At a special meeting of the Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., held January 31, 1901, resolutions were adopted expressing the deep sorrow of the entire church occasioned by the departure of Her Majesty Queen Victoria.
The resolutions were engrossed and sent to the Earl of Dunmore by whom they were forwarded to King Edward VII. The following letter from Lord Lansdowne acknowledging the receipt of the resolutions and expressing His Majesty's thanks was duly received by Lord Dunmore.
Foreign Office, April 29, 1901.
My Lord:—I duly laid before the King the engrossed copy of the resolution forwarded to His Majesty by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, embodying a letter from the Reverend Mary Baker G. Eddy and expressing the deep sorrow and sympathy of the Christian Scientists on the occasion of the deeply-lamented death of Her Majesty Queen Victoria.
I am commanded by the King to request your lordship to be so good as to convey to The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, his sincere thanks.
His Majesty highly appreciates this assurance of sympathy in the heavy loss which has fallen upon him and the whole British Empire.
I am, My Lord, your obedient, humble servant,
To The Right Honorable The Earl of Dunmore,
61 Great Cumberland Place, W.
