Since the reception on July 5 by Rev. Mary Baker Eddy to members of the Christian Science Church, many stories concerning gifts of great value given then to the Mother of Christian Science, have been afloat. One was to the effect that she was the recipient of a $20,000 check and two candlesticks, each three feet high, one of sterling silver, and the other of solid gold. Another was that her people took off their jewels and gave them to her, and covered a table with gifts of gold.
Mr. George H. Moore, a relative of Mrs. Eddy, who had charge of the reception, makes a statement in which he characterizes the reports as silly and malicious, and says no gifts and no money were given to her on that day, or left for her on the premises, except one breastpin that was tossed toward Gen. Baker, who saw it was addressed to Mrs. Eddy, and gave it to her.
"With a check signed by Mrs. Eddy for $369.65 I settled the bills for the conveyance of that grand gathering at Pleasant View from and to the depot," said Mr. Moore. "With the little that I know of her life, I am quite sure that the founder of Christian Science spends thousands of dollars annually in private charities, while she herself is reluctant to receive gifts, and her students know it, but their great love for her goes over this fact, and they occasionally do send her magnificent gifts."—Boston Herald.
