Pulpit and Press (6th Edition) · Chapter 18Rev. Mrs. Eddy's Reply
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For your costly offering, and kind call to the pastorate of "The First Church of Christ, Scientist," in Boston—accept my profound thanks. But permit me, respectfully, to decline their acceptance, while I fully appreciate your kind intentions.-If it will comfort you in the least, make me your Pastor Emeritus, nominally. Through my book, your text-book, I already speak to you each Sunday. You ask too much when asking me to accept your grand Church edifice. I have more of earth now, than I desire, and less of heaven; so pardon my refusal of that as a material offering. More effectual than the forum are our states of mind, to bless mankind. This wish stops not with my pen—God give you grace. As our Church's tall tower detains the sun, so, may luminous lines from your lives, linger, a legacy to our race.
March 25, 1895.
From Canada to New Orleans, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean, the author has received leading newspapers with uniformly kind and interesting articles on the dedication of the Mother church. They were, however, too voluminous for these pages. Those were copied, and she could append only a few of the names of other prominent newspapers whose articles were reluctantly omitted.
Advertiser, Calais, Me. Advertiser, Boston, Mass. Farmer, Bridgeport, Conn. Independent, Rockland, Mass. Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Me. News, New Haven, Conn. News, Newport, R.I. Post, Boston, Mass. Post, Hartford, Conn. Republican, Springfield, Mass. Sentinel, Eastport, Me. Sun, Attleboro, Mass.
Advertiser, New York City. Bulletin, Auburn, N.Y. Daily, York, Pa. Enquirer, Philadelphia, Pa. Evening Reporter, Lebanon, Pa. Farmer, Bridgeport, N.Y. Herald, Rochester, N.Y. Independent, Harrisburg, Pa. Independent, New York City. Journal, Lockport, N.Y. Knickerbocker, Albany, N.Y. News, Buffalo, N.Y. News, Newark, N.J. Once A Week, New York City. Post, Pittsburg, Pa. Press, Albany, N.Y. Press, New York City. Press, Philadelphia, Pa. Saratogian, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Sun, New York City. Telegram, Philadelphia, Pa. Telegram, Troy, N.Y. Times, Trenton, N.J.
Commercial, Louisville, Ky. Journal, Atlanta, Ga. Post, Washington, D.C. Telegram, New Orleans, La. Times, New Orleans, La. Times-Herald, Dallas, Tex.
Bee, Omaha, Neb. Bulletin, San Francisco, Cal. Chronicle, San Francisco, Cal. Mite, Chicago, Ill. Enquirer, Oakland, Cal. Free Press, Detroit, Mich. Gazette, Burlington, Iowa. Herald, Grand Rapids, Mich. Herald, St. Joseph, Mo. Journal, Columbus, Ohio. Journal, Topeka, Kans. Leader, Bloomington, Ill. Leader, Cleveland, Ohio. News, St. Joseph, Mo. News-Tribune, Duluth, Minn. Pioneer-Press, St. Paul, Minn. Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, Wash. Salt Lake Herald, Salt Lake City, Utah. Sentinel, Indianapolis, Ind. Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wis. Star, Kansas City, Mo. Telegram, Portland, Ore. Times, Chicago, Ill. Times, Minneapolis, Minn. Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn. Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah. Free Press, London, Can.