Mary Baker Eddy

“ 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. ”

“ If the applicant is a married woman she must sign her own Christian name, not her husband's, and prefix her signature with “Mrs;” unmarried women must sign “Miss.”
3. There are two regular forms of application, 1. For those who have studied Christian Science with an authorized teacher; 2. For those who have not studied Christian Science with a teacher. ”

“ SIGNED AND ENDORSED, AND COUNTERSIGNED, ACCORDING TO ARTICLE VI, 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. ”