MRS EDDYS MILLIONS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1923, 5 November 1906, Page 3

MRS EDDYS MILLIONS.

* WHAT HAS BECOME OF THEM? PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT New York, Nov 2. At the instance of Christian Scientists at Boston, lawyers are trying to discover what has become of three million pounds Mrs Eddy received, but which has been 1 reported to be missing. A previous cablegram stated: “ The members of the coterie declare that Mrs Eddy has spent a fortune of three millions ; sterling on charity.” Christian Science, or the Science of Divine Metaphysical Healing, was founded | by Mrs Mary Baker Eddy, an American ! lady, in 1867. She claims that her dis--1 covery of “ the science of mind-healing” was a divine revelation, though not in a mystical or supernatural sense. Her search therefore was prompted by her own recovery in February, 1886, from an internal injury, the recovery having taken place, as she believes, “ in perfect scientific accord with Divine law,” - In 1875, after much study and searching of the Scriptures, she published “ Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures,” which is the text-book of Christian Science, and which gives Mrs Eddy’s interpretation of the Bible. Beginning with the first Christian Science organisation, formed at Boston in 1876, and made a church in 1879, the movement has spread till, on December 81st, 1903, there were 596 Branch Churches, mostly in the United States, and 236 Societies. There are several churches in Canada, and churches also exist in London, Edinburgh, and Manchester, while services are held at Cambridge. In November, 1902, Mrs Eddy gave instructions that until public thought was better acquainted with Christian Science, Christian Scientists should decline to treat infectious and contagious diseases. There is a magazine, the Christian Science Journal, a weekly paper, Christian Science Sentinel, and much literature is distributed by the Christian Science Publishing Society.