The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-05

SATURDAY night, 2dS the CiScoVeFSf /
and founder of Christian Science. She |
was born IN Bow, y. H.. July Is. 1921. =,
Her parents were Mark and Abigail /
Baker. Her father was a man OF |!
some property and local distinction. /
He WIS friend of President Frank !
lin Pierce and other wellkIown men !
of his time. Mrs. Eddy was related to
Gen. John Mcneil. hero of the bat
tie Of LCndy's Lane. On her fathers
side she was related 10 Gen. Henry
Knox Of Revolutionary war fame. She
was a first cousin of Governor Hoke
Smith CT Georgia.
Mrs. Eddy's childhood years were
spent in Bow, a short distance from
Concord. AS a child and Young woul-
an she vas delicate aid Temperament
tai AS young woman she was a
confirmed invalid until the healing in
cident which ushered her TO the thres-
hold OF Christian Science.
In addition 70 the education receiv-
ed by most young girls of her time,
| Mrs. Eddy has the. advantage of be
ing privately turcred by her brother.
Albert Baker, who was Il graduate of
Dartmouth, q member of the New
Hamrhire legislature, and congress
man-elect at the time of his death. He
| instructed his sister Mary in the rCdi-
| ments OF Latin, Greek and Hebrew,
laying the foundation for the broad
| rch ,,.h; la-
in Mrs. Eddy's literary work.
| In 1S43 Mrs. Eddy married George
Washington Glover and removed with
him TO Charleston. S. c. few
months after their marriage Major
Glover was stricken with yellow fever
and died in WILMINGTON. n. c. Mrs.
Glover returned TO the home of her
relatives in Triton. y. H. where her
son was born. While residing in Til
ton Mrs. Eddy was active with her
pen. She contributed political arti-
cles to New Hampshire papers and
wrote occasionally for ma gazines.
In 1858 in the hope of regaining pos
session of her son from whom she
had been obliged by circumstances to
separate. Mrs. Eddy married DR.
Daniel Patterson, a dentist of Frank
lin, n. H.
In her search for health Mrs. Eddy
went in 1862 to Portland, Me-, to con-
suit p P. Quimby. a magnetic healer
of some local reputation. Mrs. Eddy
was temporarily benefited but not
healed by his treatment. Later she
removed to Lynn, Mass, where she
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.terson.
It was in 1866 that Mrs Eddy met
with the accident which was the i'm
mediate cause of her discovery of
Christian Science. She was living at
}, that time at Swampscott, just out
side Of Lynn. She fell on the ice and
was injured internally so severely that
: the physician who was called gave no
hope of her recovery. Ignoring the
} medicine which had been prescribed
Mrs. Eddy in her extremity turned to
her Bible and received such inspira-
ton and spiritual enlightenment from
the account of the healing of the man
with the palsy that she arose from her
bed well woman. Following this re-
markable incident Mrs. Eddy spent
: three years in seeking an explanation
) of her healing. She had always been
a student of philosophy, was acquaint-
ed somewhat with homeopathy, had
examined the claims of animal mag
netism and spiritualism and was an
ardent student of the Bible.
After her discovery of the healing
power of Christian Science Mrs Eddy
made frequent applications of her
theory to existing conditions. She
tested her metaphysical system in the
treatment of diseases and is said to
have met with remarkable success
The textbook of Christian Science,
r"Science and Health with Key to the
, Scriptures was published by Mrs
, EDDY in 1875. This volume vas des-
tined TO reach a circulation Of nearly
SEQ. GEO copies
= Mrs. Eddy secured divorce from
DR.. Patterson and in 1877 married
DR.. Asa c. Eddy. one of her early
students in Christian Science, who
died in 1882. For some years Mrs
Eddy taught Christian Science in
Lynn. In 1881 she chartered the Mas
sachusetts Metaphysical college in
Boston, The charter for the first
Christian Science church was obtain
cd in June 1879. and III that year Mrs.
EDDY was called 70 become the pastor
of the church. She was ordained in
1881. although she had preached five
years previously. Mrs. Eddy founded
and for long time edited the Chris
tan Science Journal, monthly mag
azine. IN the fall of 1889 Mrs Eddy
removed from Boston to Concord. n.
H. and in 1907 to Chestnut Hill. a
suburb of Boston.
In 1907 much attention was attract
ed TO Mrs. Eddy through suit
brought for an accounting of
her property. which has been various
~ estimated at from half a million to
several million dollars. The suit was
brought in the MerTimac, n H., coun-
- superior court OF March ]. by
George W. Glover, of Lead. S D, Mrs.
Eddy's son. and his daughter, Mary
Baker Glover, and other relatives OF
the Christian Science leader, as next
friends against Calvin A. Frye. sec
rotary of Mrs. Eddy; Lewis E Strang.
assistant secretary: Herman S. Her
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