Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-06
ARRANGE FUNERAL
TOMORROW NIGHT
AWAITING ARRIVAL OF SON OF
LATE LEADER OF CHURCH,; BUR,
IAL WILL BE PRIVATE, ACCORD,
ING TO PRESENT PLANS.

Baker G.. Eddy, founder and leader OF
the Christian Science church VINO dleu
Saturday night, will not be made until
the arrival tomorrow night from South
Dakota OF Mrs. Eddy's only son, Geo.
w. Glover Glover, accompanied Dy
his daughter, Mary, and ms son
George, Jr., started from Lead last
night on receipt of a dispatch an
nouncing his mothers death.
In his statement of the death OF Mrs
iEGdy, Alfred Farlow Of the Christian
Science Publishing company, said tnat
neither the time nor the place OF the
funeral had been decided upon. he
a2..ed that in Difference to Mrs Eddy $
"ell known taste for simplicity it was
ff,.aly the service would be private,
consisting probably of prayer ana
reading from the bible, with selections
ircm Science and Health" Only her
relatives. members Of her household
and officials OF the church are e&,
expected to attend the burial, SAD
Farlow. Before leaving his home IN
South Dakota Glover said he beheved
his mothers burial would be at Triton,
New Hampshire, where her husband,
George w. Glover is buried. A woman
III high standing in the CHRISTIAN
Science Church in Concord, N. h.
vci-ed what has been understood py
many Ecientists here that Mrs Eddy, s
rcrains be buried in the mother
ichrrci,.
! Nav Not Have Successor.
When asked last night who would
succeed Mrs. Eddy as head of the
Christian Science church Farlow said:
II don't know that any one will sue
ceed her Everything Wiss go on as
usra all"
Tho statement given out by Eugene
r. Cox for the twelve churches in this
city says that the work will go on
smoothly Mrs. Eddy" he said,
never preached that there is no ma
terial death, although she had pre-
dictcd the ultimate conquest Of death
in times to come, and there need be
no difficu1ty in the minds of Christian
Scientists in reconciling the physical
fact Of her death with their disbelief
In death itself. The church of Chris
tian Science in this city and elsewhere
will run smoothly of its own mo-
impulse, and placed it on such endur-
Itself.
There can be no question of who
s to succeed Mrs. Eddy. She &C
lave no successor. Christian Scientists
he world over universally regard her
Is the discoverer and founder of the
religion she taught, and there cannot
be two founders of a religion"
Story Of the Passing.
Boston, Mass, Des. 5.-Mrs Mary
Baker Eddy, the discoverer and
founder of Christian Science, is dead
Announcement of the passing of the
venerable leader which occurred late
Saturday night at her home at Chest
nut Hill, suburb, was made at the
morning service of the mother church
in this city Sunday.
Nat ural causes explains the
death, according to DR.. George L..
West, district medical examiner,
who was summoned few hours after
Mrs. Eddy passed away. Later DR..
West added to his statement by say
Ing that the more immediate cause
probably was pneumonia.
The news of Mrs. Eddy's death was
made known simultaneously by Judge
Clifford P. Smith, first reader of the
mother church, at the close OF the
morning services, and by Alfred Far
low of the Christian Science publica-
ton committee, in statement to the
press.
Announced to Congregation.
There were few of the congregation
1t the morning service at the mother
church yesterday who knew that the
life of the leader and teacher had
ended. The service was as usual, and
The two readers, Judge Smith and Mrs.
Leland T. Powers, presented the SER
mon of the day, God the Only Cause
and Creator with voices that were
without emotion and had no sugges-
ton of sadness. Then the announce
ment was made.
Only those who sat through the
service with the knowledge of the
momentous event of few hours be-
fore heard the bendiction. Then the
greater part of the congregation left
their seats in silence. There were no
words of sorrow. although many tear
was she'd The strains of the "Reces-