Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-05
A Remarkable Woman
Breathes Last at Home
Near Boston.
HER WORK WILL GO ON
Followers See No Menace to
Organization in Passing
Away of Leader.

Boston, Dec. 5.-Officials of the
mother church of the Christian Science
denomination decided this afternoon
that the funeral of Mrs. Eddy shall
take place at her late residence Thurs
day afternoon. Alfred Barlow said to
day many sympathetic telegrams had
been received from branch churches
in all parts of the world.
Await Arrival of son.
Boston, Dec. 5.-Arrangements for
the funeral of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Ed
dy, founder and leader of the Christian
Science church who died Saturday
night, will not be made until the AZ
rival tomorrow night from South Da-
kota of Mrs Eddys only son, George
w. Glover. Glover, accompanied by
his daughter. Mary. and son George
Jr.. started from Lead, s. d, last night
on receipts of dispatch announcing
his mothers death.
VIII Be simple.
In his statement of Thc death of
Mrs. Eddy, Alfred FarlOw Of the Chris
tian Science publishing company. said
funeral had been decided upon. He
added that in Difference to Mrs. Ed
dy's weIlknown taste for simplicity.
il was likely that services would be
private. consisting probably of prayer
and reading from the bible. with selec-
tions from Science and Health"
Only her relatives. members of her
houseI old and officials Of the church
are expected 20 attend the burial"
said F arlow.
lace of Burial in Doubt.
Before leaving home in South Da-
kota Glover said he believed his moth
er's burial would be at Tilton, New
Hampshire. where her husband, George
". Glover is buried. \ woman in high
sran1ing in the Christian Science
church in Concord. n. H., voiced what
has teen understood by many scien-
lists here that Mrs. Eddy's remains
would be buried in the mother
church. When asked last night who
would succeed Mrs. Eddy as head of
the Christian Science church FariOw
said: Il don't know that any one will
succeed her. Everything will go on as
usual"
Never Denied Materint Death.
4 statement given out by Eugene K.
Cox for the II churches IL this city,
says that the work will go on smooth
". Mrs. Eddy" he said, Never
preached that there is no material
death. although 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 reconciling the physical fact of her
death with their disbelief in death
itself
Can Have No Successor.
The church of Christian Science in
this city and elsewhere will run
smo3,nly of its own momentum. Mrs.
Eddy gave it such an impulse, and
plaCel it 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 disooverer and founder of the re-
lieion she taught and there cannot be
two founders of religion.
Governed Wy a board
The Christian Science church will
continued to be managed by a board
of directors, which at present consists
of \. 3. Stewart. Archibald B. McCiel-
len. Stephen 3. Chase, John V. Ditte-
more. and Adam II. Dickey. These
men were all chosen by Mrs. Eddy, .
but the bylaws of the church provide
for the filing of any vacancies by the
boarI itself There will be no sue
cessor of Mrs. Eddy.
Estate worth s2,OOO.O0O.
Washington. Dec. .5.-Former Secre- /
tary William E. Chandler OF New
Hampshire, who was counsel for her +
children in the litigation over Mrs. Ba-
kcr Eddy's estate. says he believed her |
fortune-nearly $1,000. .O0O-has been .
given to the cause of Christian Science. /
Leaders Near Mt End
Boston, Mass, Dec. 5.-Mrs. Mary .
Baker Glover Eddy. head and founder
of the Christian Science church, died
at 1926 Saturday night at her magnifi-
cent residence at Chestnut hill AT
her sl1e we're a number of the promi-
nent leaders who had been hastily
summoned
Mrs Eddy had been ill two days.
She had taken her last drive Thurs
day. She had received no medical at.
tendance and death was due to natur-
al causes, according to Alfred Farlow,
publicity man for the church.
The passing away of Mrs. Eddy was
announced at the services in the Chris
tian Science church yesterday morn
ing as the service was drawing to
close. The attendance was large, as
is always the case at the mother