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One of a series of articles by the Research Staff of The Mary Baker Eddy Library, giving the historical background of the By–Laws of the Manual of The Mother Church.

THE MARY BAKER EDDY LIBRARY

'MY MEANING AND MOTIVES'

'Relation and Duties of Members to Pastor Emeritus'

From the October 2009 issue of The Christian Science Journal

WHAT KIND OF "relation" can a member of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, have with the Church's Pastor Emeritus, given that she has been deceased for nearly a century? The focus this month is not so much on historical detail as answering two questions: Why do the By-Laws constituting Article XXII of the Manual of The Mother Church (pp. 64–70) remain relevant and significant? And, did Mrs.