Apparently any trifle can offend it, and but one penalty appease it--excommunication.

The By-laws might properly and reasonably be entitled Laws for the Coddling and Comforting of Our Mother's Petty Jealousies.

The By-law named at the head of this paragraph reads its transgressor out of the Church if he shall carry a letter from Mrs.Eddy to the congregation and forget to read it or fail to read the whole of it.
HONESTY REQUISITE Dishonest members are to be admonished; if they continue in dishonest practices, excommunication follows.

Considering who it is that draughted this law, there is a certain amount of humor in it.
FURTHER APPLICATIONS OF THE AXE Here follow the titles of some more By-laws whose infringement is punishable by excommunication: Silence Enjoined.Misteaching.Departure from Tenets.

Violation of Christian Fellowship.