The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-12
A GIFT TO THE
MOTHER CHURCH.

"My kingdom Is not OF this world,
said the gentle Nazarepe. And when the
temptation Of evil spread out before him
in vision, "all the Kingdoms Of the world,
and the glory of them," His sharpe buke
to the temptation was. "Gst thee hence.
Satan: for It is written, Thou shalt wor-
ship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt
thou serve"
| so unlike his generation was he that
his motives were mIsunderstood ard ho
| was stoned and crucifled bscauss Of them.
| In large sense all who have sincerely
followed IN his fcotsteIs have met sim
ilar fate.
The Reverend Mary Baker Eddy has
been said. by those who cannot compre-
hend the elevated aud broadly humaniia-
rlap character of her life and work. TO be
sordid and rnercenary. Her charges for
her work have been said to be exorbitant,
and many a stone has been thrown at her
| on this ground; but by thoss only who
know nbthlug wnatsver OF her work or It's
value TIE thousands who are familiar
Herewith, because they have bsen the
JOYOUS benefioiaries thereof, have besn
able then selves to prove the truth of her
| teachings in the most indut liable wsys,
and are therefore, competent to judge Of
her work land the only ones WHO are).
Lot their testimony be received by the
! charitable and uDbiessd everywhere. Aud
what ia their testimony? There is not
sincere student Of Mrs. Eddy in the world
VINO will not declare, out from the depths
OF an honest heart, that all they ever paid
her was not drop in the ocean as COM
Jared with ell they have received in re-
turn.
And suppose as the result Of her long
years of toll, Mrs. Eddy did accumulate
| somewh hat of this worlds wealth. Has
that wealth tscome her kingdomS Has
| she yielded TO IL. or, like her great exem-
! plar, has she said. ''Get thee hence, Sa-
tan: for 1t is written, Thou shalt worship
| the Lord thy God, and him only shalt
| thou serve"P
Let few indisputable facts, selected
| out of thousands. answer our question.
Besides an almost count less numbfr CT
private charities extending over long
time, she has contributed large sums for
Tue Dtucut VI INC SUI celdU-
lished. Years ago she donated lot of
ground In Boston on which to erect the
| Mother Church then valued at $50, OOo,
and now estimated to be worth moro than
| double that sum. Recently she gave TO
the Church at London. Eng, $1,000. Also
| purchased lot in Concord and reiitted a
| building on 1t for church purposes, Mt a
| cost to her of aboat $50 900.
We cannot now recall oil the contribu-
| tlons OF like kind she has made even
! within tpo yenra We have heard of
number, and many doubtless we have not
heard of and never shall hear Of, We
| can lnsntiop, however. by her permissi
| her latest magnificent donation. 1t is
| none other than this:
!. A conveyance in perpetuity to The
| First Church or Christ, Scientist, Boston,
| Mass. oftbe real estate of the Christian
| Science Publishing Society, with the
| buildings now used by the society. and
| located at Nos % and 97 Falmouth
| street, In Boston. Its value is not less
| than az, 600, and it Is situated in q vicin-
| ity where the Increase in value is consid-
| eratls
The following reservation is made by
Mrs. Eddy in this conveyance
"Reserving. however, the right to have
| and occupy so much room conveniently
and pleasantly located In the Publishing
| House as may be necessary to carry on the
| publication and sale of the Looks of which
I am or may De the author and other
Iitarafnra cop N acted fbprauitb -
2 A transfer to said church in psrpet-
uity OF the Christian Science Journal,
Quarterly, and all the literary publica-
tons OF the society. and every right and
privilege connected Herewith, saving
only the right 20 copyright the journal
in her own name. and all the moneys and
| assets thereof; these To be held In trust
by three trustees, namely, Edward p.
Bates. James A. Neal, and william p.
Mckenzie. These trustees are to have
charge of the business affairs of the So
ciety, and the business Is To be continued
In the name Of Tbs Christian Science
Publishing Society. The moneys and as
sets OF The society now on hard 20 into
the hands Of the treasurer Of the Mother
Church. and all socruing profits over and
above the actual running expenses OF the
business are 10 b. turned over semi-au-
nuallv to sad treasurer. meaning to be
kept by the trustees in safe bank CT
trust comprny.
These fumes are TO bs held by the treas-
urer for tho benefit Of the Mother Church,
as now orgsnized and disburssd under
clreftl safeguards in such manner rs
will bsst promot, the interests OF the
cause. The total present value Of the en-
tire property thus conveyed ana trans
ferred Is fairly estimated at $50 0J0. We
may ad that about year since iars.
Eddy snfe'y assigned her copyrights of
all her rocks ard writings.
Ii is needless to comment on the I'm.
portance of this mo,9ment or its mighty
nugrry fer the futrre We cannot now
coTmfeheld, muc1 less estimate, ITS
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