A Meeting In Memoriam

Editor with contributions from Mary Baker G. Eddy

A letter in this article was later republished in The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany: My. 289:6-290:10

At a special meeting of the Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., held January 31, 1901, this letter from our Pastor Emeritus, the Reverend Mary Baker G. Eddy, Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, was read, and the following resolutions unanimously adopted as fully expressing the sentiment of the entire church of nearly twenty thousand members.

Pleasant View, Concord, N. H. January 27, 1901.
Mr. Benjamin Johnson, C. S. B., Clerk.

Beloved Student:—I deem it proper that the Mother Church in Boston, Massachusetts, the first church of Christian Science known on earth, should, upon this solemn occasion congregate. That a special meeting of its First Members convene for the sacred purpose of expressing our deep sympathy with the bereaved nation, its loss and the world's loss, in the sudden departure of the late lamented Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, and Empress of India,—long honored, revered, beloved. "God save the Queen" is heard no more in England, but this shout of love lives on in the hearts of millions.

With love,
Mary Baker G. Eddy.

Whereas, we have received, with deep regret, information of the deplorable calamity which has befallen Great Britain in the loss of their much loved Queen; therefore, be it Resolved: that we hereby express our deep sympathy with the bereaved nation in the loss of their benign ruler and much loved Sovereign, Queen Victoria.

Resolved: that as Christian Scientists, we are profoundly sensible of the influence on the whole world of the Christian character, and lofty womanhood manifested by the late Queen; and that we express our appreciation of the golden virtues which, for more than sixty years, have adorned so exalted a position.

Resolved: that the clerk of this Church be authorized to convey this expression of sympathy of the Church to the government of Great Britain; and also that the same be published in our denominational publications.

At the suggestion of Ormond HigmanA correction was made in the February 21, 1901 Sentinel: "In the Sentinel of February 7, 1901, referring to Mr. Ormond Higman in connection with the placing of the American and British flags at half mast at the residence of Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, Pleasant View, Concord, N. H., we prefixed the title 'Hon.' to his name. This it seems was a mistake. Mr. Higman does not bear this title, although, until he informed us to the contrary, we were of the impression that he did." , of Ottawa, can., the American flag and a British flag (which he presented to Mrs. Eddy two years ago) were placed at half mast, at Pleasant View, Mrs. Eddy's home in Concord, N. H. on February 2.

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