The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-01

page % of the record, saying: You
will note that the trustees are TO re-
ceive a certain salary, OF such sum as
the said church shall determine from
time to time.
There cannot be the slightest doubt"
he continued, "as TO who constitutes the
church. The master found that this re-
fcrred TO the first members Of the
church. They were to care for matters
of the church in contradistinction to
trustees. Up 20 1895 the church Off
GERS. the treasurer, clerk and secretary
were chosen by the First Church"
Directors Elected officers.
NJ. Hughes declared that by the by
laws of 1895 it is provided that the
officers OF the church shall be elected
by the board of directors. and from
them the directors elected officers. The
first members attended to the other
business Of the church. The last
manual. counsel went on. preceding the
trust of January rs, 1898. which start
ed the Christian Science Publishing So
ciety, discloses the rules and bylaws
such as existed at the time of the trust
deed. BY that manual the regular meet
ing OF the first members was held semi
annually. beginning in July, 1897.
Mr.. Hughes then read from the rec
hers of the church shall vote on admit
ting candidates and attend to the bust
ness of the church. II there are less
members than forty, the members shall
regain this number and the majority OF
all the first members elect a first mem
Der, and he has then the same poker as
the others. His election cannot be re-
peated except by the unanimous vote OF
the first members"
Mr.. Hughes then brought out IL a
member of the church Is twice notified
OF communication the manual shows
he could not be received again except by
the unanimous vote Of the first mem
bers.
Discusses Directors.
After finishing his discussion OF the term
"first members Mr.. Hughes turned his
attention to the directors of the church.
with respect to directors" he said
relative to vacancies as of the trust OF
1898. the first members. with the direct
ors, 1t is shown in the manual. shall
have the power to I'LL vacancies. Nov
what is meant by the directors?" The
church had not elected directors. They
never filled any vacancies, were in no
sense church officers The powers, the
duties and responsibilities were solely
cared for by the trustees appaointed by
Mrs. Eddy as of September /, 1892. This
was self perpetuating board of trus-
tees defined by the deed of September
I, 1892"
Coming to the removal of Rowlands,
Mr.. Hughes said there are a consid-
cradle number of statements in regard
to the justification for his removal. The
board of trustees Of 1892, he argued, had
no right to add fifth member to the
board and thus create a majority OF
three. He brought out that Rowlands's
removal was not ordered by a majority
vote of the board of 1892 nor majority
vote Of any board succeeding that board
Discussing the removal of Dittemore
Mr.. Hughes said he was a deed direc-
tor" who originally did not vote. He
added that only two of the original trus-
tees voted. therefore we may say the
vote was illegal"
''In conclusion" said Mr.. Hughes" as
to harmony, there are two conceptions of
harmony: One of despotic power and
the other of unity of ideas of religious
truths. We say 1t is unjust to Mrs. Eddy
and contrary to her teachings to say she
relied on the despotic powers for the
furtherance of her religious teachings.
which these directors have arrogated to
themselves"