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CHURCH BY-LAWS

From the May 1900 issue of The Christian Science Journal


Only the Christian Science Board of Directors, and the First Reader of the Mother Church shall be present at meetings for the examination of complaints against Church members. Only the Board of Directors, and the First Reader shall confer, or vote on cases of complaints and church discipline. A complaint against a member of the Mother Church shall be laid before this Board; and within thirty days thereafter the clerk of the Church shall address a letter of inquiry to the member complained of, as to its validity. If the previous Christian character of the accused member is good, his reply to the clerk contradicting the accusations, or his confession thereof, and compliance with our Church Rules shall be sufficient on behalf of said member for the Board to dismiss the subject, and the clerk of the Church shall immediately so inform him. The complainant, on a second offence of this kind, shall be subject to discipline and dismissal from this Church. No cards shall be removed from our periodicals except by a majority vote of the Christian Science Board of Directors, and First Reader—at a meeting of the Mother Church held for this purpose—or for the examination of complaints. No Church discipline shall ensue until the requirements in Article XXVI., Section 6, of our Manual have been strictly obeyed.

Both the husband and wife shall pay tuition for class instruction; only one of them shall teach classes in Christian Science—and that one shall be elected by the two in one, viz., both husband and wife; any jargon as to which of those shall be teacher, may exclude the jarring one from his or her office in church.

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