Mrs. Eddy, with an envious and admiring eye upon the solitary and rivalless and world-shadowing majesty of St. Peter's, reveals in her By-laws her purpose to set the Mother-Church apart by itself in a stately seclusion and make it duplicate that lone sublimity under the Western sky. The By-law headed “Mother-Church Unique” says—
“In its relation to other Christian Science churches, the Mother-Church stands alone.
“It occupies a position that no other Church can fill.
“Then for a branch Church to assume such position would be disastrous to Christian Science,
“Therefore—”
Therefore no branch Church is allowed to have branches. There shall be no Christian Science St. Peter's in the earth but just one—the Mother-Church in Boston.
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