The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-15
Will Of Founder of Christian
Science Bequeaths Diamond
to Mrs. StetsOn.
MOTHER CHURCH is GIVEN
RESIDUE OF THE ESTATE
Small Bequests Left to Son, His
Children and Decedent'S
Friends.

CONCORD, n. H., Dec. 14.-"For the
purpose OF more effcctually promoting
and extending the religion of Christian
Science. as taught by me- Mrs. Mary
Baker c. Eddy, i'll her will, filed here
today. makes the mother church OF Bos-
ton her residuary lcgatee. after various
other beQucsts are paid. Conservative
estimates OF the estate arc $500: 00g.
Among bcquests is one of 100000 to
the Christian Science board of directors
10 be held in trust for the purpose Of
providing free instruction for "indigent
Christian Scientists
In addition to the previous gifts to
her son. George ", Glover OF Lead. S. D.,
$4,000 is given him in the WILL and the
same sum Is given each OF his FIVE chill
drcu,
DR.. z. j. Foster Eddy, her adopted
son, gets $4,000: Calvin A. Frye, 100000
and there are several more bcquests of
$1,000 to $500 each TO relatives and TO
attendants OF the Eddy household
Gem for Mrs. Stetson.
BY codIcils. Mrs. Eddy directs that an
Indebtedness upon the church edifcc Of
the Second Church OF Christian scien-
list. in New York. shall be cancelled
Augusta stetson OF New York.
Tho will was filed this afternoon by
Henry NJ. Baker. the executor. 1t was
executed September ~, 1901. and re-
executed as an original VIII November
I. 1903, the previous will having been
lost or mislaid, There are two codicils.
the first dated November II, 1908. and
the second May H. 1904. One gives Cal
vim Frye $4,000 and provides he is to
have home in two furnished rooms liz
tho Commonwealth avenue house.
After appointing Henry NJ. Baker sole
- ugis hnr nd L inc
the bcuuests named above TO relatives.
the will continues IN part:
Il give and bequcatb to the mother
church, First Church OF Christ. Scientist.
Boston. Mass, the sum of $4,000
II give and bcqueath to the Christian
Science board Of directors of the mother
church. tile First Church OF Christ.
Scientist, in Boston, Mass, and their
Successors in office. the sum of 500, 900.
but nevertheless. in trust for the fol-
lowing purposes. namely: Said trustees
shall hold invest and rc-iDvest the
principal of said fund and conscrvatively
manage the same and shall use the in
come and such portion OF the principal
from time TO time. as they may deem
best for the purpose OF providing free
instruction for INDECENT. worthy Chris
tian Scientists at the Massachusetts
Metaphysical college and to aid them,
therefore. until they can maintain them
selves in some part OF Christian Science.
''I desire that the instruction for which
provision IS hereby made shall be at the
said college, but my said trustees are
hereby authorized TO provide said in
structions elsewhere IT, in the unanimous
Judgment of all the trustees. such course
shall seem best
To Promote Her Doctrine,
The will ratfies and confirms three
agreements and declarations relating to
the purchase OF land for the site OF the
mother church in Boston and specifying
the condition on which the church shall
hold its real estate. Continuing. the will
says:
81 give, beaucath and devise all the
rest. residue and remainder of my cs-
tate of every kind and description to
the mother church. the First Church OF
Christ. Scientist. in Boston, Mass, in
trust for the following general purposes.
AZ desire that such portion OF the in
come Of my residue estate as may be
necessary shall be used for tho purpose
of keeping IN repair tho church building
and my former house at No. 3So Com
monwealth avenue. in said Boston, which
has been transferred TO said mother
church, and l desire that the balance of
said income and such portion Of the prin-
cipal as may be deemed wise. shall be
devoted and used by said residuary lcga-
tee for the purpose of more efTectuelly
promoting and extending the religion OF
Christian Science as taught by me"