"The First Church Scientist"--the edifice erected on Mrs. Eddy's donation of land--is a handsome structure of rough granite, looking something like a small armory with a big tower. This sacred castle of "metaphysics" is situated a little on the outskirts of residential fashion in the Hub-City, the district thereof being the Back Bay. It is accessible to the world, when once in Boston, by "the electrics" and a short walk. As a place of scientifico-religious assemblage, the building seats twelve hundred actual "scientists" in the flesh, and the sympathetic spirits of some twelve thousand other "members," absent throughout the country. On this account, some Eddyites who have never seen it regard its size as rivaling that of the earth. The Cathedral (scientist) has much stained glass, and on nearly every window is depicted some Mary; for all _good_ Marys, particularly the Marys of the Bible, inferentially point to Mary Baker Eddy. This Mary's _Science and Health_ is exceedingly prominent in the multi-colored glass, and so gives countenance to all the representations taken from the Scriptures. An organ is prominent--a large, harmonious present from a gentleman who thinks that somebody was cured of something by Christian Science. The church has two pretty pulpits side by side, from one of which the Bible is read, while from the other, that ancient book is kept straight by the reading of its only true meaning from _Science and Health_. Singing the praises of "Immortal Mind," as discovered by Mrs. Eddy, constitutes a part of the services, but there is no preaching--which is just as well, perhaps, but needs a word of explanation. Preaching used to be allowed "in Science"; but some of Mother Eddy's apostles, having just enough knowledge for their creed, yet great gifts of speech, sermonized, it is said, with such honest zeal that their eloquence was in danger of casting an unglorified shadow on the Mother herself. It must be stated, indeed, that sundry who have listened to St. Mary (scientist) affirm that her divine pen has always been much more potent than her divine tongue. And some go so far as to declare that her sermons, when she preached, were often dull to the non-elect, even if they cured every disease within ten miles of them. However these things may have been, Mrs. Eddy, early in 1895, issued the following ecclesiastical edict:[43] "Humbly, and as I believe divinely directed, I hereby ordain that the Bible and _Science and Health_ with _Key to the Scriptures_ shall hereafter be the only pastor of the Church of Christ, Scientist, throughout our land, and in other lands." This edict prevented Mrs. Eddy's theological subordinates from setting themselves up on "earthly pinnacles." Mother Eddy at the same time decreed this: "No copies of my books are allowed to be written, and read from manuscript, either in private, or in public assemblies, except by their author." She included the commandment that