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ment of her spiritual sense in the direction of her allejreil discovery of the iwwer of Christianity to heal the sick, and after she had submitted to him copies of her published work for examination, gave her the letter of dismissal worded as follows: "This certifies that Mrs. Mary M. Glover is a mem- ber of this ciiurch ingood and regular standing. At Iier own request she is dismissed from this church and recommended to any evangelical church in Lynn. "When received there, her particular con- nection with us will cease." Finding numerous converts to Christian Science she established in ISirl the Massachusetts metaphysical college in Boston and there personally taught the Science "that translates 3Iind, God, to mortals." Her pupils rapidly increased and in 1898 numbered several thousand, and the annual income from the college became §40,000. The first Cliristian Scientist association was founded by her in 1876 and the National Christian Scientist association in issc. After the death of Colonel Glover, Mrs. Glover was married in 187T, to Dr. Asa G. Eddj% of Chelsea, Mass. He died in 1882. In 1878 Mrs. Eddy accepted a call to the Baptist Tabernacle pulpit, Boston, where she preached with great success to crowded houses until her own church •' The First Church of Christ, Scientist," was or- ganized in 1879. In 1894 the church built upon a lot in Boston, pre- sented to them by Mrs. Eddy, and estimated to have been worth $40,000, a church edi- fice that cost over $200,000. It was kno^vn as the "Mother church" of the organization, a testimonial to "Mrs. Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Chri.stian Science," and she was made X)astor emeritus of the church. In 1898 Mrs. Eddy gave to the church in London $1000, built a Chri.stiiin Science hall in Concord, N.H., at a cost of about $20,000, and donated to tru.stees for the purpose of building a Church of Chri.st, Scient- ist, in that city, $100,000. She conveyed to The First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Boston, Mass., liesides the lot, the real estate of the Chri.stian Science publishing society, valued at $22,000. and the literary publications of the society and all moneys and asi^ets thereof, estimated to be worth $.i0,0ri0.:Mrs. Eddy was made a life mem- ber of the Society for the prevention of cruelty

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to children, Boston, Mass.; of the Society for the prevention of vice. New York city; of the Vic- torian institute, London, England, and of the Daughters of the American Revolution. In 1883 she established the Christian Science Journal and for several years was its proprietor and editor. She is the author of: Science and Health With Key to the Scriptures, the authorized text-book of the denomination (1875); Retrospection and Intro- spection (1891); Unity of Good and Unreality of Evil (1887); People's Idea of God (188G); Christian Heal- infj (188G); Rudimental Divine Science (1891); Ao and Yes (1891); Christ and Christmas: an illus- trated poem (1893); Pulpit and Press (1895); Church Manual of the First Church of Christ, Scient- ist, in Boston, Mass. {1895); Miscellaneous Writinys (1897); Christian Science versus Pantheism (1898). She is also author of the tenets of the Church of Christ, Scientist.

EDDY, Norman, representative, was born in Scipio, N.Y., Dec. 10, 1810. He was graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1835, and practised in Mish- awaka, Ind., vmtil 1847, when he removed to South Bend, Ind., and began the practice of law. He was elected a state senator in 1850, and was a representative in the 33d congress, 1853-55. He was appointed by President Pierce district at- torney for Minnesota in 1855, and was commis- sioner of the Indian trast lands in Kansas in 1856-57. He served in the civil war as colonel of the 48th Indiana regiment, which he had organ- ized, 1861-63, being wounded in the battle of luka Miss. He was collector of internal revenue, 1865- 70, and secretary of state of Indiana 1870-72. He died at Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 28, 1872.

EDDY, Richard, clergyman and author, was born in Providence, R.I., June 21, 1828; son of Richard and ^lartha (James) Eddy: grandson of William and Huldah (Albro) Eddy, and a de- scendant of William Eddy, rector of Church of St. Dustan, Cranbrook, England, from 1591 to 1616. He was apprenticed to the trade of book- binding and was so employed from 1843 to 1848, when he removed to Clinton, N.Y., and studied for the ministiy. He was ordained a Universalist clergyman in 1850 and was pastor in Rome, N.Y., 1851-54; Buffalo, N.Y., 1855; Philadelphia, Pa., 1856, and Canton, N.Y., 1857-61. He was chap- lain of the 60th N.Y. regiment, 1861-63; pastor in Philadelphia, Pa., 1863-68, and librarian of the Pennsylvania historical society, 1864-68. In 1868 he became pastor of the Univer.salist church in Franklin, Mass., where he remained until 1870. He was pastor at Gloucester, Mass., 1870-77; Akron. Ohio, 1880; Melro.se, Mass., 1881-89, and Chatliam, Mass., from 1889. In 1877 he was elected president of the Universalist historical society; was editor of the Universalist Quarterly