The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-17
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
Its Leader-Some Facts Concerning the
 Life and Work of Mrs Eddy.


 Life and Work of Mrs Eddy.
 Boston. Mass. Oct. I6-To-night Rev. Irving (. Tomlnson of Concord, x. H.. lectured on Christian Science and its founder in Symphony hall The mag nifcent auditorium was crowded to Overfiowing. He said in part:
 Those who are most cOnVeTsant with this movement know that what is most conspicuous in the cause and its growth is the wisdom foresight, untiring devo- ti0n and lofty Christian character of it's leader.
 She was born in Bow, near Concord, New Hampshire She comes from sturdy Scotch and English ancestry. Captain John LOvewell. the famous In- dian fighter, whose valor in the field de- stroyed the power of the savages. and made it possible for the early settlers of northern New England to peacefully establish themselves, was her ancestor. He.' great-grandfather was Captain Joseph Baker, who settled in Pembroke in about TAO, Captain Baker was one of the foremost men of his section. He received his commission from King 1 George as captain of the Colonial Foot
 
 | third Provincial congress of New Hampshire and active in helping the l province to :ake its stand for the new republic. His three sons, one of them was Mrs. Eddy's grandfather, were all l soldiers of the Revolution.
 Intellectually her family have always stood high. Mrs. Eddy's brother, Albert Baker. was a graduate of Dartmouth college. He was an hOnored member i of the New Hampshire bar. an eminent debater and brilliant orator. He was 1 thrice elected to the legislature of his native state, and was rapidly attaining foremost position in those legislative halls when he died at the early age of thirty-one years. In the old church of Pembroke three of her ancestors were it's honored deacons. Her mothers fa- ther was Deacon Nathaniel Ambrose, and through his generosity and labors there was founded the North Congrega- tionaI church. which was known as Deacon Ambroses church"
 Mrs. Eddys parents were devout members of the Congregational church. and her father was superintendent Of the Sunday school. Her mother was a woman of rare Christian virtue. and the atmosphere of the home was de- voutly religious. Mrs. Eddy is richly endowed by nature and by grace for hel work. She possesses quick comprehen- sion, remarkably retentive memory Geep spiritual insight, and unquench- able love for man, and tireless energy Her native gifts were supplemented by special tutors and by careful training in the schools and academies of New Hampshire. She was thoroughly taught by the well known grammarian Profes- sor Dyer H. Sanborn, and received at tention from her distinguished brother Albert. She had well established rep utation for literary ability before hel discovery Of Christian science.
 In 1866 Mrs. Eddy received an injury from severe fall upon the icy curbins which was pronounced beyond all earth
 ly help. In her dying hour, as she sup
 posed, she turned her thoughts wholly upon the Divine Healer. wondrou' illumination daWned upon her expectan vision, and she arose restored to healtl and strength. She proved the discover!
 to be God-given by healing the lam'
 and the blind, and by raising the dying Having found the means whereb. Christ Jesus and his disciples Wrough
 their beneficent works, she earnestly Ia bored to give her discovery to all man , kind. She wrote the text book of tn :, denomination, founded the Massachu setts Metaphysical college, establishes , the church and it's publication society l Thus she is not only the discoverer o s the science, but the founder of this re ligious denomination. Those who hay l followed her closely have observed he | whole hearted and entire devotion to tn , cause entrusted to her care. She give
 no time to social enioyments, ever
 moment of her waking hours is devote
 to the service os God and man. Sh :, has generously contributed to the city
 public improvements. and her libert
 donations are given not only to he |, church but to the hospitals and othe
 benevolent institutions. After thol q oueh study of her work and an int ,e mate acquaintance with her life, l dt
 clare with gratitude that l have foun
 Mrs. Eddy to be the most reveren
 Christ-like character that l have evt ,s known.