Announcements

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. It is desirable that applications should be forwarded in ample time so that they may receive the essential preliminary attention before the date of election.

It would be beneficial to branch churches as well as to The Mother Church if the custom, which was formerly followed, of joining both churches at the same time would now be revived. To bring this about, the branch church officials as well as the applicant should helpfully co-operate.

In order to uphold the prestige of The Christian Science Monitor and to correct the misapprehension that it is a free newspaper, an article on "Wiser Distribution of the Monitor" appeared in the Christian Science Sentinel for November 28,1931. Since the situation which inspired this article still exists in many sections, we are quoting the article in part in the hope that wiser distribution of the Monitor may result: "The distribution of The Christian Science Monitor through free literature boxes at railroad stations and other public places has led in many instances to the misapprehension that it is a free newspaper.

The work of the Christian Science Sunday School is of great importance because of its effect on the thought and character of those, the pupils, who, after leaving it, or even before, become members of the Church of Christ, Scientist. With this in view, it has been thought that teachers and pupils in our Sunday schools might be aided through the columns of the Sentinel to an extent greater than heretofore.

For several years The Christian Science Board of Directors has been endeavoring to complete for the archives of The Mother Church three sets of all the editions of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. Many Christian Scientists have sent in for this purpose their old editions, but there are still some editions needed to complete these three sets.

The King James Version continues to be the best-liked rendering of the Bible into English. This translation continues to hold first place among English-reading students by reason of its diction, its fidelity to the original text, and its spirituality.

[As published in the Christian Science Sentinel, June 11, 1938] NOTICE From the Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker Eddy From the first the published works of our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, were printed and bound by reputable concerns in Boston who did good work throughout the years. In 1920, the then Trustees of the Publishing Society purchased the bindery which for many years had bound all our leather -covered books.

[As published in the Christian Science Sentinel, April 23, 1938, from the Sentinel of January 6, 1906] REPRINT We are glad to republish the following important article and the letter to Mrs. Eddy which accompanied it.

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. Preferably, contributors should correspond for themselves.

In accordance with the procedure which has been followed in recent years, after a period of service in the lecture work, members of The Christian Science Board of Lectureship are eligible to retire for a year or longer in order that they may devote their time and attention particularly to the study and practice of Christian Science. Those who have made arrangements to retire from the lecture work during the year beginning July 1, 1938, are: Richard J.