Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-09
Judge Smith Reads from Bible and
Offers Prayer,
PREPARES PROGRAM HIMSELF
Correlative Passages from Science
and Health" Presented.
LORDS PRAYER RENDERED ALOUD
Face of Founder of Religious sect
Appears Youthful - Expression
Peaceful, without sign Of
Suffering.

BOSTON. Dec s.-The followers OF Mrs
Mary Baker Eddy, the founder Of the Chris
uon Science church. parted with her visible
form today at a funeral service that was
marked by simplicity and absence Of osten-
tatiOn; that yielded no expressions OF sor-
row, at least not by her followers that
was surrounded by no trappings Of mourn
ing, but was, nevertheless, sufficiently i'm
pressive to linger long IN the memory OF
80 persons who attended.
Judge Clifford p smith. first reader OF
the mother church, read the greater part
OF the services prepared by himself. which
consisted OF selections from the Bible. cor
relative passages from Mrs. Eddy's book.
Science and Health" and a prayer He
was assisted by Mrs. Carol Hoyt Powers
the second reader, who rendered Mrs.
Eddys poem Mothers Evening Prayer
with tender expression.
There was no eulogy, no soothing except
by the young granddaughter. Mary Baker
Glover, whose crepe-covered hat was the
only sombre color note In the house
Details of Funeral.
The spacious parlors. where the little
gathering sat for eighteen minutes in calm
thought was bathed in sunlight while
spray Of roses on the coffin, and here and
there bouquet, as II for decorative effect,
were the only evidence OF the customary
massing OF flowers. II seemed Ike one Of
Mrs. Eddy's metaphysical meetings Of years
gone by and one had to glance at the mas
sive bronze casket resting In the tinted
alcove to realize the significance Of the Oc-
cssion.
There we're two intervals Of impressive
silence. The first was at the beginning. The
company had been seated and as the hour
approached the whispering gradually
ceased There was not a rustic to break
the stiffness until the clocks in the house
chimed out the eleventh hour. Judge Smith
then began his reading in tone fervent,
but unwayering. As he closed the passages
from Science and Health he said:
We win now engage in silent prayer to
be followed by the audibiA rendering OF the
Lords prayer"
Again the rooms were silent for a little
more than a minute. although il seemed
longer. Then Judge Smith broke the still
ness with our Father who art in heaven
and all Joined in the prayer. The Mothers
Evening Prayer" fo,iowed.
Last view of BODY.
Those who wished to loog for the last
time on the face Of the leader Of the sect
saw the small, delicate face Of a woman
"iAo AophNd " lusNedu OF W ana whose
expression was singulary peaceful and
showed no sign Of suffering.
Eighteen carriages followed the hearse
across the snow-clad hills to Mount Au-
burn cemetery in Watertown.
There, before the open doors OF the re-
ceiving tomb. Judge Smith finished the
services Of the day by reading the twenty
third psalm and prOnouncing as a benedic-
ton the last verse OF Jude
The coffin was slipped into its niche the
door was shut and sealed and q man was
placed on guard. AS a measure OF pro-
lection, the guard has access to a teIe-
! phone. which the directors OF the church
have placed temporarily in the vault
! 1t is expected that Mrs. Eddy's will will
/ be filed tomorrow at Concord. N H.
The honorary pallbearers were Honorable
John l.. Bates OF Boston. Edward p Bates
| OF Syracuse, n. Y. Arthur Brisbane Of
New York. Judge Charles r. Corning of
| Concord. n. H.; Frederick Dixon Of Lon
don. Honorable Samuel ]. Elder Of Boston.
Mayor Charles F. Hatfield Of Newton,
Mass; William y. johnson Of Boston.
Albert Metcalf Of Boston and General
Frank s. Streetor OF Concord, N. H.
Where the final resting place OF the
body will be Is a matter OF conjecture
Z The Christian Science leaders had prac-
ucally settled on a large lot at Mount
Auburn. but George ". Glover, the SON.
expressed a strong wish yesterday in favor
Of laying his mother away at Tilton n H.