Announcements

Mr. Duncan Sinclair, who for many years has served on the Editorial Staff of the Christian Science periodicals, and for the last eight years as Editor, will retire from that office at the end of the present church year, as indicated in the communications which have passed between Mr.

In accordance with the procedure which has been followed for some years, after a period of service in the lecture work members of The Christian Science Board of Lectureship are eligible to retire in order that they may devote a period particularly to the study and practice of Christian Science. The following members will retire from the Board of Lectureship for two years beginning July 1, 1940: John Randall Dunn Judge Frederick C.

A rumor has been prevalent in various sections of the Field to the effect that the new Subscription Edition of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy is only for public and private libraries and should not be purchased by any branch church or individual. This is a wrong impression.

Occasionally the question arises as to whether a branch church should omit the session of its Sunday school held at the same hour as the church service, in order that the teachers, officers, and pupils who desire to do so might attend the service on Communion Sunday. It will be observed that there is no provision in the Manual of The Mother Church which would encourage this procedure.

The Field is hereby informed of an important change concerning the periods of admission to membership in The Mother Church. The closing date for the receipt of applications will now be set at approximately one month in advance of the date of the admission instead of two weeks as heretofore.

In the Christian Science Sentinel of July 9, 1938, The Christian Science Board of Directors asked the co-operation of Christian Scientists throughout the Field in completing three sets of all editions of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. There has been a gratifying response to this request, but some editions are still needed.

Articles, Poems, and Testimonies The Christian Science Publishing Society accepts religious articles and religious poems only from members of The Mother Church. Religious articles intended for the Journal, Sentinel, or Monitor should be sent to the Journal, Sentinel, and Herald Editorial Department, One, Norway Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

FROM THE DIRECTORS [As published in the Christian Science Sentinel, January 20, 1940] Interviewing Applicants for Membership Individuals comprising a committee for interviewing applicants for church membership should be Christian Scientists of wise discernment, of unprejudiced thought and Christlike compassion. Not infrequently the mental attitude of an admission committee will either forward or retard the growth of a Christian Science church or society.

[As published in the Christian Science Sentinel, December 16, 1939] ANNOUNCEMENTS Roland R. Harrison, who for the past ten years has been Manager of The Christian Science Publishing Society, has been appointed Administrative Editor of The Christian Science Monitor by The Christian Science Board of Directors.

The Field is hereby informed of an important change concerning the periods of admission to membership in The Mother Church. The closing date for the receipt of applications will now be set at approximately one month in advance of the date of the admission instead of two weeks as heretofore.