Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-10
MRS. EDDY.


Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, whose death
has just been recorded. was one of the
remarkable women of this generation.
She has left an imprint upon the shore
of time that will be cnaced late, IL
ever.
She was born on the 10th of July,
1921, at n New Hampshire farm. She
was the youngest of six children. AS
other children she was sent to school.
but the turbulence of school life In
those days proved too much for her
delicate nerves, and she was taught at
home From the earliest age she had
an ambition to become n scholar and
write book, and when one of her
brothers was sent to college, he taught
her what he learned. and soon She
studied moral science natural philoso-
ply, and Latin, Greek, and Hebrew
grammar.
a peculiarly about the childhood of
Mrs. Eddy is the fact that she, at
various times heard voices calling
her. On one occasion she was advised
by her mother to answer in the words
of Samuel, Speak Lord, for thy serv-
ant heareth." She followed this advice,
and, strange 10 say. the voice was
never heard again, which was an en-
tirely different experience from THAI
of the youthful Samuel At the ago of'
seventeen she became member OF
a Congregational church.
Mary Baker was married first to
George Washington Glover. who died
not long after their marriage. The
young widow who gave birth to son
Il few weeks after her bereavement.
was sorely tried. About this tins
spiritsm mesmerlsm, and magnetism
excited the world. She was suffering
from spinal weakness and was often
confined to her bed for long periods.
In 1853 she was married to DR..
Daniel Patterson who Is described as
healthy man with great animal
spirits She was an invalid, and their
marriage was not a happy one. Pat
tcrson. during the Civil war was capt
ured by Confedcrates. though he did
not belong to the army. and sent to
Libbey prison. At this time Mrs. Pat.
terson was an earnest student Of tho
Bible, and especially OF the passages
treating on healing by faith.
On one occasion she was visited by n
mother whose infant baby was suffer-
ing from diseased eyes. The baby was
,ln, 10, II <,t,, :
looked into its eyes. full OF compassion.
Tho thought came to her that Jesus
had said: suffer the little children to
come unto me and forbid them not"
Who" she asked herself. has forbid
den this little one? Who Is leading 1t
into the way of blindness?" She then
lifted her thoughts up to God. and
when she returned the child. behold it
had been cured, to the great amaze
ment of both the mother and Mrs. Pat
tcrson Both were awe struck The
latter. howcvcr--so we are tOld--had by
chance discovered Gods eternal law OF
health. She had invoked Gods mercy
and the response had been instantanc-
] GUS.
lp 1862, Mary Baker or Mrs Pattcr-
son. met Phincas Quimby. a healer who
practiscd mcsmcrism and hypnotism.
| Iiis fame had spread far and wide, and
the suffering invalid sought his aid in
| the firm conviction that he healed by
the power OF God, though he was not
| even known TO be Il religious man. Con-
corning the interview with this healer,
Sibyl Wilbur in her Life OF Mary Baker
Eddy, says:
Gazing fxedly into her eyes, he told
| her, as he had told others, that she was
| held In bondage by the opinions of her
| family and physicians, that her animal
| spritwas visiting its grief upon her body
| and calling 1t spinal disease. He then
wet his hands In II basin OF water and
violently rubbed her head, declaring
that IN this manner he Impaired healthy
| electricity. Gradually he wrought a
|, spell OF hypnOt;sn, and under that sug-
| gestion she let so the burden OF pain
| just MS she would have done had NOR
| phinc been administered. The relief
| was no doubt tremendous. Her graft
tudc certainly was unbounded. She
I was set FREQ from the eScrucatinE pain
of years. Quimby himself was amazed
ut her sudden healing: no less was he
nmnzcd ut tho Interpretation she I'M
Immediately placed upon It, that 1t had
been accomplished by Quimbys media-
torship between herself and Cod"
This meeting with the hypnot!st
Quimho must be regarded us most
important event in the life OF Mary
Baker. It seems to have had u lasting
influence upon her later teachings al
though she denounced animal lnagne-
tism as more dangerous than the min
cral and vegetable polsons prescribed
by the matter physicians"
In 1866 Mrs. Patterson returning
fromsn Good Tempiar meeting, fell on
the ice and sustained severe internal
] injuries. a physician WAS called who