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CHURCH BY-LAWS

CHURCH OFFICERS


Order of Reading. Sect. 4. The First Readers in the Christian Science churches shall read the correlative texts in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures; and the Second Readers shall read the Bible texts. The readings from the Scriptures shall precede the readings from Science and Health. The Readers shall not read from copies or manuscripts, but from the books.

Naming Book and Author. Sect. 5. The Readers of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, before commencing to read from this book, shall distinctly announce the full title of the book and give the author's name. Such announcement shall be made but once during the lesson.

Readers in Branch Churches. Sect. 6. These Readers shall be members of The Mother Church. They shall read understandingly and be well educated. They shall make no remarks explanatory of the Lesson-Sermon at any time, but they shall read all notices and remarks that may be printed in the Christian Science Quarterly. This By-Law applies to Readers in all the branch churches.

Enforcement of By-Laws. Sect. 7. It shall