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."
* * * * *
[_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 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.
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