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Item of Interest
A Christian Science church edifice is the result of demonstration on the part of the membership, representing months, and sometimes years, of prayer, consecration, self-denial, and growth. Christian Scientists, generally, feel that their church edifices should be used only for the regular services and activities of a Christian Science church. Occasionally, however, a question arises as to the propriety of permitting the use of a branch church edifice for other purposes.
It would be unusual for a Christian Science church or society to use the rooms of its edifice for any kind of entertainment, or for meetings of groups which, whether composed of Christian Scientists or not, have no official connection with the church or with the Christian Science movement. This would apply also to rooms engaged by branch churches or societies for their church services or their Reading Rooms during the hours for which they have rented them. It is not expected that any part of a Christian Science church building or premises shall be used for the carrying on of an individual business undertaking or a philanthropic enterprise not connected with the church. The following information may be of interest.
In the Deed of Trust conveying land for The Mother Church edifice our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, made provision that the Board of Directors should not "allow said church building or any part thereof to be used for any other purpose than for the ordinary and usual uses of a church." (See Appendix to the Manual of The Mother Church by Mrs. Eddy, p. 131.) Although this provision applies specifically to The Mother Church, many branch churches are guided by it in deciding questions relating to the use of their edifices.
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September 16, 1939 issue
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Gratitude
JOHN L. MOTHERSHEAD
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Overcoming Erroneous Habits
KATHLEEN O'CONNOR
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Inspirational Testimony
ROSE W. HAMMOND
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"Give place"
FRANCES M. PRAY
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Relinquishing the Sense of Matter
BETHEL GILLIAM
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"Love currency"
ESTELLE PEEL IZOR
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Taking Examinations
EMIL BARTHES
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A recent issue contains a report of a lecture in which...
Louis N. Denniston, Committee on Publication for the State of Connecticut,
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The Christianity taught by Christ Jesus included spiritual...
Raymond N. Harley, Committee on Publication for Transvaal, South Africa,
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I have no desire for a battle of the pen, but as you have...
Mrs. Winifred M. Hartley, Committee on Publication for Staffordshire, England,
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The Quiet Hour
MIRIAM D. BLACKBURN
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Praying before Planning
George Shaw Cook
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Authority
Evelyn F. Heywood
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The Lectures
with contributions from Robert Stanley Ross, Paul F. Anderson, George Channing, Thomas Place, Frank Bell, Howard A. Foote, Paul A. Harsch, Myra E. Vining
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When Christian Science first came into my life, I was...
Victor A. Claydon
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Sincere gratitude for all that Christian Science has done...
Elsie M. Finley
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It is with joy and gratitude that I add my testimony to...
Helen Lucy Veatch Sutherland with contributions from Myron Frank Sutherland
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It is with sincere love and gratitude that I write of my...
Ethel S. Harnett
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It is with a deep sense of gratitude that I, too, wish to...
Marie Annetta Reit
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On page 109 of the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health,...
Estelle M. Armour
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A sincere desire to express my love for Christian Science...
Elmer Ellsworth Cain
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When I was sick in mind and body, and unutterably depressed,...
Margaret R. Wilson
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My heart is full of gratitude for Christian Science
Hattie W. Schenck
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Love Does Not Cease
IDA LOUISE WADE
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from Mary, John R. Scotford, William Bothwell, W. A. Scarr, Dorothy A. Davis, Roger W. Babson, Rochester, Glasgow, Galloway