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CHURCH BY-LAWS

CHURCH SERVICES


No special trowel should be used. (See Science and Health, page 140.)

Overflow Meetings. Sect. 4. A Church of Christ, Scientist, shall not hold two or more Sunday services at the same hour.

Article XVIII.

COMMUNION.

No more Communion. Section 1. The Mother Church of Christ, Scientist, shall observe no more Communion seasons.

Communion of Branch Churches. Sect. 2. The Communion shall be observed in the branch churches on the second Sunday in January and July of each year, and at this service the Tenets of The Mother Church are to be read.

Article XIX.

MUSIC IN THE CHURCH.

Soloist and Organist. Section 1. The music in The Mother Church shall not be operatic, but of an appropriate religious character, and of a recognized standard of musical excellence; it shall be played in a dignified and suitable manner. Music from the organ alone should continue about eight or nine minutes for the