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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1910
Page
2
The death of Mary Baker Eddy is reported after a nine day illness. Medical examiner Dr Farlow cited pneumonia as a contributory cause while noting she remained conscious and largely free from pain until the end. Tributes from Gen Streeter and others praise her leadership of Christian Science and her enduring influence on faith and practice.
New York churches issued an official statement noting there can be no successor to Mrs. Eddy as founder of Christian Science. The message says her teaching centers on individual responsibility and principle over personality, and that the church will continue on momentum without a human successor. Virgil Strickler and Eugene H. Cox commented on the leader’s death and its impact, reaffirming Mrs. Eddy as founder.
Prominent members of the First Church weigh Mrs. Eddy’s wealth as pastor emeritus position draws no salary. Estimate unavailable, with many questions about the total fortune and its disposition. Continued on next page.
Mary Baker Glover Eddy, founder of Christian Science born 1821 in Bow New Hampshire, founded the movement in 1866 starting with one pupil. By her death the denomination had 955 churches in the United States and Canada with about 250000 members, plus 50 foreign churches and 15000 adherents. Healers numbered 404 in Illinois and more across states, with many registered internationally. Church property valued around 10000000, and notable churches including Mother Church Boston and First Church New York with listed costs.
Willis P. Gross of Boston’s lectureship board spoke on Christian Science at the Columbia Theater before about 1,500 listeners amid reports of Mrs. Eddy’s death. He argued healing through understanding of God, rejecting mystery and drugs, and stressed the first commandment and loving one’s neighbor as core to salvation.
The article outlines Christian Science views on God and evil, stating that true identify of the Supreme Being increases faith and power over evil. It argues mortal mind creates sin and sickness, while divine mind is infinite, and when mortal sin is removed, sin and its diseases cease to express.
At Annapolis four men including Garbett Hulings Philip D Headh and Gay Hy Wakeman were taken to the naval hospital today with typhoid fever. Officials say the outbreak stems from a common infection source and note several cases occurred as players pressed to play in the Navy Army football game. Thirty nine patients are under treatment at the academy hospital.
Peking reports edicts create a navy department with Prince Tsai Suun as president. The army general staff will be reorganized under Gen. Yin Tsehang to modernize training as China expands forces. The throne dismisses many old officers with pensions and may hire foreign instructors to boost naval power and overall military efficiency.
The report describes a Northwestern disturbance moving toward northeastern Texas with general rain and snow across the Rocky Mountain region and eastern states. It notes fair conditions in the extreme west, cooler nights, and a northeastward movement of unsettled weather into Monday and Tuesday with colder temperatures in the Gulf States and warmer readings in the Atlantic states. Winds are described along the New England coast and Atlantic coasts, with storm warnings for the Great Lakes ending by December 1910. Local temperatures and rainfall figures are listed for the day.
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