East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-05

Boston, Mass, Dec. "a mlllon
Christian Scientists scattered
throughout the land are sorrowing for
the death Of Mary Baker Eddy, the
founder of their cult. who died late
Saturday night. Today Alfred Farlow
of the publicity committee of the
Mother Church. here. issued a short
statement in which he said: 1--WE
lose the counsel of our leader but the
church organization is complete" 1t
is perfectly understood no successor
to Mrs. Eddy will be named. Funeral
arrangements which she requested to
be simple, will probably not be made
until the arrival OF her son. George w.
Glover. who is en- route from his home
in Deadwood, s. d. Her fortune Is
believed to be large. The actual cause
Of her death has not been ascertain
ed No physician treated her. and
none saw her until after the end Sat
urday night. 1t Is believed her death
was from natural causes, probably a
touch OF pneumonia.
Leaders today refused to discuss a
disposition of Mrs Eddy's fortune. In
1909 she announced she had settled
s250,000 on her son. G. w. Glover,
ond $4,000 on Ebeneezer Foster Ed
dy, her adopted son.
DR.. West, a medical examiner who
was called to the mansion after death
said THE body lay in the room in
which she died Death was appar-
emily peaceful. The features were i'm
passive but the ninety years of her
life were plainly shown. I was told
that Mrs, Eddy was III several days,
but nothing specific, merely that II
was the indisposition OF old age"
No Mystery.
Miss Slbyl Wilbur. the latest of Mrs.
Eddys biographers. whose Life"
was approved by the leader and by
the church authorities, says that no
mystery today surrounds Mrs. Eddy's
life history. Her birth, her ancestry
for 200 years. her education, her So
cial development, her individual SER
vice to the world, have been scrutin-
ized with the strong searchlight Of
both love and criticism"
other less friendly commentators
on Mrs. Eddy's work and life have
criticised her more or less severely
and some have denounced her as an
imposter.
Her life began among the granite
foothills of New Hampshire. Her
father, Mark Baker. was a farmer Of
Bow and a descendant OF revolution
ary and colonial heroes, while her
mother was of Scottish ancestry. She
was the youngest OF three daughters,
She has three brothers.
She was of delicate health from her
birth and in her childhood is said to
have perplexed her father by sage
sayings and doings. Her education
in little schools and later at the Penn
broke academy was supplemented by
what she gathered from discussion Of
religious matters at the family fire.
side when several leading churchmen
gathered to talk over church matters
with her father. In the early forties,
George Washington Glover. formerly
Of Concord, became associated with
Samuel Baker, the third son, and as
a result Mary Baker and he were
married about Christmas in 1S4S. at
Tilton, N. Fl. The Glovers went to
the south, where Mrs. Eddy saw sla-
very in its worst forms and there the
June after her marriage, she was left
a widow. Returning to New Hamp-
shire, she gave birth to her son,
George Washington Glover, in Sep
tember.
Mary Baker Glover spent the next
few years with her sister. Abigail,
and other relatives in New Hampshire
and began literary work with several
articles on her observations Of slav-
cry in the south. She also taught
school.
About 1850 a wave of spiritualism
swept over New England, which drew
her attention to some extent
Married DIR. Patterson.
After nine years of widowhood, Mrs
Eddy married DR.. Daniel Patterson,
a New Hampshire dentist. This mar
riage was not happy. However. the
relationship was continued for 20
years when it was severed by d.
vorce.
A notable event of Mrs Eddy's life
was her meeting in 1862 with Phineas
Quinby, a mesmerlc healer, at the III
ternational hotel In Portland Maine.
Quinby. who was the son Of a black
smith, was deserted at the time of his
meeting with Mrs Eddy an n shrewd