When Mrs. Eddy said in February 1896 that "The hour has struck for Christian Scientists to do their own work" (Misc. 317:5), she intended to confine our work to our own needs.

Later, in 1903 (seven years before her departure) Mrs. Eddy changed all of the By-Laws to forbid the continuance of all functions of the Mother Church, including teaching and the publication of all of the periodicals after it was impossible to obtain her signature in her own handwriting, for their continuance.

In this way, Mrs. Eddy undoubtedly hoped to force Christian Scientists to do their own work, by removing the physical props from their spiritual advancement, well knowing that this would work out in time to even the removal of all teachers that had been previously taught by the College, and immediately remove all Journal authorization of practitioners.

Thus we are rightfully left with no provision for material obstruction to our spiritual progress; the Mother Church having completed its history and its function of "Motherhood, rather than `Bride.'"

The Bride works within the infinitude of her own consciousness, for there is "no boundary nor limit" to this "holy habitation." (S&H 577:12).