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DECLINED BY MRS. EDDY

Cannot Accept Princely Gift of $1,185,000 Church in New York City

From the January 1904 issue of The Christian Science Journal

Boston Globe


Concord, N. H., December 5.— The new building erected at a cost of $1,185,000 for First Church of Christ, Scientist, in New York City, has been declined as a gift by Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy, founder of Christian Science and head of the faith. The tender was made by members of the church on November 29.

The following correspondence has passed between the church and Mrs. Eddy:—

                                                       November 29, 1903.
Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy,
     Pleasant View, Concord, N.H.

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