The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-05

seats in silence. There were no words
of sorrow, although many a tear was
shed The strains of the recessional
on the great organ were as joyous as
ever.
AS the church goers scattered after
the services, the question of future
leadership was referred to with great
reserve.
win Cause No Change.
Those who expressed view said
there would be no change in the meth
DDS of carrying on the work, that Mrs.
would be implicitly followed and the
church that she founded would con-
/ tinue to grow in the future as 1t had
in the past.
1t was pointed out that with the ex-'
ception of a few routine matters the
was relinquished to a great degree by
Mrs. Eddy some years before her
death, although she continued to keep
in close touch with those to whom she
clear understanding Of how 1t was be-
ing performed.
The notice, read at the morning SER
vice of the mother church, was repeat
ed at the evening service to an un-
usually large congregation and also
was read at many other Christian
Science churches in this section of the
country.
Dr. George L. West, the medical ex-
anliner who was called to the home of
Mrs. Eddy, and who filled out the death
certificate, made the following state
ment:
IT was called to the home of Mrs.
Eddy early this morning. and arrived
there about 4:30. I was met at the
door by Calvin A. Frye and others of
bed chamber on the second floor. Here
met Mrs Sargent.
ST found the body of woman of
about 80 years old lying on the bed,
her hands crossed over her heart. The
face was somewhat wasted, but kindly.
and in repose. talked with Mr.. Frye,
who said:
Mrs. Eddy had been in error about
a week and passed away very quietly.
Mr.. Frye described the symptoms and
spoke of an Inflammation of the chest
which led me to the conclusion that
pneumonia had been the contributory
cause of DEATH"
Alfred L. Farlow, of the publication
committee of the Christian Scientist
church. and other leaders in the moth
er church, declined to make statements
concerning the last hours of Mrs. Eddy
beyond the one made public in the
course of the day.
Miss Sibyl Wilbur, the latest of Mrs.
Eddy's biographers, whose life" was
approved by the leader and by the
church authorities, says that mo mys-
terry today surrounds Mrs. Eddy's life
story. Her birth, her ancestry for 200
years, her education, her social devel-
opment, her Individual service to the
world, have been scrutinized with the
strong searchIights of both love and
criticism
Other less friendly commentators on
Mrs. Eddy's work and life have criti-
cized her more or less severely and
some have denounced her as an i'm
poster.
Sketch of Her Life.
foothills of New Hampshire. Her faith
er, Mark Baker, was a farmer of Bow
and descendant of revolutionary and
colonial heroes. while her mother was
of Scottish ancestry. She was the
youngest of three daughters and she
had three brothers.
She was of delicate health from her
birth and in her childhood is said to
have perplexed her father by sage say
ings and grave doings. Her education
in little schools and later at the Penn
broke academy was supplemented by
what she gathered from discussion of
religious matters at the family fire.
side, when several leading clergymen
called to talk over church matters with
her father. rs.
In the early forties George Washing
ton Glover, formerly of Concord, be-
came associated with Samuel Baker,
the third son, and as a result Mary
Baker and he were married about
Christmas in 1s43 at Tilton, N. H. The
Glovers went to the south where Mrs.
Eddy saw slavery in it's worst forms
and there the June after her marriage,
she was left a widow. Returning to
New Hampshire. she gave birth to her
son, George Washington Glover, in Sep
TENDER.
Mary Baker Glover spent the next
few years with her sister, Abigail, and
other relatives in New Hampshire and
began literary work, with several ar
ticles on her observations of slavery
in the south. She also taught school.
About 1850 a wave of spiritualism
swept over New England, which drew
her attention to some extent.
Her Second Marriage.
After nine years Of Widowhood, Mrs.
Eddy married DR.. Daniel Patterson,
New Hampshire dentist. This marriage
was not happy. However. the relation
ship was continued for 20 years, when
it was severed by divorce.
A notable event of Mrs. Eddy'S life
was her meeting in 1862 with Ph1neas
Quinby, mesmeric healer at the In
ternationaI hotel in Portland, Mr..
Quinby, who was the son. of a black
smith, was described at the time of his
meeting with Mrs. Eddy as a shrewd
| little man of argumentative disposition
and logged determination From ac-
| quaintance with him, Mrs. Eddy became
| imbued with metaphysical ideas and be-
gan a career in that direction which
made her one of the most famous of the
worlds mental healers.
| Mrs Eddy, then Mrs Patterson.
dwelt long under the influence OF
Quinby's mesmeric belief and it came
to have great, though not supreme
weight in her subsequent teachings
Later she denounced Quinby's meth
DDS and said:
at discovered the science of mind
reading and that was enough
After spending two years in Port
land, Mrs. Patterson rejoined her hus-
band in Lynn, where she lived five
years, continuing her study of meta
physics. While there she suffered g
| fall on the ice which the doctor said
was severe, but from which she recov-
cred, she said, in one night 1t was