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]

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