The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-05
NARY BAKER G. EDDY'S LIFE
CAREER or THE OMAN 70 HOSP
FAVE ~ as 70 ORL Dtb IDE.
h~Tn sa Farm and Experienced Hard
ship ta Earts lifr Mental Cure Ideas
Borrowrh From tuark Great
church she isuiii Z % and ITS Dortrinrs


town ~as still memory IN the minds Of
msn who were t. from I'D when Mary
\. Morse Raker, rho future leader Of the
christian Science Church. was born nn
Inlv ~. i@2i. IA "A farmhnUs" small bet
comfortable. which stIlI stands on a hill
af Row. y. % Mary. tn. Youngest IT siS
children. was raised on I'll" upland farm
from which one NAV se,. IA beautiful stretch
"f the Merrimac Valley aud there she grew
:" b., very d-lira'. and very religious
little farm girl. But IN her own tim"
Also sh. grew To he. a. som. on. wro,.
not long ago -on-. If IN" richest women
IN America; NOR" than that. III. most
powerful American woman
There cam" "a time IL was in i~.5. that
about dozen disciples Of "A woman named
nh-n, Mrs Mary BAKER Glover. IN" h.asi
Of An idea rho' had Ia do with tn" ,aach,ng
81 mental healing nf physical LESSONS. mot
Al LYNN. Mass Ia organic by resolution
the first ,hri~iian Sci-nc. Association
The dozen pl.dg.si 10 support the move
m-nt and Mrs Glover by contributing
IN all $40 "A wees.
Thirty one wears later. in June ,as
from all over the wort ca:n. Christian
Scientist, 20 d-dIcat. IN Boston IN. ,nn.,
'''''-h'"'s F''kibNs tbfUte IN New Eng
iandd and on. ~ the most costly IN the
United States the -Mn,h.r Church a,
Boston There are photographs nf il
which show the great 'hrongs entering
'h. building ON a RAINY dar The thrcrC
Va IN" photograph - w"ar,n,: storm coats
and "r"rshoeS and holding un umbrellas
I" protect itself against pos- ll~ after Of
i""t- ~ the stormy weather
grown an institution. the statistics nf
which last year show that IN tn. United
States there w-r" ass Christian SCi.nc"
churches. and also CHURCHES. IN Italy
France. Great Britain. Canada and British
columbia Germany. Norway. Switzer.
land. India. china south Africa. Australia
anu many other countries Also IN ,h.
nit"d states were 336 Christian Science.
ministers and III Uss commandments All
these churches and tbs. churches i'm for
"'sn countries arr the result If th.. think
inR Of IN. delicate. r"li gi"u- hrrl. farm
girl and all ar. branches Of the. No,b.r
Church IA Rn-ion
This great growth has re- ,IIt-d IL, ~pI,..
III the a't'lId" "f 'h.. world am nt;,t,d..
''h' perhaps may best ~. illustrated hy =.
-Jok" IN "n" III 1h.. N.w York evening
papers on saturday Last The. item VA. a
SUPPOSED clipping from 4 Niagara Fan.
newspaper which sand rhnr John Hnnp.r
and his wifi. whil" rowing on Tho. r,,.r
Yesterday w-r" 'arrI.-i over the. fall.
John "a- drowned. hur his wrf.. was a
Christian ~ci-urI-'
N"h"dv except TIA" Lynn u-igilhn--
had k"art tie. mann. Christian S.,,u,,.-
back ia 1870 ~ thai TIM. ,n.. !..u,,.r
and teacher. MIR. Glover. could hir.. ,
hall r." "Npouud her ,in.triu, lev ,,,y,u,
"ut s. ~ ia" weekly sIu winch r.r --r,,.
d"ht- handed over for hey -upt,nrr sr..
, nanIH'd t. ln" ~ tto-.. "i-iy DAYS Ia
li-"Ing "NI>t-nc. tog..th..r with 'h.. AMI
~ occasional fees she. earned - a r,-tch.r
"i MENTAL healing
Her -uc''-~>iN" Jumps 10 fam. and
f"f'hh- ar" shown IN good o wnv -
any other hr ia" pnot"grlphi,' rr,.ro-
du'ii"n- IN hpuk- ni h-.r lif.. of he. hanna.
-h' la '-'i ~ -li.',. -. Ivun DAYS. 'i,..
NV" h"Nhh- h"'I-" WHERE -h. Wa born
81 Ia" facing hig hnrn hen h..- hur...
a. il'"n. y II Wt.illi- "lurraI rort,,u.
va" hhIgdIi lIIinn hot-, also a. III',,It
"iih ~ high dom 'Oli.Intl-. in,. IulI..
h"'I-'- III Broad street AZ Lynn mar.
PI'-I"hilurI- -Igll ~n-r,. Mn f.l,ty cam
pI-'"i he 'Ir~t 'ritIun - one 81 ri.,. most
hh'h'IdlIV -tIrC,--iIl b',ok- ,.r written
~'I'h'' and Health and hen In iuru
'h" gray -'"n- h"tII'. ia Columbus t,,.irr..
bb-'"if wh"r-. Nh. Eddy IIy-L I'M IsS,
The tug lowered bay ~Indow.-i pheasant
\"" with ~ 5cr-> Of Concord y n
real '.~l.li'' surrounding A. and finally
The h"in" ~ her" -h.. dr,.i Ch.--tutl- uIl
near b"-'un u rambling ~t"r." mansion
that ov-rl"ok- the Bu,. Hill and which
one approaches along mar.I,lauulI...I drive
ways that turn and i~In,. beneath -llm
pane 'r--- ANA fIt'-r oaks ami rn..-tuu'-
MAJ Nr-. Eddy hf' hasn't been .,u,.
~ ro-. h.-'i~ entirely P.-ppl,. began =,
hear about a score and d, half wears Az,
Of the movement -h'. had started thr,,t!xh
NEWSPAPER -tnTl..- ~ s"k folks VIII, had
died without Il physician and vino HlS,.
MR. Eddy herself "a her Last Illness h,L
place ln-in--IV-- aud their y!y-I,iI
'--I"n- ia the hands ~ h-.il,-Ts " lac I-.ru-,i
from their leader that Hines thai j. l-,.,.
that all -iChn-s- and even death merely
al" --rTor- AMI that -God - all IN an
tod - good. good l. Mind and i;ni
spirit. Icing All. nothing l. matter
The h-li-v-r- Were. diving and their
relatives then CAM. t., court win ,I,.
fortrtud- 81 Christian Tnattyr- Like.
every other r"iIgl"u- belief the. new
church thrIv.-i OH rnartyrdom And
when Mr. Eddy and her teachings o.in't
figure III the court calendars because
Of the. 'i.a TIA II in-mh..r- Who had refused
medical attention the leader and her .,rIs,.
were having printable. trprIhl-- bo,:itI-..
disciples. a. ia th. cas-. ~ Mr. St.i-nn
here ~ NJ" h"rk. We're growing rn puw-r |
that tempted them to :t->..rt themselves !
The relatives who came. To- court h....,t,-..
they had barred rhv-i"Ian- however /
usually escaped puni-isru-nt and I'M.
ambitious "n''-. ,firf = first show ~ /
excitement. il7'ii!iV b''"aru.. huIni,l..
-uid'I.-d and IrOp.riy submissive.
AMI FROM DISSERTATIONS OF PAHutg.
Mnrk Baker. tn" father - Mr. t.i,tv
wa- farmer. but a. his land cnr-i-t..,I
II rE' h>'r"- h- holdings might 10. ..I.
waited rs the NOR" dignIn..i iirl. az
an -.-tHf" Nevertheless Nr- E,ttv.
father wn- wealthy "rlv III acreage. If
farm land. hut on ~" other hand tr.. uni
-,,..u' her infancy ard dav~ pi ldpI..-r,.,ir,.
IN % home. that wH- t.Rg...- from ham. !