
Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., written by

6 Mary Baker Eddy and copyrighted, is adapted
to The Mother Church only. It stands alone,
uniquely adapted to form the budding thought

9 and hedge it about with divine Love. This
Manual shall not be revised without the written
consent of its author.

12 Seventy-third Edition the Authority. SECT. 2.
The Board of Directors, the Committee on Bible
Lessons, and the Board of Trustees shall each

15 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,

18 these editions shall be cited as authority.

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1 Amendment of By-Laws. SECT. 3. No new
Tenet or By-Law shall be adopted, nor any

3 Tenet or By-Law amended or annulled, with-
out 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

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

6 2. No persons are eligible to countersign ap-
plications except loyal students of Mrs. Eddy,
Directors, and students of the Board of Educa-

9 tion who have been given a degree, and are mem-
bers of The Mother Church.

3. Those who approve applicants should have

12 applications returned to them after being filled
out by the applicants, as required by Article
V, Sect. 6, and should compare them with

15 the forms here given, and see that names are
legibly written, before sending them to the
Clerk of the Church. If not correct, the appli-

18 cant will be notified, and new applications will

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1 be required, as none will be returned that are
not correctly made out. This requirement is to

3 prevent applications being duplicated and the
confusion that might result therefrom. It is
important that these seemingly strict conditions

6 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

9 thereof.

4. All names, whether of applicants, signers,

or countersigners, must be plainly written, and

12 one, at least, of the given names of each, written
in full. Initials only of first names will not be
received. Women must sign Miss or Mrs. be-

15 fore their names as the case may be.

All names must be written the same in all
places where they are required.

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1 TO APPLICANTS

1. In filling out the application blank, one

3 of the Christian names must be written in full.
Initials alone will not be received.

2. If the applicant is a married woman she

6 must sign her own Christian name, not her hus-
band's, and prefix her signature with "Mrs;"
unmarried women must sign "Miss."

9 3. There are two regular forms of applica-
tion. 1. For those who have studied Christian
Science with an authorized teacher; 2. For those

12 who have not studied Christian Science with a
teacher.

Applicants will find the chief points of these

15 instructions illustrated in Form 1 and Form 2,
on pages 114 and 118.

4. Those whose teachers are deceased, absent,

18 or disloyal, or those whose teachers refuse, with-
out sufficient cause, to sign applications (see
Art. V, Sect. 4), will be furnished special forms

21 on application to the Clerk.

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1 5. When branch churches are designated by
number, as First Church, Second Church, etc.,

3 the number must be written First, Second, as
shown on page 118. The article "the" either
capitalized (The), or small (the), must not be

6 used before titles of branch churches. See Ar-
ticle XXIII, Sect. 2.

6. If the applicant is not a member of a

9 branch church, he should fill out his applica-
tion in this respect according to the form on
page 114.

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Application I

PROPERLY SIGNED AND ENDORSED,

ACCORDINC TO ARTICLE V, SECT. 2

[Form omitted]

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Application I — (Continued)

PROPERLY SIGNED AND ENDORSED,

ACCORDING TO ARTICLE V, SECT. 2

[Form omitted]

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Application I

PROPERLY SIGNED AND ENDORSED,

ACCORDING TO ARTICLE V, SECT. 2

[Form omitted]

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Application I — (Continued)

PROPERLY SIGNED AND ENDORSED,

ACCORDING TO ARTICLE V, SECT. 2

[Form omitted]

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Application II

SIGNED, ENDORSED, AND COUNTERSIGNED,

ACCORDING TO ARTICLE Vl, SECT. 2

[Form omitted]

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Application II — (Continued)

SIGNED, ENDORSED, AND COUNTERSIGNED,

ACCORDING TO ARTICLE VI, SECT. 2

[Form omitted]

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Present Order of Services

in The Mother Church

Republished from the Sentinel

SUNDAY SERVICES

1. Hymn.

2. Reading a Scriptural Selection.

3. Silent Prayer, followed by the audible

repetition of the Lord's Prayer with its spirit-

ual interpretation.

4. Hymn.

5. Announcing necessary notices.

6. Solo.

7. Reading the explanatory note on first leaf

of Quarterly.

8. Announcing the subject of the Lesson-

Sermon, and reading the Golden Text.

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

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the first Section of the Lesson, the First Reader

makes the following announcement: "As an-

nounced in the explanatory note, I shall now

read correlative passages from the Christian

Science textbook, 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 accord-

ing to I John 3:1-3.

14. Pronouncing Benediction.

The services should be preceded and followed

by organ or piano music of an appropriate char-

acter in all cases where this is possible.

On the first Sunday of each month Article VIII,

SECT. 1, A Rule for Motives and Acts, is to be

read.

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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 repe-

tition of the Lord's Prayer, its spiritual interpre-

tation 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 char-

acter 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 spirit-

ual 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.

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9. Reading the Lesson-Sermon prepared by

the Bible Lesson Committee.

10. Solo.

11. Testimonies by Christian Scientists,

appropriate for the occasion.

1 2. 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 char-

acter 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

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makes the following announcement: "As an-

nounced in the explanatory note, I shall now read

correlative passages from the Christian Science

textbook, SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO

THE SCRIPTURES, by Mary Baker Eddy.")

12. The First Reader briefly invites the con-

gregation to kneel in silent Communion. This is

concluded by the audible repetition of the Lord's

Prayer (spiritual interpretation omitted).

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 accord-

ing 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 char-

acter 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 audible

repetition 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.

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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 Chel-

sea, Massachusetts, and Stephen A. Chase of

Fall River, Massachusetts, the receipt whereof

is hereby acknowledged, and, also in consider-

ation of the trusts and uses hereinafter men-

tioned and established, do hereby give, bargain,

sell, and convey to the said Ira O. Knapp, Wil-

liam B. Johnson, Joseph S. Eastaman, and

Stephen A. Chase as trustees as hereinafter

provided and to their legitimate successors in

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office forever, a certain parcel of land situate

on Falmouth street in said Boston, bounded and

described as follows: Beginning at the junction

of Falmouth street, and a forty-foot street now

called Caledonia street; thence running South-

west on said Falmouth street one hundred and

sixteen and eighty-eight hundredths feet; thence

Northwest at a right angle to a point where a

line drawn at right angles to said forty-foot

street at a point thereon one hundred and six-

teen and fifty-five hundredths feet Northwest

from the point of beginning meets the said

boundary at right angles to Falmouth street,

sixty-six and seventy-eight hundredths feet;

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