ADMISSION TO MEMBERSHIP IN THE MOTHER CHURCH
Applications for admission to membership in The Mother Church may be sent to the Clerk at any time throughout the year. The receipt of an application by the Clerk does not make the applicant a member. Applications are acted upon by the Board of Directors, only at their semi-annual meetings for the election of new members, as provided by the Manual of The Mother Church, Article XIII, Section 2.
The next meeting of the Board for this purpose occurs November 2, 1923. Applications to be acted upon at that time should reach the Clerk by October 19, 1923. Applications received too late for consideration in November will be placed on file for the May 30, 1924, admission.
The receipt of all applications is acknowledged by the Clerk; and on the date set for consideration, notice of acceptance or rejection is sent to those whose applications have been received in time for the essential preliminary attention. Should an applicant not receive such notice, he is requested to communicate with the Clerk before forwarding a second application.
Additional application forms may always be obtained by addressing the Clerk, George Wendell Adams, 236 Huntington Avenue, Back Bay Station, Boston, Massachusetts.
TESTIMONIES
Good testimonies from those healed by Christian Science are always welcomed for consideration by the Editors. They should be written legibly, and the addresses given should be complete. Women should use the title "Miss" or "Mrs.," and married women should sign their own names in full, instead of the names of their husbands.
Testimonies should be verified by three members of The Mother Church; and in the case of a member or an attendant of a branch church, one of the verifiers should be the clerk or some other officer of that church, who has either witnessed the healing or can vouch for the integrity of the testifier. In the verification of testimonies by a church officer, the title of the office should be given. An affidavit made before a Notary Public is acceptable, if the testifier does not know three members of The Mother Church.
Compliance with the foregoing will greatly facilitate the work of the Editorial Department.
Correspondence relating to testimonies should not be addressed to individuals, but to the Editorial Department, The Christian Science Publishing Society, Back Bay Station, Boston, Massachusetts.
CLERK OF THE MOTHER CHURCH
The Tenets of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, for use of branch Churches of Christ, Scientist, are printed on folded sheets, containing space for adding the application form for membership in branch organizations, or extracts from their by-laws. These may be obtained in the regular size, and also in a form suitable for binding into booklets containing by-laws. Either size may be ordered from the Clerk at seventy-five cents a hundred, the minimum order; but unless otherwise specified, the larger size will be sent. Remittances should accompany all orders; but postage stamps should not be sent in payment.
The Tenets may also be obtained in either size printed on alternate pages in English and German or in English and French.
Correspondence relative to the Tenets should be addressed to George Wendell Adams, Clerk, 236 Huntington Avenue, Back Bay Station, Boston, Massachusetts.
CHURCH TREASURER
Per Capita Tax, as provided in the Church Manual, Article VIII, Section 13, is due annually from "every member of The Mother Church," and "shall be forwarded each year to the Church Treasurer." This tax of "not less than one dollar" may be forwarded at any time during the year. When a remittance for church dues is more than the amount required to balance one's account, the surplus is credited for the present year.
Contributions to The Christian Science Benevolent Association are acceptable; and contributions may also be made to the General Fund and to the Real Estate Fund of The Mother Church.
Please make all remittances payable to Edward L. Ripley, Treasurer, and send them to him at 236 Huntington Avenue, Back Bay Station, Boston, Massachusetts.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Announcement is made by the Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker Eddy of the publication of the following poems by Mrs. Eddy, set to music in solo form:—
"O'er waiting harpstrings" (Christ My Refuge); music by Ferdinand Dunkley.
"O gentle presence" (Mother's Evening Prayer); music by William Arms Fisher.
"Shepherd, show me how to go;" music by Rossetter G. Cole.
Each solo is published in three keys, for high, medium, and low voices. Price, 60 cents each; in quantities of six or more, 40 cents each. Orders for six or more may include all three solos. Orders, accompanied by remittance, should be sent to Harry I. Hunt, Publishers' Agent, 107 Falmouth Street, Back Bay Station, Boston, Mass.
ORDERS FOR THE WORKS OF MARY BAKER EDDY
Orders for Mrs. Eddy's Works should be addressed to and remittances therefor made payable to Harry I. Hunt, Publishers' Agent, 107 Falmouth Street, Back Bay Station, Boston, Mass., U. S. A.
