PULPIT AND PRESS BY MARY BAKER EDDY DISCOVERER AND FOUNDER OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND AUTHOR OF SCIENCE ANDHEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES RegisteredU. S. Patent Office Published by TheTrustees under the Will of Mary Baker G. EddyBOSTON, U. S. A. Authorized Literature ofTHE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTISTin Boston, Massachusetts _Copyright, 1895_BY MARY BAKER EDDY_Copyright renewed, 1923_ * * * * * _All rights reserved_ * * * * * PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE DEAR TWO THOUSAND AND SIX HUNDRED CHILDREN WHOSE CONTRIBUTIONS OF $4, 460[A] WERE DEVOTED TO THE MOTHER'S ROOM IN THEFIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, BOSTON, THIS UNIQUE BOOK IS TENDERLYDEDICATED BY MARY BAKER EDDY PREFACE This volume contains scintillations from press and pulpit--utterances whichepitomize the story of the birth of Christian Science, in 1866, and itsprogress during the ensuing thirty years. Three quarters of a centuryhence, when the children of to-day are the elders of the twentieth century, it will be interesting to have not only a record of the inclination giventheir own thoughts in the latter half of the nineteenth century, but also aregistry of the rise of the mercury in the glass of the world's opinion. It will then be instructive to turn backward the telescope of that advancedage, with its lenses of more spiritual mentality, indicating the gain ofintellectual momentum, on the early footsteps of Christian Science asplanted in the pathway of this generation; to note the impetus therebygiven to Christianity; to con the facts surrounding the cradle of thisgrand verity--that the sick are healed and sinners saved, not by matter, but by Mind; and to scan further the features of the vast problem ofeternal life, as expressed in the absolute power of Truth and the actualbliss of man's existence in Science. MARY BAKER EDDY February, 1895 CONTENTS DEDICATORY SERMON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE TEXTBOOK HYMNS _Laying the Corner-stone_ "_Feed My Sheep_" _Christ My Refuge_ NOTE CLIPPINGS FROM NEWSPAPERS CHICAGO INTER-OCEAN BOSTON HERALD BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE BOSTON TRANSCRIPT JACKSON PATRIOT OUTLOOK AMERICAN ART JOURNAL BOSTON JOURNAL REPUBLIC (WASHINGTON, D. C. ) NEW YORK TRIBUNE KANSAS CITY JOURNAL MONTREAL HERALD BALTIMORE AMERICAN REPORTER (LEBANON, IND. ) NEW YORK COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER SYRACUSE POST NEW YORK HERALD TORONTO GLOBE CONCORD MONITOR PEOPLE AND PATRIOT UNION SIGNAL NEW CENTURY CHRISTIAN SCIENCE JOURNAL CONCORD MONITOR PULPIT AND PRESS DEDICATORY SERMON BY REV. MARY BAKER EDDY First Pastor of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Mass. Delivered January 6, 1895 TEXT: _They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of Thyhouse; and Thou shall make them drink of the river of Thypleasures. _--Psalms xxxvi. 8. A new year is a nursling, a babe of time, a prophecy and promise clad inwhite raiment, kissed--and encumbered with greetings--redolent with griefand gratitude. An old year is time's adult, and 1893 was a distinguished character, notable for good and evil. Time past and time present, both, may pain us, but time _improved_ is eloquent in God's praise. For due refreshment garnerthe memory of 1894; for if wiser by reason of its large lessons, andrecords deeply engraven, great is the value thereof. Pass on, returnless year! The path behind thee is with glory crowned; This spot whereon thou troddest was holy ground; Pass proudly to thy bier! To-day, being with you in spirit, what need that I should be present _inpropria persona?_ Were I present, methinks I should be much like the Queenof Sheba, when she saw the house Solomon had erected. In the expressivelanguage of Holy Writ, "There was no more spirit in her;" and she said, "Behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth thefame which I heard. " Both without and within, the spirit of beautydominates The Mother Church, from its mosaic flooring to the soft shimmerof its starlit dome. Nevertheless, there is a thought higher and deeper than the edifice. Material light and shade are temporal, not eternal. Turning the attentionfrom sublunary views, however enchanting, think for a moment with me of thehouse wherewith "they shall be abundantly satisfied, "--even the "house notmade with hands, eternal in the heavens. " With the mind's eye glance at thedireful scenes of the war between China and Japan. Imagine yourselves in apoorly barricaded fort, fiercely besieged by the enemy. Would you rushforth single-handed to combat the foe? Nay, would you not rather strengthenyour citadel by every means in your power, and remain within the walls forits defense? Likewise should we do as metaphysicians and ChristianScientists. The real house in which "we live, and move, and have our being"is Spirit, God, the eternal harmony of infinite Soul. The enemy we confrontwould overthrow this sublime fortress, and it behooves us to defend ourheritage. How can we do this Christianly scientific work? By intrenching ourselves inthe knowledge that our true temple is no human fabrication, but thesuperstructure of Truth, reared on the foundation of Love, and pinnacledin Life. Such being its nature, how can our godly temple possibly bedemolished, or even disturbed? Can eternity end? Can Life die? Can Truth beuncertain? Can Love be less than boundless? Referring to this temple, ourMaster said: "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. "He also said: "The kingdom of God is within you. " Know, then, that youpossess sovereign power to think and act rightly, and that nothing candispossess you of this heritage and trespass on Love. If you maintain thisposition, who or what can cause you to sin or suffer? Our surety is in ourconfidence that we are indeed dwellers in Truth and Love, man's eternalmansion. Such a heavenly assurance ends all warfare, and bids tumult cease, for the good fight we have waged is over, and divine Love gives us the truesense of victory. "They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness ofThy house; and Thou shalt make them drink of the river of Thy pleasures. "No longer are we of the church militant, but of the church triumphant; andwith Job of old we exclaim, "Yet in my flesh shall I see God. " The river ofHis pleasures is a tributary of divine Love, whose living waters have theirsource in God, and flow into everlasting Life. We drink of this river whenall human desires are quenched, satisfied with what is pleasing to thedivine Mind. Perchance some one of you may say, "The evidence of spiritual verity in meis so small that I am afraid. I feel so far from victory over the fleshthat to reach out for a present realization of my hope savors of temerity. Because of my own unfitness for such a spiritual animus my strength isnaught and my faith fails. " O thou "weak and infirm of purpose. " Jesussaid, "Be not afraid"! "What if the little rain should say, 'So small a drop as I Can ne'er refresh a drooping earth, I'll tarry in the sky. '" Is not a man metaphysically and mathematically number one, a unit, andtherefore whole number, governed and protected by his divine Principle, God? You have simply to preserve a scientific, positive sense of unity withyour divine source, and daily demonstrate this. Then you will find that oneis as important a factor as duodecillions in being and doing right, andthus demonstrating deific Principle. A dewdrop reflects the sun. Each ofChrist's little ones reflects the infinite One, and therefore is the seer'sdeclaration true, that "one on God's side is a majority. " A single drop of water may help to hide the stars, or crown the tree withblossoms. Who lives in good, lives also in God, --lives in all Life, through allspace. His is an individual kingdom, his diadem a crown of crowns. Hisexistence is deathless, forever unfolding its eternal Principle. Waitpatiently on illimitable Love, the lord and giver of Life. _Reflect thisLife_, and with it cometh the full power of being. "They shall beabundantly satisfied with the fatness of Thy house. " In 1893 the World's Parliament of Religions, held in Chicago, used, in allits public sessions, my form of prayer since 1866; and one of the veryclergymen who had publicly proclaimed me "the prayerless Mrs. Eddy, "offered his audible adoration in the words I use, besides listening to anaddress on Christian Science from my pen, read by Judge S. J. Hanna, in thatunique assembly. When the light of one friendship after another passes from earth to heaven, we kindle in place thereof the glow of some deathless reality. Memory, faithful to goodness, holds in her secret chambers those characters ofholiest sort, bravest to endure, firmest to suffer, soonest to renounce. Such was the founder of the Concord School of Philosophy--the late A. Bronson Alcott. After the publication of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, "his athletic mind, scholarly and serene, was the first to bedew my hopewith a drop of humanity. When the press and pulpit cannonaded this book, heintroduced himself to its author by saying, "I have come to comfort you. "Then eloquently paraphrasing it, and prophesying its prosperity, hisconversation with a beauty all its own reassured me. _That prophecy isfulfilled. _ This book, in 1895, is in its ninety-first edition of one thousand copies. It is in the public libraries of the principal cities, colleges, anduniversities of America; also the same in Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Italy, Greece, Japan, India, and China; in the Oxford Universityand the Victoria Institute, England; in the Academy of Greece, and theVatican at Rome. This book is the leaven fermenting religion; it is palpably working in thesermons, Sunday Schools, and literature of our and other lands. Thisspiritual chemicalization is the upheaval produced when Truth isneutralizing error and impurities are passing off. And it will continuetill the antithesis of Christianity, engendering the limited forms of anational or tyrannical religion, yields to the church established by theNazarene Prophet and maintained on the spiritual foundation of Christ'shealing. Good, the Anglo-Saxon term for God, unites Science to Christianity. Itpresents to the understanding, not matter, but Mind; not the deified drug, but the goodness of God--healing and saving mankind. The author of "Marriage of the Lamb, " who made the mistake of thinking shecaught her notions from my book, wrote to me in 1894, "Six months ago yourbook, Science and Health, was put into my hands. I had not read three pagesbefore I realized I had found that for which I had hungered since girlhood, and was healed instantaneously of an ailment of seven years' standing. Icast from me the false remedy I had vainly used, and turned to the 'greatPhysician. ' I went with my husband, a missionary to China, in 1884. He wentout under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church. I feel the truthis leading us to return to Japan. " Another brilliant enunciator, seeker, and servant of Truth, the Rev. William R. Alger of Boston, signalled me kindly as my lone bark rose andfell and rode the rough sea. At a _conversazione_ in Boston, he said, "Youmay find in Mrs. Eddy's metaphysical teachings more than is dreamt of inyour philosophy. " Also that renowned apostle of anti-slavery, Wendell Phillips, the nativecourse of whose mind never swerved from the chariot-paths of justice, speaking of my work, said: "Had I young blood in my veins, I would helpthat woman. " I love Boston, and especially the laws of the State whereof this city isthe capital. To-day, as of yore, her laws have befriended progress. Yet when I recall the past, --how the gospel of healing was simultaneouslypraised and persecuted in Boston, --and remember also that God is just, Iwonder whether, were our dear Master in our New England metropolis at thishour, he would not weep over it, as he wept over Jerusalem! O ye tears! Notin vain did ye flow. Those sacred drops were but enshrined for future use, and God has now unsealed their receptacle with His outstretched arm. Thosecrystal globes made morals for mankind. They will rise with joy, and withpower to wash away, in floods of forgiveness, every crime, even whenmistakenly committed in the name of religion. An unjust, unmerciful, and oppressive priesthood must perish, for falseprophets in the present as in the past stumble onward to their doom; whiletheir tabernacles crumble with dry rot. "God is not mocked, " and "the wordof the Lord endureth forever. " I have ordained the Bible and the Christian Science textbook, "Science andHealth with Key to the Scriptures, " as pastor of The First Church ofChrist, Scientist, in Boston, --so long as this church is satisfied withthis pastor. This is my first ordination. "They shall be abundantlysatisfied with the fatness of Thy house; and Thou shalt make them drink ofthe river of Thy pleasures. " All praise to the press of America's Athens, --and throughout our land thepress has spoken out historically, impartially. Like the winds tellingtales through the leaves of an ancient oak, unfallen, may our church chimesrepeat my thanks to the press. Notwithstanding the perplexed condition of our nation's finances, the wantand woe with millions of dollars unemployed in our money centres, theChristian Scientists, within fourteen months, responded to the call forthis church with $191, 012. Not a mortgage was given nor a loan solicited, and the donors all touchingly told their privileged joy at helping to buildThe Mother Church. There was no urging, begging, or borrowing; only theneed made known, and forth came the money, or diamonds, which served toerect this "miracle in stone. " Even the children vied with their parents to meet the demand. Little hands, never before devoted to menial services, shoveled snow, and babes gavekisses to earn a few pence toward this consummation. Some of these lambs myprayers had christened, but Christ will rechristen them with his own newname. "Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings Thou hast perfectedpraise. " The resident youthful workers were called "Busy Bees. " Sweet society, precious children, your loving hearts and deft fingersdistilled the nectar and painted the finest flowers in the fabric of thishistory, --even its centre-piece, --Mother's Room in The First Church ofChrist, Scientist, in Boston. The children are destined to witness resultswhich will eclipse Oriental dreams. They belong to the twentieth century. By juvenile aid, into the building fund have come $4, 460. [B] Ah, children, you are the bulwarks of freedom, the cement of society, the hope of ourrace! Brothers of the Christian Science Board of Directors, when your tirelesstasks are done--well done--no Delphian lyre could break the full chords ofsuch a rest. May the altar you have built never be shattered in our hearts, but justice, mercy, and love kindle perpetually its fires. It was well that the brother whose appliances warm this house, warmed alsoour perishless hope, and nerved its grand fulfilment. Woman, true to herinstinct, came to the rescue as sunshine from the clouds; so, when manquibbled over an architectural exigency, a woman climbed with feet andhands to the top of the tower, and helped settle the subject. After the loss of our late lamented pastor, Rev. D. A. Easton, the churchservices were maintained by excellent sermons from the editor of _TheChristian Science Journal_ (who, with his better half, is a very wholeman), together with the Sunday School giving this flock "drink from theriver of His pleasures. " O glorious hope and blessed assurance, "it is yourFather's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. " Christians rejoice insecret, they have a bounty hidden from the world. Self-forgetfulness, purity, and love are treasures untold--constant prayers, prophecies, andanointings. Practice, not profession, --goodness, not doctrines, --spiritualunderstanding, not mere belief, gain the ear and right hand of omnipotence, and call down blessings infinite. "Faith without works is dead. " Thefoundation of enlightened faith is Christ's teachings and _practice_. Itwas our Master's self-immolation, his life-giving love, healing both mindand body, that raised the deadened conscience, paralyzed by inactive faith, to a quickened sense of mortal's necessities, --and God's power and purposeto supply them. It was, in the words of the Psalmist, He "who forgiveth allthine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases. " Rome's fallen fanes and silent Aventine is glory's tomb; her pomp and powerlie low in dust. Our land, more favored, had its Pilgrim Fathers. On shoresof solitude, at Plymouth Rock, they planted a nation's heart, --the rightsof conscience, imperishable glory. No dream of avarice or ambition broketheir exalted purpose, theirs was the wish to reign in hope's reality--therealm of Love. Christian Scientists, you have planted your standard on the rock of Christ, the true, the spiritual idea, --the chief corner-stone in the house of ourGod. And our Master said: "The stone which the builders rejected, the sameis become the head of the corner. " If you are less appreciated to-day thanyour forefathers, wait--for if you are as devout as they, and morescientific, as progress certainly demands, your plant is immortal. Let usrejoice that chill vicissitudes have not withheld the timely shelter ofthis house, which descended like day-spring from on high. Divine presence, breathe Thou Thy blessing on every heart in this house. Speak out, O soul! This is the newborn of Spirit, this is His redeemed;this, His beloved. May the kingdom of God within you, --with youalway, --reascending, bear you outward, upward, heavenward. May the sweetsong of silver-throated singers, making melody more real, and the organ'svoice, as the sound of many waters, and the Word spoken in this sacredtemple dedicated to the ever-present God--mingle with the joy of angels andrehearse your hearts' holy intents. May all whose means, energies, andprayers helped erect The Mother Church, find within it home, and _heaven_. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE TEXTBOOK The following selections from "Science and Health with Key to theScriptures, " pages 568-571, were read from the platform. The impressivestillness of the audience indicated close attention. _Revelation_ xii. 10-12. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. For victory over a single sin, we give thanks and magnify the Lord ofHosts. What shall we say of the mighty conquest over all sin? A loudersong, sweeter than has ever before reached high heaven, now rises clearerand nearer to the great heart of Christ; for the accuser is not there, andLove sends forth her primal and everlasting strain. Self-abnegation, bywhich we lay down all for Truth, or Christ, in our warfare against error, is a rule in Christian Science. This rule clearly interprets God as divinePrinciple, --as Life, represented by the Father; as Truth, represented bythe Son; as Love, represented by the Mother. Every mortal at some period, here or hereafter, must grapple with and overcome the mortal belief in apower opposed to God. The Scripture, "Thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make theeruler over many, " is literally fulfilled, when we are conscious of thesupremacy of Truth, by which the nothingness of error is seen; and we knowthat the nothingness of error is in proportion to its wickedness. He thattouches the hem of Christ's robe and masters his mortal beliefs, animality, and hate, rejoices in the proof of healing, --in a sweet and certain sensethat God is Love. Alas for those who break faith with divine Science andfail to strangle the serpent of sin as well as of sickness! They aredwellers still in the deep darkness of belief. They are in the surging seaof error, not struggling to lift their heads above the drowning wave. What must the end be? They must eventually expiate their sin throughsuffering. The sin, which one has made his bosom companion, comes back tohim at last with accelerated force, for the devil knoweth his time isshort. Here the Scriptures declare that evil is temporal, not eternal. Thedragon is at last stung to death by his own malice; but how many periods oftorture it may take to remove all sin, must depend upon sin's obduracy. _Revelation_ xii. 13. And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. The march of mind and of honest investigation will bring the hour when thepeople will chain, with fetters of some sort, the growing occultism of thisperiod. The present apathy as to the tendency of certain active yet unseenmental agencies will finally be shocked into another extreme mortalmood, --into human indignation; for one extreme follows another. _Revelation_ xii. 15, 16. And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood, after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. Millions of unprejudiced minds--simple seekers for Truth, weary wanderers, athirst in the desert--are waiting and watching for rest and drink. Givethem a cup of cold water in Christ's name, and never fear the consequences. What if the old dragon should send forth a new flood to drown theChrist-idea? He can neither drown your voice with its roar, nor again sinkthe world into the deep waters of chaos and old night. In this age theearth will help the woman; the spiritual idea will be understood. Thoseready for the blessing you impart will give thanks. The waters will bepacified, and Christ will command the wave. When God heals the sick or the sinning, they should know the great benefitwhich Mind has wrought. They should also know the great delusion of mortalmind, when it makes them sick or sinful. Many are willing to open the eyesof the people to the power of good resident in divine Mind, but they arenot so willing to point out the evil in human thought, and expose evil'shidden mental ways of accomplishing iniquity. Why this backwardness, since exposure is necessary to ensure the avoidanceof the evil? Because people like you better when you tell them theirvirtues than when you tell them their vices. It requires the spirit of ourblessed Master to tell a man his faults, and so risk human displeasure forthe sake of doing right and benefiting our race. Who is telling mankind ofthe foe in ambush? Is the informer one who sees the foe? If so, listen andbe wise. Escape from evil, and designate those as unfaithful stewards whohave seen the danger and yet have given no warning. At all times and under all circumstances, overcome evil with good. Knowthyself, and God will supply the wisdom and the occasion for a victory overevil. Clad in the panoply of Love, human hatred cannot reach you. Thecement of a higher humanity will unite all interests in the one divinity. HYMNS BY REV. MARY BAKER EDDY [Set to the Church Chimes and Sung on This Occasion] LAYING THE CORNER-STONE _Laus Deo_, it is done! Rolled away from loving heart Is a stone. Joyous, risen, we depart Having one. _Laus Deo_, --on this rock (Heaven chiselled squarely good) Stands His church, -- God is Love, and understood By His flock. _Laus Deo_, night starlit Slumbers not in God's embrace; Then, O man! Like this stone, be in thy place; Stand, not sit. Cold, silent, stately stone, Dirge and song and shoutings low, In thy heart Dwell serene, --and sorrow? No, It has none, _Laus Deo!_ "FEED MY SHEEP" Shepherd, show me how to go O'er the hillside steep, How to gather, how to sow, -- How to feed Thy sheep; I will listen for Thy voice, Lest my footsteps stray; I will follow and rejoice All the rugged way. Thou wilt bind the stubborn will, Wound the callous breast, Make self-righteousness be still, Break earth's stupid rest. Strangers on a barren shore, Lab'ring long and lone-- We would enter by the door, And Thou know'st Thine own. So, when day grows dark and cold, Tear or triumph harms, Lead Thy lambkins to the fold, Take them in Thine arms; Feed the hungry, heal the heart, Till the morning's beam; White as wool, ere they depart-- Shepherd, wash them clean. CHRIST MY REFUGE O'er waiting harpstrings of the mind There sweeps a strain, Low, sad, and sweet, whose measures bind The power of pain. And wake a white-winged angel throng Of thoughts, illumed By faith, and breathed in raptured song, With love perfumed. Then his unveiled, sweet mercies show Life's burdens light. I kiss the cross, and wake to know A world more bright. And o'er earth's troubled, angry sea I see Christ walk, And come to me, and tenderly, Divinely talk. Thus Truth engrounds me on the rock, Upon Life's shore; 'Gainst which the winds and waves can shock, Oh, nevermore! From tired joy and grief afar, And nearer Thee, -- Father, where Thine own children are, I love to be. My prayer, some daily good to do To Thine, for Thee; An offering pure of Love, whereto God leadeth me. NOTE BY REV. MARY BAKER EDDY The land whereon stands The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, was first purchased by the church and society. Owing to a heavy loss, theywere unable to pay the mortgage; therefore I paid it, and through trusteesgave back the land to the church. In 1892 I had to recover the land from the trustees, reorganize the church, and reobtain its charter--not, however, through the State Commissioner, whorefused to grant it, but by means of a statute of the State, and throughDirectors regive the land to the church. In 1895 I reconstructed myoriginal system of ministry and church government. Thus committed to theprovidence of God, the prosperity of this church is unsurpassed. From first to last The Mother Church seemed type and shadow of the warfarebetween the flesh and Spirit, even that shadow whose substance is thedivine Spirit, imperatively propelling the greatest moral, physical, civil, and religious reform ever known on earth. In the words of the prophet: "Theshadow of a great rock in a weary land. " This church was dedicated on January 6, anciently one of the many datesselected and observed in the East as the day of the birth and baptism ofour master Metaphysician, Jesus of Nazareth. Christian Scientists, their children and grandchildren to the latestgenerations, inevitably love one another with that love wherewith Christloveth us; a love unselfish, unambitious, impartial, universal, --that lovesonly because it _is_ Love. Moreover, they love their enemies, even thosethat hate them. This we all must do to be Christian Scientists in spiritand in truth. I long, and live, to see this love demonstrated. I am seekingand praying for it to inhabit my own heart and to be made manifest in mylife. Who will unite with me in this pure purpose, and faithfully struggletill it be accomplished? Let this be our Christian endeavor society, whichChrist organizes and blesses. While we entertain due respect and fellowship for what is good and doinggood in all denominations of religion, and shun whatever would isolate usfrom a true sense of goodness in others, we cannot serve mammon. Christian Scientists are really united to only that which is Christlike, but they are not indifferent to the welfare of any one. To perpetuate acold distance between our denomination and other sects, and close the dooron church or individuals--however much this is done to us--is not ChristianScience. Go not into the way of the unchristly, but wheresoever yourecognize a clear expression of God's likeness, there abide in confidenceand hope. Our unity with churches of other denominations must rest on the spirit ofChrist calling us together. It cannot come from any other source. Popularity, self-aggrandizement, aught that can darken in any degree ourspirituality, must be set aside. Only what feeds and fills the sentimentwith unworldliness, can give peace and good will towards men. All Christian churches have one bond of unity, one nucleus or point ofconvergence, one prayer, --the Lord's Prayer. It is matter for rejoicingthat we unite in love, and in this sacred petition with every prayingassembly on earth, --"Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it isin heaven. " If the lives of Christian Scientists attest their fidelity to Truth, Ipredict that in the twentieth century every Christian church in our land, and a few in far-off lands, will approximate the understanding of ChristianScience sufficiently to heal the sick in his name. Christ will give toChristianity his new name, and Christendom will be classified as ChristianScientists. When the doctrinal barriers between the churches are broken, and the bondsof peace are cemented by spiritual understanding and Love, there will beunity of spirit, and the healing power of Christ will prevail. Then shallZion have put on her most beautiful garments, and her waste places buddedand blossomed as the rose. CLIPPINGS FROM NEWSPAPERS * * * * * [_Daily Inter-Ocean_, Chicago, December 31, 1894] MARY BAKER EDDY COMPLETION OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, BOSTON--"OUR PRAYER IN STONE"--DESCRIPTION OF THE MOST UNIQUE STRUCTURE IN ANY CITY--A BEAUTIFUL TEMPLE AND ITS FURNISHINGS--MRS. EDDY'S WORK AND HER INFLUENCE Boston, Mass. , December 28. --_Special Correspondence_. --The "greatawakening" of the time of Jonathan Edwards has been paralleled during thelast decade by a wave of idealism that has swept over the country, manifesting itself under several different aspects and under various names, but each having the common identity of spiritual demand. This movement, under the guise of Christian Science, and ingenuously calling out a closerinquiry into Oriental philosophy, prefigures itself to us as one of themost potent factors in the social evolution of the last quarter of thenineteenth century. History shows the curious fact that the closing yearsof every century are years of more intense life, manifested in unrest or inaspiration, and scholars of special research, like Prof. Max Muller, assertthat the end of a cycle, as is the latter part of the present century, ismarked by peculiar intimations of man's immortal life. The completion of the first Christian Science church erected in Bostonstrikes a keynote of definite attention. This church is in the fashionableBack Bay, between Commonwealth and Huntington Avenues. It is one of themost beautiful, and is certainly the most unique structure in any city. TheFirst Church of Christ, Scientist, as it is officially called, is termed byits Founder, "Our prayer in stone. " It is located at the intersection ofNorway and Falmouth Streets, on a triangular plot of ground, the design aRomanesque tower with a circular front and an octagonal form, accented bystone porticos and turreted corners. On the front is a marble tablet, withthe following inscription carved in bold relief:-- "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, erected Anno Domini 1894. Atestimonial to our beloved teacher, the Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, Discovererand Founder of Christian Science; author of "Science and Health with Key tothe Scriptures;" president of the Massachusetts Metaphysical College, andthe first pastor of this denomination. " THE CHURCH EDIFICE The church is built of Concord granite in light gray, with trimmings of thepink granite of New Hampshire, Mrs. Eddy's native State. The architectureis Romanesque throughout. The tower is one hundred and twenty feet inheight and twenty-one and one half feet square. The entrances are ofmarble, with doors of antique oak richly carved. The windows of stainedglass are very rich in pictorial effect. The lighting and cooling of thechurch--for cooling is a recognized feature as well as heating--are done byelectricity, and the heat generated by two large boilers in the basement isdistributed by the four systems with motor electric power. The partitionsare of iron; the floors of marble in mosaic work, and the edifice istherefore as literally fire-proof as is conceivable. The principal featuresare the auditorium, seating eleven hundred people and capable of holdingfifteen hundred; the "Mother's Room, " designed for the exclusive use ofMrs. Eddy; the "directors' room, " and the vestry. The girders are all ofiron, the roof is of terra cotta tiles, the galleries are in plasterrelief, the window frames are of iron, coated with plaster; the staircasesare of iron, with marble stairs of rose pink, and marble approaches. The vestibule is a fitting entrance to this magnificent temple. In theceiling is a sunburst with a seven-pointed star, which illuminates it. Fromthis are the entrances leading to the auditorium, the "Mother's Room, " andthe directors' room. The auditorium is seated with pews of curly birch, upholstered in old roseplush. The floor is in white Italian mosaic, with frieze of the old rose, and the wainscoting repeats the same tints. The base and cap are of pinkTennessee marble. On the walls are bracketed oxidized silver lamps of Romandesign, and there are frequent illuminated texts from the Bible and fromMrs. Eddy's "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" impanelled. Asunburst in the centre of the ceiling takes the place of chandeliers. Thereis a disc of cut glass in decorative designs, covering one hundred andforty-four electric lights in the form of a star, which is twenty-oneinches from point to point, the centre being of pure white light, and eachray under prisms which reflect the rainbow tints. The galleries are richlypanelled in relief work. The organ and choir gallery is spacious and richbeyond the power of words to depict. The platform--corresponding to thechancel of an Episcopal church--is a mosaic work, with richly carved seatsfollowing the sweep of its curve, with a lamp stand of the Renaissanceperiod on either end, bearing six richly wrought oxidized silver lamps, eight feet in height. The great organ comes from Detroit. It is one of vastcompass, with Ĉolian attachment, and cost eleven thousand dollars. It isthe gift of a single individual--a votive offering of gratitude for thehealing of the wife of the donor. The chime of bells includes fifteen, of fine range and perfect tone. THE "MOTHER'S ROOM" The "Mother's Room" is approached by an entrance of Italian marble, andover the door, in large golden letters on a marble tablet, is the word"Love. " In this room the mosaic marble floor of white has a Romanesqueborder and is decorated with sprays of fig leaves bearing fruit. The roomis toned in pale green with relief in old rose. The mantel is of onyx andgold. Before the great bay window hangs an Athenian lamp over two hundredyears old, which will be kept always burning day and night. Leading offthe "Mother's Room" are toilet apartments, with full-length French mirrorsand every convenience. The directors' room is very beautiful in marble approaches and richcarving, and off this is a vault for the safe preservation of papers. The vestry seats eight hundred people, and opening from it are three largeclass-rooms and the pastor's study. The windows are a remarkable feature of this temple. There are no"memorial" windows; the entire church is a testimonial, not a memorial--apoint that the members strongly insist upon. In the auditorium are two rose windows--one representing the heavenly citywhich "cometh down from God out of heaven, " with six small windows beneath, emblematic of the six water-pots referred to in John ii. 6. The other rosewindow represents the raising of the daughter of Jairus. Beneath are twosmall windows bearing palms of victory, and others with lamps, typical ofScience and Health. Another great window tells its pictorial story of the four Marys--themother of Jesus, Mary anointing the head of Jesus, Mary washing the feet ofJesus, Mary at the resurrection; and the woman spoken of in the Apocalypse, chapter 12, God-crowned. One more window in the auditorium represents the raising of Lazarus. In the gallery are windows representing John on the Isle of Patmos, andothers of pictorial significance. In the "Mother's Room" the windows are ofstill more unique interest. A large bay window, composed of three separatepanels, is designed to be wholly typical of the work of Mrs. Eddy. Thecentral panel represents her in solitude and meditation, searching theScriptures by the light of a single candle, while the star of Bethlehemshines down from above. Above this is a panel containing the ChristianScience seal, and other panels are decorated with emblematic designs, withthe legends, "Heal the Sick, " "Raise the Dead, " "Cleanse the Lepers, " and"Cast out Demons. " The cross and the crown and the star are presented in appropriatedecorative effect. The cost of this church is two hundred and twenty-onethousand dollars, exclusive of the land--a gift from Mrs. Eddy--which isvalued at some forty thousand dollars. THE ORDER OF SERVICE The order of service in the Christian Science Church does not differ widelyfrom that of any other sect, save that its service includes the use of Mrs. Eddy's book, entitled "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, " inperhaps equal measure to its use of the Bible. The reading is from the twoalternately; the singing is from a compilation called the "ChristianScience Hymnal, " but its songs are for the most part those devotional hymnsfrom Herbert, Faber, Robertson, Wesley, Bowring, and other recognizeddevotional poets, with selections from Whittier and Lowell, as are found inthe hymn-books of the Unitarian churches. For the past year or two JudgeHanna, formerly of Chicago, has filled the office of pastor to the churchin this city, which held its meetings in Chickering Hall, and later inCopley Hall, in the new Grundmann Studio Building on Copley Square. Preceding Judge Hanna were Rev. D. A. Easton and Rev. L. P. Norcross, both ofwhom had formerly been Congregational clergymen. The organizer and firstpastor of the church here was Mrs. Eddy herself, of whose work I shallventure to speak, a little later, in this article. Last Sunday I gave myself the pleasure of attending the service held inCopley Hall. The spacious apartment was thronged with a congregation whoseremarkable earnestness impressed the observer. There was no straggling oflate-comers. Before the appointed hour every seat in the hall was filledand a large number of chairs pressed into service for the overflowingthrong. The music was spirited, and the selections from the Bible and fromScience and Health were finely read by Judge Hanna. Then came his sermon, which dealt directly with the command of Christ to "heal the sick, raisethe dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. " In his admirable discourseJudge Hanna said that while all these injunctions could, under certainconditions, be interpreted and fulfilled literally, the special lesson wasto be taken spiritually--to cleanse the leprosy of sin, to cast out thedemons of evil thought. The discourse was able, and helpful in itssuggestive interpretation. THE CHURCH MEMBERS Later I was told that almost the entire congregation was composed ofpersons who had either been themselves, or had seen members of their ownfamilies, healed by Christian Science treatment; and I was further toldthat once when a Boston clergyman remonstrated with Judge Hanna forenticing a separate congregation rather than offering their strength tounite with churches already established--I was told he replied that theChristian Science Church did not recruit itself from other churches, butfrom the graveyards! The church numbers now four thousand members; but thisestimate, as I understand, is not limited to the Boston adherents, butincludes those all over the country. The ceremonial of uniting is to sign abrief "confession of faith, " written by Mrs. Eddy, and to unite incommunion, which is not celebrated by outward symbols of bread and wine, but by uniting in silent prayer. The "confession of faith" includes the declaration that the Scriptures arethe guide to eternal Life; that there is a Supreme Being, and His Son, andthe Holy Ghost, and that man is made in His image. It affirms theatonement; it recognizes Jesus as the teacher and guide to salvation; theforgiveness of sin by God, and affirms the power of Truth over error, andthe need of living faith at the moment to realize the possibilities of thedivine Life. The entire membership of Christian Scientists throughout theworld now exceeds two hundred thousand people. The church in Boston wasorganized by Mrs. Eddy, and the first meeting held on April 19, 1879. Itopened with twenty-six members, and within fifteen years it has grown toits present impressive proportions, and has now its own magnificent churchbuilding, costing over two hundred thousand dollars, and entirely paid forwhen its consecration service on January 6 shall be celebrated. This iscertainly a very remarkable retrospect. Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, the Founder of this denomination and Discoverer ofChristian Science, as they term her work in affirming the presentapplication of the principles asserted by Jesus, is a most interestingpersonality. At the risk of colloquialism, I am tempted to "begin at thebeginning" of my own knowledge of Mrs. Eddy, and take, as the point ofdeparture, my first meeting with her and the subsequent development of somedegree of familiarity with the work of her life which that meetinginaugurated for me. MRS. EDDY It was during some year in the early '80's that I became aware--from thatclose contact with public feeling resulting from editorial work in dailyjournalism--that the Boston atmosphere was largely thrilled and pervaded bya new and increasing interest in the dominance of mind over matter, andthat the central figure in all this agitation was Mrs. Eddy. To a notewhich I wrote her, begging the favor of an interview for press use, shemost kindly replied, naming an evening on which she would receive me. Atthe hour named I rang the bell at a spacious house on Columbus Avenue, andI was hardly more than seated before Mrs. Eddy entered the room. Sheimpressed me as singularly graceful and winning in bearing and manner, andwith great claim to personal beauty. Her figure was tall, slender, and asflexible in movement as that of a Delsarte disciple; her face, framed indark hair and lighted by luminous blue eyes, had the transparency androse-flush of tint so often seen in New England, and she was magnetic, earnest, impassioned. No photographs can do the least justice to Mrs. Eddy, as her beautiful complexion and changeful expression cannot thus bereproduced. At once one would perceive that she had the temperament todominate, to lead, to control, not by any crude self-assertion, but aspiritual animus. Of course such a personality, with the wonderful tumultin the air that her large and enthusiastic following excited, fascinatedthe imagination. What had she originated? I mentally questioned this modernSt. Catherine, who was dominating her followers like any abbess of old. Shetold me the story of her life, so far as outward events may translate thoseinner experiences which alone are significant. Mary Baker was the daughter of Mark and Abigail (Ambrose) Baker, and wasborn in Concord, N. H. , somewhere in the early decade of 1820-'30. At thetime I met her she must have been some sixty years of age, yet she had thecoloring and the elastic bearing of a woman of thirty, and this, she toldme, was due to the principles of Christian Science. On her father's sideMrs. Eddy came from Scotch and English ancestry, and Hannah More was arelative of her grandmother. Deacon Ambrose, her maternal grandfather, wasknown as a "godly man, " and her mother was a religious enthusiast, asaintly and consecrated character. One of her brothers, Albert Baker, graduated at Dartmouth and achieved eminence as a lawyer. MRS. EDDY AS A CHILD As a child Mary Baker saw visions and dreamed dreams. When eight years ofage she began, like Jeanne d'Arc, to hear "voices, " and for a year sheheard her name called distinctly, and would often run to her motherquestioning if she were wanted. One night the mother related to her thestory of Samuel, and bade her, if she heard the voice again to reply as hedid: "Speak, Lord, for Thy servant heareth. " The call came, but the littlemaid was afraid and did not reply. This caused her tears of remorse and sheprayed for forgiveness, and promised to reply if the call came again. Itcame, and she answered as her mother had bidden her, and after that itceased. These experiences, of which Catholic biographies are full, and whichhistory not infrequently emphasizes, certainly offer food for meditation. Theodore Parker related that when he was a lad, at work in a field one dayon his father's farm at Lexington, an old man with a snowy beard suddenlyappeared at his side, and walked with him as he worked, giving him highcounsel and serious thought. All inquiry in the neighborhood as to whencethe stranger came or whither he went was fruitless; no one else had seenhim, and Mr. Parker always believed, so a friend has told me, that hisvisitor was a spiritual form from another world. It is certainly true thatmany and many persons, whose life has been destined to more than ordinaryachievement, have had experiences of voices or visions in their earlyyouth. At an early age Miss Baker was married to Colonel Glover, of Charleston, S. C. , who lived only a year. She returned to her father's home--in1844--and from that time until 1866 no special record is to be made. In 1866, while living in Lynn, Mass. , Mrs. Eddy (then Mrs. Glover) met witha severe accident, and her case was pronounced hopeless by the physicians. There came a Sunday morning when her pastor came to bid her good-by beforeproceeding to his morning service, as there was no probability that shewould be alive at its close. During this time she suddenly became aware ofa divine illumination and ministration. She requested those with her towithdraw, and reluctantly they did so, believing her delirious. Soon, totheir bewilderment and fright, she walked into the adjoining room, "andthey thought I had died, and that it was my apparition, " she said. THE PRINCIPLE OF DIVINE HEALING From that hour dated her conviction of the Principle of divine healing, andthat it is as true to-day as it was in the days when Jesus of Nazarethwalked the earth. "I felt that the divine Spirit had wrought a miracle, "she said, in reference to this experience. "How, I could not tell, butlater I found it to be in perfect scientific accord with the divine law. "From 1866-'69 Mrs. Eddy withdrew from the world to meditate, to pray, tosearch the Scriptures. "During this time, " she said, in reply to my questions, "the Bible was myonly textbook. It answered my questions as to the process by which I wasrestored to health; it came to me with a new meaning, and suddenly Iapprehended the spiritual meaning of the teaching of Jesus and thePrinciple and the law involved in spiritual Science and metaphysicalhealing--in a word--Christian Science. " Mrs. Eddy came to perceive that Christ's healing was not miraculous, butwas simply a natural fulfilment of divine law--a law as operative in theworld to-day as it was nineteen hundred years ago. "Divine Science isbegotten of spirituality, " she says, "since only the 'pure in heart' cansee God. " In writing of this experience, Mrs. Eddy has said:-- "I had learned that thought must be spiritualized in order to apprehendSpirit. It must become honest, unselfish, and pure, in order to have theleast understanding of God in divine Science. The first must become last. Our reliance upon material things must be transferred to a perception ofand dependence on spiritual things. For Spirit to be supreme indemonstration, it must be supreme in our affections, and we must be cladwith divine power. I had learned that Mind reconstructed the body, and thatnothing else could. All Science is a revelation. " Through homoeopathy, too, Mrs. Eddy became convinced of the Principle ofMind-healing, discovering that the more attenuated the drug, the morepotent was its effects. In 1877 Mrs. Glover married Dr. Asa Gilbert Eddy, of Londonderry, Vermont, a physician who had come into sympathy with her own views, and who was thefirst to place "Christian Scientist" on the sign at his door. Dr. Eddydied in 1882, a year after her founding of the Metaphysical College inBoston, in which he taught. The work in the Metaphysical College lasted nine years, and it was closed(in 1889) in the very zenith of its prosperity, as Mrs. Eddy felt itessential to the deeper foundation of her religious work to retire fromactive contact with the world. To this College came hundreds and hundredsof students, from Europe as well as this country. I was present at theclass lectures now and then, by Mrs. Eddy's kind invitation, and suchearnestness of attention as was given to her morning talks by the men andwomen present I never saw equalled. MRS. EDDY'S PERSONALITY On the evening that I first met Mrs. Eddy by her hospitable courtesy, Iwent to her peculiarly fatigued. I came away in a state of exhilaration andenergy that made me feel I could have walked any conceivable distance. Ihave met Mrs. Eddy many times since then, and always with this experiencerepeated. Several years ago Mrs. Eddy removed from Columbus to Commonwealth Avenue, where, just beyond Massachusetts Avenue, at the entrance to the Back BayPark, she bought one of the most beautiful residences in Boston. Theinterior is one of the utmost taste and luxury, and the house is nowoccupied by Judge and Mrs. Hanna, who are the editors of _The ChristianScience Journal_, a monthly publication, and to whose courtesy I am muchindebted for some of the data of this paper. "It is a pleasure to give anyinformation for _The Inter-Ocean_, " remarked Mrs. Hanna, "for it is thegreat daily that is so fair and so just in its attitude toward allquestions. " The increasing demands of the public on Mrs. Eddy have been, it may be, onefactor in her removal to Concord, N. H. , where she has a beautifulresidence, called Pleasant View. Her health is excellent, and although herhair is white, she retains in a great degree her energy and power; shetakes a daily walk and drives in the afternoon. She personally attends to avast correspondence; superintends the church in Boston, and is engaged onfurther writings on Christian Science. In every sense she is the recognizedhead of the Christian Science Church. At the same time it is her mostearnest aim to eliminate the element of personality from the faith. "Onthis point, Mrs. Eddy feels very strongly, " said a gentleman to me onChristmas eve, as I sat in the beautiful drawing-room, where Judge and Mrs. Hanna, Miss Elsie Lincoln, the soprano for the choir of the new church, andone or two other friends were gathered. "Mother feels very strongly, " he continued, "the danger and the misfortuneof a church depending on any one personality. It is difficult not to centretoo closely around a highly gifted personality. " THE FIRST ASSOCIATION The first Christian Scientist Association was organized on July 4, 1876, byseven persons, including Mrs. Eddy. In April, 1879, the church was foundedwith twenty-six members, and its charter obtained the following June. [C]Mrs. Eddy had preached in other parishes for five years before beingordained in this church, which ceremony took place in 1881. The first edition of Mrs. Eddy's book, Science and Health, was issued in1875. During these succeeding twenty years it has been greatly revised andenlarged, and it is now in its ninety-first edition. It consists offourteen chapters, whose titles are as follows: "Science, Theology, Medicine, " "Physiology, " "Footsteps of Truth, " "Creation, " "Science ofBeing, " "Christian Science and Spiritualism, " "Marriage, " "AnimalMagnetism, " "Some Objections Answered, " "Prayer, " "Atonement andEucharist, " "Christian Science Practice, " "Teaching Christian Science, ""Recapitulation. " Key to the Scriptures, Genesis, Apocalypse, and Glossary. The Christian Scientists do not accept the belief we call spiritualism. They believe those who have passed the change of death are in so entirelydifferent a plane of consciousness that between the embodied anddisembodied there is no possibility of communication. They are diametrically opposed to the philosophy of Karma and ofreincarnation, which are the tenets of theosophy. They hold with strictfidelity to what they believe to be the literal teachings of Christ. Yet each and all these movements, however they may differ among themselves, are phases of idealism and manifestations of a higher spirituality seekingexpression. It is good that each and all shall prosper, serving those who find in oneform of belief or another their best aid and guidance, and that all meeton common ground in the great essentials of love to God and love to man asa signal proof of the divine origin of humanity which finds no rest untilit finds the peace of the Lord in spirituality. They all teach that onegreat truth, that God's greatness flows around our incompleteness, Round our restlessness, His rest. ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING. * * * * * I add on the following page a little poem that I consider superblysweet--from my friend, Miss Whiting, the talented author of "The WorldBeautiful. "--M. B. EDDY. AT THE WINDOW [Written for the _Traveller_] The sunset, burning low, Throws o'er the Charles its flood of golden light. Dimly, as in a dream, I watch the flow Of waves of light. The splendor of the sky Repeats its glory in the river's flow; And sculptured angels, on the gray church tower, Gaze on the world below. Dimly, as in a dream, I see the hurrying throng before me pass, But 'mid them all I only see _one_ face, Under the meadow grass. Ah, love! I only know How thoughts of you forever cling to me: I wonder how the seasons come and go Beyond the sapphire sea? LILIAN WHITING. April 15, 1888. * * * * * [_Boston Herald_, January 7, 1895] [Extract] A TEMPLE GIVEN TO GOD--DEDICATION OF THE MOTHER CHURCH OF CHRISTIANSCIENCE NOVEL METHOD OF ENABLING SIX THOUSAND BELIEVERS TO ATTEND THE EXERCISES--THE SERVICE REPEATED FOUR TIMES--SERMON BY REV. MARY BAKER EDDY, FOUNDER OF THE DENOMINATION--BEAUTIFUL ROOM WHICH THE CHILDREN BUILT With simple ceremonies, four times repeated, in the presence of fourdifferent congregations, aggregating nearly six thousand persons, theunique and costly edifice erected in Boston at Norway and Falmouth Streetsas a home for The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and a testimonial tothe Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, wasyesterday dedicated to the worship of God. The structure came forth from the hands of the artisans with every stonepaid for--with an appeal, not for more money, but for a cessation of thetide of contributions which continued to flow in after the full amountneeded was received. From every State in the Union, and from many lands, the love-offerings of the disciples of Christian Science came to help erectthis beautiful structure, and more than four thousand of these contributorscame to Boston, from the far-off Pacific coast and the Gulf States and allthe territory that lies between, to view the new-built temple and to listento the Message sent them by the teacher they revere. From all New England the members of the denomination gathered; New Yorksent its hundreds, and even from the distant States came parties of fortyand fifty. The large auditorium, with its capacity for holding fromfourteen hundred to fifteen hundred persons, was hopelessly incapable ofreceiving this vast throng, to say nothing of nearly a thousand localbelievers. Hence the service was repeated until all who wished had heardand seen; and each of the four vast congregations filled the church torepletion. At 7:30 a. M. The chimes in the great stone tower, which rises one hundredand twenty-six feet above the earth, rung out their message of "On earthpeace, good will toward men. " Old familiar hymns--"All hail the power of Jesus' name, " and otherssuch--were chimed until the hour for the dedication service had come. At 9 a. M. The first congregation gathered. Before this service had closedthe large vestry room and the spacious lobbies and the sidewalks around thechurch were all filled with a waiting multitude. At 10:30 o'clock anotherservice began, and at noon still another. Then there was an intermission, and at 3 p. M. The service was repeated for the last time. There was scarcely even a minor variation in the exercises at any one ofthese services. At 10:30 a. M. , however, the scene was rendered particularlyinteresting by the presence of several hundred children in the centralpews. These were the little contributors to the building fund, whose moneywas devoted to the "Mother's Room, " a superb apartment intended for thesole use of Mrs. Eddy. These children are known in the church as the "BusyBees, " and each of them wore a white satin badge with a golden beehivestamped upon it, and beneath the beehive the words, "Mother's Room, " ingilt letters. The pulpit end of the auditorium was rich with the adornment of flowers. Onthe wall of the choir gallery above the platform, where the organ is to behereafter placed, a huge seven-pointed star was hung--a star of liliesresting on palms, with a centre of white immortelles, upon which in lettersof red were the words: "Love-Children's Offering--1894. " In the choir and the steps of the platform were potted palms and ferns andEaster lilies. The desk was wreathed with ferns and pure white rosesfastened with a broad ribbon bow. On its right was a large basket of whitecarnations resting on a mat of palms, and on its left a vase filled withbeautiful pink roses. Two combined choirs--that of First Church of Christ, Scientist, of NewYork, and the choir of the home church, numbering thirty-five singers inall--led the singing, under the direction, respectively, of Mr. HenryLincoln Case and Miss Elsie Lincoln. Judge S. J. Hanna, editor of _The Christian Science Journal_, presided overthe exercises. On the platform with him were Messrs. Ira O. Knapp, JosephArmstrong, Stephen A. Chase, and William B. Johnson, who compose the Boardof Directors, and Mrs. Henrietta Clark Bemis, a distinguished elocutionist, and a native of Concord, New Hampshire. The utmost simplicity marked the exercises. After an organ voluntary, thehymn, "_Laus Deo_, it is done!" written by Mrs. Eddy for the corner-stonelaying last spring, was sung by the congregation. Selections from theScriptures and from "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, " wereread by Judge Hanna and Dr. Eddy. A few minutes of silent prayer came next, followed by the recitation of theLord's Prayer, with its spiritual interpretation as given in the ChristianScience textbook. The sermon prepared for the occasion by Mrs. Eddy, which was looked forwardto as the chief feature of the dedication, was then read by Mrs. Bemis. Mrs. Eddy remained at her home in Concord, N. H. , during the day, because, as heretofore stated in _The Herald_, it is her custom to discourage amongher followers that sort of personal worship which religious teachers sooften receive. Before presenting the sermon, Mrs. Bemis read the following letter from aformer pastor of the church:-- "To Rev. Mary Baker Eddy. "_Dear Teacher, Leader, Guide_:--'_Laus Deo_, it is done!' At last you begin to see the fruition of that you have worked, toiled, prayed for. The 'prayer in stone' is accomplished. Across two thousand miles of space, as mortal sense puts it, I send my hearty congratulations. You are fully occupied, but I thought you would willingly pause for an instant to receive this brief message of congratulation. Surely it marks an era in the blessed onward work of Christian Science. It is a most auspicious hour in your eventful career. While we all rejoice, yet the mother in Israel, alone of us all, comprehends its full significance. "Yours lovingly, "LANSON P. NORCROSS. " * * * * * [_Boston Sunday Globe_, January 6, 1895] [Extract] STATELY HOME FOR BELIEVERS IN GOSPEL HEALING--A WOMAN OF WEALTH WHO DEVOTES ALL TO HER CHURCH WORK Christian Science has shown its power over its students, as they arecalled, by building a church by voluntary contributions, the first of itskind; a church which will be dedicated to-day with a quarter of a milliondollars expended and free of debt. The money has flowed in from all parts of the United States and Canadawithout any special appeal, and it kept coming until the custodian of fundscried "enough" and refused to accept any further checks by mail orotherwise. Men, women, and children lent a helping hand, some giving amite and some substantial sums. Sacrifices were made in many an instancewhich will never be known in this world. Christian Scientists not only say that they can effect cures of disease anderect churches, but add that they can get their buildings finished on time, even when the feat seems impossible to mortal senses. Read the following, from a publication of the new denomination:-- "One of the grandest and most helpful features of this gloriousconsummation is this: that one month before the close of the year everyevidence of material sense declared that the church's completion within theyear 1894 transcended human possibility. The predictions of workman andonlooker alike were that it could not be completed before April or May of1895. Much was the ridicule heaped upon the hopeful, trustful ones, whodeclared and repeatedly asseverated to the contrary. This is indeed, then, a scientific demonstration. It has proved, in most striking manner, theoft-repeated declarations of our textbooks, that the evidence of the mortalsenses is unreliable. " A week ago Judge Hanna withdrew from the pastorate of the church, saying hegladly laid down his responsibilities to be succeeded by the grandest ofministers--the Bible and "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. "This action, it appears, was the result of rules made by Mrs. Eddy. Thesermons hereafter will consist of passages read from the two books byReaders, who will be elected each year by the congregation. A story has been abroad that Judge Hanna was so eloquent and magnetic thathe was attracting listeners who came to hear him preach, rather than insearch of the truth as taught. Consequently the new rules were formulated. But at Christian Science headquarters this is denied; Mrs. Eddy says thewords of the judge speak to the point, and that no such inference is to bedrawn therefrom. In Mrs. Eddy's personal reminiscences, which are published under the titleof "Retrospection and Introspection, " much is told of herself in detailthat can only be touched upon in this brief sketch. Aristocratic to the backbone, Mrs. Eddy takes delight in going back to theancestral tree and in tracing those branches which are identified with goodand great names both in Scotland and England. Her family came to this country not long before the Revolution. Among themany souvenirs that Mrs. Eddy remembers as belonging to her grandparentswas a heavy sword, encased in a brass scabbard, upon which had beeninscribed the name of the kinsman upon whom the sword had been bestowed bySir William Wallace of mighty Scottish fame. Mrs. Eddy applied herself, like other girls, to her studies, though perhapswith an unusual zest, delighting in philosophy, logic, and moral science, as well as looking into the ancient languages, Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. Her last marriage was in the spring of 1877, when, at Lynn, Mass. , shebecame the wife of Asa Gilbert Eddy. He was the first organizer of aChristian Science Sunday School, of which he was the superintendent, andlater he attracted the attention of many clergymen of other denominationsby his able lectures upon Scriptural topics. He died in 1882. Mrs. Eddy is known to her circle of pupils and admirers as the editor andpublisher of the first official organ of this sect. It was called the_Journal of Christian Science_, and has had great circulation with themembers of this fast-increasing faith. In recounting her experiences as the pioneer of Christian Science, shestates that she sought knowledge concerning the physical side in thisresearch through the different schools of allopathy, homoeopathy, and soforth, without receiving any real satisfaction. No ancient or modernphilosophy gave her any distinct statement of the Science of Mind-healing. She claims that no human reason has been equal to the question. And shealso defines carefully the difference in the theories between faith-cureand Christian Science, dwelling particularly upon the terms belief andunderstanding, which are the key words respectively used in the definitionsof these two healing arts. Besides her Boston home, Mrs. Eddy has a delightful country home one milefrom the State House of New Hampshire's quiet capital, an easy drivingdistance for her when she wishes to catch a glimpse of the world. But forthe most part she lives very much retired, driving rather into the country, which is so picturesque all about Concord and its surrounding villages. The big house, so delightfully remodelled and modernized from a primitivehomestead that nothing is left excepting the angles and pitch of the roof, is remarkably well placed upon a terrace that slopes behind the buildings, while they themselves are in the midst of green stretches of lawns, dottedwith beds of flowering shrubs, with here and there a fountain orsummer-house. Mrs. Eddy took the writer straight to her beloved "lookout"--a broad piazzaon the south side of the second story of the house, where she can sit inher swinging chair, revelling in the lights and shades of spring and summergreenness. Or, as just then, in the gorgeous October coloring of the wholelandscape that lies below, across the farm, which stretches on through anintervale of beautiful meadows and pastures to the woods that skirt thevalley of the little truant river, as it wanders eastward. It pleased her to point out her own birthplace. Straight as the crow flies, from her piazza, does it lie on the brow of Bow hill, and then she pausedand reminded the reporter that Congressman Baker from New Hampshire, hercousin, was born and bred in that same neighborhood. The photograph of Hon. Hoke Smith, another distinguished relative, adorned the mantel. Then my eye caught her family coat of arms and the diploma given her by theSociety of the Daughters of the Revolution. The natural and lawful pride that comes with a tincture of blue and braveblood, is perhaps one of her characteristics, as is many another well-bornwoman's. She had a long list of worthy ancestors in Colonial andRevolutionary days, and the McNeils and General Knox figure largely in hergenealogy, as well as the hero who killed the ill-starred Paugus. This big, sunny room which Mrs. Eddy calls her den--or sometimes "Mother'sroom, " when speaking of her many followers who consider her their spiritualLeader--has the air of hospitality that marks its hostess herself. Mrs. Eddy has hung its walls with reproductions of some of Europe'smasterpieces, a few of which had been the gifts of her loving pupils. Looking down from the windows upon the tree-tops on the lower terrace, thereporter exclaimed: "You have lived here only four years, and yet from abarren waste of most unpromising ground has come forth all this beauty!" "Four years!" she ejaculated; "two and a half, only two and a half years. "Then, touching my sleeve and pointing, she continued: "Look at those bigelms! I had them brought here in warm weather, almost as big as they arenow, and not one died. " Mrs. Eddy talked earnestly of her friendships. . . . She told something of herdomestic arrangements, of how she had long wished to get away from her busycareer in Boston, and return to her native granite hills, there to build asubstantial home that should do honor to that precinct of Concord. She chose the stubbly old farm on the road from Concord, within one mile ofthe "Eton of America, " St. Paul's School. Once bought, the will of thewoman set at work, and to-day a strikingly well-kept estate is the firstimpression given to the visitor as he approaches Pleasant View. She employs a number of men to keep the grounds and farm in perfect order, and it was pleasing to learn that this rich woman is using her money topromote the welfare of industrious workmen, in whom she takes a vitalinterest. Mrs. Eddy believes that "the laborer is worthy of his hire, " and, moreover, that he deserves to have a home and family of his own. Indeed, one of hermotives in buying so large an estate was that she might do something forthe toilers, and thus add her influence toward the advancement of betterhome life and citizenship. * * * * * [_Boston Transcript_, December 31, 1894] [Extract] The growth of Christian Science is properly marked by the erection of avisible house of worship in this city, which will be dedicated to-morrow. It has cost two hundred thousand dollars, and no additional sums outside ofthe subscriptions are asked for. This particular phase of religious beliefhas impressed itself upon a large and increasing number of Christianpeople, who have been tempted to examine its principles, and doubtless havebeen comforted and strengthened by them. Any new movement will awaken somesort of interest. There are many who have worn off the novelty and arethoroughly carried away with the requirements, simple and direct as theyare, of Christian Science. The opposition against it from the so-calledorthodox religious bodies keeps up a while, but after a little skirmishing, finally subsides. No one religious body holds the whole of truth, andwhatever is likely to show even some one side of it will gain followers andlive down any attempted repression. Christian Science does not strike all as a system of truth. If it did, itwould be a prodigy. Neither does the Christian faith produce the sameimpressions upon all. Freedom to believe or to dissent is a great privilegein these days. So when a number of conscientious followers apply themselvesto a matter like Christian Science, they are enjoying that liberty which istheir inherent right as human beings, and though they cannot escapecensure, yet they are to be numbered among the many pioneers who aresearching after religious truth. There is really nothing settled. Everytruth is more or less in a state of agitation. The many who have worked inthe mine of knowledge are glad to welcome others who have differentmethods, and with them bring different ideas. It is too early to predict where this movement will go, and how greatly itwill affect the well-established methods. That it has produced a sensationin religious circles, and called forth the implements of theologicalwarfare, is very well known. While it has done this, it may, on the otherhand, have brought a benefit. Ere this many a new project in religiousbelief has stirred up feeling, but as time has gone on, compromises havebeen welcomed. The erection of this temple will doubtless help on the growth of itsprinciples. Pilgrims from everywhere will go there in search of truth, andsome may be satisfied and some will not. Christian Science cannot absorbthe world's thought. It may get the share of attention it deserves, but itcan only aspire to take its place alongside other great demonstrations ofreligious belief which have done something good for the sake of humanity. Wonders will never cease. Here is a church whose treasurer has to send outword that no sums except those already subscribed can be received! TheChristian Scientists have a faith of the mustard-seed variety. What a pitysome of our practical Christian folk have not a faith approximate to thatof these "impractical" Christian Scientists. * * * * * [_Jackson Patriot_, Jackson, Mich. , January 20, 1895] [Extract] CHRISTIAN SCIENCE The erection of a massive temple in Boston by Christian Scientists, at acost of over two hundred thousand dollars, love-offerings of the disciplesof Mary Baker Eddy, reviver of the ancient faith and author of the textbookfrom which, with the New Testament at the foundation, believers receivelight, health, and strength, is evidence of the rapid growth of the newmovement. We call it new. It is not. The name Christian Science alone isnew. At the beginning of Christianity it was taught and practised by Jesusand his disciples. The Master was the great healer. But the wave ofmaterialism and bigotry that swept over the world for fifteen centuries, covering it with the blackness of the Dark Ages, nearly obliterated allvital belief in his teachings. The Bible was a sealed book. Recently arevived belief in what he taught is manifest, and Christian Science is oneresult. No new doctrine is proclaimed, but there is the fresh developmentof a Principle that was put into practice by the Founder of Christianitynineteen hundred years ago, though practised in other countries at anearlier date. "The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; andthat which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thingunder the sun. " The condition which Jesus of Nazareth, on various occasions during thethree years of his ministry on earth, declared to be essential, in the mindof both healer and patient, is contained in the one word--_faith_. Candrugs suddenly cure leprosy? When the ten lepers were cleansed and onereturned to give thanks in Oriental phrase, Jesus said to him: "Arise, gothy way: thy faith hath made thee whole. " That was Christian Science. Inhis "Law of Psychic Phenomena" Hudson says: "That word, more than anyother, expresses the whole law of human felicity and power in this world, and of salvation in the world to come. It is that attribute of mind whichelevates man above the level of the brute, and gives dominion over thephysical world. It is the essential element of success in every field ofhuman endeavor. It constitutes the power of the human soul. When Jesus ofNazareth proclaimed its potency from the hilltops of Palestine, he gave tomankind the key to health and heaven, and earned the title of Saviour ofthe World. " Whittier, grandest of mystic poets, saw the truth:-- That healing gift he lends to them Who use it in his name; The power that filled his garment's hem Is evermore the same. Again, in a poem entitled "The Master, " he wrote:-- The healing of his seamless dress Is by our beds of pain; We touch him in life's throng and press, And we are whole again. [D] That Jesus operated in perfect harmony with natural law, not in defiance, suppression, or violation of it, we cannot doubt. The perfectly natural isthe perfectly spiritual. Jesus enunciated and exemplified the Principle;and, obviously, the conditions requisite in psychic healing to-day are thesame as were necessary in apostolic times. We accept the statement ofHudson: "There was no law of nature violated or transcended. On thecontrary, the whole transaction was in perfect obedience to the laws ofnature. He understood the law perfectly, as no one before him understoodit; and in the plenitude of his power he applied it where the greatest goodcould be accomplished. " A careful reading of the accounts of his healings, in the light of modern science, shows that he observed, in his practice ofmental therapeutics, the conditions of environment and harmonious influencethat are essential to success. In the case of Jairus' daughter they arefully set forth. He kept the unbelievers away, "put them all out, " andpermitting only the father and mother, with his closest friends andfollowers, Peter, James, and John, in the chamber with him, and having thusthe most perfect obtainable environment, he raised the daughter to life. "Not in blind caprice of will, Not in cunning sleight of skill, Not for show of power, was wrought Nature's marvel in thy thought. " In a previous article we have referred to cyclic changes that came duringthe last quarter of preceding centuries. Of our remarkable nineteenthcentury not the least eventful circumstance is the advent of ChristianScience. That it should be the work of a woman is the natural outcome of aperiod notable for her emancipation from many of the thraldoms, prejudices, and oppressions of the past. We do not, therefore, regard it as a merecoincidence that the first edition of Mrs. Eddy's Science and Health shouldhave been published in 1875. Since then she has revised it many times, andthe ninety-first edition is announced. Her discovery was first called, "TheScience of Divine Metaphysical Healing. " Afterward she selected the nameChristian Science. It is based upon what is held to be scientificcertainty, namely, --that all causation is of Mind, every effect has itsorigin in desire and thought. The theology--if we may use the word--ofChristian Science is contained in the volume entitled "Science and Healthwith Key to the Scriptures. " The present Boston congregation was organized April 19, 1879, and has nowover four thousand members. It is regarded as the parent organization, allothers being branches, though each is entirely independent in themanagement of its own affairs. Truth is the sole recognized authority. Ofactual members of different congregations there are between one hundredthousand and two hundred thousand. One or more organized societies havesprung up in New York, Chicago, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Detroit, Toledo, Milwaukee, Madison, Scranton, Peoria, Atlanta, Toronto, and nearly every other centre of population, besides alarge and growing number of receivers of the faith among the members of allthe churches and non-church-going people. In some churches a majority ofthe members are Christian Scientists, and, as a rule, are the mostintelligent. Space does not admit of an elaborate presentation on the occasion of theerection of the temple, in Boston, the dedication taking place on the 6thof January, of one of the most remarkable, helpful, and powerful movementsof the last quarter of the century. Christian Science has brought hope andcomfort to many weary souls. It makes people better and happier. WeldingChristianity and Science, hitherto divorced because dogma and truth couldnot unite, was a happy inspiration. "And still we love the evil cause, And of the just effect complain; We tread upon life's broken laws, And mourn our self-inflicted pain. " * * * * * [_The Outlook_, New York, January 19, 1895] A CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH A great Christian Science church was dedicated in Boston on Sunday, the 6thinst. It is located at Norway and Falmouth Streets, and is intended to be atestimonial to the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, the Rev. Mary Baker Eddy. The building is fire-proof, and cost over two hundredthousand dollars. It is entirely paid for, and contributions for itserection came from every State in the Union, and from many lands. Theauditorium is said to seat between fourteen and fifteen hundred, and wasthronged at the four services on the day of dedication. The sermon, prepared by Mrs. Eddy, was read by Mrs. Bemis. It rehearsed thesignificance of the building, and reenunciated the truths which will findemphasis there. From the description we judge that it is one of the mostbeautiful buildings in Boston, and, indeed, in all New England. Whatevermay be thought of the peculiar tenets of the Christian Scientists, andwhatever difference of opinion there may be concerning the organization ofsuch a church, there can be no question but that the adherents of thischurch have proved their faith by their works. * * * * * [_American Art Journal_, New York, January 26, 1895] "OUR PRAYER IN STONE" Such is the excellent name given to a new Boston church. Few people outsideits own circles realize how extensive is the belief in Christian Science. There are several sects of mental healers, but this new edifice on BackBay, just off Huntington Avenue, not far from the big Mechanics Buildingand the proposed site of the new Music Hall, belongs to the followers ofRev. Mary Baker Glover Eddy, a lady born of an old New Hampshire family, who, after many vicissitudes, found herself in Lynn, Mass. , healed by thepower of divine Mind, and thereupon devoted herself to imparting this faithto her fellow-beings. Coming to Boston about 1880, she began teaching, gathered an association of students, and organized a church. For severalyears past she has lived in Concord, N. H. , near her birthplace, owning abeautiful estate called Pleasant View; but thousands of believersthroughout this country have joined The Mother Church in Boston, and havenow erected this edifice at a cost of over two hundred thousand dollars, every bill being paid. Its appearance is shown in the pictures we are permitted to publish. In thebelfry is a set of tubular chimes. Inside is a basement room, capable ofdivision into seven excellent class-rooms, by the use of movablepartitions. The main auditorium has wide galleries, and will seat over athousand in its exceedingly comfortable pews. Scarcely any woodwork is tobe found. The floors are all mosaic, the steps marble, and the walls stone. It is rather dark, often too much so for comfortable reading, as all thewindows are of colored glass, with pictures symbolic of the tenets of theorganization. In the ceiling is a beautiful sunburst window. Adjoining thechancel is a pastor's study; but for an indefinite time their primeinstructor has ordained that the only pastor shall be the Bible, with herbook, called "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. " In the toweris a room devoted to her, and called "Mother's Room, " furnished with allconveniences for living, should she wish to make it a home by day or night. Therein is a portrait of her in stained glass; and an electric light, behind an antique lamp, kept perpetually burning[E] in her honor; thoughshe has not yet visited her temple, which was dedicated on New Year'sSunday in a somewhat novel way. There was no special sentence or prayer of consecration, but continuousservices were held from nine to four o'clock, every hour and a half, solong as there were attendants; and some people heard these exercises fourtimes repeated. The printed program was for some reason not followed, certain hymns and psalms being omitted. There was singing by a choir andcongregation. The _Pater Noster_ was repeated in the way peculiar toChristian Scientists, the congregation repeating one sentence and theleader responding with its parallel interpretation by Mrs. Eddy. Antiphonalparagraphs were read from the book of Revelation and her work respectively. The sermon, prepared by Mrs. Eddy, was well adapted for its purpose, andread by a professional elocutionist, not an adherent of the order, Mrs. Henrietta Clark Bemis, in a clear emphatic style. The solo singer, however, was a Scientist, Miss Elsie Lincoln; and on the platform sat JosephArmstrong, formerly of Kansas, and now the business manager of thePublishing Society, with the other members of the Christian Science Boardof Directors--Ira O. Knapp, Edward P. Bates, Stephen A. Chase, --gentlemenofficially connected with the movement. The children of believing familiescollected the money for the Mother's Room, and seats were especially setapart for them at the second dedicatory service. Before one service wasover and the auditors left by the rear doors, the front vestibule andstreet (despite the snowstorm) were crowded with others, waiting foradmission. On the next Sunday the new order of service went into operation. There wasno address of any sort, no notices, no explanation of Bible or theirtextbook. Judge Hanna, who was a Colorado lawyer before coming into thiswork, presided, reading in clear, manly, and intelligent tones, the_Quarterly_ Bible Lesson, which happened that day to be on Jesus' miracleof loaves and fishes. Each paragraph he supplemented first withillustrative Scripture parallels, as set down for him, and then by passagesselected for him from Mrs. Eddy's book. The place was again crowded, manyhaving remained over a week from among the thousands of adherents who hadcome to Boston for this auspicious occasion from all parts of the country. The organ, made by Farrand & Votey in Detroit, at a cost of eleven thousanddollars, is the gift of a wealthy Universalist gentleman, but was not readyfor the opening. It is to fill the recess behind the spacious platform, andis described as containing pneumatic wind-chests throughout, and having anĈolian attachment. It is of three-manual compass, C. C. C. To C. 4, 61 notes;and pedal compass, C. C. C. To F. 30. The great organ has double open diapason(stopped bass), open diapason, dulciana, viola di gamba, doppel flute, hohlflute, octave, octave quint, superoctave, and trumpet, --61 pipes each. Theswell organ has bourdon, open diapason, salicional, ĉoline, stoppeddiapason, gemshorn, flute harmonique, flageolet, cornet--3 ranks, 183, --cornopean, oboe, vox humana--61 pipes each. The choir organ, enclosedin separate swell-box, has geigen principal, dolce, concert flute, quintadena, fugara, flute d'amour, piccolo harmonique, clarinet, --61 pipeseach. The pedal organ has open diapason, bourdon, lieblich gedeckt (fromstop 10), violoncello-wood, --30 pipes each. Couplers: swell to great; choirto great; swell to choir; swell to great octaves, swell to greatsub-octaves; choir to great sub-octaves; swell octaves; swell to pedal;great to pedal; choir to pedal. Mechanical accessories: swell tremulant, choir tremulant, bellows signal; wind indicator. Pedal movements: threeaffecting great and pedal stops, three affecting swell and pedal stops;great to pedal reversing pedal; crescendo and full organ pedal; balancedgreat and choir pedal; balanced swell pedal. Beautiful suggestions greet you in every part of this unique church, whichis practical as well as poetic, and justifies the name given by Mrs. Eddy, which stands at the head of this sketch. J. H. W. * * * * * [_Boston Journal_, January 7, 1895] CHIMES RANG SWEETLY Much admiration was expressed by all those fortunate enough to listen tothe first peal of the chimes in the tower of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, corner of Falmouth and Norway Streets, dedicated yesterday. Thesweet, musical tones attracted quite a throng of people, who listened withdelight. The chimes were made by the United States Tubular Bell Company, ofMethuen, Mass. , and are something of a novelty in this country, though forsome time well and favorably known in the Old Country, especially inEngland. They are a substitution of tubes of drawn brass for the heavy cast bells ofold-fashioned chimes. They have the advantage of great economy of space, aswell as of cost, a chime of fifteen bells occupying a space not more thanfive by eight feet. Where the old-fashioned chimes required a strong man to ring them, thesecan be rung from an electric keyboard, and even when rung by hand requirebut little muscular power to manipulate them and call forth all the purityand sweetness of their tones. The quality of tone is something superb, being rich and mellow. The tubes are carefully tuned, so that the harmonyis perfect. They have all the beauties of a great cathedral chime, withinfinitely less expense. There is practically no limit to the uses to which these bells may be put. They can be called into requisition in theatres, concert halls, and publicbuildings, as they range in all sizes, from those described down to littlesets of silver bells that might be placed on a small centre table. * * * * * [_The Republic_, Washington, D. C. , February 2, 1895] [Extract] CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MARY BAKER EDDY THE "MOTHER" OF THE IDEA--SHE HAS AN IMMENSE FOLLOWING THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, AND A CHURCH COSTING $250, 000 WAS RECENTLY BUILT IN HER HONOR AT BOSTON "My faith has the strength to nourish trees as well as souls, " was theremark Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, the "Mother" of Christian Science, maderecently as she pointed to a number of large elms that shade her delightfulcountry home in Concord, N. H. "I had them brought here in warm weather, almost as big as they are now, and not one died. " This is a remarkablestatement, but it is made by a remarkable woman, who has originated a newphase of religious belief, and who numbers over one hundred thousandintelligent people among her devoted followers. The great hold she has upon this army was demonstrated in a very tangibleand material manner recently, when "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, "erected at a cost of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, was dedicatedin Boston. This handsome edifice was paid for before it was begun, by thevoluntary contributions of Christian Scientists all over the country, and atablet imbedded in its wall declares that it was built as "a testimonial toour beloved teacher, Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, Discoverer and Founder ofChristian Science, author of its textbook, 'Science and Health with Key tothe Scriptures, ' president of the Massachusetts Metaphysical College, andthe first pastor of this denomination. " There is usually considerable difficulty in securing sufficient funds forthe building of a new church, but such was not the experience of Rev. MaryBaker Eddy. Money came freely from all parts of the United States. Men, women, and children contributed, some giving a pittance, others donatinglarge sums. When the necessary amount was raised, the custodian of thefunds was compelled to refuse further contributions, in order to stop thecontinued inflow of money from enthusiastic Christian Scientists. Mrs. Eddy says she discovered Christian Science in 1866. She studied theScriptures and the sciences, she declares, in a search for the greatcurative Principle. She investigated allopathy, homoeopathy, andelectricity, without finding a clew; and modern philosophy gave her nodistinct statement of the Science of Mind-healing. After careful study shebecame convinced that the curative Principle was the Deity. * * * * * [_New York Tribune_, February 7, 1895] [Extract] Boston has just dedicated the first church of the Christian Scientists, incommemoration of the Founder of that sect, the Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, drawing together six thousand people to participate in the ceremonies, showing that belief in that curious creed is not confined to its originalapostles and promulgators, but that it has penetrated what is called theNew England mind to an unlooked-for extent. In inviting the Easternchurches and the Anglican fold to unity with Rome, the Holy Father shouldnot overlook the Boston sect of Christian Scientists, which is rather smalland new, to be sure, but is undoubtedly an interesting faith and may have afuture before it, whatever attitude Rome may assume toward it. * * * * * [_Journal_, Kansas City, Mo. , January 10, 1895] [Extract] GROWTH OF A FAITH Attention is directed to the progress which has been made by what is calledChristian Science by the dedication at Boston of "The First Church ofChrist, Scientist. " It is a most beautiful structure of gray granite, andits builders call it their "prayer in stone, " which suggests torecollection the story of the cathedral of Amiens, whose architecturalconstruction and arrangement of statuary and paintings made it to be calledthe Bible of that city. The Frankish church was reared upon the spot where, in pagan times, one bitter winter day, a Roman soldier parted his mantlewith his sword and gave half of the garment to a naked beggar; and so wasmemorialized in art and stone what was called the divine spirit of giving, whose unbelieving exemplar afterward became a saint. The Boston churchsimilarly expresses the faith of those who believe in what they term thedivine art of healing, which, to their minds, exists as much to-day as itdid when Christ healed the sick. The first church organization of this faith was founded fifteen years agowith a membership of only twenty-six, and since then the number ofbelievers has grown with remarkable rapidity, until now there are societiesin every part of the country. This growth, it is said, proceeds more fromthe graveyards than from conversions from other churches, for most of thosewho embrace the faith claim to have been rescued from death miraculouslyunder the injunction to "heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. " They hold with strict fidelity to what they conceive tobe the literal teachings of the Bible as expressed in its poetical andhighly figurative language. Altogether the belief and service are well suited to satisfy a taste forthe mystical which, along many lines, has shown an uncommon development inthis country during the last decade, and which is largely Oriental in itschoice. Such a rapid departure from long respected views as is marked bythe dedication of this church, and others of kindred meaning, mayreasonably excite wonder as to how radical is to be this encroachment uponprevailing faiths, and whether some of the pre-Christian ideas of theAsiatics are eventually to supplant those in company with which ourcivilization has developed. * * * * * [_Montreal Daily Herald_, Saturday, February 2, 1895] [Extract] CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SKETCH OF ITS ORIGIN AND GROWTH--THE MONTREAL BRANCH "If you would found a new faith, go to Boston, " has been said by a greatAmerican writer. This is no idle word, but a fact borne out bycircumstances. Boston can fairly claim to be the hub of the logicaluniverse, and an accurate census of the religious faiths which are to befound there to-day would probably show a greater number of them than evenMax O'Rell's famous enumeration of John Bull's creeds. Christian Science, or the Principle of divine healing, is one of thosemovements which seek to give expression to a higher spirituality. Foundedtwenty-five years ago, it was still practically unknown a decade since, butto-day it numbers over a quarter of a million of believers, the majority ofwhom are in the United States, and is rapidly growing. In Canada, also, there is a large number of members. Toronto and Montreal have strongchurches, comparatively, while in many towns and villages single believersor little knots of them are to be found. It was exactly one hundred years from the date of the Declaration ofIndependence, when on July 4, 1876, the first Christian ScientistAssociation was organized by seven persons, of whom the foremost was Mrs. Eddy. The church was founded in April, 1879, with twenty-six members, and acharter was obtained two months later. Mrs. Eddy assumed the pastorship ofthe church during its early years, and in 1881 was ordained, being nowknown as the Rev. Mary Baker Eddy. The Massachusetts Metaphysical College was founded by Mrs. Eddy in 1881, and here she taught the principles of the faith for nine years. Studentscame to it in hundreds from all parts of the world, and many are nowpastors or in practice. The college was closed in 1889, as Mrs. Eddy feltit necessary for the interests of her religious work to retire from activecontact with the world. She now lives in a beautiful country residence inher native State. * * * * * [_The American_, Baltimore, Md. , January 14, 1895] [Extract] MRS. EDDY'S DISCIPLES It is not generally known that a Christian Science congregation wasorganized in this city about a year ago. It now holds regular services inthe parlor of the residence of the pastor, at 1414 Linden Avenue. Thededication in Boston last Sunday of the Christian Science church, calledThe Mother Church, which cost over two hundred thousand dollars, addsinterest to the Baltimore organization. There are many other churchedifices in the United States owned by Christian Scientists. ChristianScience was founded by Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy. The Baltimore congregation wasorganized at a meeting held at the present location on February 27, 1894. Dr. Hammond, the pastor, came to Baltimore about three years ago toorganize this movement. Miss Cross came from Syracuse, N. Y. , about eighteenmonths ago. Both were under the instruction of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, theFounder of the movement. Dr. Hammond says he was converted to Christian Science by being cured byMrs. Eddy of a physical ailment some twelve years ago, after severaldoctors had pronounced his case incurable. He says they use no medicines, but rely on Mind for cure, believing that disease comes from evil andsick-producing thoughts, and that, if they can so fill the mind with goodthoughts as to leave no room there for the bad, they can work a cure. Hedistinguishes Christian Science from the faith-cure, and added: "ThisChristian Science really is a return to the ideas of primitiveChristianity. It would take a small book to explain fully all about it, butI may say that the fundamental idea is that God is Mind, and we interpretthe Scriptures wholly from the spiritual or metaphysical standpoint. Wefind in this view of the Bible the power fully developed to heal the sick. It is not faith-cure, but it is an acknowledgment of certain Christian andscientific laws, and to work a cure the practitioner must understand theselaws aright. The patient may gain a better understanding than the Churchhas had in the past. All churches have prayed for the cure of disease, butthey have not done so in an intelligent manner, understanding anddemonstrating the Christ-healing. " * * * * * [_The Reporter_, Lebanon, Ind. , January 18, 1895] [Extract] DISCOVERED CHRISTIAN SCIENCE REMARKABLE CAREER OF REV. MARY BAKER EDDY, WHO HAS OVER ONE HUNDREDTHOUSAND FOLLOWERS Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, authorof its textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, " presidentof the Massachusetts Metaphysical College, and first pastor of theChristian Science denomination, is without doubt one of the most remarkablewomen in America. She has within a few years founded a sect that has overone hundred thousand converts, and very recently saw completed in Boston, as a testimonial to her labors, a handsome fire-proof church that cost twohundred and fifty thousand dollars and was paid for by Christian Scientistsall over the country. Mrs. Eddy asserts that in 1866 she became certain that "all causation wasMind, and every effect a mental phenomenon. " Taking her text from theBible, she endeavored in vain to find the great curative Principle--theDeity--in philosophy and schools of medicine, and she concluded that theway of salvation demonstrated by Jesus was the power of Truth over allerror, sin, sickness, and death. Thus originated the divine or spiritualScience of Mind-healing, which she termed Christian Science. She has apalatial home in Boston and a country-seat in Concord, N. H. The ChristianScience Church has a membership of four thousand, and eight hundred of themembers are Bostonians. * * * * * [_N. Y. Commercial Advertiser_, January 9, 1895] The idea that Christian Science has declined in popularity is not borne outby the voluntary contribution of a quarter of a million dollars for amemorial church for Mrs. Eddy, the inventor of this cure. The money comesfrom Christian Science believers exclusively. * * * * * [_The Post_, Syracuse, New York, February 1, 1895] DO NOT BELIEVE SHE WAS DEIFIED CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS OF SYRACUSE SURPRISED AT THE NEWS ABOUT MRS. MARYBAKER EDDY, FOUNDER OF THE FAITH Christian Scientists in this city, and in fact all over the country, havebeen startled and greatly discomfited over the announcements in New Yorkpapers that Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, the acknowledged Christian ScienceLeader, has been exalted by various dignitaries of the faith. . . . It is well known that Mrs. Eddy has resigned herself completely to thestudy and foundation of the faith to which many thousands throughout theUnited States are now so entirely devoted. By her followers and cobelieversshe is unquestionably looked upon as having a divine mission to fulfil, and as though inspired in her great task by supernatural power. For the purpose of learning the feeling of Scientists in this city towardthe reported deification of Mrs. Eddy, a _Post_ reporter called upon a fewof the leading members of the faith yesterday and had a number of veryinteresting conversations upon the subject. Mrs. D. W. Copeland of University Avenue was one of the first to be seen. Mrs. Copeland is a very pleasant and agreeable lady, ready to converse, andevidently very much absorbed in the work to which she has given so much ofher attention. Mrs. Copeland claims to have been healed a number of yearsago by Christian Scientists, after she had practically been given up by anumber of well-known physicians. "And for the past eleven years, " said Mrs. Copeland, "I have not taken anymedicine or drugs of any kind, and yet have been perfectly well. " In regard to Mrs. Eddy, Mrs. Copeland said that she was the Founder of thefaith, but that she had never claimed, nor did she believe that Mrs. Lathrop had, that Mrs. Eddy had any power other than that which came fromGod and through faith in Him and His teachings. "The power of Christ has been dormant in mankind for ages, " added thespeaker, "and it was Mrs. Eddy's mission to revive it. In our labors wetake Christ as an example, going about doing good and healing the sick. Christ has told us to do his work, naming as one great essential that wehave faith in him. "Did you ever hear of Jesus' taking medicine himself, or giving it toothers?" inquired the speaker. "Then why should we worry ourselves aboutsickness and disease? If we become sick, God will care for us, and willsend to us those who have faith, who believe in His unlimited and divinepower. Mrs. Eddy was strictly an ardent follower after God. She had faithin Him, and she cured herself of a deathly disease through the mediation ofher God. Then she secluded herself from the world for three years andstudied and meditated over His divine Word. She delved deep into theBiblical passages, and at the end of the period came from her seclusion oneof the greatest Biblical scholars of the age. Her mission was then themission of a Christian, to do good and heal the sick, and this duty shefaithfully performed. She of herself had no power. But God has fulfilledHis promises to her and to the world. If you have faith, you can movemountains. " Mrs. Henrietta N. Cole is also a very prominent member of the church. Whenseen yesterday she emphasized herself as being of the same theory as Mrs. Copeland. Mrs. Cole has made a careful and searching study in the beliefsof 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 whatever in the reports from New York that Mrs. Eddyhas been accredited as having been deified. She referred the reporter tothe large volume which Mrs. Eddy had herself written, and said that no morecomplete and yet concise idea of her belief could be obtained than by aperusal of it. * * * * * [_New York Herald_, February 6, 1895] MRS. EDDY SHOCKED [By Telegraph to the _Herald_] Concord, N. H. , February 4, 1895. --The article published in the _Herald_ onJanuary 29, regarding a statement made by Mrs. Laura Lathrop, pastor of theChristian Science congregation that meets every Sunday in Hodgson Hall, NewYork, was shown to Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, the Christian Science"Discoverer, " to-day. Mrs. Eddy preferred to prepare a written answer to the interrogatory, whichshe did in this letter, addressed to the editor of the _Herald_:-- "A despatch is given me, calling for an interview to answer for myself, 'Am I the second Christ?' "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 Christian Science, and the blessing it has been to mankind which eternity enfolds. "I think Mrs. Lathrop was not understood. If she said 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 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. "There was, is, and never can be but one God, one Christ, one Jesus of Nazareth. Whoever in any age expresses most of the spirit of Truth and Love, the Principle 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, 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 would not only be false, but the absolute antipode of Christian Science, and would savor more of heathenism than of my doctrines. "MARY BAKER EDDY. " * * * * * [_The Globe_, Toronto, Canada, January 12, 1895] [Extract] CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS DEDICATION TO THE FOUNDER OF THE ORDER OF A BEAUTIFUL CHURCH ATBOSTON--MANY TORONTO SCIENTISTS PRESENT The Christian Scientists of Toronto, to the number of thirty, took part inthe ceremonies at Boston last Sunday and for the day or two following, bywhich the members of that faith all over North America celebrated thededication of the church constructed in the great New England capital as atestimonial to the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Rev. MaryBaker Eddy. The temple is believed to be the most nearly fire-proof church structure onthe continent, the only combustible material used in its constructionbeing that used in the doors and pews. A striking feature of the church isa beautiful apartment known as the "Mother's Room, " which is approachedthrough a superb archway of Italian marble set in the wall. The furnishingof the "Mother's Room" is described as "particularly beautiful, and blendsharmoniously with the pale green and gold decoration of the walls. Thefloor is of mosaic in elegant designs, and two alcoves are separated fromthe apartment by rich hangings of deep green plush, which in certain lightshas a shimmer of silver. The furniture frames are of white mahogany inspecial designs, elaborately carved, and the upholstery is in white andgold tapestry. A superb mantel of Mexican onyx with gold decoration adornsthe south wall, and before the hearth is a large rug composed entirely ofskins of the eider-down duck, brought from the Arctic regions. Pictures andbric-a-brac everywhere suggest the tribute of loving friends. One of thetwo alcoves is a retiring-room and the other a lavatory in which theplumbing is all heavily plated with gold. " * * * * * [_Evening Monitor_, Concord, N. H. , February 27, 1895] AN ELEGANT SOUVENIR REV. MARY BAKER EDDY MEMORIALIZED BY A CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, Discoverer of Christian Science, has received fromthe members of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, an invitationformally to accept the magnificent new edifice of worship which the churchhas just erected. The invitation itself is one of the most chastely elegant memorials everprepared, and is a scroll of solid gold, suitably engraved, and encased ina handsome plush casket with white silk linings. Attached to the scroll isa golden key of the church structure. The inscription reads thus:-- _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, 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 most lovingly invited to visit and formally accept this testimonial on the twentieth day of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, at high noon. "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, at Boston, Mass. "By EDWARD P. BATES, "CAROLINE S. BATES. "To the Reverend Mary Baker Eddy, "Boston, January 6th, 1895. " * * * * * [_People and Patriot_, Concord, N. H. , February 27, 1895] MAGNIFICENT TESTIMONIAL Members of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, at Boston, have forwardedto Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy of this city, the Founder of Christian Science, atestimonial which is probably one of the most magnificent examples of thegoldsmith's art ever wrought in this country. It is in the form of a goldscroll, twenty-six inches long, nine inches wide, and an eighth of an inchthick. It bears upon its face the following inscription, cut in script letters:-- "_Dear Mother_:--During the year 1894 a church edifice was erected at the intersection of Falmouth and Norway Streets, in the city of Boston, 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 most lovingly invited to visit and formally accept this testimonial on the 20th day of February, 1895, at high noon. "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, at Boston, Mass. "By EDWARD P. BATES, "CAROLINE S. BATES. "To the Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, "Boston, January 6, 1895. " 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 of rich green velvet. The scroll is on exhibition in the window of J. C. Derby's jewelry store. * * * * * [_The Union Signal_, Chicago] [Extract] THE NEW WOMAN AND THE NEW CHURCH The dedication, in Boston, of a Christian Science temple costing over twohundred thousand dollars, and for which the money was all paid in so thatno 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, itbecomes us as students of public questions not to ignore a movement which, starting fifteen years ago, has already gained to itself adherents in everypart of the civilized world, for it is a significant fact that one cannottake up a daily paper in town or village--to say nothing of cities--withoutseeing notices of Christian Science meetings, and in most instances theyare held at "headquarters. " We believe there are two reasons for this remarkable development, which hasshown a vitality so unexpected. The first is that a revolt was inevitablefrom the crass materialism of the cruder science that had taken possessionof men's minds, for as a wicked but witty writer has said, "If there wereno God, we should be obliged to invent one. " There is something in theconstitution of man that requires the religious sentiment as much as hislungs call for breath; indeed, the breath of his soul is a belief in God. But when Christian Science arose, the thought of the world's scientificleaders had become materialistically "lopsided, " and this condition cannever long continue. There must be a righting-up of the mind as surely asof a ship when under stress of storm it is ready to capsize. The pendulumthat has swung to one extreme will surely find the other. The religioussentiment in women is so strong that the revolt was headed by them; thiswas inevitable in the nature of the case. It began in the most intellectualcity of the freest country in the world--that is to say, it sought the lineof least resistance. Boston is emphatically the women'sparadise, --numerically, socially, indeed every way. Here they have thelargest individuality, the most recognition, the widest outlook. Mrs. Eddywe have never seen; her book has many a time been sent us by interestedfriends, and out of respect to them we have fairly broken our mental teethover its granitic pebbles. That we could not understand it might be ratherto the credit of the book than otherwise. On this subject we have noopinion to pronounce, but simply state the fact. We do not, therefore, speak of the system it sets forth, either to praiseor blame, but this much is true: the spirit of Christian Science ideas hascaused an army of well-meaning people to believe in God and the power offaith, who did not believe in them before. It has made a myriad of womenmore thoughtful and devout; it has brought a hopeful spirit into the homesof unnumbered invalids. The belief that "thoughts are things, " that theinvisible is the only real world, that we are here to be trained intoharmony with the laws of God, and that what we are here determines where weshall be hereafter--all these ideas are Christian. The chimes on the Christian Science temple in Boston played "All hail thepower of Jesus' name, " on the morning of the dedication. We did not attend, but we learn that the name of Christ is nowhere spoken with more reverencethan it was during those services, and that he is set forth as the power ofGod for righteousness and the express image of God for love. * * * * * [_The New Century_, Boston, February, 1895] ONE POINT OF VIEW--THE NEW WOMAN We all know her--she is simply the woman of the past with an added grace--anewer charm. Some of her dearest ones call her "selfish" because she thinksso much of herself she spends her whole time helping others. She representsthe composite beauty, sweetness, and nobility of all those who scorn selffor the sake of love and her handmaiden duty--of all those who seek thebrightness of truth not as the moth to be destroyed thereby, but as thelark who soars and sings to the great sun. She is of those who have so muchto give they want no time to take, and their name is legion. She is as fullof beautiful possibilities as a perfect harp, and she realizes that all theharmonies of the universe are in herself, while her own soul plays uponmagic strings the unwritten anthems of love. She is the apostle of thetrue, the beautiful, the good, commissioned to complete all that the twelvehave left undone. Hers is the mission of missions--the highest of all--tomake the body not the prison, but the palace of the soul, with the brainfor its great white throne. 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 thestricken soul. Her hand is 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 course than winter could stop thecoming of spring. She has long learned with patience, and to-day she knowsmany things dear to the soul far better than her teachers. In olden timesthe Jews claimed to be the conservators of the world's morals--they treatedwoman as a chattel, and said that because she was created after man, shewas created solely for man. Too many still are Jews who never calledAbraham "Father, " while the Jews themselves have long acknowledged woman asman's proper helpmeet. In those days women had few lawful claims and no oneto urge them. True, there were Miriam and Esther, but they sang andsacrificed for their people, not for their sex. To-day there are ten thousand Esthers, and Miriams by the million, who singbest by singing most for their own sex. They are demanding the right tohelp make the laws, or at least to help enforce the laws upon which dependsthe welfare of their husbands, their children, and themselves. Why shouldour selfish self longer remain deaf to their cry? The date is no longerB. C. Might no longer makes right, and in this fair land at least fear hasceased to kiss the iron heel of wrong. Why then should we continue todemand woman's love and woman's help while we recklessly promise as loverand candidate what we never fulfil as husband and office-holder? In oursecret heart our better self is shamed and dishonored, and appeals fromPhilip drunk to Philip sober, but has not yet the moral strength andcourage to prosecute the appeal. But the east is rosy, and the sunlightcannot long be delayed. Woman must not and will not be disheartened by athousand denials or a million of broken pledges. With the assurance offaith she prays, with the certainty of inspiration she works, and with thepatience of genius she waits. At last she is becoming "as fair as the morn, as bright as the sun, and as terrible as an army with banners" to those whomarch under the black flag of oppression and wield the ruthless sword ofinjustice. In olden times it was the Amazons who conquered the invincibles, and wemust look now to their daughters to overcome our own allied armies of eviland to save us from ourselves. She must and will succeed, for as Davidsang--"God shall help her, and that right early. " When we try to praise herlater works it is as if we would pour incense upon the rose. It is theproudest boast of many of us that we are "bound to her by bonds dearer thanfreedom, " and that we live in the reflected royalty which shines from herbrow. We rejoice with her that at last we begin to know what John on Patmosmeant--"And there appeared a great wonder in heaven, a woman clothed withthe sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelvestars. " She brought to warring men the Prince of Peace, and he, departing, left his scepter not in her hand, but in her soul. "The time of times" isnear when "the new woman" shall subdue the whole earth with the weapons ofpeace. Then shall wrong be robbed of her bitterness and ingratitude of hersting, revenge shall clasp hands with pity, and love shall dwell in thetents of hate; while side by side, equal partners in all that is worthliving for, shall stand the new man with the new woman. * * * * * [_Christian Science Journal_, January, 1895] [Extract] THE MOTHER CHURCH The Mother Church edifice--The First Church of Christ, Scientist, inBoston, is erected. The close of the year, Anno Domini 1894, witnessed thecompletion of "our prayer in stone, " all predictions and prognosticationsto the contrary notwithstanding. Of the significance of this achievement we shall not undertake to speak inthis article. It can be better felt than expressed. All who are awakethereto have some measure of understanding of what it means. But only thefuture will tell the story of its mighty meaning or unfold it to thecomprehension of mankind. It is enough for us now to know that allobstacles to its completion have been met and overcome, and that our templeis completed as God intended it should be. This achievement is the result of long years of untiring, unselfish, andzealous effort on the part of our beloved teacher and Leader, the ReverendMary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, whonearly thirty years ago began to lay the foundation of this temple, andwhose devotion and consecration to God and humanity during the interveningyears have made its erection possible. Those who now, in part, understand her mission, turn their hearts ingratitude to her for her great work, and those who do not understand itwill, in the fulness of time, see and acknowledge it. In the measure inwhich she has unfolded and demonstrated divine Love, and built up in humanconsciousness a better and higher conception of God as Life, Truth, andLove, --as the divine Principle of all things which really exist, --and inthe degree in which she has demonstrated the system of healing of Jesus andthe apostles, surely she, as the one chosen of God to this end, is entitledto 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 uponearth in accordance with the prayer and teachings of Jesus Christ. * * * * * [_Concord Evening Monitor_, March 23, 1895] TESTIMONIAL AND GIFT TO REV. MARY BAKER EDDY, FROM THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, INBOSTON Rev. Mary Baker Eddy received Friday, from the Christian Science Board ofDirectors, Boston, a beautiful and unique testimonial of the appreciationof her labors and loving generosity in the Cause of their common faith. Itwas a facsimile of the corner-stone of the new church of the ChristianScientists, just completed, being of granite, about six inches in eachdimension, and contains a solid gold box, upon the cover of which is thisinscription:-- "To our Beloved Teacher, the Reverend Mary Baker Eddy, Discoverer andFounder of Christian Science, from her affectionate Students, the ChristianScience Board of Directors. " On the under side of the cover are the facsimile signatures of theDirectors, --Ira O. Knapp, William B. Johnson, Joseph Armstrong, and StephenA. Chase, with the date, "1895. " The beautiful souvenir is encased in anelegant plush box. Accompanying the stone testimonial was the following address from the Boardof Directors:-- Boston, March 20, 1895. _To the Reverend Mary Baker Eddy, our Beloved Teacher and Leader_:--We are happy to announce to you the completion of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston. In behalf of your loving students and all contributors 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 Christian Science, and the author of its textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. " We therefore respectfully extend to you the invitation to become the permanent pastor of this church, in connection with the Bible and the book alluded to above, which you have already ordained as our pastor. And we most cordially invite you to be present and take charge of any services that may be held therein. We especially 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. Lovingly yours, IRA O. KNAPP, JOSEPH ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM B. JOHNSON, STEPHEN A. CHASE, _The Christian Science Board of Directors_. REV. MRS. EDDY'S REPLY _Beloved Directors and Brethren_:--For your costly offering, and kind callto the pastorate of "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, " inBoston--accept my profound thanks. But permit me, respectfully, to declinetheir acceptance, while I fully appreciate your kind intentions. If it willcomfort you in the least, make me your _Pastor Emeritus_, nominally. Through my book, your textbook, I already speak to you each Sunday. You asktoo much when asking me to accept your grand church edifice. I have more ofearth now, than I desire, and less of heaven; so pardon my refusal of thatas a material offering. More effectual than the forum are our states ofmind, to bless mankind. This wish stops not with my pen--God give yougrace. As our church's tall tower detains the sun, so may luminous linesfrom your lives linger, a legacy to our race. MARY BAKER EDDY. March 25, 1895. * * * * * LIST OF LEADING NEWSPAPERS WHOSE ARTICLES ARE OMITTED From Canada to New Orleans, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean, theauthor has received leading newspapers with uniformly kind and interestingarticles on the dedication of The Mother Church. They were, however, toovoluminous for these pages. To those which are copied she can append only afew of the names of other prominent newspapers whose articles arereluctantly omitted. EASTERN STATES _Advertiser_, Calais, Me. _Advertiser_, Boston, Mass. _Farmer_, Bridgeport, Conn. _Independent_, Rockland, Mass. _Kennebec Journal_, Augusta, Me. _News_, New Haven, Conn. _News_, Newport, R. I. _Post_, Boston, Mass. _Post_, Hartford, Conn. _Republican_, Springfield, Mass. _Sentinel_, Eastport, Me. _Sun_, Attleboro, Mass. MIDDLE STATES _Advertiser_, New York City. _Bulletin_, Auburn, N. Y. _Daily_, York, Pa. _Evening Reporter_, Lebanon, Pa. _Farmer_, Bridgeport, Conn. _Herald_, Rochester, N. Y. _Independent_, Harrisburg, Pa. _Inquirer_, Philadelphia, Pa. _Independent_, New York City. _Journal_, Lockport, N. Y. _Knickerbocker_, Albany, N. Y. _News_, Buffalo, N. Y. _News_, Newark, N. J. _Once A Week_, New York City. _Post_, Pittsburgh, Pa. _Press_, Albany, N. Y. _Press_, New York City. _Press_, Philadelphia, Pa. _Saratogian_, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. _Sun_, New York City. _Telegram_, Philadelphia, Pa. _Telegram_, Troy, N. Y. _Times_, Trenton, N. J. SOUTHERN STATES _Commercial_, Louisville, Ky. _Journal_, Atlanta, Ga. _Post_, Washington, D. C. _Telegram_, New Orleans, La. _Times_, New Orleans, La. _Times-Herald_, Dallas, Tex. WESTERN STATES _Bee_, Omaha, Neb. _Bulletin_, San Francisco, Cal. _Chronicle_, San Francisco, Cal. _Elite_, Chicago, Ill. _Enquirer_, Oakland, Cal. _Free Press_, Detroit, Mich. _Gazette_, Burlington, Iowa. _Herald_, Grand Rapids, Mich. _Herald_, St. Joseph, Mo. _Journal_, Columbus, Ohio. _Journal_, Topeka, Kans. _Leader_, Bloomington, Ill. _Leader_, Cleveland, Ohio. _News_, St. Joseph, Mo. _News-Tribune_, Duluth, Minn. _Pioneer-Press_, St. Paul, Minn. _Post-Intelligencer_, Seattle, Wash. _Salt Lake Herald_, Salt Lake City, Utah. _Sentinel_, Indianapolis, Ind. _Sentinel_, Milwaukee, Wis. _Star_, Kansas City, Mo. _Telegram_, Portland, Ore. _Times_, Chicago, Ill. _Times_, Minneapolis, Minn. _Tribune_, Minneapolis, Minn. _Tribune_, Salt Lake City, Utah. _Free Press_, London, Can. THE PLIMPTON PRESS NORWOOD MASS USA FOOTNOTES: [Footnote A: See footnote on page nine. ] [Footnote B: This sum was increased to $5, 568. 51 by contributions whichreached the Treasurer after the Dedicatory Services. ] [Footnote C: Steps were taken to promote the Church of Christ Scientist inApril, May and June; formal organization was accomplished and the charterobtained in August, 1879. ] [Footnote D: NOTE:--About 1868, the author of Science and Healthhealed Mr. Whittier with one visit, at his home in Amesbury, of incipientpulmonary consumption. --M. B. EDDY. ] [Footnote E: At Mrs. Eddy's request the lamp was not kept burning. ]