Announcements

Applications for membership in the Mother Church to be presented at the semi-annual meeting of the First Members to be held Tuesday, November 7, 1899, must be in the hands of the Clerk of the Church on or before the 15th day of October. Send applications to 30 Norway Street instead of 95 Falmouth Street as heretofore directed.

Washington, D. C.

AMENDED BY-LAWS Section 6 of Article IV. of the By-Laws of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass.

The following constitute the Board of Lectureship for the year beginning June 1, 1899:— Eastern Section. —The lecturers for the New England States are, Rev.

TO REFORMERS BY WALDO PONDRAY WARREN Consecrate one whole day, and cease to listen to the groans of humanity and the discord of the world, and listen instead to that vast song that is welling up from the depths of the hearts of the redeemed; and blend the voice of thy thought with the immortal strains of Life's unending song. And then, when thou turnest again to humanity, to tell them of the true thoughts that overfill thy consciousness, they shall be indeed such thoughts as "a world's famine feed.

The next admission of candidates for membership with the Mother Church will take place June 3, 1899. Applications to be presented at that time must be in the hands of the clerk on or before May 15.

The tenth edition of the Church Manual revised—containing the rules and by-laws of the Mother Church, also list of members, is now on sale. Address orders to the Christian Science Publishing Society, 95 Falmouth Street.

There seems to be a failure on the part of many of the Churches to understand one of the main purposes for which the Board of Lectureship was instituted. The intention evidently is to reach those who are strangers to the truth regarding Christian Science, or who are interested enough to listen to a public discussion regarding Christian Science, but who, so far, have not been reached by other methods.

Poems. By Edward Augustus Jenks.

The following notice has already been given by our Leader, the Rev. Mary Baker Eddy:— "The Christian Science Board of Directors of the Mother Church, and the branch churches of Christ, Scientist, may apply to the Board of Lectureship for lecturers, within the bounds of their sections or precincts in the United States, Canada, or Great Britain.