The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-20
STORY on hrs. EDDY''sS
HOME LIE At CONCORD
recognition;
perfection living
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n The Boston Herald brings to hand |
Sibyl Wilbur s interview with Mrs.
Mary Baker Eddy, the leader Of the
Christian Science denomination. A por-
ton of this interview was sent out by
telegraph and printed in this paper.
But there are details of Mrs. Eddy $
home life and reasons given by her for
her secluslon that may be Of interest to
others besides Christian Scientists. Miss
Wilbur says:
~ Mrs. Eddy is alive and well, she is
in full possession of her mental and
physical powers. She has no visible
physical malady, she is beautifully
poised, physically etherealized, exquisite
Y fashioned woman of advanced years.
ously alert and delicate1y attuned. Her
eyes are radiant, her voice like a bell.
In a.-Word, Mrs. Eddy seems to have
reached. an adjustment between her
physical and spiritual powers which
promises to carry her existence thru
many years to come
The Secret Of Pleasant View.
I, THE secret which the world has
been trying to wrest from the closely
guarded home at Pleasant View, the Sc
cret which for several years has been
construed by suspicion to mean illness,
physical or mental collapse, are even,
by the extremists of worldly minded
ness, the actual dissolution of Mrs.
Eddy and the substitution in her place
OF a represent ative-this secret has been
disclosed, and in it's disclosure is re-
Duke. tor all the petty suspicious which
nave been heaped against a blameless
.axThe secret of Pleasant View is no
a q .r,4 4 IL
truth, which any well-ordered mind
might readily have fathomed without
the necessity of painful intrusion upon
| the well-earned seclusion Of woman
who gave the full measure Of her serv-
ices to humanity before retiring from
the theater Of human activities.
Like ''Grand Old Mother
At Pleasant View, in Concord,
y. H., lives a remarkable woman, over
80 years Of age, who is going thru the
gradual process Of completing the spir-
ltualization Of her faculties. She is
performing the miracle of human life
Which bH4a nay BE witnessed LIN II snH h home
mother sh Whose eab lan da gd are ah argeT
over, tho the loving Children 'S Weeuid
cherish that life for many years, if
possible. She is performing the mira
Gle which the saint-like Leo,s the late
father of the Catholic church, per-
formed when he prolonged his life to
a grand old age by isolation from the
the STANDARDIZATION of his life by read.
ing, prayer and contemplation, utter
ing annually vigorous and spiritually
visoned encyclical.;a. fs
"There is no great palace at Pleas
ant View such asl is the Vatican at
Rome; no house with its hundreds OF
corridors, it's doors opening upon doors
diers, to insure quiet and sanctity from
: intrusion; there is no. walled garden
extending for miles in which one may
walk alone with nature and God, shell
curiosity. There is only a simple cot
tage home set in, few acres res Of f.d un
), door bell means that every member Of
the house is disturbed, and the entrance
, Of visitor into the cottage hallway
| means an actual intrusion upon fam
: i1y whose chief member is the mos
3 influential woman living in the worl'
> The Call on Mrs. Eddy.
Miss Wilbur was cordially receive,
: at Pleasant View, Mrs. Eddy''s home
and the beauties Of the place, the libra
j, ry, stables and art treasures Wer
uOWu u0ls CuC GlO AAAoSA 49,
with Mrs. Eddy was a short one. l
> is given in her own language:
GIVE went upstairs to Mrs. Eddy,
study, which is in the tower room wit
+ the balcony running around the window
:. Mrs. Sargent left me at the door, ano
I to my surprise, closed the door afte
8 her as she left me. I saw a lady wit
$ white hair standing in the window wit
k her back to me- She stood there quietl
t for few seconds, and then turned an
s came toward me-. She held out he
8 hand cordially and spoke my name.
The Leader Appearance.
8 e 'sShe was the rarefed image Of tina
= painting in the room below which ha
9 studied 50 carefully, and every featur
8 was the feature Of the photograp
e which all the world is familiar with q
e the picture Of the founder Of Christia
: Science. She wore a gown of blac
y silk, with piece Of rare old lace a,
3 ranged in fchu fashion about her nec]
Her hair was perfectly white, and Ri
le pied softly away, from her face. He
e skin had the delicate bloom Of a des
= old lady's and, tho it was fine an
J. almost transparent, it was in no wa
g artifcially touched. The hand whic
> she gave me in greeting was very sma