Manual of the Mother Church / The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts

Eighty-Ninth edition
Manual of The Mother Church
The First Church of Christ
Scientist
In Boston, Massachusetts
Discoverer and founder of Christian Science And author of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
Authorized literature of The first Church of Christ, Scientist In Boston, Massachusetts
COPYRIGHT, 1895 By CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Copyright renewed, 1923
COPYRIGHT 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1901 By JAMES A. NEAL and THOMAS W. HATTEN Copyright renewed, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929
COPYRIGHT, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1908 By MARY BAKER G. EDDY Copyright renewed, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1936
By Mary Baker Eddy
The Rules and By-laws in the Manual of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, originated not in solemn conclave as in ancient Sanhedrim. They were not arbitrary opinions nor dictatorial demands, such as one person might impose on another. They were impelled by a power not one's own, were written at different dates, and as the occasion required. They sprang from necessity, the logic of events,—from the immediate demand for them as a help that must be supplied to maintain the dignity and defense of our Cause; hence their simple, scientific basis, and detail so requisite to demonstrate genuine Christian Science, and which will do for the race what absolute doctrines destined for future generations might not accomplish.