The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-12-05
Founder and Leader of Great Re-
ligious Movement Passes
Away Quietly, Aged
Ninety
CAUSE OF DEATH?
Physician Called in After Demise
States Il is His Belief Pneumonia
Was contributory Cause
Funeral Private.

Boston, Mass, Dec. 5.-Arrange-
ments for the funeral of Mrs. Mary
Baker c. Eddy. founder and leader
of the Christian Science Church, who
died Saturday night. will not be made
until the arrival tomorrow OF her son.
George w. Glover. from South Dakota.
1t has been suggested the remains
be placed in crypt of the Mother
Church at Boston.
IL is declared by those I'm authority
in the church that there will be no
successor to Mrs. Eddy appointed.
Glover, accompanied by his daughter.
Mary. and son, George. Jr., started
from Lead, South Dakota, last night
on report Of despatch announcing his
mothers death.
Services Will Be Private.
In his statement of the death of Mrs.
Eddy, Alfred Farlow of the Christian
Science public committee, said that
neither the time nor place of the fun
eral have been decided upon. He add
ed that in Difference to Mrs. Eddy's
we'll known taste for simplicity 1t was
likely the services will be private, con-
sisting probably of prayer and read
ing from the bible, with selections
from Science and Health"
"Only her relatives and members OF
her household and officials of the
church are expected to attend the bur-
ial," said Farlow.
Will Be No Successor.
Before leaving his home in South
Dakota Glover said he believed his
mothers burial will be at Tilton. New
Hampshire, where her husband. George
w. Glover is buried. A woman in high
standing in the Christian Science
church in Concord, New Hampshire.
voiced what has been understood by
many scientists here that Mrs. Eddy's
remains will be buried i'm the Mother
Church.
When asked last night who would
succeed Mrs. Eddy as head of the
Christian Church, Farlow said:
Il don't know that any one will sue
ceed her Everything will go on as
usual"
A statement given out by Eugene r.
Cox the twelve churches in this city
says that the work will GO on smooth
ly.
Believed in Material Death.
Mrs. Eddy" he said. "never preach
ed that there is no material death. al
though she had predicted the ultimate
conquest of death in time to come and
there need be no difficulty in the
minds of Christian Scientists in recon
Cling the physical fact of her death
with their disbelief In death itself.
THE church of Christian Science in
this city and elsewhere will run
smoothly of it's own momentum. Mrs.
Eddy gave it such an impulse and
placed IL on such an enduring basis
it can adequately guide itself
There can be no question of who is
to succeed Mrs. Eddy She can have
no successor. Christian Scientists the
world over universally regard her as
the discoverer and founder of the re-
ligion she taught and there cannot be
two founders of a religion"
Pneumonia Caused Death.
Announcement of the passing of
the leader, which occurred late Sat-
uTudN IlSnl at ner nome IN chestnut
Hill, suburb. was made at the morn
ing service at the mother church here
Sunday.
Natural causes" explain the death.
according to DIR. George L. West, dis
trfct medical examiner. who was sum-
moned a few hours after Mrs. Eddy
had died. Later DIR. West said that
the moro immediate cause was prob
ably pneumonia.
The news of Mrs Eddy's death was
made known simultaneously by Judge
clifford p. Smith, first reader Of the
mtohcr church, at the close of the
morning services yesterday and by Al
fred Farlow. of the Christian Science
publication committee I'm a statement
TO the press. According to MIR. Far
low, Mrs. Eddy died at 10:45 Satur-
day night. His statement says:
Mind Clear TO the Last.
''Mrs. Eddy had been indisposed
about nine days. but had been up and
as late as Thursday had transacted
business. She took her daily drive un-
til two days before her death. Satur-
day night she fell quietly asleep and
those around her could at FIRST hardly