Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-15
MOTHER CHURCH
.RES|DUARY LEG GA
Mrs. Eddy Leaves Bulk Of Her
Fortune for Purpose Of Pro-
noting Christian Science.
WILL is FILED FOR PROBATE
SIM of Five Thousand Dollars Is Given
10 Eacl, of I,cr Chill
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purpose of more cffectually promoting
and extending the religion of Chris
tian Science, as taught by me-" Mrs.
Mary Baker G. Eddy, in her will, filed
her today. makes the mother church
of Boston her rosiduary legntee, after
various other requests are paid. Con-
servntlve estimates of the estate are
S1,500,DO0.
Among requests is one of 100000
to the Christian Science board of
directors to be held in trust for the
purpose OF providing free instruction
for33'lndlgent Christian Scientists
REQUESTS OF CHILDREN.
In addition to the previous gifts to
her son, George ~. Glover or Lead, S.
-. 10000 Is given him in the will, and
the snnic sum Is gwen each Of his five
children.
Or. L. j. Fostcr-sddy, her adopted
son. gets $4,000; Calvin A. Frye, S20,-
HUO. and there are several more be-
quests Of $1,000 to $500 each to rela-
tives and to attendants of the Eddy
household.
by codicils, Mrs. Eddy directs that
an Indebtedness upon the church
tUlIiCt ~ l1t. ScCDllil tnuTtlt VI at-ilIiS-
tian Scientist, in New York, shall be
cancelled from her estate. and be-
Gleat.is her Grown of diamond"
brcastpin to Mrs. Augusta StctSon Of
New York.
The will waa filed this afternoon by
Henry NJ. Baker, the executor. 1t was
executed September 10. 1901. and re-
executed as an original will November
I. 1908, the previous Will having been
lost or mislnid. There are two codicils.
the first date November II, 1908, and
the second May IA 1904. Ono gives
Calvin Frye 100000 and provides he
Is to have n home in two furnished
rooms In the Commonwealth avenue
house.
After appointing Henry NJ. Baker
sole executor without sureties and
making the requests named above to
relatives, the will continues in part:
81 give and bcuueath TO the mother
church. First Church of Christ.
Scientist. Boston, Mass, the sum of
100000.
u give and beuueath to the Chris
tian Science board of directors Of the
mother church the First Church of
Christ. Scientist, in Boston Mass. and
their successors in office, the sum of
100000 but nevertheless, in trust for
the following purposes, namely: Said
trustees shall hold. Invest and rc-in-
Il vest the principal of said fund ana
Gonsevatively manage the same and
j shall use the income ana such por-
ton of the principal from time to
1 time, as they may deem best. for the
jsli posc of providing free instruction
for INDECENT, worthy Christian Scien-
lists at the Massachusetts Metaphysi-
cul college and to aid them. therefore,
until they can maintain themselves
in some part of Christian Science.
81 desire that the instruction for
which provision is hereby made shall
he n, tho said college. but my sud
trustees are hereby authorized to pro-
vide said instructions elsewhere IT, IN
the unanimous judgment of all the
trustees. such course shall seem best.
The will ratiics and confirms three
agreements and declarations relating
to the purchase of land for the site OF
the mother church in Boston ana
specifying the condition on which the
church shall hold It's real estate Con-
tinuing, the will says
TO MOTHER CHURCH.
81 give. bcqucath and dcyisc all the
rest. residue and remainder of my cs-
tate of every kind and description to
the Mother church. the First Church y
Christ. Scientist in Boston, Mass, In
trust for the following general pur-
poses:
II desire that such portion of the in
necessary shall be used for the purpose
or slecpns In repair the church build
ing and my former home at No. 3S5
commonwealth avenue, in said Boston,
which has been transferred to said
Mother church, and | desire that the
balance Of said income and such por-
ton OF the principal as may be deemed
wise. shall be devoted and used BY said
icsiduary lcgntec for the purpose Of
more cffectunlly promoting and extend
ing the religion of Christian Science as
taught by me-
CODIClLS
In the first codicl $1,000 is given to
Laura L. Sargent, Mrs, lIddy's attend
ant u sum to the Second Church of
Christ, Scientist. Now York city. suf-
iicicnt to pay It's Indebtedness; $4,000
to Mrs. PAMELA j. Leonard of Brook
Ign, n. Y: the crown Of diamonds to
Mrs Augusta l.. Stetson OF New York,
and other bcquests OF personal effects.
The bcqucst to Calvin a. Frye Is in
creased to $4,000 by the codicil.
In the second codicil the testator d.
Fncts her executor to sell within three
months her real estate In Concord,
Imown as pheasant View" that the
proceeds of the sale to be forthwith
pnid over to the directors Of the First
Church of Christ, Snientist, In Boston,
~ " used 1Or Sucn purposes. III con-
iection with the church rs the dircc-
tors may determine.
The codicll gives to the First church
~ the contents of the homestead md
1T the buildings ut pheasant View to
- kept or Disposed OF rs may be de-
!ermlned by the directors of the church.
calvin A. Frye is given the privilege
Of selecting from the articles such
kcepsakcs or mementoes not exceeding
In intrinsic value of the sum of $500,
Is he may desire.