Notices

Church Membership and Its Present Possibilities

A woman who had known of Christian Science for thirty-five years and had had many proofs of its blessings applied for membership in a Christian Science church. She was asked why she had waited so long before applying. Her reply was that she had never got around to it. Like others perhaps, she had allowed procrastination to govern her, thus depriving herself of the blessings of church membership.

In her sermon "Christian Healing" Mary Baker Eddy writes (p. 19), "Tireless Being, patient of man's procrastination, affords him fresh opportunities every hour;" and later she adds, "But let us work more earnestly in His vineyard, and according to the model on the mount, bearing the cross meekly along the rugged way, into the wilderness, up the steep ascent, on to heaven, making our words golden rays in the sunlight of our deeds."

Applicants who are ready for membership in The Mother Church in accordance with the Church Manual requirements are admitted twice each year to membership by The Christian Science Board of Directors. The next date for the admission of members is November 4, 1949, but applications must reach the Clerk on or before October 3, 1949. However, to allow time for possible correspondence, applications and questionnaires should be forwarded without delay.

Application blanks and information concerning membership may be obtained from Christian Science Reading Rooms, from practitioners listed in The Christian Science Journal, or from clerks of branch churches and societies. Applications may also be obtained from Gordon V. Comer, Clerk, 107 Falmouth Street, Boston 15, Massachusetts.

For Faster Service on Your Address Change

You can receive faster, more efficient service if at least three weeks before a change of address you will give ALL the following information:

(1) Name, former address, name of each periodical subscribed for, and if on the Convenient Payment Plan

(2) New address (street, city, postal zone, state)

It has been found that changes of address are not practical under two weeks for The Christian Science Monitor and under one month for the other Christian Science periodicals.

Instructions to Librarians

Please note that all orders for the writings of Mary Baker Eddy, and remittances therefor, should be sent to Horace J. Carver, Publishers' Agent, One, Norway Street, Boston 15, Massachusetts, U.S. A.

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