The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-07-11
OBSERVE CENTENARY y
ooooOFe MARY BAKER EDDY
Founder OF Christian scIcnc. Was
Corn One Hundred Years
400 July t6.

! Concord. N. H., July 11.-One hun.
dred years ago next Saturday on July
is, 1891 was born In The little hi
town Of Bow. New Hampshire, the
child who was to become known
throughout the world az Mary Baker
Eddy" the discoverer and founder OF
Christian Science. This centennial OF
her birth will he fittlng'y memoralized
by many members OF The Mother
church. publ C officials, prominent clti.
7eus and others who. regardless OF
their personal religious views, recog.
ni7na that this ,little New England
WOMAN left the world withumOTe OF
ioY health. and good will because, OF
huri'hasipg lived inst I4ps4 Je.
1.-THE governor Qfo.NewA Hampsh iEe,
the state IN which. Mrs. Eddy PASSED
most OF her life, has accepted an in.
vitstion to- go to Bow on this ami
verssrys day. when fitting evidence OF
recognlt'cpiwill be given to this great
religious leader. A. few words appro-
pirate to the occasion will be spoken
andt probably passages will be read
front the, Bible ah1f from Mrs. Eddy's
wrltsazs.1sL 4ir.u rfniN sth
Mis- tors,who journey .tolthe up'ands
ufo Row will mot psee thei cd Mark
Baker 4homesteBd where his youngest
Md, Mary, was horn and ,sDent ,ih9r
phildhoods The farm buildings dis.
sNpo1Snd long agn. 1.-The place where
the house stood, al, today marked by
a. massive granite monolith, oyergsl1
feet h nh, cnrved In the shapa4af o. pyr
amid from the largest block ever quar-,
rioH IN New Hampshire Its form and
size are said to be such that II would
exactly serve as the capstone OF the
great nvramid Of Egypt spoken of by
Mira Eddy in her writings and pro-
duccd In relief upon the reverse SIDE
Of The great seal Of the United States
On the four sides OF this massive
memorial which face the four points
Of the compass, are tablets OF BeDe-
dict nickel the only bronze which will
not tarn sh nor corrode.
The tablet on the south side Is In
scrIbed;
.s,.,, Mary Baker Eddy
Dlscoverer OF Christian Science, rs
The Baker homestead
Around the Hemsw thyHot cluster Ith9e
golden days OF my childhood.
ufhis iddotstioh. AL irepTdduced in
!, eEsat'y-.. ENLARGED. -faea.mllle. from
letter il regard 70 her girlhood home
written by Mfs.s Eftfyy W 4 afrfeYd ."Svs
Athough her teachings we're cos.
mopolitan and universal. she herself
Wa@ interestingly provincial. an old.
fashioned New Eng epder Of the stur
tlv Puritan strain, TO, the backbone
She had sound New Ehsland' virtues
OF moral courage. Independence, sim
rle living aud definite answering
purpose. very human woman was
Mary Baker Eddy, as human as her
great countrymen George Washington,
and Abraham Lincoln we're human
and a charactery OF extraordinary in
terest to all who knew her as we'll
as a great spiritual light OF the Nine
teenth and Twentieth centuries.
In addition TO her many published
Itnkluut NbThes MIS- Guuy UtNtiOptu
code of church law unique in its pro
visions and operation This law Is so
naenlously worked out that failure
on the part OF the membership or the
oopbtituted authority OF the church To
roulpe,eptly fulh'l the oblik9 tjans n
thSN msmbershlp 90 uibf gofhte aS,
cordlns 70 the Coaching of christian
Science automatically results in rapid
collective disintegratlon until new
and spiritually advanced Viewpoint Is
gained, and thus inspre3 continued un.
.foldment IN The righb dlrectloRSE az
Altogether, therefore, the centenary
OF Mary Baker Eddy's birth ia an
occasion OF national and oven inter.
national interest. She is a great wo.
man., whose true greatness. is, even
partially felt by only a few today,
for II was the greatness not OF the
founder of new religious order which
may or may not endure, but the great.
ness OF one whose moral courage. orr.
ginal thinking, sngleness and tenaclty
OF purpose made positive contribu.
ton to the progressive development OF
all mankind
With a fame worldwide and a fol.
lowing embracing literally all lands
and tongues and peoples, II Ia worth