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378 the march of events differing types of men with differing talents and qualifications for work. These men were under the survey of her active mind, they were constantly being tried and tested in various services, and time was making it necessary for her to place her hand on the shoulder of some of these men and summon them to the post of the most urgent fidelity the church could require. Changes in the personnel of the Board of Directors were made necessary by the death of two members and the resignation of a third whose long and faithful service had given him the rightful privilege of retiring.

Joseph Armstrong, publisher of Mrs. Eddy’s works, business manager of The Christian Science Publishing Society, and for nine years a director of The Mother Church in Boston, passed from life in this world at his home 387 Commonwealth avenue, Boston, on Monday evening, December 9, 1907. He had been a very efficient man, both as director of the church and as manager of the Publishing Society. His departure from this earth did not take place until he had performed his duty in accounting for his stewardship at the Concord hearing of the suit brought against the estate by George W. Glover. Mrs. Eddy wrote the following tribute to his memory the day after his departure:

Hear, O Israel: The late lamented Christian Scientist brother and the publisher of my books, Joseph Armstrong, C. S. D., is not dead, neither does he sleep nor rest from his labors in divine