“My books and teachings maintain but one conclusion and statement
    of the Christ and the deification of mortals.

    “Christ is individual, and one with God, in the sense of divine
    Love and its compound divine ideal.

“There was, is, and never can be but one God, one Christ, one Jesus of Nazareth.  Whoever in any age expresses most of the spirit of Truth and Love, the Principle of God’s idea, has most of the spirit of Christ, of that Mind which was in Christ Jesus.

“If Christian Scientists find in my writings, teachings, and example a greater degree of this spirit than in others, they can justly declare it.  But to think or speak of me in any manner as a Christ, is sacrilegious.  Such a statement would not only be false, but the absolute antipode of Christian Science, and would savor more of heathenism than of my doctrines.

    “MARY BAKER EDDY.”

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[The Globe, Toronto, Canada, January 12, 1895]

[Extract]

CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS

DEDICATION TO THE FOUNDER OF THE ORDER OF A BEAUTIFUL CHURCH AT
BOSTON—­MANY TORONTO SCIENTISTS PRESENT

The Christian Scientists of Toronto, to the number of thirty, took part in the ceremonies at Boston last Sunday and for the day or two following, by which the members of that faith all over North America celebrated the dedication of the church constructed in the great New England capital as a testimonial to the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Rev. Mary Baker Eddy.

The temple is believed to be the most nearly fire-proof church structure on the continent, the only combustible material used in its construction being that used in the doors and pews.  A striking feature of the church is a beautiful apartment known as the “Mother’s Room,” which is approached through a superb archway of Italian marble set in the wall.  The furnishing of the “Mother’s Room” is described as “particularly beautiful, and blends harmoniously with the pale green and gold decoration of the walls.  The floor is of mosaic in elegant designs, and two alcoves are separated from the apartment by rich hangings of deep green plush, which in certain lights has a shimmer of silver.  The furniture frames are of white mahogany in special designs, elaborately carved, and the upholstery is in white and gold tapestry.  A superb mantel of Mexican onyx with gold decoration adorns the south wall, and before the hearth is a large rug composed entirely of skins of the eider-down duck, brought from the Arctic regions.  Pictures and bric-a-brac everywhere suggest the tribute of loving friends.  One of the two alcoves is a retiring-room and the other a lavatory in which the plumbing is all heavily plated with gold.”

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[Evening Monitor, Concord, N.H., February 27, 1895]