The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-12-08
MARY BAKER EDDY IS
SUMMONED BY DEATH
Founder Of Christian Science
Sect Dies Of Pneumonia at
Advanced

Boston, Dec. Mrs. Mary Baker
Glover Eddy, the ~discoverer n found
pr OF Christian Science, Is dead. An
nouncement OF the passing OF the ven
Hrable leader, which occurred late Sat.
! nrday night at her home at Chestnut
Hill. was made at the morning serv-
Ice of the mother church in this city
Sunday morning.
Natural causes" explains the death,
according to DIR. George J.. West, q dis
trict medical examiner, who was sum
moned a few hours after Mrs. Eddy
passed away Later DR.. West added
that the more immediate cause prob
ably 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 service and by Alfred Farlow,
Of the Christian Science publication
committee. in q statement to the press.
According to Mr.. Farlow, Mrs. Eddy
passed away at a quarter before IL
o'clock Saturday night.
III a Short Time.
She had been i~ndisposed for about
four days" said Mr.. Farlow's state
ment, but was up and dressed and
the officials of the church. She took
her daily afternoon drive until two
days before her going. Saturday night
she fell quietly asleep and those
around her could at first hardly real
fze that she had gone. H-eE%thaughtsa
We're clear until the last, and she left
no final messages.
NO physician was In attendance, but
she had the assistance of the students
who comprised her household. With
her at the time of her departure We're
Mrs. Calvin A. Frye, Mrs. Laura d..
Il Sa rCanfAN M re F11n q G II n othyynpI Earr
irving G. Tomlinson, her corresponding
secretary; William R. Rathvon and her
secretary Adam HI. DiclSey.
No arrangements regarding the
time or place of her burial have been
decided upon. 1t is well known to her
household that she believed in sim
plicity on such occasions, and in COM
pliance with this knowledge it is ex-
pected the service will be private and
of a simple nature. probably consisting
of prayer and readings from the bible,
with some brief selections from the
Christian Science text book.
Medical Official Called.
Only her relatives, her household
and the officials OF the church are sx-
pected to be present. There having
Nbeen no physician in attendance, DR..
George L.. West, OF Newton Center,
medical examiner. fas. the district. was
called early Sunday morning. DR.. West.
1870 al aIiolip ltollodiiSSh LIZ
death due to natural causes and is
sued the necessary certificate.
"A telegram was sent to her son,
George w. Glover, of Lead, s.. D., ap-
prising him of his mothers demise and
requesting information as to his at
tendance that of his family.
Mrs. Eddy was born in Bow, N. H.,
July JIG, 1921, and was therefore in her
9Oth year"
FUNERAL SET FOR THURSDAY.
Boston, Dec. 1.-THE officials Of the
mother church, of the Christian Science
denomination decided this afternoon
that the funeral Of Mrs. Mary Baker G..
Eddy would AXE place at her late resi-
dence on Thursday afternoon at IL
o'clock. The service will be simple in
Difference to Mrs. Eddy's wishes.
Although the officials did not an
nounce what the service will consist of,
it is understood there will be prayers
and bible readings with selections from
he Christian Science text book.
Alfred Farlow, chairman of the pub
lication committee of the church, said
that many sympathetic kilograms ex-
pressing fidelity and loyalty to the
mother church, We're being received
from branch churches in all parts of
the world.
Doubt as to Burial Place.
Before leaving his home in South
Dakota, Mr.. Glover said he believed his
JllolhcI . buIldl Nould De dI IilIOI1, N.
H, where her husband, George w.
Glover. is buried.
A woman in high standing in the
Christian Science church in Concord,
N. H., who refused to consent to the
use of her name, voiced h has been
that Mrs. Eddy's remains would be
buried in the mother church.
I'VE. Of the Concord church, had ex-
pected Mrs. Eddy to return to Concord,
and spend her last days here. Now,
however, 1t is improbable that even her
remains will rest here, as there seems
to be a general understanding among
the church at large that her body will
rest in the crypt Of the mother church
at Boston,"
VT, Mrs. Eddy's adopted son, is ex-
pected to be present at the funeral.
Question OF SUCCESSOR
When asked last night Who would
succeed Mrs. Eddy as the head Of the
Christian Science church, Alfred Far
low said:
II don't know that anyone will sue
coed her. Everything will go on as
usual"
The statement given out by Mr.. Cox
for the IL churches in this city says
the work will go on smoothly.
Mrs. Eddy" he said, never preached
that there was no material death, al
though she had predicted the ultimate
conquest of death in times to come, and
there need be no difficulty in the minds
Of Christian Scientists in reconciling
the physical fact of her death with
their disbelief in death itself.
"The Church of Christian Science in
this city and elsewhere will run on
smoothly of it's own momentum. Mrs.
Eddy gave it such an impulse and
placed 1T on such an enduring basis
that 1t can adequately guide itself.
There can be no question of who is
to state succeed Mrs. Eddy. She can
rave no successor. Christian Scientists
the world over regard her as the dis
coverer and founder of the religion she
taught and there cannot be two found
ers of a religion"
CONDUCTOR DIES.