. . t of the statue representthe sculptors grandsons. Mr. Ball pub-lished in 1891, an autobiography entitled,My Three-Score Years and Ten, andnumerous lyrics and minor poems. In1905 he resumed his palette, to completea painting, Christ in the House ofMartha and Mary, begun in 1853, andwhich he had laid aside when he took upsculpture. In his later years he main-tained a studio in New York City, andresided in Montclair, New Jersey. Hedied December 11, 1911. EDDY, Mary M. B. G., Founder of Christian Science. Mary M. Baker Glover Eddy, f
. . t of the statue representthe sculptors grandsons. Mr. Ball pub-lished in 1891, an autobiography entitled,My Three-Score Years and Ten, andnumerous lyrics and minor poems. In1905 he resumed his palette, to completea painting, Christ in the House ofMartha and Mary, begun in 1853, andwhich he had laid aside when he took upsculpture. In his later years he main-tained a studio in New York City, andresided in Montclair, New Jersey. Hedied December 11, 1911. EDDY, Mary M. B. G., Founder of Christian Science. Mary M. Baker Glover Eddy, founderof the Church of Christ (Scientist), wasborn at Bow, New Hampshire, July 21,1821, and died December 3, 1910, daugh-ter of Mark and Abigail B. (Ambrose)Baker, of Scotch and English her ancestors were General JohnMacNeil, of battle of Lundys Lane fame ;General Henry Knox, distinguished Revo-lutionary officer; and Captain John Love-well, active in the Indian troubles. As a child she was delicate in health,and was educated privately, and at the. /a^i^ ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY Ipswich (New Hampshire) was said to be in advance of othersof her age; was versed in Latin, Greek,Hebrew and French; and delighted inabstruse and metaphysical studies, herfavorite subjects being natural philosophyand physical and moral science. Herparents removed to Tilton, New Hamp-shire, where at the age of twelve she wasreceived into the Congregational church,to which she remained devoted until sheorganized the Church of Christ (Scien-tist). Mrs. Eddy was a confirmed invalidfor a number of years of her early life,and in October, 1862, she went to Port-land, Maine, to consult with Dr. PhineasP. Quimby, who was treating disease bymental methods, and by which she wasgreatly benefited; and, as a result, afriendship sprang up between the twowhich continued until the death of in 1866. In 1867 Mrs. Eddy formulated her doc-trines of Christian science, and began toteach Th
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