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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 member of a
branch of this Church break the rules of its Tenets as to unjust and
unmerciful conduct--on complaint of Mrs. Eddy our Pastor
Emeritus--and this complaint being found valid, his or her name shall
be erased from The Mother Church and the branch church's list of
membership and the offender shall not be received into The Mother

Church or a branch church for twelve years.
Special Offense. SECTION 12. If a member of this Church, either by
word or work, represents falsely to or of the Leader and Pastor
Emeritus, said member shall immediately be disciplined, and a second
similar offense shall remove his or her name from membership in The
Mother Church.
Members of Branch Churches. SECTION 13. A member of both The
Mother Church and a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, or a Reader,
shall not report nor send notices to The Mother Church, or to the Pastor
Emeritus, of errors of the members of their local church; but they shall
strive to overcome these errors. Each church shall separately and
independently discipline its own members,--if this sad necessity occurs.
Article XII--TEACHERS
Probation. SECTION 1. For sufficient reasons it may be decided that a
teacher has so strayed as not to be fit for the work of a Reader in church
or a teacher of Christian Science. Although repentant and forgiven by
the Church and retaining his membership, this weak member shall not
be counted loyal till after three years of exemplary character. Then the
Board of Directors may decide if his loyalty has been proved by
uniform maintenance of the life of a consistent, consecrated Christian
Scientist.
Misteaching. SECTION 2. If a member of this Church is found trying
to practise or to teach Christian Science contrary to the statement
thereof in its textbook, SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO
THE SCRIPTURES, it shall be the duty of the Board of Directors to
admonish that member according to Article XI, Sect. 4. Then, if said
member persists in this offense, his or her name shall be dropped from
the roll of this Church.

MEETINGS
Article XIII--REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETINGS

Annual Meetings. SECTION 1. The regular meetings of The Mother
Church shall be held annually, on Monday following the first Sunday in
June. No other than its of officers are required to be present. These
assemblies shall be for listening to the reports of Treasurer, Clerk, and
Committees, and general reports from the Field.
Meetings of Board of Directors. SECTION 2. The annual meeting of
the