The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-08
NJ CHURCH HEAD
There Will be No Success
SOr to Mrs. Eddy.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO RULE
Christian Science Officials Announce
Future Governing Power Of the
Church - Funeral on
Thursday.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO RULE

Boston, Dec. 6.-Mary Baker G. Eddy
died consistent in her belief in the
adequacy Of faith to triumph over
death. In the shadow OF death she
didn't waver nor ask for aid outside
the prayers OF her pupils.
The advance Of pneumonia strangled
her as she prayed Not one OF the
usual stays against death which medl'
cal science interposes in desperate
moments was reQulstioned. The mem
bers of her secluded household In
Newton stood about the bedside, their
hands folded In prayer. The pangs OF
dissolution. which physicians say are
terrible in pneumonia, had their
course and left the corpse Of an old
woman whose face showed no mark OF
agony.
This was one OF the carefully guard
cd details Of what transpired In the
isolated house at Newton on Saturday
night-the first word Of the deathbed
scene-and here Is another fact an
nounced authoritatiyely only after
much questioning will be no
successor to Mrs. Eddy in the unique
position she held as supreme head Of
the Church OF Christ, Scientist.
No Need Of Successor.
There will be no successor, because
there is no need Of one-no room for
one. From the official statement made
by Alfred Farlow II is evident that
henceforth this church Of over 2,OOO,-
900 souls is to be governed supremely
by the self.perpetuating board Of d.
rectors Of the mother church In Bos-
ton
The mou.hpiece Of this ecclesiasu'
cal hierarchy, which will in future ar
bitrate doctrines temporal and policies
alike. made It very clear that the
death OF Mrs. Eddy brings no shock
other than a natural sentimental one
TO the foundations Of the church, dis
turbs in no way the policy OF its gov
erning board and serves only to 70
move zone whose wise counsel had al
ways been valuable" 1t was also EN-
phasized that the members Of the d.
rectorate wished as much - possible
to minimize. even to deprecate. any
discussion and speculation arising out
OF the fact OF Mrs. Eddy's death. In
asmuch as the board Of directors OF
the mother church can see no neces-
sity for a successor to Mrs. Eddy. II
doesn't even contemplate the consid-
Grafton OF logical candidates, If such
there should be. The board is also dis
tinctly not in sympathy with such pos
slble discussion on the part OF any
member OF the Christian Science
church.
Her Fortune Goes to Church.
AS to Mrs. Eddys fortune, of the
amount of which Mr. Farlow protested
himself unable to give an estimate,
every dollar had been devised to the
mother church. so far as one in close
touch with the affairs OF the deceased
head of the church and Of the direc-
torate could say. whatever money due
in law to Mrs. Eddy's heirs Of the
Glover family, had been paid over at
the time of the settlement OF the
equity suit instituted by the next
friends of George w. Glover, in the
New Hampshire courts four years ago.
That was done under the provision
that the receipt Of such settlement es-
tablished quit claim by the Glover
heirs on the right of inheritance under
a will.
The funeral OF Mrs Eddy will be held
on Thursday at the guarded house in
Newton, where the body now lies. This
last office to the dead leader will be
in consonance with the autocratic die
tations Of privacy that have so far
characterized the shaping OF events
under the hand Of the directors. There
will be absolutely no publicity attach
ing to the service. Nobody but the
household" which has surrounded
Mrs. Eddy in her years Of retirement
in the Newton residence. very close to
the members and directors OF the
mother church, will be in attendance.
The services will be conducted by
First Reader Smith. of the mother
church, and It will followa form which
he himself is free to devise.
Mr.. Farlow said that he hadn't been
told where the interment would take
place.