The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-08
BURIAL OF
MRS. EDDY
Services SimFI, and
Only a Select Few
al the Grave

Boston. Dec S.-Unusual simplicity
marked the laying away today Of the
body OF Mrs. Baker Eddy, the founder
of the Christian Science church.
The sun streamed into the rooms
OF the mansion which tops Chestnut
hill No curtain was drawn except a
In the southeast part. where the body
OF Mrs, Eddy lay In 4 bronze coffin.
Scattered about in the other par
lors, the hall. the dining room and on
the second floor were perhaps 100
persons.
Judge Clifford 3 Smith. first read
er OF the Mother church, read selec.
tlons from the scriptures and cOrel1t-
ed passages from ''Sciencc and Health
with the Key to the Scriptures" and
then, pausing for q fun minute for
a silent prayer, led the little gathering
IN the audible repetition of the
Lords Prayer"
Mrs. Carroll Holt Powers. the sec
ond reader OF the Mother church. clos
ed the eighteen-mlnute service at the
rouse by reading Mrs. Eddy's Moth.
er's Evening Prayer"
The funeral services at the Chester
Hin home were simple. There were
about l2O persons present AT IL
o'clock all were In the residence.
ready for the first words from Judge
Clifford p Smith, first reader of tho
mother church, who conducted the
services.
The caSket of bronze containing tho
body OF Mrs Eddy was closed. Mrs.
ha, l,hs
her adopted son having seen her face
yesterday afternoon.
In the rear Judge Smith was sta
toned Those invited to the services
were In the hall. the front parlor and
the library to the right OF the en-
trance. Grouped on the second floor
at the head OF the wide staircase were
Mrs, Eddy's family. her relatives and
members of her household
Among those in attendance were
Mrs. Eddy'S son. George Washington
Glover of Lead, S D.; his daughter.
Mary Baker Glover. and his son,
George Washington Glover, Jr.; DR..
F. j. Foster OF Waterbury, Vt; Mrs.
Eddy's adopted son, and other Tela-
tiyes, including General Henry NJ Ba-
ker OF Bow. ~ H.. Mrs, Eddy's cous-
in; John b. Baker OF New York. an
other cousin of Mrs. Eddy. and his
son Rufus. Calvin A. Frye. Mrs Lau-
tn Sargent. Adam H. Dickey. the Rcv.
]. C. Tomlinson, Mr.. and Mrs. William
n. Rathyen and Mrs. Martha Wilcox.
member Of Mrs Eddys household.
The casket was carried to the
hearse. and the journey TO Mount Au-
burn cemetery was begun,
The honorary pail bearers were;
Hon. John l.. Bates Of Boston. Ed
ward p, Bates of Syracuse. Arthur
Brisbane of New York, Judge Charles
r. Corning of Concord, ~ H.( Fred
erick Dixon OF London, Hon. Samuel
]. Elder of Boston. Mayor Charles +.
Hatfield of Newton,- Mass. William B.
Johnson of Boston, Albert Metcalf OF
Boston and General Frank S. Street
er of Concord.
The active pail bearers were:
Bliss Knapp. William Farlow, Jas.
A. Neale Lewis C Strang. Rev. VII
liam P Mckenzie. Thomas w Hat.
ton. John c. Lathrop and George H.
Kinter of Chicago.
There was no service at the receiv-
Ing vault other than the reading of
the twenty-third psalm and the last
verse in Jude by Judge Smith.
The caskct was then taken in
charge by the pail bearers, the vault
was sealed and n guard Will he MAIN
tanned until mausoeum has been
built on the plot chosen for the final
resting place of the body.
The management OF the cemetery
closed the gates before the arrival
of the carriages and excluded the
grounds to all who wre not of the fu-
neral party.