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Compromise With Litigants.

benefit of children Of her son. George
w, Glover, This also exists.
Compromise With Litigants.
Some months after tho withdrawal of
that satisfactory financial arrangements
had been made by Mrs Eddy and her
trustees with her son and foster son and
her srandsons. George w. Glover and
General Frank S. streeter. who repre-
sented Mrs. Eddy III the suit and who
bad close personal acquaintance With
he Christian Science leader, gave out
the following statement upon learning of
Mrs. Eddys death;
~ desire TO express my profound adj
as the leader OF religious movement
which has deeply impressed Itself on tho
world My professional and friendly re-
iations with her covered many years and
were especially intimate from February
to September, 1907 when she was com
PEELED TO submit to a most veXatioes and
arassng litigation, the purpose OF which
was not only 10 establish her mental un-
soundness, but TO ovcTturn the religious
faith of which she was the acknowledged
founder and reyered head.
For many weeks | conferred with
Mrs. Eddy almost daily about the shift
ing phases OF the attacks. She met the
charge OF mental infirmty with brilliant
sanity and reasonableness. She met every
other assault with dignity. patriotism and
sound common sense.
During those trying months she In
spircd me with the highest regard for her
character and personality. Professional
loyalty, was. of course. to be expected.
but her entire conduct and bearing dur
Ing the most troubled months Of her life
inspired In myself and others near her
the highest personal loyalty and affcc-
ton"
Mrs, sibyI Wilbur. the latest of Mrs.
Eddy's biographers whose Life was
authorities, says that ''no mystery today
surrounds Mrs Eddy's life history. Her
birth. her ancestry for 200 years. her
education. her social development, her
been scrutinized with the strong search
lights Of both love and criticism
Her life began among the granite foot
hills OF New Hampshire. Her father.
Mark Baker was farmer OF Bow and
descendant OF revolutionary and colonial
heroes. while her mother was Of Scottish
ancestry. She vas the Youngest OF three
daughters and she has three brothers.
Precocious in Childhood.
She was OF delicate health from her
birth and in her childhood is said to have
perplexcd her father ny sage savings and
doings. Her education In little schools
and later at the Pembroke academy. was
supplemented BY what she gathered from
discussion of religious matters at the
family fireside when leading churchmen
gathered to talk over church matters
with her father.
In the early forties, George Washing
ton Glover. formerly OF Concord, be-
came associated with Samuel Baker. the
third son, and as n result, Mary Baker
lSi3 at Tilton, y. II. The Glovers went
TO the south where Mrs. Eddy saw slav-
cry In its worst forms and there the
June after her marriage she I1g was leif shira a
she gave birth 10 her son, George Wash
ington Glover in September:
Mary Baker Glover spent the next few
years with her sister Abigail, and other
relatives in New Hampshire, and began
literary work. with several articles on
her observations Of slavery In the south.
She also taught school.
About 1850 a wave Of spirltualism
swept over New England. which drew her
attention to some extent
Divorce Decree Issued.
After nine years Of widowhood. Mrs.
Eddy married DR.. Daniel Patterson.
New Hampshire dentist. This marriage
was not happy. However, the relation
ship was continued for twenty years.
when il was severed by divorce.
A notable event of Mrs. Eddy's life was
her meeting In 1862 with Phineas Quin-
by. a mesmeric healer. at the lnterna-
tonal hotel in Partland. Me Quinhy.
who was the son OF blacksmith. was
described at the time OF the meeting
disposition and dogged de-
him, Mrs Eddy became imbued with
ideas and began her career,
long under the influence OF QuintEs mes
meric belief and II came TO have a great
weight In her teachings, Later she de,
discovered the science of mind reading
and that was enough.
After spending two years in Portland, |
Me. Mrs, Patterson rejoined her hus-
band in Lynn. where she lived five years |
While there, she fei on the ice. sustain
Ing Injury which the doctor said was |
severe. but from which she said she re- |
covered in one night II was. this incl
tion OF her discovery OF Christian Science. |
The Ilttle house on Broad street. in
Lynn, where she lived at this time. is |
mecca OF Christian Science pilgrims from |
nine years after the discovery that the |
Tirst edition of Science and Health was |
published. The closing chapters of the
were written in an upper |
room OF the Broad street house,
She Marries Again.
ion from Mr.. Patterson, the founder OF
The new belief was married to Asa Gil
bert Eddy, In the !nterval she had been
into the Congregational de-
nomination and baptized.
Mrs. Eddy established the Massa-
,husetts Metaphysical college in Boston
n 1881. Her teachings We're accepted at
nomination today extends TO many lands
md numbers millions of adherents.
Mrs, Eddy began preaching in 1878 and
organized the First Church of Christ.
Scientist, in Boston in 1879. Subsequent
V large edfice was erected in this
,ity OF which she was made pastor
emeritus. Her writings at this time be-
anne very voluminouS.
Mrs. Eddy took up her residence in
Concord in 1889. at her home In Pleasant
View. Finally the number OF visitors be-
'ame so large that she was forced 10 ask
In fI,pjr calls Naye ert thelaSS |
n June. 1908, ten thousand Christian
Scientists visited Concord and heard a
ew words from their leader.
In the last few years OF Mrs, Eddy's
ife in Concord there was n newspaper
controversy over her identity. 1t was
aid another person was impersonating
Ter Mrs. Eddy was obliged to exhibit
lerself TO a jury OF newspaper men.
Mrs Eddy took up her residence at
Chestnut Hill. Newton. In a large stone
louse in 1905. and there her last days