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The government of The Mother Church
Part one
Editors' note: Mr. Peterson, a Christian Science practitioner and teacher, is a former President and also a former General Counsel of The First Church of Christ, Scientist. He has written previously on church government in a guest editorial in The Christian Science Journal, January 1992. The following is the first part of a two-part article that will conclude next week.
Spiritual blessings and joy always follow obedience to the Manual of The Mother Church by Mary Baker Eddy. Mrs. Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, writes, "Of this I am sure, that each Rule and By-law in this Manual will increase the spirituality of him who obeys it, invigorate his capacity to heal the sick, to comfort such as mourn, and to awaken the sinner" (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 230).

November 28, 1994 issue
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Beware the deceiver!
Elaine R. Follis
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Change of thought is the heart of healing
Judith H. Hedrick
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"Train up a child"
Margaret Coleman Brown Poyser
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The government of The Mother Church
John R. Peterson
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Kyle discovers the truth about lies
Linda L. Davis
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All the news that's fit to read or hear or see—and our response
William E. Moody
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The evidence of Christ
Richard C. Bergenheim
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I am very grateful that I became acquainted with Christian Science...
Cecília Walter Amaral Bieberbach
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When I was very young, my father left my mother, brother,...
Robert B. Robison
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I had a healing a while ago that I've rejoiced over every day...
Linda Wake Poulson