t for _mental malpractice_, shall
be laid before this Board, and within ten days thereafter, the Clerk
of the Church shall address a letter of inquiry to the member
complained of as to the validity of the charge. If a member is found
guilty of that whereof he is accused and his previous character has
been good, his confession of his error and evidence of his compliance
with our Church Rules shall be deemed sufficient by the Board for
forgiveness for once, and the Clerk of the Church shall immediately
so inform him. But a second offense shall dismiss a member from the
Church.

Working Against the Cause. SECTION 7. If a member of this Church
shall, mentally or otherwise, persist in working against the
interests of another member, or the interests of our Pastor Emeritus
and the accomplishment of what she understands is advantageous to
this Church and to the Cause of Christian Science, or shall influence
others thus to act, upon her complaint or the complaint of a member
for her or for himself, it shall be the duty of the Board of
Directors immediately to call a meeting, and drop forever the name of
the member guilty of this offense from the roll of Church membership.

No Unchristian Conduct. SECTION 8. If a member of this Church were
to treat the author of our textbook disrespectfully and cruelly, upon
her complaint that member should be excommunicated. If a member,
without her having requested the information, shall trouble her on
subjects unnecessarily and without her consent, it shall be
considered an offense.

Not to Learn Hypnotism. SECTION 9. Members of this Church shall not
learn hypnotism on penalty of being excommunicated from this Church.
No member shall enter a complaint of mental malpractice for a
sinister purpose. If the author of SCIENCE AND HEALTH shall bear
witness to the offense of mental malpractice, it shall be considered
a sufficient evidence thereof.

Publications Unjust. SECTION 10. If a member of The Mother Church
publishes, or causes to be published, an article that is false or
unjust, hence injurious, to Christian Science or to its Leader, and
if, upon complaint by another member, the Board of Directors finds
that the offense has been committed, the offender shall be suspended
for not less than three years from his or her office in this Church
and from Church membership.

The Mother Church of Christ, Scientist, Tenets. SECTION 11. If a
member of The Mother Church of Christ, Scientist, or a m