AN ELEGANT SOUVENIR

REV.  MARY BAKER EDDY MEMORIALIZED BY A CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH

Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, Discoverer of Christian Science, has received from the members of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, an invitation formally to accept the magnificent new edifice of worship which the church has just erected.

The invitation itself is one of the most chastely elegant memorials ever prepared, and is a scroll of solid gold, suitably engraved, and encased in a handsome plush casket with white silk linings.  Attached to the scroll is a golden key of the church structure.

The inscription reads thus:—­

Dear Mother:—­During the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four a church edifice was erected at the intersection of Falmouth and Norway Streets, in the city of Boston, by the loving hands of four thousand members.  This edifice is built as a testimonial to Truth, as revealed by divine Love through you to this age.  You are hereby most lovingly invited to visit and formally accept this testimonial on the twentieth day of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, at high noon.

    “The First Church of Christ, Scientist, at Boston, Mass.

    “By EDWARD P. BATES,

    “CAROLINE S. BATES.

    “To the Reverend Mary Baker Eddy,

    “Boston, January 6th, 1895.”

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[People and Patriot, Concord, N.H., February 27, 1895]

MAGNIFICENT TESTIMONIAL

Members of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, at Boston, have forwarded to Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy of this city, the Founder of Christian Science, a testimonial which is probably one of the most magnificent examples of the goldsmith’s art ever wrought in this country.  It is in the form of a gold scroll, twenty-six inches long, nine inches wide, and an eighth of an inch thick.

It bears upon its face the following inscription, cut in script letters:—­

“Dear Mother:—­During the year 1894 a church edifice was erected at the intersection of Falmouth and Norway Streets, in the city of Boston, by the loving hands of four thousand members.  This edifice is built as a testimonial to Truth, as revealed by divine Love through you to this age.  You are hereby most lovingly invited to visit and formally accept this testimonial on the 20th day of February, 1895, at high noon.

    “The First Church of Christ, Scientist, at Boston, Mass.

    “By EDWARD P. BATES,

    “CAROLINE S. BATES.

    “To the Rev. Mary Baker Eddy,

    “Boston, January 6, 1895.”

Attached by a white ribbon to the scroll is a gold key to the church door.

The testimonial is encased in a white satin-lined box of rich green velvet.