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As to Chartered Churches
We are asked the question as to what is meant by the term "Chartered Branch Churches." In reply we will say that a chartered branch church is a church which has been regularly incorporated under the laws of the state in which it is located. The branches thus incorporated are called Branch Churches. Those that have simply organized in an informal way without having taken the legal steps to incorporate, are usually designated as Societies, although sometimes called Branch Churches. The distinction between the chartered and the unchartered branch is simply that the one has legally incorporated and the other stands as a voluntary society.
It may be that the filing of a certificate with the proper authority would, under some statutes, constitute an incorporated church. This, however, would depend upon the provisions of the statute itself, and is a question which cannot be generally answered.
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March 22, 1900 issue
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The Lectures
with contributions from J. R. Lewis, Herbert W. Eustace, W. S. Day, F. W. Burnett, Livingstone Jenks, Francis D. Clarke
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Had No Interview
with contributions from Eva Thompson, Lansing W. Hurlburt, Calvin A. Frye
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MRS. EDDY TAKES NO PATIENTS
Editor
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Church By-laws
Editor
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About Contagious Diseases
with contributions from M. H. Miller
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As to Chartered Churches
Editor
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Photographs of Churches
Editor
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Christian Scientists
Alfred Farlow
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Washington's Greatest Political Service
Spectator
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"The Lord is my Shepherd"
BY EDWARD C. BUTLER.
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The Journal and Sentinel
BY S. E. BRADLEY.
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Thoughts for the Day
BY ANDREW S. MERRITT.
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Unity
BY HENRY C. LAWRENCE
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The Bread of Life
BY M. M. E.
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Truth's Lesson
BY LEWIS PRESCOTT
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An Illustration
BY J. E. FELLERS
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Astigmatism and Muscular Trouble
Fannie L. Dana
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Christian Science and Materia Medica
M. B. B.
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The Hungry Fed
Bertha Woods
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Healed by Reading Science and Health
J. F. Stockdorf with contributions from Anon
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Religious Items
with contributions from T. W. Young, Y. M. C. A., George C. Lorimer