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APPENDIX

INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLICATION


APPLICATION.

I.

PROPERLY SIGNED AND ENDORSED, ACCORDING TO ARTICLE V, SECT. 2.

If you have been taught by a loyal student who has taken a degree at the Massachusetts Metaphysical College, or by one who has passed an examination by the Board of Education, fill this blank.

FORM 1.

 The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., is designed to be built on the rock of Christ — Truth and Life — and to reflect the Church Triumphant.

 One who is not a member of any church, excepting a branch church of Christ, Scientist, who loves Christian Science, and reads understandingly the Bible, and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Reverend Mary Baker Eddy, and other works by this author, and who is Christianly qualified and can enter into full fellowship with the Tenets and Rules of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., is eligible to membership.

To The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass.

John V. Dittemore, Clerk.

 I hereby make application for membership, and subscribe to the Tenets and the By-Laws of the Church.

 My teacher in Christian Science is

..... James B. Brown, C.S.D .....

 I am not a member of any church.