incessant toil and at great expense Mr. Henry P. Moore, and
Mr. J. C. Derby of Concord, N. H., have brought out a
likeness of me far superior to the one they offered for sale
last November. The portrait they have now perfected I
cordially endorse. Also I declare their sole right to the
making and exclusive sale of the duplicates of said
portrait.

"I simply ask that those who love me purchase this portrait.

"MARY BAKER EDDY."

The material prosperity of the Mother Church continued and the
congregation soon outgrew the original building. At the June communion
in 1902 ten thousand Christian Scientists were present. In the
business meeting which followed they pledged themselves, "with
startling grace," as Mrs. Eddy put it, to raise two million dollars,
or any part of that sum which should be needed, to build an annex.

In the late spring of 1906 the enormous addition to the Mother
Church--the "excelsior extension," as Mrs. Eddy calls it--was
completed, and it was dedicated at the annual communion, June 10, of
that year. The original building was in the form of a cross, so Mrs.
Eddy had the new addition built with a dome to represent a crown--a
combination which is happier in its symbolism than in its
architectural results. The auditorium is capable of holding five
thousand people; the walls are decorated with texts signed "Jesus, the
Christ" and "Mary Baker G. Eddy"--these names standing side by side.

According to the belief of Mrs. Eddy's followers, every signal victory