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.
Manual of The Mother Church, p.44.
My desire is that every Christian Scientist, and as many others as possible, subscribe for and read our daily newspaper.
Christian Science Sentinel, November 21, 1908, p. 230.