Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-12-08

world, have been scrutinzed with tho
strong searchights OF both love and
criticism"
Other less friendly commentators on
Mrs Eddy's works and life have CRITICS.
ed her with more or less severity and
some have denounced her as an impos-
tor.
WAS BORN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Her life was begun among the lower
granite foothills of New Hampshire. Her
father. Mark Baker, was a respected
farmer of Bow, a descendant of revo-
lutionary and colonial heroes, while her
mother was of Scottish ancestry. She
had three brothers and two sisters. one
Of the brothers. Albert. was nominated
! for Congress- but died before the election
was held.
Mary, the youngest daughter. was of
/ dellcat. health from her birth. She Is
said to have perplexed her father with
sage sayings and grave doings. Her
education in little schools and later at
the Pembroke Academy was supplement-
ed by what she gathered from discussion
Of religious matters at the family fire
side when ClerEymen called to talk over
church matters with her father.
In the early forties. George Washing
ION Glover, formerly of Concord. became
associated with Samuel Baker. the third
son. and as result Mary Baker and he
were married at Christmas time in 1913
at Tllton, ~ II. The next few months
were passed BY the Glovers in the South
! where. for the next few months, Mrs
Eddy saw slavery in its worst forms,
and there, the June after her MARRIAGE
New Hampshire two months later she
gave birth to her son, George Washing
ton 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 $50 a wave
of sprtualism swept over New England
which drew her attention to some ex-
tent.
After nine years of widowhood, Mrs
Eddy married DR.. Daniel Patterson, a
New Hampshire dentist. The marriage
was not happy one, However, the re-
lationship was kept up for 20 years,
when it was severed by divorce.
A notable event Of Mrs. Eddy's life
Qunby. a mesmeric healer, at a hotel in
Portland, Maine. Quirby, who was the
son of a poor blacksmith, was described
al the time OF his meeting with Mrs
Eddy as shrewd little man of argu-
mentative disposition and doggedly de-
termined. From him Mrs. Eddy became
mbued with metaphysical ideas and
started on career in that line which
,odo 1,nt
the worlds mental hoalers.
Mrs. Eddy Chen Mrs. Patterson J.,
dwelt long under the influence OF
Quinby's mesmeric belief and it came
to have great, though not supreme
significance in her subsequent teach
ings Later she denounced Quinby S
methods and said:
Il discovered the science of mind
reading, and that was enough"
CURED IN ONE NIGHT.
After spending two years in Port
band in Lynn, where she lived five
years, continuing her studies of meta
physics. 1t was in that city that she
suffered an accident through a fall on
the Ice which the doctor said was
severe but from which she recovered
she said. in one night. 1t was this
incident that led directly to the pro-
mitigation Of her discovery of Chris
tian Science.
The little house on Broad street in
Lynn, where she lived at this time, is
a mecca of Christian Science pilgrims
, from all over the world to-day. 1t
was in 1876. nine years after the dis
covery. that the FIRST edition OF
Science and Health" was published
The closing chapters Of the manu-
script were written in an upper room
, Of the Broad street house.
In 1877. four years after her separa-
| ton from Mr.. Patterson, the founder
Of the new belief was married to Asa
; Gilbert Eddy. In the interval she had
} been admitted into the Congregational
: denomination and baptized.
Mrs. Eddy established the Massachu-
, sets Metaphysical College in Boston in
. 1881. Her teachings We're taken up and
accepted at first by few followers and
t as years went on. by larger and larger
number, until the denomination to-day
4 extends to many lands and numbers mill
n Ions Of adherents. Mrs. Eddy begar
K Church OF Christ, Scientist, In Boston
e in 1879. subsequently large edifice wa!
S erected in this city, of which she wa!
o made pastor emeritus. Her writings n
n this time became very volumous ans sh'
n contributed largely to the Christian Sci
& encc journal. the Christian Science Senu
d mel and Der Herold Der Christian Sci
I ence.
CONTROVERSY OVER IDENTITY.
. Mrs EDDY ,ook up her residence II
:, Concord in 1889 and 1t was from her HON
I'm Pleasant View that she looked dow
on the great growth OF her denomination
and at which she received many enthus!
u astic followers until the number becam
- so large that she was forced TO ask then
Il to cease their visits. Nevertheless larg
u DELEGATIONS continued to go up the Merri
mac river, and In June. 1906. 10000 Chris
t.an Scientists visited Concord and hear
few words from the leader.
During the last years OF Mrs Eddy
life in Concord there was a newspape
= controversy over her identity and 70
D. several days the city was nlled with re
porters drawn there on the charge tina
y another person was impersonating her
% Mrs. Eddy was Obliged to exhibit her
20 self to a Jury Of newspaper men.
" Mrs Eddy took up her residence n
- Chestnut Hill. Newton. in 1908 and Their
- her last days were spent. For the pas
:, three years she had lived a quiet peace
y. full nfs, which her friends said was con
sumed mostly In constant study. Fror