# The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany

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Boston, U.S.A.: Allison V. Stewart, pages ix–xx; iii, iv
CONTENTS
PART I :
| THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST ||
| | PAGE |
| Foreword | v |
| CHAPTER I ||
| “Choose Ye” — Dedicatory Message, June 10, 1906 | 3 |
| CHAPTER II ||
| The Extension of The Mother Church of Christ, Scientist: Its Inception, Construction, and Dedication ||
| Mrs. Eddy's Message to The Mother Church, June 15, 1902 | 7 |
| The Annual Meeting of The Mother Church, June 18, 1902 — Two Million Dollars Pledged | 7 |
| Greeting from the Church to Mrs. Eddy | 8 |
| Our Leader's Thanks | 9 |
| Christian Science Sentinel, May 16, 1903 | 10 |
| Editorial in Christian Science Sentinel, May 16, 1903 | 11 |
| Now and Then | 12 |
| Editorial in Christian Science Sentinel, January 2, 1904 | 14 |
| Amendment to By-law | 15 |
| Communion, 1904 | 15 |
| Extract from the Treasurer's Report, June 14, 1904 | 16 |
| The Corner-stone Laid | 16 |
| Unselfish Loyalty | 19 |
| Holiday Gifts | 20 |
| A Word from the Directors, May, 1905 | 20 ​ |
| The Annual Meeting, June 13, 1905: |
| Extract from the Clerk's Report | 22 |
| Extract from the Treasurer's Report | 23 |
| Greeting to Mrs. Eddy from the Annual Meeting | 23 |
| Editorial in Christian Science Sentinel, November 25, 1905 | 24 |
| Gifts from the Children | 25 |
| Card | 25 |
| Announcement of the Dedication | 26 |
| To the Board of Directors | 26 |
| Notice | 27 |
| Notice to Contributors to the Building Fund | 27 |
| Editorial in Christian Science Sentinel, June 9, 1906 | 27 |
| Communion Service and Dedication | 29 |
| The Annual Meeting, June 12, 1906 | 38 |
| Telegram to Mrs. Eddy | 44 |
| Report of the Clerk | 47 |
| Letters and Editorial | 58 |
| Editorial in Christian Science Sentinel, June, 1906 | 63 |
| APPENDIX TO PART I AS CHRONICLED BY THE NEWSPAPERS ||
| An Astonishing Motion | 65 |
| Progressive Steps | 65 |
| The Finishing Touches | 66 |
| Description of the Extension | 67 |
| An Idea of the Size | 69 |
| The Chimes | 70 |
| Magnificence of the Organ | 70 |
| Its Architecture | 71 |
| Unique Interior | 71 |
| Gates of Boston Open | 72 |
| Christian Scientists Have All the Money Needed | 72 |
| The Great Gathering | 73 |
| Special Trains Coming | 73 |
| Interesting and Agreeable Visitors | 74 |
| Readily Accommodated | 75 ​ |
| Big Church is Paid For | 75 |
| Giant Temple for Scientists | 76 |
| Dedication Day | 77 |
| Children's Service | 78 |
| On a Far Higher Pedestal | 79 |
| The Wednesday Evening Meetings | 79 |
| Exodus Begins | 82 |
| What the Boston Editors Said: |
| Boston Daily Advertiser | 83 |
| Boston Herald | 84 |
| Boston Evening Record | 84 |
| Boston Post | 84 |
| Boston Herald | 85 |
| Boston Globe | 86 |
| Boston Post | 86 |
| Boston Herald | 87 |
| General Editorial Opinion: |
| Montreal (Can.) Gazette | 88 |
| Concord (N. H.) Monitor | 88 |
| Brooklyn (N. Y.) Eagle | 88 |
| Denver (Col.) News | 89 |
| Terre Haute (Ind.) Star | 90 |
| Lafayette (Ind.) Journal | 91 |
| Springfield (Mass.) Republican | 92 |
| Rochester (N. Y.) Post Express | 92 |
| Topeka (Kan.) Daily Capital | 93 |
| Albany (N. Y.) Knickerbocker | 94 |
| Mexican Herald, City of Mexico, Mex. | 95 |
| Sandusky (Ohio) Star-Journal | 95 |
| Peoria (Ill.) Journal | 96 |
| Nebraska State Journal, Lincoln, Neb. | 97 |
| Athol (Mass.) Transcript | 97 |
| Portland (Ore.) Telegram | 98 |
| Portland (Me.) Advertiser | 98 |
| Denver (Col.) Republican | 99 |
| Bridgeport (Conn.) Standard | 99 ​ |
| PART II ||
| MISCELLANY ||
| CHAPTER I ||
| To the Christian World | 103 |
| CHAPTER II ||
| The Christian Science Textbook | 109 |
| CHAPTER III ||
| Personality ||
| Personal Contagion | 116 |
| Letter to a Clergyman | 118 |
| CHAPTER IV ||
| Messages to The Mother Church ||
| Communion, January 2, 1898 | 121 |
| Communion, June 4, 1899 | 124 |
| Address at Annual Meeting, June 6, 1899 | 131 |
| A Question Answered | 133 |
| Letter of the Pastor Emeritus, June, 1903 | 133 |
| A Letter from Mrs. Eddy | 134 |
| Letter to The Mother Church | 135 |
| Card | 136 |
| Mrs. Eddy's Affidavit | 137 |
| Nota Bene | 139 |
| A Word to the Wise | 139 |
| Abolishing the Communion | 140 |
| Communion Season is Abolished | 141 |
| Mrs. Eddy's Reply | 142 |
| The Christian Science Board of Directors | 142 |
| Mrs. Eddy's Statements | 143 |
| CHAPTER V ||
| Christian Science Hall, Concord, N. H. ||
| In Retrospect | 145 |
| Second Sunday Service, December 12, 1897 | 147 |
| Address to the Concord Church, February, 1899 | 148 |
| Message, April 19, 1899: |
| Subject: “Not Matter, but Spirit” | 151 |
| First Annual Meeting, January 11, 1900 | 154 |
| Easter Message, 1902 | 155 |
| Last Annual Meeting, January 6, 1904 | 156 |
| CHAPTER VI ||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Concord, N. H. ||
| Mrs. Eddy's Gift to the Concord Church | 157 |
| Corner-stone Laid at Concord | 158 |
| Message on the Occasion of the Dedication of Mrs. Eddy's Gift, July 17, 1904 | 159 |
| Announcement | 163 |
| A Kindly Greeting | 163 |
| Acknowledgment of Gifts: |
| To the Chicago Churches | 164 |
| To First Church of Christ, Scientist, New York | 165 |
| To The Mother Church | 166 |
| To First Church of Christ, Scientist, New London, Conn. | 166 |
| Thanksgiving Day, 1904 | 167 |
| Religious Freedom | 167 |
| CHAPTER VII ||
| Pleasant View and Concord, N. H. ||
| Invitation to Concord, July 4, 1897 | 169 |
| Visit to Concord, 1901 | 169 |
| Address at Pleasant View, June, 1903 | 170 ​ |
| Visit to Concord, 1904 | 171 |
| The Day in Concord | 171 |
| Card of Thanks | 173 |
| To First Congregational Church | 174 |
| Greetings | 175 |
| To First Church of Christ, Scientist, Wilmington, N. C. | 176 |
| CHAPTER VIII ||
| Dedicatory Messages to Branch Churches ||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago, Ill. | 177 |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, London, England | 183 |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Brooklyn, N. Y. | 183 |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Detroit, Mich. | 183 |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Toronto, Canada | 184 |
| White Mountain Church | 184 |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Duluth, Minn. | 186 |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Salt Lake City, Utah | 186 |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Atlanta, Ga. | 187 |
| Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago, Ill. | 191 |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Los Angeles, Cal. | 192 |
| Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Minneapolis, Minn. | 193 |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, New York, N. Y. | 193 |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Cleveland, Ohio | 195 |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Pittsburgh, Pa. | 196 |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, St. Louis, Mo. | 196 |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, San Jose, Cal. | 197 |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Wilmington, N. C. | 197 |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, London, England | 198 |
| CHAPTER IX ||
| Letters to Branch Churches ||
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Philadelphia, Pa. | 199 |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Washington, D. C. | 199 |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, London, England | 200 |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, New York, N. Y. | 201 ​ |
| Second Church of Christ, Scientist, New York, N. Y. | 201 |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Oakland, Cal. | 202 |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Washington, D. C. | 203 |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, London, England | 203 |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Columbus, Ohio | 204 |
| Third Church of Christ, Scientist, London, England | 205 |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Milwaukee, Wis. | 207 |
| A Telegram and Mrs. Eddy's Reply | 207 |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Sydney, Australia | 208 |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist, Edinburgh, Scotland | 208 |
| The Committees in Conference, Chicago, Ill. | 208 |
| Comment on Letter from First Church of Christ, Scientist, Ottawa, Ontario | 209 |
| CHAPTER X ||
| Admonition and Counsel ||
| What Our Leader Says | 210 |
| Ways that are Vain | 210 |
| Only One Quotation | 213 |
| The Laborer and his Hire | 214 |
| The Children Contributors | 216 |
| A Correction | 217 |
| Question Answered | 218 |
| Christian Science Healing | 219 |
| Rules of Conduct | 223 |
| A Word to the Wise | 223 |
| Capitalization | 225 |
| Wherefore? | 226 |
| Significant Questions | 228 |
| Mental Digestion | 229 |
| Teaching in the Sunday School | 230 |
| Charity and Invalids | 231 |
| Lessons in the Sunday School | 231 |
| Watching versus Watching Out | 232 |
| Principle or Person? | 233 |
| Christian Science and China | 234 |
| Inconsistency | 235 ​ |
| Signs of the Times | 235 |
| Nota Bene | 236 |
| Take Notice | 236 |
| Take Notice | 237 |
| Take Notice | 237 |
| Practitioners' Charges | 237 |
| Take Notice | 237 |
| CHAPTER XI ||
| Questions Answered ||
| Questions and Answers | 238 |
| The Higher Criticism | 240 |
| Class Teaching | 240 |
| Instruction by Mrs. Eddy | 241 |
| Mrs. Eddy's Reply | 242 |
| Take Notice | 242 |
| CHAPTER XII ||
| Readers, Teachers, Lecturers ||
| The New York Churches | 243 |
| The November Class, 1898 | 243 |
| Massachusetts Metaphysical College | 244 |
| The Board of Education | 246 |
| To A First Reader | 247 |
| The Christian Science Board of Lectureship | 248 |
| Readers in Church | 249 |
| Words for the Wise | 250 |
| Afterglow | 250 |
| Teachers of Christian Science | 251 |
| The General Association of Teachers, 1903 | 251 |
| The London Teachers' Association, 1903 | 252 |
| The General Association of Teachers, 1904 | 253 |
| The Canadian Teachers, 1904 | 253 |
| Students in the Board of Education, December, 1904 | 253 |
| The May Class, 1905 | 254 |
| The December Class, 1905 | 254 |
| “Rotation in Office” | 254 |
| Mrs. Eddy's Reply | 255 |
| CHAPTER XIII ||
| Christmas ||
| Early Chimes, December, 1898 | 256 |
| Christmas, 1900 | 256 |
| Christmas Gifts | 257 |
| The Significance of Christmas | 259 |
| Christmas for the Children | 261 |
| What Christmas Means to Me | 261 |
| Mrs. Eddy's Christmas Message | 263 |
| CHAPTER XIV ||
| Contributions to Newspapers and Magazines ||
| A Word in Defence | 264 |
| Christian Science Thanks | 264 |
| Mrs. Eddy's Response | 264 |
| Insufficient Freedom | 266 |
| Christian Science and the Times | 266 |
| Heaven | 267 |
| Prevention and Cure of Divorce | 268 |
| Harvest | 269 |
| Mrs. Eddy Describes her Human Ideal | 271 |
| Mrs. Eddy's Answer | 271 |
| Youth and Young Manhood | 272 |
| Mrs. Eddy Sends Thanks | 274 |
| Universal Fellowship | 275 |
| Mrs. Eddy's Own Denial that She is Ill | 275 |
| To Whom It May Concern | 276 |
| Politics | 276 |
| CHAPTER XV ||
| Peace and War ||
| Other Ways than by War | 277 |
| How Strife may be Stilled | 278 |
| The Prayer for Peace | 279 ​ |
| “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord” | 280 |
| An Explanation | 280 |
| Practise the Golden Rule | 281 |
| Mrs. Eddy's Reply | 281 |
| Mrs. Eddy and the Peace Movement | 282 |
| Acknowledgment of Appointment as Fondateur | 283 |
| A Correction | 284 |
| To a Student | 285 |
| War | 286 |
| CHAPTER XVI ||
| Tributes ||
| Monument to Baron and Baroness de Hirsch | 287 |
| Tributes to Queen Victoria | 289 |
| Letter to Mrs. McKinley | 290 |
| Tribute to President McKinley | 291 |
| Power of Prayer | 292 |
| On the Death of Pope Leo XIII., July 20, 1903 | 294 |
| A Tribute to the Bible | 295 |
| A Benediction | 295 |
| Hon. Clarence A. Buskirk's Lecture | 296 |
| “Hear, O Israel” | 296 |
| Miss Clara Barton | 296 |
| There is No Death | 297 |
| Mrs. Eddy's History | 297 |
| CHAPTER XVII ||
| Answers to Criticisms ||
| Christian Science and the Church | 299 |
| Faith in Metaphysics | 301 |
| Reply to Mark Twain | 302 |
| A Misstatement Corrected | 304 |
| A Plea for Justice | 305 |
| Reminiscences | 306 |
| Reply to McClure's Magazine | 308 |
| A Card | 316 |
| CHAPTER XVIII ||
| Authorship of Science and Health ||
| Mrs. Eddy's Statement | 317 |
| Letters from Students | 319 |
| CHAPTER XIX ||
| A Memorable Coincidence and Historical Facts ||
| Mrs. Eddy's Letter | 326 |
| Miss Elizabeth Earl Jones' Letter | 327 |
| Miss Mary Hatch Harrison's Letter | 329 |
| A Card | 331 |
| Major Glover's Record as a Mason | 334 |
| CHAPTER XX ||
| General Miscellany ||
| The United States to Great Britain (Poem) | 337 |
| To the Public | 338 |
| Fast Day in New Hampshire, 1899 | 339 |
| Spring Greeting (Poem) | 341 |
| Mrs. Eddy Talks | 341 |
| Mrs. Eddy's Successor | 346 |
| Gift of a Loving-cup | 347 |
| Fundamental Christian Science | 347 |
| Whither? (Poem) | 350 |
| A Letter from our Leader | 351 |
| Take Notice | 351 |
| Recognition of Blessings | 352 |
| Mrs. Eddy's Reply | 352 |
| Mrs. Eddy's Thanks | 352 |
| Something in a Name | 353 |
| Article XXII., Section 17 | 353 |
| To Whom It May Concern | 354 |
| Extempore (Poem) | 354 ​ |
| Men in our Ranks | 355 |
| A Pæan of Praise | 355 |
| A Statement by Mrs. Eddy | 356 |
| The Way of Wisdom | 356 |
| A Letter by Mrs. Eddy | 357 |
| Take Notice | 358 |
| A Letter from Mrs. Eddy | 359 |
| A Letter by Mrs. Eddy | 360 |
| A Letter by Mrs. Eddy | 360 |
| A Telegram and Mrs. Eddy's Reply | 361 |
| A Letter and Mrs. Eddy's Reply | 362 |
| To the Members of the Christian Scientist Association | 363 |
THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST AND MISCELLANY
BY
MARY BAKER EDDY
DISCOVERER AND FOUNDER OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND AUTHOR OF SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES
BOSTON, U.S.A.
Published by Allison V. Stewart
For the trustees under the will of Mary Baker G. Eddy
Falmouth and St. Paul Streets
1916
Authorized Literature of The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts
Copyright, 1913 By the Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker G. Eddy
All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian