Letters March 3, 1997 Issue

LETTERS

with contributions from Joel Magnes, Don Woodall, John Hay Scott, Philip Noone

I noticed recently that the Cross and Crown seal is no longer printed on the cover of the Sentinel. Why was it removed?

Joel Magnes New York, New York

Editor's reply: In August of 1906, the founder of this magazine, Mary Baker Eddy, sent a letter to the Board of Trustees of The Christian Science Publishing Society requesting specifically that the Cross and Crown seal be removed from the cover of the Sentinel "for artistic reasons." In 1917, several years after Mrs. Eddy's passing, the seal was returned to the cover, although there is no record why this decision was made by the Publishing Society. In keeping with the founder's original request, we have removed the seal from the cover, but will continue to display it prominently on the masthead page inside the magazine.

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