Manual of the Mother Church: The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston, MassachusettsEddy, Mary Baker
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Manual of the Mother Church: The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts
Eddy, Mary Baker
Christian Science
Circuit Lecturer. SECTION 5. Upon the written request of Mrs. Eddy,
The Mother Church shall appoint a Circuit Lecturer. His term of
office, if approved, shall not be less than three years. He shall
lecture in the United States, in Canada, in Great Britain and
Ireland.
A member shall neither resign nor transfer this sacred office.
Article XXXII--CALLS FOR LECTURES
The Directors. SECTION 1. When the need is apparent, the Christian
Science Board of Directors of The Mother Church may call on any
member of this Board of Lectureship to lecture at such places and
at such times as the cause of Christian Science demands.
From Branch Churches. SECTION 2. The branch Churches of Christ,
Scientist, may apply through their clerks to a member of this Board
of Lectureship for a speaker, and one shall be assigned them by the
Board.
From Societies. SECTION 3. If called for, a member of the Board may
lecture for a Society.
Annual Lectures. SECTION 4. The Mother Church and the branch churches
shall call on the Board of Lectureship annually for one or more
lectures.
No Lectures by Readers. SECTION 5. No lecture shall be given by a
Reader during his term of Readership. The duties alone of a Reader
are ample.
No Wednesday Evening Lectures. SECTION 6. The Board of Lectureship
shall not appoint a lecture for Wednesday evening.
Lecture Fee. SECTION 7. The lecture fee shall be left to the
discretion of the lecturer.
Expenses. SECTION 8. The lecturer's traveling expenses and the cost
of hall shall be paid by the church that employs him.
Exceptional Cases. SECTION 9. If a lecturer receive a call to lecture
in a place where he sees there is special need, and the local church
is unable to meet the expense, he is at liberty to supply that need
and trust to contributions for his fee.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION
Article XXXIII
In The Mother Church. SECTION 1. There shall be appointed by The
Mother Church a Committee on Publication, which shall consist of
one loyal Christian Scientist who lives in Boston, and he shall
be manager of the Committees on Publication throughout the United
States, Canada, Great Britain and Ireland. He shall be elected
annually by a unanimous vote of the Christian Science Board of
Directors and the consent of the Pastor Emeritus given in her own
handwriting, and shall receive an annual salary, paid quarterly,
of not less than four thousand dollars.
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