The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-07-16

On July 10th the thought Of hun
dreds Of thousands OF earnest Chris
tan people will turn In loving men,
DRY toward the little town Of Bow.
New Hampshire. where one hundred
years ago was born the child who la
ter became known to the world a.
Mary Baker Eddy. the founder and
dlscoverer of the most remarkable
Of all modern spiritual movements.
A few years ago q writer In a great
London magazine. when commenting
on Mrs. Eddy's strength Of character
mingled with extraordinary tender
ness for humanity" said her zone par
amount impulsion has ever been the
good Of mankind"
While only the sober estimate OF
posterity can rightly estimate the
work Of the human figures that pass
across the world stage. the world IL
now inclined TO accept the view OF
some of its more thoughtful leaders
that among the great and good women
of history, none viii have a more en-
during place than Mary Baker Eddy.
Born Of sturdy ScOtch-Engllsh an
cestry, her forbears were among those
who carved the mighty American ma
ton out of the wilderness. Appar-
emily Of that high type Of character
which with deliberation chooses the
spiritual things Of life. Mrs Eddy
blazed q pathway Of light along which
have Travelled with Joy and gratitude
millions Of human beings. At an age
when the average person counts his
best work finished. Mrs. Eddy began
her greatest effort, and unlike other
spiritual leaders of history. she lived
to see her teachings established as q
recognized influence for good In the
world.
Mrs. Eddy's ancestry includes some
Of the most distinguished families OF
England and Scotland. A direct an
cestOr was a daughter Of q king of
Scotland. and 80 her line IL connected
with the present royal house Of Great
Britain, and thus according to some
authorities. straight back to David.
king Of Israel.
II was On February 4, 1855. at
Swampscott. near Lynn. Mass, that
Mrs. Eddy experienced q remarkable
spiritual healing from the effects OF q
fall which had been pronounced fatal.
This experience. with further Scrip
tural study led TO her discovery that
all causation Is mind and all effects
mental phenomena, and that there 10
q definite spiritual law which. under
stood. governs all human affairs. She
spent the next nine years In working
out. proving, and teaching the truth
Of her discovery. and then published
her book. Science and HEALTH" In
1875. In June of the same year she
opened regular services at her home
In Lynn, and gave to the little group
who there worshipped with her, the
name "Christian Scientists" These
students commenced at once to prac.
tice Christian Science healing. and
from that day to this the healing of
the sick and the regenerating VI the
sinful have constituted the practical
ministry Of Christian Science. In
June. 1878. Mrs. Eddy began her
Christian Science work In Boston. and
on Patriots day, April 10. 1879. she
formally organized the first Christian
Science church which she declared
was designed to commemorate the
word and works Of our Master, which
should reinstate primitive Christianity
and its lost element Of healing"
There followed the establishment Of
a college for the teaching Of the new
Science, and In 1888 the publication
of the first Of the influential period.
icals which have helped 10 tremen-
dously to spread the teachings of
Christian Science. Ten years after
founding her church In Boston, Mrs.
Eddy returned to her native state Of
New Hampshire and established her
home at Concord. almost within sight
Of her childhood home at Bow.
Then followed a period Of almost
twenty years Of retirement At her
beautiful estate. pleasant View"
There her time and thought were civ.
en- to further spiritual research and
plans for the further extension Of the
great religious Movement she had e.
tablished and in which she held the
honored title Of Pastor Emeritus.
Perhaps her most important accom-.
plishment during this psriad wss the