Announcements

The question is sometimes asked whether a practitioner who has a card in the directory of The Christian Science Journal may also be a librarian of a Christian Science Reading Room. This question is asked, no doubt, because of the By-Law ( Art.

Church Membership The term "church membership" denotes some of the tenderest ties of human experience. The true Church has touched countless lives with a light that is healing and spiritual.

The plan arranged by The Christian Science Board of Directors whereby the members of The Christian Science Board of Lectureship may have a year free from lecture work after serving three or more years, will enable the following lecturers to take for practice and study the year beginning July 1, 1936: William E. Brown Paul A.

We are happy to announce to the Field of Christian Science that sufficient funds are in hand so that the Reconstruction and Furnishing Fund is now closed. The purposes for which the fund was established —the reconstruction of the former Publishing House for the Administration Building, furnishing it, and helping to furnish the new Publishing House, the rebuilding of the Church Park fronting the Church edifice, and other essential work—have been completed satisfactorily.

NOTICE [As published in the Christian Science Sentinel, March 28, 1936] In the course of applying its policies concerning foreign exchange and balance of trade, the German Government is limiting the importation of Christian Science literature. Even the quantity of our books and periodicals that can be sent to Germany as gifts is restricted.

With the consent of Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker Eddy, we are happy to announce that excerpts from her letters are to be published regularly in the Christian Science periodicals. Brief gems of thought found in letters from the beloved Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science will begin to appear in the next issues of the Journal, Sentinel, and Herald.

The questions are sometimes asked regarding the list of subjects for the Lesson-Sermons in the  Christian Science Quarterly , Why did not Mrs. Eddy give a subject for each Sunday during the year, instead of for each Sunday in a six months' period? and, What do you do when there are fifty-three Sundays in a year? Answering the last question first, it can be said that when the year includes fifty-three Sundays, the Lesson-Sermon Committee repeats one of the subjects, often that of "Christian Science," for the additional Lesson-Sermon.

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.

A reduction in the price of the cloth editions of the French and German translations of Science and Health has been authorized by the Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker Eddy. Beginning February 1, 1936, the retail, or list price, of cloth editions of the French and German translations of the textbook, heretofore sold at $3.

[As published in the Christian Science Sentinel, December 21, 1935] 233 Pleasant Street, Concord, New Hampshire November 21, 1935 The Christian Science Board of Directors 107 Falmouth Street, Boston, Massachusetts DEAR FRIENDS :—We, the residents of The Christian Science Pleasant View Home, desire, at this Thanksgiving season, to express our deep appreciation for your continued watchful care; your fidelity to Principle, and the teachings of our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy. May we, through you, extend our gratitude to the brethren in the Field for their generosity in helping to maintain this Home, wherein—free from any anxious care—we may do more consecrated work for the Cause and for the whole world.