Article December 8, 1934 Issue

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The Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church is in favor of eliminating unnecessary repetition from announcements of Christian Science lectures. In a branch church one sometimes hears notices of several lectures to be given in the vicinity, and a conscientious Reader in reading them may follow for each one exactly the wording in the Board of Lectureship's recommendations sent out annually. However, no objection is made when these notices are grouped and the repetition of such words as "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts" is eliminated.

Readers may well remember that when the phrase "The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts," has been used once, it is scarcely necessary to give the full title the second time. Then the Church can be referred to as "The Mother Church in Boston" or simply "The Mother Church," and the listener will understand the reference.

Necessarily the notices displayed on banners in streets, on placards in streetcars, or on the motion picture screens, must be shortened. The most essential information to be given is the fact that a lecture on Christian Science is to be delivered; next, when and where; then that it is free to all; next, who sponsors it and who delivers it, and that the lecturer is a member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church; and lastly, that the public is cordially invited to attend.

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