Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-12-08
Head Of Christian Science Church
Died Saturday Night
NOT ANNOUNCED UNTIL SUNDAY
Mrs. Eddy Was Nearly 30 Years OH
and Died After slight illness
Lasting Nine
Days.


nt her home on Beacon street. Ches'
nut Hill. She was in her 9Oth year
having celebrated her 89th birthda!
Sn July IS last. :,
The end came peacefully at 1914
o'clock, 50 quietly that Mrs. Eddy
most intimate followers who stood a
her bedside thought she had fallen IN
to a calm sleep The written word
Of the mother Of the Christian Science
church, penned as a message to ne
.aIsciples, were God 10 my life."
Though death supervened Saturda'
night no public announcement wa
made Of her demise until Sunda!
morning. To the worshippers In tn
New Christian Science church tn
tidings we're broken in a mere state
ment that Mrs. Eddy had passed Il
her rest,
Told Newspapers II Hours Later.
Just prior to the reading Of this no
tice from the pulpit Alfred Farlow
chairman Of the publication commit
tee to the church announced MRS
Eddy's death to the newspapers Il
Boston.
Mrs. Eddy had been indispose'
about nine days, but she did not taxi
10 her bed until Friday night. sh'
never rose after that. She ate he
,aneals regularly UNI. Saturday night
when her supper was served whil'
che lay In bed She was in possession
Of all her faculties until the very end
The estate left by Mrs. Baker 9
Eddy probably will exceed S1,5OO,OOO
II consists Of real estate in Newton
pheasant View her former home II
Concord, N. IT,, copyrights on he
books and publications and about 81
eOO, 900 in municipal and state bonds
II is known that she made vii
and that 1t Is In existence, but no hin
~ to its contents ever has been given
Many believe that the entire estate
will be given to the church.
40 More Striking Figure In Hlctory
No more striking figure has history
knOwn than Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy
FOUNDER and organizer Of Christian
Science. From a frail, sickly girl t.
the untirlng, insistently courageous
leader OF a cult that has had as III
4aevotees millions of seriously think
ing people, Mrs. Eddys well crowded
llfe ran the span Of SO years.
Mary Baker was born in a rugged
farm house at Bow, N. H., on July 10
1921. Her father was Mark Baker,
justice Of the peace Of his town AM
: devout churchman. Her brother
were Samuel, Albert and George; he
sisters, Abigail and Martha. 49,.
The girl acquired from her mothe
Q fondness for reading, but when a
the age Of eight she told of hearini
voices" calling her in the night, he
father ordered that she be deprived o
books, because he believed her brazil
was Citing too big for her body. Late
when her brother Albert went to Dart
mouth she induced him to teach he
Latin, Greek and Hebrew in his vacs
ton time and she studied SO assidt
.Ousiy that In the four years Of hi
undergraduate work she had master
ed the grammer Of the three langl
ages besides taking course Of reat
1nE in moral science and natura
philosophy. In reading the bible sh
learned that Daniel prayed seve
zines daily and she resolved to d
likewise.
In 1S43 she was married to Georg
Washington Glover, BY whom she ha
enc son. Glover died before the chill
was born. In 1853 she married D
Daniel Patterson. but divorced him |
as73, after constant pickering and dl
agreements. It was only at the urgeI
advice Of her intimates that she col
scented to apply for a divorce. Fou
years later, on January |, 1877 sh
married Asa Gilbert Eddy at Lynn
class. He died on June 8, 1883.
The turning point In Mrs. Eddy
aiGe, which brought her eventually |
establish Christian Science was /
1851, when she met Dr. Phineas Par
zAurst ouimby. who was performln
saome amazing cures at Portlan
1laine. BY some Or. ouimby was r
GArded az a charlatan.
when She Met Or. oulmby.
AIRS. Eddy then the wife Of DR.. Pa
aerson. had been an invalid for SON
time. she placed herself under D
onimby's treatment.
Mrs. Eddy was carried to his ono
frpm the railroad station at Portlan
.as too weak TO cit up In cha
when the doctor entered the room
Under silent treatment within q fe
moments Mrs. Eddy experienced r
lief from the pain Of years. Il va
only q short time before she was abb
10 leave her bed At her hotel At Por
1nHd.
From that time on until Dr. ouir
ans death Of cancer in 1855. he an
alrs. Eddy worked together IN hes
80 Il was AFTER DIT. ouimby's deaf
ahat Mn. Bddy published her ar
nk On The eBcience q Healing
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