Church Notices

Admission to Membership in The Mother Church

The next admission of candidates will take place on June 3, 1921, as provided in Article XIII, Section 2, of the By-laws of The Mother Church. Application blanks may be obtained by addressing the Clerk of The Mother Church, and should be returned to him on or before Friday, May 20, 1921. Consideration of any applications received after that date will be deferred until the November 4, 1921, admission.

An application sent to the Clerk does not constitute the applicant a member. Notice of election will be sent to those who are admitted to membership.

Those who have made application for membership prior to November 5, 1920, and have not received notice of election, may communicate with the Clerk if they so desire, and are especially requested to do so before sending in a second application.

CHARLES E. JARVIS, Clerk,
236 Huntington Avenue, Back Bay, Boston 17, Mass.

From the Clerk of The Mother Church

CHURCH TENETS.—The tenets of The First Church of Christ, Scientist,—The Mother Church,—printed on folded sheet for use of the branch churches of Christ, Scientist, with space for printing their authorized forms of application for membership or extracts from their by-laws, can be had at seventy-five cents a hundred. Orders will not be taken for less than one hundred and postage stamps should not be sent in payment.

Correspondence relative to the tenets or to membership with The Mother Church should be sent to CHARLES E. JARVIS, Clerk, 236 Huntington Avenue, Boston 17, Massachusetts.

From the Church Treasurer

PER CAPITA TAX.—The annual per capita tax for which the Manual provides is due from members of The Mother Church June 1, but may be paid at any time during the year. The per capita tax of those who unite with the church in November is reckoned from the preceding June, for that is the beginning of the church year. If a remittance for church dues exceeds the amount required to balance one's account, the surplus will be credited for the current year, unless otherwise directed by the sender.

Please remit by postal or express money order, bank draft, or check. Do not send paper money through the mail unless registered.

Please advise promptly of any change in name or address.

Per capita taxes and contributions to the Real Estate Fund and to The Christian Science Benevolent Association Fund should be sent to EDWARD L. RIPLEY, Treasurer, 236 Huntington Avenue, Boston 17, Massachusetts.

Announcements

From The Christian Science Publishing Society

Notice

Several hundred copies of the proceedings in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, in the case between the Board of Trustees of The Christian Science Publishing Society and the Board of Directors of The Mother Church, as published in The Christian Science Monitor, were run off at the time of their publication in the Monitor.

These extra copies will be bound in simple and substantial book form, of about 1200 pages, with board covers, size 8¼" x 10¾". The book will contain the verbatim report of the hearings on the Bill in Equity, as transcribed from the notes of the official stenographer, including the arguments of counsel before the Special Master and the final arguments before the Full Bench of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. It will also include the decision of the court when given. It will include, as well, the Master's Report, the hearing on extension of time for exceptions, the arguments on exceptions to the Master's Report, the hearing on Motion to Intervene, the Attorney General's arguments on Motion to Intervene, and the official report of the hearings in the Contempt Citation Proceedings. The book will also contain the principle pleadings, including the pleadings in the case of Dittemore vs. Dickey et als., and the Plan of Properties and List of Deeds. The testimony and the exhibits which appear as part of the testimony will be indexed.

These copies will be sold at one hundred dollars each, and the orders will be entered for future delivery in the order of their receipt accompanied by remittance for this amount.

Orders for Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain States

In order to facilitate the filling of orders for the Pacific Coast states and to expedite delivery, orders and remittances from reading rooms and individuals in the five postal zones east of San Francisco, with the exception of orders and subscriptions for The Christian Science Monitor, Journal, Sentinel, Quarterly, and Heralds, should now be sent direct to The Christian Science Publishing Society, Pacific Coast Depot, 255 Geary Street, San Francisco, California.

The Pacific Coast Depot will continue to handle subscriptions and supply periodicals only to San Francisco and immediate vicinity.

The first five zones east of San Francisco include all of California, Oregon, Nevada, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, and approximately all points west of Billings, Montana; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Denver, Colorado; and Las Vegas, New Mexico, including these cities. The local post offices in the last four states mentioned will supply further information regarding the fifth zone limit.

The above notice does not apply to Canadian territory.

European Orders for Bibles

The arrangement of the Publishing Society, whereby the Christian Science reading rooms in Great Britain and Continental Europe have been accustomed to order Bibles directly from the Oxford University Press, London, sending payment for these orders to The Christian Science Publishing Society in Boston, has been discontinued, and these reading rooms are now requested to send their orders accompanied by remittance to the London office of The Christian Science Publishing Society.

The Oxford University Press will henceforth fill for the Publishing Society only those orders received through our London office. Address all such orders for Bibles to The Christian Science Publishing Society, London office, Amberley House, Norfolk Street, London, England.

New Pamphlets

Advance information will in future be given two weeks before each new pamphlet is placed on sale. This will replace the former system of standing orders.

New Pamphlet in Russian

There is now on sale a new Russian translation of "Christian Science: Its Advantage to Mankind" by Edward A. Kimball, with alternate pages in English. Price 5 cents a copy. Reading room discount 20 per cent.

"Rudimental Divine Science" for the Blind

In English Braille

Orders for the above-named book from reading rooms in Great Britain should now be sent direct to The Christian Science Publishing Society, Boston 17, U. S. A.

Orders for, and correspondence relating to, the publications announced herein should be addressed to The Christian Science Publishing Society, Boston 17, U. S. A.

Articles and Testimonies

Available articles from Christian Scientists and good testimonies from those healed by Christian Science are always welcomed for consideration by the Editors. Manuscripts for publication in the Sentinel and Journal, whether articles, poems, or testimonies and correspondence relating thereto, should not be addressed to individuals, but to the EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT, THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING SOCIETY, Boston 17, U.S.A.