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             [Concord Evening Monitor, March 23, 1895]

21    TESTIMONIAL AND GIFT

         TO REV. MARY BAKER EDDY, FROM THE FIRST CHURCH OF

         CHRIST, SCIENTIST, IN BOSTON

24    Rev. Mary Baker Eddy received Friday, from the Chris-

         tian Science Board of Directors, Boston, a beautiful and

         unique testimonial of the appreciation of her labors and

27    loving generosity in the Cause of their common faith. It

         was a facsimile of the corner-stone of the new church of

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1      the Christian Scientists, just completed, being of granite,

         about six inches in each dimension, and contains a solid

3      gold box, upon the cover of which is this inscription: —

         “To our Beloved Teacher, the Reverend Mary Baker

         Eddy, Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, from

6      her affectionate Students, the Christian Science Board of

         Directors.”

         On the under side of the cover are the facsimile sig-

9      natures of the Directors, — Ira O. Knapp, William B.

         Johnson, Joseph Armstrong, and Stephen A. Chase,

         with the date, “1895.” The beautiful souvenir is en-

12    cased in an elegant plush box.

         Accompanying the stone testimonial was the following

         address from the Board of Directors: —

15        Boston, March 20, 1895

         To the Reverend Mary Baker Eddy, our Beloved

         Teacher and Leader: — We are happy to announce to you

18    the completion of The First Church of Christ, Scientist,

         in Boston.

         In behalf of your loving students and all contributors

21    wherever they may be, we hereby present this church to

         you as a testimonial of love and gratitude for your labors

         and loving sacrifice, as the Discoverer and Founder of

24    Christian Science, and the author of its textbook, “Sci-

         ence and Health with Key to the Scriptures.”

         We therefore respectfully extend to you the invitation

27    to become the permanent pastor of this church, in con-

         nection with the Bible and the book alluded to above,

         which you have already ordained as our pastor. And we

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1      most cordially invite you to be present and take charge

         of any services that may be held therein. We especially

3      desire you to be present on the twenty-fourth day of March,

         eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to accept this offering,

         with our humble benediction.

6      Lovingly yours,

         IRA O. KNAPP, JOSEPH ARMSTRONG,

         WILLIAM B. JOHNSON, STEPHEN A. CHASE,

9      The Christian Science Board of Directors

         REV. MRS. EDDY’S REPLY

         Beloved Directors and Brethren: — For your costly offer-

12    ing, and kind call to the pastorate of “The First Church

         of Christ, Scientist,” in Boston — accept my profound

         thanks. But permit me, respectfully, to decline their ac-

15    ceptance, while I fully appreciate your kind intentions.

         If it will comfort you in the least, make me your Pastor

         Emeritus, nominally. Through my book, your textbook,

18    I already speak to you each Sunday. You ask too much

         when asking me to accept your grand church edifice. I

         have more of earth now, than I desire, and less of heaven;

21    so pardon my refusal of that as a material offering. More

         effectual than the forum are our states of mind, to bless

         mankind. This wish stops not with my pen — God give

24    you grace. As our church’s tall tower detains the sun,

         so may luminous lines from your lives linger, a legacy to

         our race.

27    MARY BAKER EDDY

         March 25, 1895

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1      LIST OF LEADING NEWSPAPERS WHOSE ARTICLES

         ARE OMITTED

3      From Canada to New Orleans, and from the Atlantic

         to the Pacific ocean, the author has received leading news-

         papers with uniformly kind and interesting articles on

6      the dedication of The Mother Church. They were, how-

         ever, too voluminous for these pages. To those which are

         copied she can append only a few of the names of other

9      prominent newspapers whose articles are reluctantly

         omitted.

         EASTERN STATES

12    Advertiser, Calais, Me.

         Advertiser, Boston, Mass.

         Farmer, Bridgeport, Conn.

15    Independent, Rockland, Mass.

         Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Me.

         News, New Haven, Conn.

18    News, Newport, R. I.

         Post, Boston, Mass.

         Post, Hartford, Conn.

21    Republican, Springfield, Mass.

         Sentinel, Eastport, Me.

         Sun, Attleboro, Mass.

24    MIDDLE STATES

         Advertiser, New York City.

         Bulletin, Auburn, N. Y.

27    Daily, York, Pa.

         Evening Reporter, Lebanon, Pa.

         Farmer, Bridgeport, N. Y.

30    Herald, Rochester, N. Y.

         Independent, Harrisburg, Pa.

         Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pa.

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1      Independent, New York City.

         Journal, Lockport, N. Y.

3      Knickerbocker, Albany, N. Y.

         News, Buffalo, N. Y.

         News, Newark, N. J.

6      Once A Week, New York City.

         Post, Pittsburgh, Pa.

         Press, Albany, N. Y.

9      Press, New York City.

         Press, Philadelphia, Pa.

         Saratogian, Saratoga Springs, N. Y.

12    Sun, New York City.

         Telegram, Philadelphia, Pa.

         Telegram, Troy, N. Y.

15    Times, Trenton, N. J.

         SOUTHERN STATES

         Commercial, Louisville, Ky.

18    Journal, Atlanta, Ga.

         Post, Washington, D. C.

         Telegram, New Orleans, La.

21    Times, New Orleans, La.

         Times-Herald, Dallas, Tex.

         WESTERN STATES

24    Bee, Omaha, Neb.

         Bulletin, San Francisco, Cal.

         Chronicle, San Francisco, Cal.

27    Elite, Chicago, Ill.

         Enquirer, Oakland, Cal.

         Free Press, Detroit, Mich.

30    Gazette, Burlington, Iowa.

         Herald, Grand Rapids, Mich.

         Herald, St. Joseph, Mo.

33    Gazette, Burlington, Iowa.

         Journal, Topeka, Kans.

         Leader, Bloomington, Ill.

36    Gazette, Burlington, Iowa.

         News, St. Joseph, Mo.

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1      News-Tribune, Duluth, Minn.

         Pioneer-Press, St. Paul, Minn.

3      Post-lntelligencer, Seattle, Wash.

         Salt Lake Herald, Salt Lake City, Utah.

         Sentinel, Indianapolis, Ind.

6      Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wis.

         Star, Kansas City, Mo.

         Telegram, Portland, Ore.

9      Times, Chicago, Ill.

         Times, Minneapolis, Minn.

         Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn.

12    Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah.

         Free Press, London, Can.

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9          [The Christian Science Journal, January, 1895]

         [Extract]

         THE MOTHER CHURCH

12    The Mother Church edifice — The First Church of

         Christ, Scientist, in Boston, is erected. The close of the

         year, Anno Domini 1894, witnessed the completion of

15    “our prayer in stone,” all predictions and prognostications

         to the contrary notwithstanding.

         Of the significance of this achievement we shall not

18    undertake to speak in this article. It can be better felt

         than expressed. All who are awake thereto have some

         measure of understanding of what it means. But only

21    the future will tell the story of its mighty meaning or un-

         fold it to the comprehension of mankind. It is enough for

         us now to know that all obstacles to its completion have

24    been met and overcome, and that our temple is completed

         as God intended it should be.

         This achievement is the result of long years of untiring,

27    unselfish, and zealous effort on the part of our beloved

         teacher and Leader, the Reverend Mary Baker Eddy,

         the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, who

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1      nearly thirty years ago began to lay the foundation of

         this temple, and whose devotion and consecration to God

3      and humanity during the intervening years have made

         its erection possible.

         Those who now, in part, understand her mission, turn

6      their hearts in gratitude to her for her great work, and

         those who do not understand it will, in the fulness of time,

         see and acknowledge it. In the measure in which she has

9      unfolded and demonstrated divine Love, and built up in

         human consciousness a better and higher conception of

         God as Life, Truth, and Love, — as the divine Principle

12    of all things which really exist, — and in the degree in

         which she has demonstrated the system of healing of Jesus

         and the apostles, surely she, as the one chosen of God to

15    this end, is entitled to the gratitude and love of all who

         desire a better and grander humanity, and who believe

         it to be possible to establish the kingdom of heaven upon

18    earth in accordance with the prayer and teachings of

         Jesus Christ.

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             [The New Century, Boston, February, 1895]

9      ONE POINT OF VIEW — THE NEW WOMAN

         We all know her — she is simply the woman of the past

         with an added grace — a newer charm. Some of her

12    dearest ones call her “selfish” because she thinks so much

         of herself she spends her whole time helping others. She

         represents the composite beauty, sweetness, and nobility

15    of all those who scorn self for the sake of love and her

         handmaiden duty — of all those who seek the brightness

         of truth not as the moth to be destroyed thereby, but as

18    the lark who soars and sings to the great sun. She is of

         those who have so much to give they want no time to take,

         and their name is legion. She is as full of beautiful possi-

21    bilities as a perfect harp, and she realizes that all the har-

         monies of the universe are in herself, while her own soul

         plays upon magic strings the unwritten anthems of love.

24    She is the apostle of the true, the beautiful, the good, com-

         missioned to complete all that the twelve have left undone.

         Hers is the mission of missions — the highest of all — to

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1      make the body not the prison, but the palace of the soul,

         with the brain for its great white throne.

3      When she comes like the south wind into the cold haunts

         of sin and sorrow, her words are smiles and her smiles are

         the sunlight which heals the stricken soul. Her hand is

6      tender — but steel tempered with holy resolve, and as

         one whom her love had glorified once said — she is soft

         and gentle, but you could no more turn her from her

9      course than winter could stop the coming of spring. She

         has long learned with patience, and to-day she knows

         many things dear to the soul far better than her teachers.

12    In olden times the Jews claimed to be the conservators

         of the world’s morals — they treated woman as a chattel,

         and said that because she was created after man, she was

15    created solely for man. Too many still are Jews who

         never called Abraham “Father,” while the Jews them-

         selves have long acknowledged woman as man’s proper

18    helpmeet. In those days women had few lawful claims

         and no one to urge them. True, there were Miriam and

         Esther, but they sang and sacrificed for their people, not

21    for their sex.

         To-day there are ten thousand Esthers, and Miriams

         by the million, who sing best by singing most for their

24    own sex. They are demanding the right to help make

         the laws, or at least to help enforce the laws upon

         which depends the welfare of their husbands, their chil-

27    dren, and themselves. Why should our selfish self longer

         remain deaf to their cry? The date is no longer B. C.

         Might no longer makes right, and in this fair land at least

30    fear has ceased to kiss the iron heel of wrong. Why then

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1      should we continue to demand woman’s love and woman’s

         help while we recklessly promise as lover and candidate

3      what we never fulfil as husband and office-holder? In

         our secret heart our better self is shamed and dishonored,

         and appeals from Philip drunk to Philip sober, but has

6      not yet the moral strength and courage to prosecute the

         appeal. But the east is rosy, and the sunlight cannot long

         be delayed. Woman must not and will not be disheart-

9      ened by a thousand denials or a million of broken pledges.

         With the assurance of faith she prays, with the certainty

         of inspiration she works, and with the patience of genius

12    she waits. At last she is becoming “as fair as the morn,

         as bright as the sun, and as terrible as an army with ban-

         ners” to those who march under the black flag of oppres-

15    sion and wield the ruthless sword of injustice.

         In olden times it was the Amazons who conquered the

         invincibles, and we must look now to their daughters to

18    overcome our own allied armies of evil and to save us from

         ourselves. She must and will succeed, for as David sang

         — “God shall help her, and that right early.” When we

21    try to praise her later works it is as if we would pour

         incense upon the rose. It is the proudest boast of many

         of us that we are “bound to her by bonds dearer than free-

24    dom,” and that we live in the reflected royalty which

         shines from her brow. We rejoice with her that at last

         we begin to know what John on Patmos meant — “And

27    there appeared a great wonder in heaven, a woman clothed

         with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her

         head a crown of twelve stars.” She brought to warring

30    men the Prince of Peace, and he, departing, left his scepter

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1      not in her hand, but in her soul. “The time of times”

         is near when “the new woman” shall subdue the whole

3      earth with the weapons of peace. Then shall wrong be

         robbed of her bitterness and ingratitude of her sting,

         revenge shall clasp hands with pity, and love shall dwell

6      in the tents of hate; while side by side, equal partners in

         all that is worth living for, shall stand the new man with

         the new woman.

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1      [The Union Signal, Chicago]

         [Extract]

3          THE NEW WOMAN AND THE NEW CHURCH

         The dedication, in Boston, of a Christian Science temple

         costing over two hundred thousand dollars, and for which

6      the money was all paid in so that no debt had to be taken

         care of on dedication day, is a notable event. While we

         are not, and never have been, devotees of Christian Science,

9      it becomes us as students of public questions not to ignore

         a movement which, starting fifteen years ago, has already

         gained to itself adherents in every part of the civilized

12    world, for it is a significant fact that one cannot take up

         a daily paper in town or village — to say nothing of cities —

         without seeing notices of Christian Science meetings, and

15    in most instances they are held at “headquarters.”

         We believe there are two reasons for this remarkable

         development, which has shown a vitality so unexpected.

18    The first is that a revolt was inevitable from the crass

         materialism of the cruder science that had taken posses-

         sion of men’s minds, for as a wicked but witty writer has

21    said, “If there were no God, we should be obliged to in-

         vent one.” There is something in the constitution of

         man that requires the religious sentiment as much as his

24    lungs call for breath; indeed, the breath of his soul is a

         belief in God.

         But when Christian Science arose, the thought of the

27    world’s scientific leaders had become materialistically

         “lopsided,” and this condition can never long continue.

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1      There must be a righting-up of the mind as surely as of a

         ship when under stress of storm it is ready to capsize. The

3      pendulum that has swung to one extreme will surely find

         the other. The religious sentiment in women is so strong

         that the revolt was headed by them; this was inevitable

6      in the nature of the case. It began in the most intellectual

         city of the freest country in the world — that is to say,

         it sought the line of least resistance. Boston is emphati-

9      cally the women’s paradise, — numerically, socially, in-

         deed every way. Here they have the largest individuality,

         the most recognition, the widest outlook. Mrs. Eddy we

12    have never seen; her book has many a time been sent

         us by interested friends, and out of respect to them we

         have fairly broken our mental teeth over its granitic peb-

15    bles. That we could not understand it might be rather

         to the credit of the book than otherwise. On this subject

         we have no opinion to pronounce, but simply state the

18    fact.

         We do not, therefore, speak of the system it sets forth,

         either to praise or blame, but this much is true: the spirit

21    of Christian Science ideas has caused an army of well-mean-

         ing people to believe in God and the power of faith, who

         did not believe in them before. It has made a myriad of

24    women more thoughtful and devout; it has brought a

         hopeful spirit into the homes of unnumbered invalids.

         The belief that “thoughts are things,” that the invisible

27    is the only real world, that we are here to be trained into

         harmony with the laws of God, and that what we are here

         determines where we shall be hereafter — all these ideas

30    are Christian.

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1      The chimes on the Christian Science temple in Boston

         played “All hail the power of Jesus’ name,” on the morn-

3      ing of the dedication. We did not attend, but we learn

         that the name of Christ is nowhere spoken with more

         reverence than it was during those services, and that he

6      is set forth as the power of God for righteousness and the

         express image of God for love.

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         [People and Patriot, Concord, N. H., February 27, 1895]

24    MAGNIFICENT TESTIMONIAL

         Members of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, at

         Boston, have forwarded to Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy of

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1      this city, the Founder of Christian Science, a testimonial

         which is probably one of the most magnificent examples

3      of the goldsmith’s art ever wrought in this country. It is

         in the form of a gold scroll, twenty-six inches long, nine

         inches wide, and an eighth of an inch thick.

6      It bears upon its face the following inscription, cut in

         script letters: —

         “Dear Mother: — During the year 1894 a church edi-

9      fice was erected at the intersection of Falmouth and Nor-

         way Streets, in the city of Boston, by the loving hands of

         four thousand members. This edifice is built as a testi-

12    monial to Truth, as revealed by divine Love through you

         to this age. You are hereby most lovingly invited to visit

         and formally accept this testimonial on the 20th day of

15    February, 1895, at high noon.

         “The First Church of Christ, Scientist, at Boston, Mass.

         “BY EDWARD P. BATES,

18    “CAROLINE S. BATES

         “To the Rev. Mary Baker Eddy,

         “Boston, January 6, 1895”

21    Attached by a white ribbon to the scroll is a gold key

         to the church door.

         The testimonial is encased in a white satin-lined box

24    of rich green velvet.

         The scroll is on exhibition in the window of J. C.

         Derby’s jewelry store.

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21    [Evening Monitor, Concord, N. H., February 27, 1895]

         AN ELEGANT SOUVENIR

         REV. MARY BAKER EDDY MEMORIALIZED BY A CHRISTIAN

24    SCIENCE CHURCH

         Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, Discoverer of Christian Science,

         has received from the members of The First Church of

27    Christ, Scientist, Boston, an invitation formally to accept

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1      the magnificent new edifice of worship which the church

         has just erected.

3      The invitation itself is one of the most chastely elegant

         memorials ever prepared, and is a scroll of solid gold,

         suitably engraved, and encased in a handsome plush

6      casket with white silk linings. Attached to the scroll is a

         golden key of the church structure.

         The inscription reads thus: —

9      “Dear Mother: — During the year eighteen hundred and

         ninety-four a church edifice was erected at the intersection

         of Falmouth and Norway Streets, in the city of Boston,

12    by the loving hands of four thousand members. This

         edifice is built as a testimonial to Truth, as revealed by

         divine Love through you to this age. You are hereby

15    most lovingly invited to visit and formally accept this

         testimonial on the twentieth day of February, eighteen

         hundred and ninety-five, at high noon.

18    “The First Church of Christ, Scientist, at Boston, Mass.

         “BY EDWARD P. BATES,

         “CAROLINE S. BATES

21    “To the Reverend Mary Baker Eddy,

         “Boston, January 6th, 1895”

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         [The Globe, Toronto, Canada, January 12, 1895]

         [Extract]

15    CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS

         DEDICATION TO THE FOUNDER OF THE ORDER OF A BEAUTIFUL

         CHURCH AT BOSTON — MANY TORONTO SCIENTISTS PRESENT

18    The Christian Scientists of Toronto, to the number of

         thirty, took part in the ceremonies at Boston last Sunday

         and for the day or two following, by which the members

21    of that faith all over North America celebrated the dedica-

         tion of the church constructed in the great New England

         capital as a testimonial to the Discoverer and Founder of

24    Christian Science, Rev. Mary Baker Eddy.

         The temple is believed to be the most nearly fire-proof

         church structure on the continent, the only combustible

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1      material used in its construction being that used in the

         doors and pews. A striking feature of the church is a

3      beautiful apartment known as the “Mother’s Room,”

         which is approached through a superb archway of Italian

         marble set in the wall. The furnishing of the “Mother’s

6      Room” is described as “particularly beautiful, and blends

         harmoniously with the pale green and gold decoration of the

         walls. The floor is of mosaic in elegant designs, and two

9      alcoves are separated from the apartment by rich hangings

         of deep green plush, which in certain lights has a shimmer

         of silver. The furniture frames are of white mahogany

12    in special designs, elaborately carved, and the upholstery

         is in white and gold tapestry. A superb mantel of Mexican

         onyx with gold decoration adorns the south wall, and before

15    the hearth is a large rug composed entirely of skins of the

         eider-dawn duck, brought from the Arctic regions. Pic-

         tures and bric-a-brac everywhere suggest the tribute of

18    loving friends. One of the two alcoves is a retiring-room

         and the other a lavatory in which the plumbing is all

         heavily plated with gold.”

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1      [New York Herald, February 6, 1895]

         MRS. EDDY SHOCKED

3      [By Telegraph to the Herald]

         Concord, N. H., February 4, 1895. — The article pub-

         lished in the Herald on January 29, regarding a statement

6      made by Mrs. Laura Lathrop, pastor of the Christian Sci-

         ence congregation that meets every Sunday in Hodgson

         Hall, New York, was shown to Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy,

9      the Christian Science “Discoverer,” to-day.

         Mrs. Eddy preferred to prepare a written answer to the

         interrogatory, which she did in this letter, addressed to the

12    editor of the Herald: —

         “A despatch is given me, calling for an interview to an-

         swer for myself, ‘Am I the second Christ?’

15    “Even the question shocks me. What I am is for God

         to declare in His infinite mercy. As it is, I claim nothing

         more than what I am, the Discoverer and Founder of

18    Christian Science, and the blessing it has been to mankind

         which eternity enfolds.

         “I think Mrs. Lathrop was not understood. If she said

21    aught with intention to be thus understood, it is not what

         I have taught her, and not at all as I have heard her talk.

         “My books and teachings maintain but one conclusion

24    and statement of the Christ and the deification of mortals.

         “Christ is individual, and one with God, in the sense

         of divine Love and its compound divine ideal.

27    “There was, is, and never can be but one God, one

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1      Christ, one Jesus of Nazareth. Whoever in any age ex-

         presses most of the spirit of Truth and Love, the Principle

3      of God’s idea, has most of the spirit of Christ, of that Mind

         which was in Christ Jesus.

         “If Christian Scientists find in my writings, teachings,

6      and example a greater degree of this spirit than in others,

         they can justly declare it. But to think or speak of me in

         any manner as a Christ, is sacrilegious. Such a statement

9      would not only be false, but the absolute antipode of Chris-

         tian Science, and would savor more of heathenism than of

         my doctrines.

12    “MARY BAKER EDDY”

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9          [The Post, Syracuse, New York, February 1, 1895]

             DO NOT BELIEVE SHE WAS DEIFIED

         CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS OF SYRACUSE SURPRISED AT THE NEWS

12    ABOUT MRS. MARY BAKER EDDY, FOUNDER OF THE FAITH

         Christian Scientists in this city, and in fact all over the

         country, have been startled and greatly discomfited over

15    the announcements in New York papers that Mrs. Mary

         Baker G. Eddy, the acknowledged Christian Science

         Leader, has been exalted by various dignitaries of the

18    faith. . . .

         It is well known that Mrs. Eddy has resigned herself

         completely to the study and foundation of the faith to which

21    many thousands throughout the United States are now so

         entirely devoted. By her followers and cobelievers she is

         unquestionably looked upon as having a divine mission to

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1      fulfil, and as though inspired in her great task by super-

         natural power.

3      For the purpose of learning the feeling of Scientists in this

         city toward the reported deification of Mrs. Eddy, a Post

         reporter called upon a few of the leading members of the

6      faith yesterday and had a number of very interesting con-

         versations upon the subject.

         Mrs. D. W. Copeland of University Avenue was one of

9      the first to be seen. Mrs. Copeland is a very pleasant and

         agreeable lady, ready to converse, and evidently very much

         absorbed in the work to which she has given so much of

12    her attention. Mrs. Copeland claims to have been healed

         a number of years ago by Christian Scientists, after she

         had practically been given up by a number of well-known

15    physicians.

         “And for the past eleven years,” said Mrs. Copeland,

         “I have not taken any medicine or drugs of any kind, and

18    yet have been perfectly well.”

         In regard to Mrs. Eddy, Mrs. Copeland said that she

         was the Founder of the faith, but that she had never

21    claimed, nor did she believe that Mrs. Lathrop had, that

         Mrs. Eddy had any power other than that which came

         from God and through faith in Him and His teachings.

24    “The power of Christ has been dormant in mankind for

         ages,” added the speaker, “and it was Mrs. Eddy’s mission

         to revive it. In our labors we take Christ as an example,

27    going about doing good and healing the sick. Christ has

         told us to do his work, naming as one great essential that

         we have faith in him.

30    “Did you ever hear of Jesus’ taking medicine himself, or

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1      giving it to others?” inquired the speaker. “Then why

         should we worry ourselves about sickness and disease?

3      If we become sick, God will care for us, and will send to

         us those who have faith, who believe in His unlimited and

         divine power. Mrs. Eddy was strictly an ardent follower

6      after God. She had faith in Him, and she cured herself of

         a deathly disease through the mediation of her God. Then

         she secluded herself from the world for three years and

9      studied and meditated over His divine Word. She delved

         deep into the Biblical passages, and at the end of the period

         came from her seclusion one of the greatest Biblical schol-

12    ars of the age. Her mission was then the mission of a

         Christian, to do good and heal the sick, and this duty she

         faithfully performed. She of herself had no power. But

15    God has fulfilled His promises to her and to the world.

         If you have faith, you can move mountains.”

         Mrs. Henrietta N. Cole is also a very prominent member

18    of the church. When seen yesterday she emphasized her-

         self as being of the same theory as Mrs. Copeland. Mrs.

         Cole has made a careful and searching study in the beliefs

21    of Scientists, and is perfectly versed in all their beliefs and

         doctrines. She stated that man of himself has no power,

         but that all comes from God. She placed no credit what-

24    ever in the reports from New York that Mrs. Eddy has

         been accredited as having been deified. She referred the

         reporter to the large volume which Mrs. Eddy had herself

27    written, and said that no more complete and yet concise

         idea of her belief could be obtained than by a perusal of it.

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3          [N. Y. Commercial Advertiser, January 9, 1895]

         The idea that Christian Science has declined in popu-

         larity is not borne out by the voluntary contribution of a

6      quarter of a million dollars for a memorial church for Mrs.

         Eddy, the inventor of this cure. The money comes from

         Christian Science believers exclusively.