As wisdom unfolded to her, Mrs. Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, was divinely inspired to take each step that would ensure the permanence of the Church of Christ, Scientist, and the availability of the pure, unadulterated message of Christian Science. One of her most important accomplishments is the provision of Rules and regulations for the members of her Church through the Church Manual.
The study and contemplation of the Manual and obedience to the instructions it contains cannot be overemphasized. In speaking of its Rules and By-Laws, our Leader states (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 148): "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."
Since their detail is "so requisite to demonstrate genuine Christian Science," one assumes quite correctly that it is imperative that these Rules be read, studied, and obeyed if he expects to avail himself of the benefits of practicing Christian Science.
