Manual of the Mother Church: The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts |
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Manual of the Mother Church, the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in ... Mary Baker G. Eddy No preview available - 2017 |
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Page 97 - Be thou, O God, exalted high ; And as thy glory fills the sky, So let it be on earth displayed, Till thou art here, as there, obeyed.
Page 17 - At a meeting of the Christian Scientist Association, April 19, 1879, on motion of Mrs. Eddy, it was voted, — To organize a church designed to commemorate the word and works of our Master, which should reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing.
Page 102 - ... shall within five years from the date hereof build or cause to be built upon said lot of land a suitable and convenient church edifice, the cost of which shall not be less than fifty thousand dollars. 3. When said church building is completed said Board shall elect a pastor, reader or speaker to fill the pulpit who shall be a genuine Christian Scientist ; they shall maintain public worship in accordance with the doctrines of Christian Science in said church and for this purpose they are fully...
Page 48 - Neither animosity, nor mere personal attachment, should impel the motives or acts of the members of the Mother Church. In Science, Divine Love alone governs man ; and a Christian Scientist reflects the sweet amenities of Love, in rebuking sin, in true brotherliness, charitableness, and forgiveness.
Page 50 - SECT. 6. It shall be the duty of every member of this Church to defend himself daily against aggressive mental suggestion, and not be made to forget nor to neglect his duty to God, to his Leader, and to mankind.
Page 27 - SECTION 6. These Readers shall be members of The Mother Church. They shall read understandingly and be well educated. They shall make no remarks explanatory of the LESSON-SERMON at any time, but they shall read all notices and remarks that may be printed in the CHRISTIAN SCIENCE QUARTERLY.
Page 16 - Galilean prophet in healing the sick and overcoming sin and death. "5. We acknowledge that the crucifixion of Jesus and his resurrection served to uplift faith to understand eternal Life, even the allness of Soul, Spirit and the nothingness of matter. "6. And we solemnly promise to watch and pray for that Mind to be in us which was also in Christ Jesus; to do unto others as we would have them do unto us; and to be merciful, just and pure.
Page 5 - They were not arbitrary opinions nor dictatorial demands such as one person might impose on another. They were impelled by a power not one's own, were written at different dates, and as the occasion required.