The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-12-16
MRS. EDDY At REST
BOSTON SERVICE AT BIER OF
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LEADER
ATTENDED eY 40.
ONLY PINK ROSES ON CASKET
Relatives. Members Of Household and
Otfeials Of Church Make up Com
pany Of mourners-6od Placed IN
Vault at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Vault at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Boston. Dec y-After services at
tended by her family relatives. the
members OF her household. officials OF
the Christian Science church. and pub
fishing fociety. and her personal stu
dents residing in Greater Boston.
about 100 persons In all. the body OF
Mary Baker Eddy was placed in the
receiving vault at Mount Auburn CEN
etery. Funeral services at the Chest
nut Hill home were simple and were
conducted with quiet dignity. Long be-
fore the time for the services 10 be
gin the holders OF cards OF admission
began 10 arrive Judge CHORD p.
Smith. first resder of the mother
church. conducted the services.
Only Pink Roses on the Comm.
great hall divides the house At
the left are two parlors and In the
rear parlor in the bay window was
the coffin OF massive bronze. contain
ing the body OF MIS-. Eddy. Upon the
coffin. which was closed. Mrs. Eddy's
son and her grandchildren and her
adopted son having seen the we'll
known face. was a bunch OF pink roses
from the members OF the household.
This was the only floral Offering TO be
seen. In the rear OF the hall Judge
Smith was stationed Those invited
10 the services were In the hall. the
front parlor and the library. TO the
right OF the entrance Grouped on
the second floor at the head OF a vide
staircase were Mrs Eddys family. her
other relatives and members OF her
household The furniture had been
removed from the room where the cot
fin sat. The old rose draperies harmo-
nized with the wall decorations. and
the soft light OF day Illuminated the
surroundings
Judge Smith Acts as Reader.
Judge Smith began the services by
the reading OF lesson sermon correla-
tive passages from Science and
Health. With Key 10 the Scriptures"
The poem by Mrs. Eddy. Mothers
Evening Prayer" was they read by
er OF the mother church.
This concluded the services and the
cofiln was then carried out OF the door
TO the porte cochere. where the hearse
was in waiting and the journey to
Mount Auburn Cemetery was begun.
The honorary pallbearers were:
John l.. Bates Of Boston Edward p
patao ~ Cvranusa ~ v. Ar,h,- nj.
bane of New York: Judge Charles r.
Corning OF Concord. y. H.: Frederick
Dixon OF London. Samuel J. Elder OF
Boston. Mayor Charles E Hatfield n
Newton. Mass; William b. Johnson or
Boston. Alfred Metcalf OF Boston and
George S. Streeter OF Concord, n. n
The active pallbearers were Bliss
Knapp. William Farlow. James A.
Neale. Lewis c. Strang. the Rev
William p. Mckenzie. Thomas w Hat.
ten Of Boston. John c Lathrop OF New
York and George n. Kinter OF Chi
oago.
Reads Twenty Third Psalm.
There was no sc vice at the sceiv
ing vault other than the read ing OF
the XIII. Psalm by Judge Smith and
last verse in Jude. TO the only wise
God. our Saviour, be glory and ma jesty.
dominion and power. both now and
ever" given as a benediction.
The coffin was then taken within
by the pallbearers. the vault was seal.
ed and there guard will be maintain
ed until a mausoleum has been built
on the plots chosen for the final rest
ing place OF the body The manage
ment Of the cemetery closed the gates
before the arrival OF the carriages and
excluded from the ground all who
were not OF the funeral party.
Church Gets Bulk OF Estate.
According TO the terms OF the will
! OF Mrs. Eddy. which have been
learned the Christian Science church.
/ the source from which II came. will
/ get the major portion of her estate
\ including the value OF copyrights
which is about sl.5OO.OOO.
Pleasant View" the splendid es
tate at Concord. " H.. where Mrs
Eddy made her home before coming
TO Chestnut Hill. is to be sold
The administrator OF the estate IL
eI-Congressman Henry NJ Baker OF
Bow. n. II. He was the favorite rela
tive OF Mrs. Eddy. But all he gets
under the terms OF the will is a
keepsake.
Members OF Mrs. cddy's household
are remembered in requests which
range from $1,000 to $4,000.
Not a dollar is left to George w
Glover and DR.. +. J. Foster Eddy. re-
spectively the son and adopted son OF
Mrs. Eddy. They were TIE leaders in
the famous next friends" suit which
] had a sequel In each receiving n laraa