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CSJ, 1889, December, Vol 7, page 472 - "Healing and Reports of Cases"
"Christian Science rests on proof not profession. It is not a theory, but a demonstrative system of healing, and it must be supported by proof of its power to heal. It is only in this way that the false Scientist and the true are discerned, and the people undeceived."
CSS, 1899, November 16, Vol 2, page 173 - "Marriage" By-Law revision, by Mary Baker Eddy
[This Sentinel article includes the first revision of the "Marriage" By-Law, which removed the following provisions from the original wording: (1) a "Christian Scientist ... [to perform the] ceremony," (2) the reading "from Science and Health appropriate paragraphs on marriage," (3) "a wedding in the church." To read a comprehensive history of the "Marriage" By-Law and a history of weddings in early Christianity and in Churches of Christ, Scientist, browse http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/weddings.htm.]
CSJ, 1900, January, Vol 17, page 702 - "By-Laws"
"We enjoin upon every member of the Mother Church a careful and prayerful perusal of each of these By-laws, that we may become so thoroughly imbued with their letter and spirit as to be able to carry them out in our daily lives."
CSJ, 1904, June, Vol 22, page 184 - "Take Notice"
"I beg to inform my beloved members of the Mother Church that the By-law in Article XXVI of its Manual does not require members of benevolent and progressive organizations, such as Free Masons, Odd Fellows, temperance societies, and those of similar cult, to resign this membership. It specifies in plain English that after individuals become members of our Church they shall not thereafter 'be made' members of clubs or other organizations not named in its Manual, and wherefore? Because our religious denomination demands the faithful attention and labor of its members in all philanthropic, therapeutic, and progressive Christian work for the human race, and relies upon the adequate, scientific Source and resource therefor." To explore background information on the statement and the By-Law, browse http://www.bibletexts.com/articles/j022p184.htm.
CSS, 1904, November 12, Vol 7, page 168 - "What our Leader Says"
"Good deeds overdone numerically, or bad deeds, are remedied by reading the Manual."
CSS, 1916, July 1, Vol 18, page 168 - "Healing the Multitudes" (article by Florence Clerihew Boyd). States the following:
"Mrs. Eddy once said to a student that she longed for the day to come when no one could enter a Christian Science church, no matter how sick or how sorrowing that one might be, without being healed, and that this day can come only when every member of the church studies and demonstrates the truth contained in the Lesson-Sermon, and takes with him to the service the consciousness thus prepared."
CSS, 1916, October 7, Vol 19, page 110 - In January, 1906, Mrs. Eddy wrote to Mrs. Longyear of Brookline, Massachusetts:
"God is moving on the face of the waters of your thoughts and His creations will appear.
"I propose that the institution you found be called Sanatorium ... that it be a resort for invalids without homes or relatives available in time of need; where they can go and recruit.
"Our cause demands a wider circle of means for the ends of philanthropy and charity, and better qualifications for practical purposes. This latter lack in students of Christian Science is a great hindrance to our Cause and it must be met and mastered. The students need to be qualified so that under the fire of mortal mind they can stand and 'having done all, to stand.' (St. Paul)"
CSJ, 1918, April, Vol 36, page 1; CSS, Vol 20, page 443 - article entitled "Life." To read this article, browse http://www.bibletexts.com/articles/mbe-life.htm.
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CSJ, 1890, February, Vol 7, page 535 - "Organization" by S.
[This article includes valuable insights into what interferes with and what constitutes church-based organization. To read this article, browse http://www.bibletexts.com/articles/j007p535.htm.]
[This Sentinel article includes the first revision of the "Marriage" By-Law, which removed the following provisions from the original wording: (1) a "Christian Scientist ... [to perform the] ceremony," (2) the reading "from Science and Health appropriate paragraphs on marriage," (3) "a wedding in the church." To read a comprehensive history of the "Marriage" By-Law and a history of weddings in early Christianity and in Churches of Christ, Scientist, browse http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/weddings.htm.]
[This webpage includes the first revision of the "Marriage" By-Law, which removed the following provisions from the original wording: (1) a "Christian Scientist ... [to perform the] ceremony," (2) the reading "from Science and Health appropriate paragraphs on marriage," (3) "a wedding in the church." This webpage also includes a comprehensive history of the "Marriage" By-Law and a history of weddings in early Christianity and in Churches of Christ, Scientist. To read this article, browse http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/weddings.htm.]
"We enjoin upon every member of the Mother Church a careful and prayerful perusal of each of these By-laws, that we may become so thoroughly imbued with their letter and spirit as to be able to carry them out in our daily lives."
[This article directly relates to the wording that was then in the 1904 "Church Organizations Ample" By-Law and that was later (and still) in the "Joining Another Society" By-Law. To read this article, browse http://www.bibletexts.com/articles/s006p552.htm.]
"I beg to inform my beloved members of the Mother Church that the By-law in Article XXVI of its Manual does not require members of benevolent and progressive organizations, such as Free Masons, Odd Fellows, temperance societies, and those of similar cult, to resign this membership. It specifies in plain English that after individuals become members of our Church they shall not thereafter 'be made' members of clubs or other organizations not named in its Manual, and wherefore? Because our religious denomination demands the faithful attention and labor of its members in all philanthropic, therapeutic, and progressive Christian work for the human race, and relies upon the adequate, scientific Source and resource therefor."
[This article provides Mrs. Eddy's explanation of the wording in the newly introduced "Church Organizations Ample" By-Law, wording very similar to what ultimately found its way into what is now the "Joining Another Society" By-Law. (See the text of this article under the heading above, "Some paragraphs and articles by Mary Baker Eddy that are not in her Prose Works.") To read the complete article and additional background, browse http://www.bibletexts.com/articles/j022p184.htm.]
CSS, 1904, November 12, Vol 7, page 168 - "What our Leader Says"
"Good deeds overdone numerically, or bad deeds, are remedied by reading the Manual."
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