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Mary Morse Baker, better known as '''Mary Baker Eddy''' ( July 16 , 1821 - December 3 , 1910 ) founded the Church Of Christ, Scientist in 1879 . LIFE She was born in Bow, New Hampshire and raised a Congregationalist , though she rebelled against teachings like Predestination . She suffered chronic illness and developed a strong interest in the biblical accounts of early Christian healing. In 1843 she married George Washington Glover. He died about a year later, shortly before the birth of their only child, George Washington Glover, Jr. In 1853 she married Dr. Daniel Patterson. In the 1860s she began to explore faith-healing and associated with Phineas Quimby . His influence on her is disputed; she thought highly of him personally but ultimately disavowed his technique as more Mesmerism -based than Christian. She divorced Patterson, her second husband in 1873 for Adultery that he readily admitted. In 1877 she married Asa Gilbert Eddy. Her third husband died in 1882 . ILLNESS
FOUNDS HER CHURCH Eddy set forth her understanding of this discovery in a book Science And Health With Key To The Scriptures , which she called the textbook of Christian Science, and which she published in its first edition of one thousand copies in 1875 , writing therein, "In the year 1866 , I discovered the Christ Science or divine laws of Life, Truth, and Love, and named my discovery Christian Science" (page 107). Eddy would devote the remaining years of her life to the establishment of her church, authoring its governing bylaws, "The Manual Of The Mother Church ," and revising "Science and Health." While Eddy was a highly controversial religious leader, author, and lecturer, thousands of people flocked to her teachings and claimed to find healing. BUILDS HER CHURCH Eddy would build her Church on the strength of this healing work by both herself as well as over four thousands students that she taught at her Massachusetts Metaphysical College in Boston , Massachusetts between the years 1883 and 1889 . They spread across the country practicing healing by her teachings. Through the auspices of her church, she would authorize these students to list themselves as Christian Science Practitioner s in her church's official monthly organ, the Christian Science Journal . In 1908 , at the age of 87, she founded The Christian Science Monitor , a daily Newspaper devoted to balance. She also founded the Christian Science Journal , a monthly magazine focused chiefly on the church audience; the Christian Science Sentinel , a weekly religious periodical written for a more general public audience, and the Herald Of Christian Science , a religious magazine with editions in non-English languages, for children, and in English-Braille . She died December 10 , 1910 . BIOGRAPHIES
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