The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-03
First Church Of Christ,
Scientist, Holds Meeting
John Rondoll Dunn, Of Boston,
Named President Of Mother Church


Named President
oSome 5000 Christian Scent
lists from many parts of the
world gathered in annual meet
ing Monday in Boston were call
ed upon by The Christian Sci
ence Board of Directors to con-
secrate themselves to the de-
Tense of the democratic system
of government as the best human
instrument for preserving the
basic rights of mankind to "life,
liberty and the pursuit of hap
pineSS."
In thus definitely allying this
worldwide religious movement
with the defenders of democracy
everywhere, the Directors stated
that il was their conviction that
il social and political freedom Is
to be preserved democratic
forms of government must be
maintained. ''-ea---z4-,.--s- -
Directors Report
The occasion for the stirring
message of the Directors was the
annual meeting of The Mother
Church. The First Church of
Christ, Scientist, in Boston,
Massachusetts. The Directors
stated: 1--WE are moved not by
a desire to voice our own views,
but to let the world know that
we share with our Leader, Mary
Baker Eddy, her confidence in
the immortality of the sentiment
expressed in the Declaration Of
independence that man Is en-
dowed with certain inalienable
rights, among which are life, lib
erty and the pursuit of happi-
ness"
Continuing the Directors said:
"The preservation and incorpor-
alton of these fundamental ele-
ments of true democracy in the
basic law of every nation is a
cause to which all Christians
are morally committed, and
which we as Christian Scientists
are determined to defend.
This cause, it must be un-
derstood, is primarily religious
in character and involves some
thing more, much more, than q
mere political question. It Is, in
fact, nothing less than the
sacred cause of religious free
dom and individual salvation to
which the Master himself COM
mitted all believers in the Chris
tian faith almost two thousand
years ago. In the fulfillment of
that obligation we must not and
we will not falter."
Referring to the aggressive
forces in action today through
out the world, the Directors
pointed out that history plain
ly teaches that when q nation
chooses to ignore God and to
make matter the foundation
stone of its government, such
nation commits its cause to fail
ure, and at the same time pro-
vides the means for its ultimate
defeat and undoing."
Incoming President
The Directors also announced
the election of John Randall
Dunn of Boston and Centerville,
Mass, as President of The Mo-
Their Church for the ensuing
year. The chief duty of the
President is to preside at the
Annual Meeting.
The new President is the son
of James Randall Dunn, long
identified with the United States
immigration Service. He is q
native of Massillon, Ohio, re-
ceiving his schooling there and
in San Francisco and from pri-
vate tutors. For few years he
was in the service of the govern
ment, but gave up his work for
the healing ministry of Christian
Science. He has served this
movement many years in q large
variety of positions including
First Reader of The Mother
Church and as q Christian Sci
ence lecturer, during which he
carried the message of Christian
Science into all parts of the
world.
The Incoming President ac-
centuated the theme Of spiritual
progress with the reassurine
statement that 1.-THE present
mighty world upheaval does not
portend the breaking up of
Christian civilization or the
plunging of humanity into cha
otto darkness"
Church Services uninterrupted
Despite the troublous times in