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Class Teaching
There seems to be a growing tendency on the part of some teachers to solicit pupils for their classes, and to permit others to do so without objection or correction. This is in direct violation of the Manual, Article XXVII, Section 5, which reads in part: "Members of The Mother Church who are authorized by its By-Laws to teach Christian Science, shall not solicit, or cause or permit others to solicit, pupils for their classes. No member of this Church shall advise against class instruction."
Class instruction is an important event in the life of the Christian Scientist who desires to advance in his understanding of God and his application of divine Love's law of harmony. It should be neither hurried to conform to human desire, nor delayed beyond the point of readiness. It is for the student and for him alone to determine when the time has arrived to apply to the teacher of his choice. It is then for the teacher to decide upon the applicant's eligibility and readiness. Both such decisions should be made by investigation and demonstration, and without any outside interference or intervention. It is as culpable for a teacher or his student to urge or solicit a prospective pupil to enter a certain class as it is for such a pupil, without the background of necessary experience and understanding, to enroll in a class merely because he is urged or solicited.
Quality, not numbers, should be the first consideration of the teacher in making up his class. Far better it is to have a small class, made up of qualified students, than a full one spotted here and there with the unready and immature, or with those who have been solicited to join.
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October 12, 1929 issue
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Wrestlings
ANNIE M. KNOTT
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Earnest Study
HARRY E. DE LASAUX
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Builders
IDA MARIA HANSON
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Evil a Mirage
ELIZABETH ANNIE HODGSON
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"Joy and health"
JESSIE BENNETT
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True Service
BERT V. ROBINSON
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The Rainbow
ESTHER BRINTON
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Your readers must be grateful for the tolerance shown by...
Charles W. J. Tennant, District Manager of Committees on Publication for Great Britain and Ireland,
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Recent issues of Emanu-El have contained some interesting...
Edgar McLeod, Committee on Publication for Northern California,
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In a recent issue of your paper, you quote from an address...
John T. Ferry, Committee on Publication for Western Australia,
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A report of the lecture by a doctor purporting to be on...
David A. Giel, Committee on Publication for Holland,
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A letter printed in the February 16 issue of your paper,...
J. Latimer Davis, Committee on Publication for the State of Iowa,
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"Blessed are they that mourn"
MYRTLE DUNN
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Class Teaching
The Christian Science Board of Directors
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Sound Business
Albert F. Gilmore
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Verity
Violet Ker Seymer
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Healing, a Christian Duty
Duncan Sinclair
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Christian Science came to me with its healing light more...
Dorothy Lloyd Johns
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When Christian Science was brought to my notice thirteen...
Marie C. E. Rabus
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From my earliest recollection I was troubled with a weak...
Mary E. Austin
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For many years I was a hopeless invalid
Mary Ellen Rodgers
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I am indeed most grateful for the many blessings and...
Andrew Fuller Crane
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Twelve years ago Christian Science came to me, bringing...
Estelle Vilette Page
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The first time I saw the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures"...
Mary C. Andersen
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Arise and Shine
NELLIE C. LLOYD
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from James Harold More, George Matthew Adams, Ralph Temple, Hugh Thomson Kerr, James Moffatt