Editorial November 28, 1953 Issue

GEORGE WENDELL ADAMS, C. S. B.

The Christian Science Board of Directors

It is with deep regret and with sincere sympathy for the many friends and pupils of our beloved associate and co-worker, George Wendell Adams, C. S. B., that we report his passing on at his home in Squantum, Massachusetts, on Thursday, October 22. Mr. Adams served the Cause of Christian Science actively for more than sixty years, and for almost twenty-nine years of that time as a member of The Christian Science Board of Directors, his service in that post being the longest in the history of the Christian Science movement.

Mr. Adams was a native of Kingston, Massachusetts. He received his academic education at Phillips Exeter Academy, Chauncy Hall School, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He became interested in Christian Science through the healing of his mother and later, when in need of help himself, turned unreservedly to its teachings. He joined with others in Kingston in holding a Christian Science Bible class, and when the attendance grew to the point of engaging a room for the meeting, he was asked to take charge of the class. From this group developed what later became First Church of Christ, Scientist, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Mr. Adams was one of those who attended the services held in Chickering Hall, Boston, in 1889. He was a member of the last class in Christian Science taught by Mary Baker Eddy, in 1898. He received the designation C. S. B., and thereby was authorized to teach Christian Science. He had been a practitioner in the Boston area since 1897.

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