Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-05
"Mother Church" in Boston
Probable Tomb of Mrs. Eddy.
FUNERAL PLANS DELAYED
No Decision to Be Made Until Son
Arrives From West.
NO SUCCESSOR IN LEADERSHIP
Opinion General Among Followers
That None Can Take Up Mantle :,
Of Christian Science
Founder.

BOSTON, December s. .-Arrangements
for the funeral of Mrs. Mary Baker @.
Eddy, founder and leader OF the Christian
Science Church. who died late Saturday
night at her home In Chestnut Hill, New
ton, will not be made until the arrival
here Wednesday morning. from South
Dakota, OF Mrs Eddy's only son, George
w. Glover.
Mr.. Glover, accompanied by his daugh-
ter Mary and son George, jr., started
from Lead, s. D., last night upon receipt
OF q dispatch announcing his mothers
death. Mr.. Glover cannot reach Boston
before tomorrow night. making 1t impos-
siple to arrange tor the funeral before
wednesday.
In his statement OF the death of MTs
Eddy, Alfred fariow Of the Christian
science PUBLISHING Company SAID that
neither the time nor the pace OF the
funeral had been decided upon He added
tnat, IN deference to Mrs. Eooys well
known taste for simpncity, II was likely
the services would be private, consisting
propapiy of prayer and reading from the
bipIe, with seIections from science anu
health"
Church, Leaders Reticent.
The reticence Of the Christian Science
Ieauers and oincials as well as nearly all
members of the denominatlon to commen,
on the death of MRS. BAKER Euuy con-
tinued tOuay, and no oInc.ai statement
followed those given out yesterday, wnen
the first announcement Of ner passing
was mace puDnc. The tact tnat ner last
message or woros, God is my iiIe." were
written by her on pad Of paper Thurs
day was confirmed IOuay. some sort
or funeral service will be held Wednesday
afternoon, PROBABLY at her late resiuence
Inc church Will continue to be man
aged by a board of directors. which a.
present consists of A. b. Stewart
Archibald b. Mcclellan, Stephen 3.
Chase. John V. Dittemore and Adam
II. Dickey. These men were all chosen
Dy Mrs. Eddy. but the bylaws Of the
church provide for the fiiling of any
vacancies by the board ITSELF There
will be no successor OF Mrs. Eddy.
Few to Attend Burial.
Only her relatives. members of her
household and the officials OF the church
are expected to attend the burial" said
Mr.. Farlow.
Before leaving his home In South Da-
kota, Mr.. Glover said that he believed his
mothers burial would be at Tilton, N. H.,
where her husband. George w. Glover. u
buried.
A woman in high standing in the
Christian Science Church in Concord. N
H., who refused to consent to the use
of her name. voiced what has been under
stood by many Scientists here that Mrs
Eddys remains would be buried in the
mother church.
I'VE Of the Concord Church had ex-
pected Mrs. Eddy to return to Concord
and spend her last days here. Now, how
ever, 1t Is improbable that even her re-
be general understanding among the
church at large that her body will rest
in the crypt of the mother church at
Boston.
VT, Mrs. Eddy's adopted son, is expect
ed to be present at the funeral.
Can Have No Successor.
When asked last night who would sue
ceed Mrs. Eddy as the head of the
Christian Science Church, Alfred Farlow
said:
Il don't know that any one will sue
ceed her. Everything will go on rs
usual"
The statement given out by Eugene r.
Cox tor the twelve churches i'm this city
says that the work will go on smoothly.
Mrs. Eddy he said, never preached
that there is no material death. although
she has predicted the ultimate conquest
of death in times TO come, and there
need be no difficulty in the minds of
Christian Scientists in reconciling the
physical fact of her death with their dis
belief in death itself.
'The church of Christian Science in
this city and elsewhere will run OH
of its own momentum. Mrs.
Eddy gave it such an impulse and placed
it on such an enduring basis that 1t can
divide itself.
There can be no question Of who Is to
succeed Mrs. Eddy. She can have no
successor. Christian Scientists the world
over universally regard her as the dis
coverer and founder of the religion she
taught. and there cannot be two founders
of a religion
Left No Message.
Those in the room at the time of death
were Mr.. Calvin A. Frye. who had been
one of Mrs. Eddy's leading advisers; Rev
Irving c. Tomlinson. her corresponding
Mr.. William r. Rathvon, her
Mr. Adam II. Dickey, and
Mrs. Ella s. Rathvon and Mrs. Laiira T.
Sargent, members Of the household.
''Her thought was clear to the last,
and she left no messages" was stated in
the official announcement Of her death by
Mr.. Farlow yesterday.
There were few Of the congregation at
The morning service at the mother
church yesterday who knew that the life
Of the leader and teacher had ended The
service was as usual and the two readers.
Judge Smith and Mrs Leland T.. Powers.
presented the sermon of the day, God
the only Cause and Creator" with voices
hat were without emotion and had no.
suggestion OF sadness.
Death Announced in Church.
The routine service, which closes with
/ hymn. the reading Of the scientific
statement OF being and tho benedictiou,
vas strictly followed at the mother
church, but just before the benediction
Judge Smith changed the usual form by
aging:
"I shall now read part Of a letter. writ
en- By our revered leader, and reprinted
IN page l35 Of Miscellaneous Writings:
my beloved students: You may bo
ooking to see me in my accustomed place
With you. but this you must no longer
xpect. When I retired from the deld Of
abor 1t was a departure, socially, pub
Icly and finally, from the routine and
rom such material modes as society and
ur societies demand. Rumors are ru.