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- MAN 18: -
for "the stone which the builders rejected, the same
is become the head of the corner."
The charter for the Church was obtained June,
1879, and the same month the members, twenty-six
in number, extended a call to Mary Baker Eddy
to become their pastor. She accepted the call,
and was ordained A. D. 1881. Although walking
through deep waters, the little Church went steadily
on, increasing in numbers, and at every epoch
saying,
"Hitherto hath the Lord helped us."
On the twenty-third day of September, 1892, at
the request of Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, twelve
of her students and Church members met and reorganized,
under her jurisdiction, the Christian
Science Church and named it, THE FIRST CHURCH
OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST.
At this meeting twenty others of Mrs. Eddy's
students and members of her former Church were
elected members of this Church, - those with others
that have since been elected were known as "First
Members." The Church Tenets, Rules, and By-Laws,
as prepared by Mrs. Eddy, were adopted. A
By-Law adopted March 17, 1903, changed the
title of "First Members" to "Executive Members."
(On July 8, 1908, the By-Laws pertaining to "Executive
Members" were repealed.
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