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The Life of Mary Baker Eddy, by Sibyl Wilbur Editorial Comments on the Life and Work of Mary Baker Eddy Mary Baker Eddy: a Life-Size Portrait, by Lyman P THE LIFE OF MARY BAKER EDDY BY SIBYL WILBUR FouETH Edition THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING SOCIETY Falmouth & St. Paul Streets Boston, Mass., U. S. A. Copyright, 1907 By Human Life Publishing Co. Copyright, 1907, 1908 By Sibyl Wilblti O'Brien (Now Sibyl Wilbub)' Copyright, 1913 By Sibyl Wilbub Copyright in England All Rights Resehved AUTHORIZED AND APPROVED LITERATURE OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS AUTHORIZED BOOKS Works of Mary Baker Eddy Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science Science and Health v/ith Key to the Scriptures Miscellaneous Writings The First Church ot Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany Church Manual Unity of Good Christian Healing No and Yes Retrospection and Introspection Christian Science Versus Pantheism Rudimental Divine Science People's Idea of God Christ and Christmas Pulpit and Press Message to The Mother Church, June, 1900 Message to The Mother Church, June, 1901 Message to The Mother Church, June, 1902 Poems Concordance to Science and Health Concordance to Mrs. Eddy's Other Published Writings APPROVED BOOKS Christian Science Hymnal The Mother Church, by Joseph Armstrong The Life of Mary Baker Eddy, by Sibyl Wilbur Editorial Comments on the Life and Work of Mary Baker Eddy Mary Baker Eddy: A Life-Size Portrait, by Lyman P. Rowel! What Mrs. Eddy said to Arthur Brisbane Christian Science War Time Activities Authorized Periodicals Issued by The Christian Science Publishing Society The Christian Science Journal (monthly) Christian Science Sentinel [weekly) The Christian Science Monitor (international daily] Christian Science Quarterly (Bible Lessons) The h^e^ald of Christian Science, German Edition (monthly) The hierald of Christian Science, French Edition (monthly) The Herald of Christian Science, Scandinavian Edition (quarterly) The Herald of Christian Science, Dutch Edition (quarterly) The Herald of Christian Science, BlMILLE EDITION (quarterly) MRS. EDDY'S HISTORY 1 HAVE not had sufficient interest in the matter to read or to note from others' reading what the enemies of Christian Science are said to be circulat- ing regarding my history, hut my friends have read Sibyl Wilbur s book, ''Life of Mary Baker Eddy," and request the privilege of buying, circulating, and recommending it to the public. I briefly declare that nothing has occurred in my life's experience which, if correctly narrated and understood, could injure me; and not a little is already reported of the good accom- plished therein, the self-sacrifice, etc., that has distin- guished all my 'working years. I thank 31iss Wilbur and the Concord Publishing Company for their unselfed labors in placing this hook before the public, and hereby say that they have my permission to publish and circulate this work. Mary Baker Eddy. The above statement hy Mrs. Eddy was published in the Christian Science Sentinel of March 12, 1910. /T is commonly said that, if he would he heard, none should write in advance of Ids times. That I do not believe. 0?dy, it does not matter how few listen. I believe that we are close upon a great and deep spiritual change. I believe a new redemp- tion is even now conceived of the Divine Spirit in the human heart, that is itself as a woman, broken in dreams and yet sustained in faith, patient, long- suffering, looking towards home. I believe that though the Reign of Peace may he yet a long way off, it is drawing near : and that Who shall save us anew shall come divinely as a Woman, to save as Christ saved, but not as He did, to bring with Her a sword. William Sharp (Fiona MacLeod) in The Isle of I)rearns CONTENTS PAGE Introduction xi CHAPTER I Ancestry and Genealogy 1 II Childhood Days 9 III Education and Development 21 IV Change and Bereavement 38 V Formative Processes 49 VI Illumination and Backward Turning .... 67 VII The Apotheosis of a Hypnotist 82 VIII The Mystery of the Quimdy Manuscripts . 97 IX Mesmerisivi Dominant 106 X The Discovery of the Principle of Christian Science 117 XI The Test of Experience 143 XII Germination and Unfoldment 166 XIII Mesmerism Dethroned 193 XIV The First Edition of Science and Health . 208 XV A Conflict of Personalities 220 viii CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE XVI A Strange Conspiracy 247 XVII Organization of Church and College . 259 XVIII Foundation Work in Boston 282 XIX The Wide Horizon 298 XX Withdrawal from the World 323 XXI The Leader in Retirehent 344 XXII Life at Chestnut Hill 371 XXIII Lift up Thy Gates 395 Index 411 ILLUSTRATIONS Mary Baker Eddy Frontispiece From a photograph. FACING PAGE Mrs. Eddy's Birthplace in Bow, New Hampshire ... 10 As it looked when she was a child. From a chalk drawing by Rufus Baker, steel engraved. Engraving copyrighted by Rujus Baker The Congregational Church at Tilton. New Hampshire . 32 Mrs. Eddy was a member of this church for many years and taught a class in the Sunday-school. Home of Mark Baker in Tilton, New Hampshire ... 44 Where Mrs. Eddy lived as a young widow with her father after her mother's death. Erected in 1848, it has been removed from its original environment. Home of Abigail Tilton, Tilton, New Hampshire ... 56 Where Mrs. Eddy Hved with her sister before her second mar- riage. Removed from its original environment. Cottage at North Groton, New Hampshire 60 The home in the White Mountains to which Dr. Patterson took Mrs. Eddy in 1856. The Squire Bagley Homestead, Amesburv, Massachusetts 170 Where Mrs. Eddy met John Greenleaf Whittier in 18T0. The "Little House in Broad Street," Lynn, Massachusetts 212 Where Mrs. Eddy completed the text of the First Edition of Science and Health. The Massachusetts Metaphysical College 288 One of a series of gray stone residences in Columbus Avenue, Boston, occupied by Mrs. Eddy in 1882. X ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE Pleasant View, Concord, New Hampshire 338 Where Mrs. Eddy resided from 1892 until 1908. and where, from its rear balcony, she addressed a concourse of Christian Scientists in 1901. The Mother Church in Boston 354 With the Temple Extension. Mrs. Eddy's home, Chestnut Hill, Brookline, Massa- chusetts 368 INTRODUCTION No mystery to-day surrounds the life story of Mary Baker Eddy. Her birth, her ancestry for two hundred years, her education, her social development, and her individual service to the world have been scrutinized with the strong: search- lights of both love and criticism. Every event of her long career has been established by unimpeachable rec- ords and testimony. It is no longer possible to in- vent fiction concerning the environment in which she was born and reared or the acts which made up her life. It is possible, however, to minds careless of verity or those dominated by prejudice, to distort facts by exaggerated statement, to deduce erroneous con- clusions from improper handling of data, to make wilful and far-fetched conjectures, and to suppress illuminative information in relating incidents, — information which would reveal the true inwardness of a situation otherwise left dark and sinister. Such colorinp; and molding of evidence is a modern method used for deducing a readable story from statistical documents. A story told dramatically, with high lights of speculation and deep shadows of conjecture, with all the fascinating and engaging charm of the nar- rator's personal fancy woven into the texture, does make racy and entertaining reading. It requires a strong mind to hold fast to simple truth under such xii INTRODUCTION guidance. Because of the pleasure taken in a good story, whole pages of history are mistold and some of the noblest characters in the world's annals have been misrepresented. The average modern, rationalistic and sophisti- cated, would far rather read Kenan's "Life of Jesus," with its vivid coloring, its subtle suggestion, its bold deduction, and human sympathy, than the simple gospel of St. Mark. Renan flatters his intellect and panders to his sensuality; he is made to feel himself superior in intelligence to the Lord of this earth, and his sensual nature is elevated in importance by the argument that it was the illusion of an impassioned woman which gave to the world the idea of a Deity resurrected from the grave. What an interpretation of Christ's agony and victory and its proclamation by the purified and sanctified Mary Magdalene, — she who gave Chris- tendom that immortal phrase, "He is risen!" To be dominated by such interpretation is no less than a moral catastrophe occurring in the region of con- sciousness; for not only does Renan's "Life of Jesus" entertain, flatter, and excite the intellect as an adventure in the realm of ideas, but, as in the case of most intellectual audacities, it leaves the ad- venturer in disastrous confusion. Renan, indeed, professes a delicate and reverent appreciation for the divine character he so ruthlessly handles and at the close of his drama you behold him a dejected chorus with tear-bedimmed eyes, inviting you to sigh with him over the monstrous blunder of Geth- semane. But the reader finds no tears to shed. INTRODUCTION xiii Renan has skilfully unpacked his heart of its treas- ure, and, by lure and wile, stolen its birthright, its title to divine heritage. Immensely destructive .is the usual commenda- tion of this "Life." Destructive to wliat.^ Can imagination and diction destroy reality, or, rather, can they destroy that faith by which the world lives, the faith in the reality of spiritual experience ? Now the simple gospel narrative tells a straight story of Jesus' life. It is not concerned to compare the subject of its text to other men of the times in order to prove his reality. It declares his acts as they were, whether raising Jairus' daughter, walk- ing upon the Sea of Galilee, or feeding the multitude; it reveals him scourged, spat upon, and crucified, vidthout comment, and without comment relates his resurrection and ascension.
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