she so desires, during the time specified in the Church Manual.
Incomplete Term of Service. SECTION 14. If a student who has been
called to serve our Leader in accordance with Article XXII, Sect. 11,
of the Church Manual leaves her before the expiration of the time
therein mentioned such student shall pay to Mrs. Eddy whatsoever she
may charge for what she has taught him or her during the time of such
service.
Help. SECTION 15. If the author of the Christian Science textbook
call on this Board for household help or a handmaid, the Board shall
immediately appoint a proper member of this Church therefor, and the
appointee shall go immediately in obedience to the call. "He that
loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me." (Matt.
10:37.)
Students with Mrs. Eddy. SECTION 16. Students employed by Mrs. Eddy
at her home shall not take care of their churches or attend to other
affairs outside of her house.
Mrs. Eddy's Room. SECTION 17. The room in The Mother Church formerly
known as "Mother's Room" shall hereafter be closed to visitors.
Pastor Emeritus to be Consulted. SECTION 18. The Mother Church shall
not make a church By-Law, nor enter into a business transaction with
a Christian Scientist in the employ of Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, without
first consulting her on said subject and adhering strictly to her
advice thereon.
THE MOTHER CHURCH AND BRANCH CHURCHES
Article XXIII
Local Self-government. SECTION 1. The Mother Church of Christ,
Scientist, shall assume no general official control of other
churches, and it shall be controlled by none other. Each Church
of Christ, Scientist, shall have its own form of government. No
conference of churches shall be held, unless it be when our churches,
located in the same State, convene to confer on a statute of said
State, or to confer harmoniously on individual unity and action of
the churches in said State.
Titles. SECTION 2. "The First Church of Christ, Scientist," is the
legal title of The Mother Church. Branch churches of The Mother
Church may take the title of First Church of Christ, Scientist;
Second Church of Christ, Scientist; and so on, where more than one
church is established in the same place; but the article "The"
must not be used before titles of branch churches, nor written on
applications for membership in naming such churches.
Mother Church Unique. SECTION 3. In its relation to other Christian
Science churches, in its By-Laws and
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