The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-05
DEATH CALLS FOUNDER
OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
MRS. MARY BAKER GLOVER EDDY DIES OF PNEUMONIA IN
BOSTON HOME AFTER SHORT TLLNESS-NO
PHYSICIAN IN ATTENDANCE

be true But 1t became my duty to
announce that Mrs. Eddy passed from
our sight last night at a quarter be-
fore eleven o'clock at her home on
| Chestnut HILL"
Only those who sat through the SER
vice with the knowledge of the NOM
entous event OF few hours before
heard the benedlction Then the
greater part of the congregation left
their seats In silence. There We're
no words OF sorrow, although many a
tear was shed The strains OF the
Recesslonal on the great organ were
as joyous as ever.
AS the churchgoers scattered after
the services. the question OF future
leadership was referred to with great
reserve.
New Leader In Doubt.
Those who expressed view, said
there would be no charge In the
methods OF carrying on the work,
that Mrs. Eddys teachings and In
struction would be implicitly follow.
ed. and the church that she founded
! would continue to grow In the future
as it had In the past.
1t was pointed out that with the
exception of a few routine matters.
the actual direction of the church
work was reliDqulshed TO a great de-
gree by Mrs. Eddy some years be-
fore her death, although she continu-
ed TO keep IN close touch with those
to whom she had entrusted the work
and had clear understanding OF how
it was being performed.
The notice read at the morning
service of the mother church, was
repeated at the evening service to
an unusually large congregation and
also was read at many other Chris
tan Science churches In this section
| of the country.
CONCORD, n. H, Dec 1.-The
i farm on which Mrs. Eddy was born
July 16. 1921, In the neighboring
town of Bow. is a short distance from
the Concord line. SO that many of her
childhood days were spent in this
city and she occasionally attended
the old North Congregational church.
/ The house in which she was born was
burned in April. 1910.
Mrs. Eddy first took up her resi-
dence in this city In 1889, living on
! North State street until 1892. when
| she purchased the estate subsequent
| ly known as Pleasant View, which Is
A., on an emInence between the city prop
or and St Pauls school She made
| many changes and improvements on
her property and lived there until
her departure TO live In the beauti-
iu. residence prepared for her at
Chestnut Hill. a Boston suburb.
In the frat years of her resi-
dence in Concord, Mrs Eddy re-
/ ceived a few students in Christian
! Science. most OF whom afterward be-
came leaders in the church. She pur-
chased the property at North State
and School streets. near the state
house, In 1897. and remodeled the
/ house there for what she called
| Christian Science kindergarten for
; teaching the new tongue OF the gos-
| pei"
! A few years later, the development
o. this property upon ambitious lines
! began and on July IL, 1904, one of the
| finest edifices in The state was dedi-
| Gated under the utle The FIRST
I Church OF Christ. Scientist, in Con-
, cord ~ II T." The structure is said
4 to have cost upward OF 100000 or
this, Mrs. Eddy gave one-half and the
remainder was contributed by her fol-
! lowers.
While she lived at Pleasant View It
was Mrs Eddy's custom TO take a
I drily drive, accompanied by Calvin A.
Frye, her secretary. along certain IA
vor.tc streets in the city and suburbs,
Thus she became much Interested in
| good roads aud co-operateJ with the
city In building several miles OF con-
crete and macadam streets until prac-
tically her entire daily drive was over
such roads,
Mrs. Eddy was the first to respond
To Red Cross aud other appeals Tor
aid and made irequent gifts to state
charities and educational interests,
and for public purposes.
Toward tho lest part OF her resi-
dence at Pleasant View, Mrs, Eddy
entirely Withdrew from public ap-
pearance save tor her daily drives.
THIS gave rise TO many mmorS as 10
her condition and surroundings and
several times reports OF death gained
circulation. Parity as result of an
Investigation 10 disprove the rumors,
suit was brought OH March 1907, in
the name OF Mrs. Eddy by "her next
friends, her son George w Glover OF
Lead, ). ID. whom she had not seen
fo- number OF years, his daughter.
Mary Baker Glover, and George w.
Baker, nephew OF Mrs, Eddy.
against Calvin A. Frye. and nine 9th