The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-05

the .syWptOr!lS ana spUke oI III Iniiaa'A-
nation OF the chest which led Inc to
the conclusion that pneumonia had
been the contributory cause OF death"
Miss sibyi Wilbur the latest OF Mrs.
Eddys bfographers, whose Life was.
approved By the leader and by the
terry to-day surrounds Mrs. Eddy's life
stor. Her birth. her ancestry for two
hundred years. her educaiioil; her So
vice to the world, have been seru.lnise,d
with the strong searchlights OF both
love and criticism
Other less friendly commentators on
Mrs. Eddy's works and life have criti.
cized her more or less severely. and
some have denounced her as an I'M
poster.
Her life segan smons d the granite er
FARMER OF Bow, and a descendant of
Revolutionary and Colonial heroes.
while her mother was Of Scottish Ian, an.
cestry. She was the youngest of three
daughters. and she had two brothers.
She was OF delicate health from her
birth, and In her childhood is said to
have perplexed her father BY SAG sage say snI,.
forties George Washington Glover. for,
merly of Concord became associated
with Samuel Baker. the third son, and
as a result Mary Baker and he e. we're re
Triton. N. II. The Glovers went to
the South, where Mrs. Eddy saw slav-
cry in It's worst forms. and there the
June after her marriage she was ielt
widow.
Returning to New Hampshire. she
gave birth to her son. George Wash
ineton Glover. in September.
few years with her sister. Abigail. and
other relatives in New Hampshire. and
began literary work. with several ar n.
ticss on her observations as VAT ts q sahea
About 1850 a wave Of spiritualism,
swept over New England. which drew
her attention TO some extent. After sl.
was married to Dr.. Daniel Patterson.
= New Hampshire dentist. This mar
riage was not happy one. However.
the relationship was kept up tor
twenty years. when 1t was seVereo os
w - - She Meets auinby.
4 notable event of Mrs. Eddy,s life
was her meeting in 1852 with Phinas
Qinby. inesmeric healer at the IN
nets NTH in bim Mrs. EDDY
became imbued with netaphysical
ideas. and began a career in that direc.
ton, which made her one OF the most
famous of the worlds mental heaIers'
Mrs Eddy. who was then Mrs Pat
terson. dwelt long under the influence
OF Quinby's mesmeric belief. and II
came to have a great, though not su-
prene weight in her subsequent teach
ings.
Later she denounced Qinby's meth
DDS, and said: II discovered the science
OF mind reading. and that was enough
After spending two years In Port
land. Mrs Patterson rejoined her hus-
band in Lynn. where she, lived five,
years. continuing her study OF meta
physics. While there she suffered a
fail on the ice. which the doctor said
covered. 1t was this incident that led
directly to the PRONUNCIATION of her
dis SEQ Of Christian Seiense !,
Is Mecca of Christian Science pill
srims from all over the world to-day.
il was N 1875, nine wears after the
discovery. that the first edition OF
Science and Health" was published.
In 1917. four years, after her sepa-
ration from Mr. Patterson. the founder
OF The new belief was married to Asa
Gilbert Eddy In the intarval she HAD
been admitted into the Congregational
denomination and baptized.
Mrs. Eddy established the Massachu-
sets Metaphysical College In Boston
in 1881. Her teachings were taken
lowers, and as years went on by a
larger and larger number, until the
denomination to-day extends to many
lands and numbers millions of adher-
ents. Mrs. Eddy began preaching in
laIS. and organized the FRS, Church
Of Christi scientist, in 1879 Suisse
ouently Il, large edifice was erected
here. OF which she was made pastor
Mrs. Eddy took zip her residence al
Chestnut Hill. Newton, in a large stone
louse in 1905. and there her last day:
we're, spent For the past three wears
I, she lived a quiet. peaceful life, much
Of it seeming monotony. which he,
friends said was consumed mostly In