The Detroit times., 1910-12-09
MRS. EDDY IS
BORNE. TO GRAVE
Simple Funeral Services Held for
Founder and Leader of Christian
Science Church.
Copyright, 1910, ny Mary Baker Eddy,
All Rights Reserved.


All Rights deserved.
MOTHERS EVENING PRAYER.
., gentle presence, peace and JOY ana
power.
! - life divine, Thee owns each waiting
hour.
Thou love that guards the nestling's
faltering fight
! Keep Thou my child on upward wing
tonight
Love is our refuge only with mine eye
Can behold the stare. the pitt the
fall,
! Ills habitatlon high is here, and nigh
las arm cncircles me, and mine. ana
all
, make me glad for every scalding
For hope deferred. ingratitude. dis
dam.
Wait. ANA love more for every hate.
and fear
! No iIl-since God is good. and loss
is gain.
Beneath the shadow OF Ills mighty
In that sweet secret Of the narrow
Seeking and finding. with the angels
sing
Lo. / am with you always watch ana
pray
No snare. no fowler pestilence or pain :;
No night drops down upon the tr"u-
When heavens after-smile earth's tear
drops gain.
And Mother finds her home AMI
Ieavn My rest
BOSTON, Dec S.-The body Of Mary
Baker G. Eddy founder of Christian
Science. was laid To rest in receiving
vault i'm Mount Auburn cemetery TINS
morning after simple funeral services
Al her late home. the Chestnut Hill
mansion at Newton.
There the remains will lie near
those of some of the most illnstrious
dead or the nation until permanent
mausoleum is completed on the shores
Of placid Halcyyon Lake in one or the
most beautiful spots in the cemetery
The services, which took place at ! |
o'clock were conducted with the quiet
dignity Characteristic OF Mrs. Eddy
i'm life. They were attended by about
800 persons. including her relatives,
members of her household. officials OF
the Christian Science church and pub
fishing society. and her personal stu
dents residing in Greater Boston.
Long before the hour set for ser
vices holders Of cards of admission
began 10 arrive. AT IL o'clock all
were I'm the residence ready for the
irst words from Judge G. =. Smith,
First Reader OF the Mother church,
who conducted the services
great hall divides the house AT
the left are two parlors and IN the
rear parlor in the bay window was
the casket Of bronze containing the
body of Mrs Eddy. Upon the casket,
which was closed. had been placed a
cluster OF pink roses. from the mem
beers OF the household. This was the
only floral Offering 10 be seen. In the
rear OF the hall Judge Smith was sta
tioned. Those invited to the services
were in the hall, the front parlor and
the library. TO the right OF the en-
trance. Grouped ON the second floor
at The head of the wide staircase were
Mrs Eddy's family, her relatives and
members OF her household.
Though all attending the funeral
were dressed In black. there was none
Of the spirit OF woe usual at funerals,
for all present bore up with dignity,
evincing their faith that Mrs. Eddy
was not dead, but merely had passed
on.
Judge Smith began the services by
the reading of lesson sermon com
posed OF selections from the bible and
Co.relative passages from Science and
Health with "A key to the scriptures,
by Mrs. Eddy.
The poem by Mrs Eddy. Mothers
Evening PRAYER" was then read by
Mrs. Carol Hoyt Powers. Second Read
er of the Mother church.
This concluded the service and the
Journey to Mount Auburn was begun.
The honorary pallbearers were:
Hon. John l.. Bates, OF Boston; Ed
ward p Bates. of Syracuse, n. Y;
Arthur Brisbane OF New York; Judge
Charles X. Corning, of Concord. n. H.;
Frederick Dixon OF London: Hon.
Samuel j. Elder. OF Boston: Mayor
Charles f. atfield. of Newton Mass.
William Johnson, of Boston; Albert
Metcalf OF Boston, and Gen. Frank
5. Streeter. OF Concord. ~ II.
The active pallbearers were: Bliss
Knapp William Farlow. James A..
Neal Lewis c. Strange. the Rev. VIII
liam p. Mckenzie. Thomas w. Hatten.
of Boston; John c. I.athrop. of New
York and George H. Kinter. Of Chi
cago.
There was no service at the receiv-
Ing vault other than the reading OF
the twenty-thrd psalm by Judge
Smith and a verse in judges. ITO the
only Wise God, Our Savior. BE Glory
and Majesty. Dominion and Power,
Both Now and Ever given as a bene-
diction.
The casket was then taken within
by the pallbearers and the vault seal.
ed a guard will be maintained until
the mausoleum has been built
ONE RAILROAD TAKES 100000 PEO-
PIE INTO THE sOt INVEST