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Emmanuel Movement and Christian Science
BY ALFRED PARLOW
Copyright, 1906, by Alfred Farlow.
Animal Magnetism. Its baaed upon the evidence of the aensea.
Our critic In The UnlverwUl.t Leader upon the .ante belief which admit, of
of April 18. 1*08. declare, that In the
day. of Jeau. and HI. apo.tle. the
"attempt, at the healing of the slqk
were Incident to the popular belief Of
Satan a. the cauee of dlaeaae." and
that they healed the alck “by virtue of
their power over the devil." He add.
that the method In.tltuted by Mr.. Eddy
I. an "abnormal .urrlval" of thl. belief
"under «uch new name. a. malldou.
animal macnetlwn."
Mr.. Eddy', definition of malldou.
animal magnetl.m l. Identical with our
Lord'. de.crlptlon of Satan. It I. *yn-
onymou. with the technical word. “per.
nlclou. mental evil," u.ed by psycholo
gists, and with the word “dragon" of
the Apocalyp»e which I. Mid to be
the «ame “old .erpent called Satan and
devil." which St. John Mid "decelveth
the whole world.” It wa« called .er
pent because of It. cunnlngneM. The
Master', declaration that Satan 1. a
liar and that "hi. own." hi. off.prng. I.
the .leknes. In the ftrat place, he 1.
not actually cured, though the dl.eaae
temporarily dl.appear., for he still ha.
the error In conaclou.ne.i which con-
.tuutea the foundation of hi. disease,
namely, the belief that man Is mortal
and material. Christian Science makes
It clear to him that he Is the reflection
or manifestation of Ood, and thus de
stroys his belief that he Is material and
consequently his belief that he Is sick.
Thu. he I. permanently cured. In this
manner we Illustrate the fact that there
la but one method of producing actual
healing., namely, through the under
standing of Ood and HI. creation which
the Scriptures teach.
If we should accept the suggestion-
t's theory of disease, we would be
compelled to accept his theory of the
proper method of treatment, the limita
tion of possible cures, the necessity for
material diagnosis, the belief that "only
nervous disorder, can be cured nsy-
“ T!
chologlcally." These conclusions are
'a lie" Is unmistakable In its meaning, consistent with the psychologist's point
Jesus referred to Satan as “he," but
declared that he was never In the truth,
that there Is no truth Injilm. and that
he Is altogether a liar. It Is neither
person nor Intelligence that lie., but a
mere mystification or want of Intelli
gence which appears as a false sense of
things.. The Scripture, refer to Satan
as a deceiver. Evil like darkness Is not
a real power; It .Imply obscures and It
disappears with the revelation of truth.
Sin, sickness and death, which are said
to be the work, of the devil, are the re
sult of deception, the offspring of dark
ness. They are occMloned by a lack of
true understanding and are overcome
by Truth, Ood. Jesus spoke of the
woman as having "been bound by Sa
tan. lot theae eighteen years," and He
said, "Te shall know the truth and the
truth shall make you free.” If Satan Is
a liar, Snlan's bonds must bo decep
tions. The only way that a liar or devil
can bind Is by deceiving. Hence, de
ception or falsity Is the proper name for
the works of the devil, sin, sickness and
death.
Front this description It Is'seen that
* Christian Science does not Indorse the
fabled devil with horns and hoofs, but
regards Satan In the light of Scriptural
teaching, and while Christian Scientists
believe that “Satan" Is the "cause of
disease," they are not entertaining the
superstitious belief that a peculiar per
sonage by some sort of a spell has pro
duced this disorder, but that because
of a lack of understanding and prac
tice of rlghteousneH mortals have lived
In that state of consciousness wherein
they are not properly protected and are
consequently subject to dlseMe. Now.
the Christian Sclentjst does not believe
that a He can be doctored wtth medi
cine, that an error of consciousness can
be destroyed by a drug. He knows and
demonstrates the fact that It must be
overcome by spiritual regeneration.
It may be asked '
here how drugs and
will power heal the sick, and It there
are two distinct mental methods of
curing human woes. These questions
Involve a consideration of the premises
of Christian Science as well as of it.
conclusions. Human w,lll Is the cause
of all trouble. Its misconceptions con-
stlute the bast of al dlseMe. Sick
ness Is a false belief bused upon the
evidence of personal sense. This be
lief may be temporarily displaced by a
form of suggestion which Is based upon
the Mine sense, but the patient would
not be really cured because the founda
tion of the dlseMe would not be de
stroyed. To Illustrate; Ope who be
lieves that four times three are eight
may by persuasion be convinced that
four times three are sixteen and thus
be cured of hts belief that four times
three are eight; but he has another error
In Its place. If. however one who un
derstands the truth quietly makes clear
to him the fact that four times three
are tweiSr, he Is penhanently cured of
his belief that four times three are
eight, since, he can not ngatn believe
that falsehood after the truth Is made
plain to him. The false belief has not
been overcome by will force, nor by
persuasion an In the former cMe, but
by a clear consciousness of eternal
truth.
Hickness Is based upon the belief that
man Is material and has therefore
lapsed. Into .discord, while Hclence.
teaches that materiality, evil, dlseMe
arc no more a part of the real, spiritual
mhn than the smoke Is a part of the
object which It hides, that the material
claims concerning man are no more
than a cloud of false sense which to
mortal sense temporarily hides the
spiritual fact of being, and which Is
dispelled as the Individual awakens to a
realisation of his true being. Hence
.the Patriarch's declaration; "1 shall be
sat Is fled when I awake In Ills llke-
a T,
one Is cured by a suggestion which
of view, but we can not Indorse his
point of view. He reMons from the
standpoint of human will, not from the
standpoint of the allnesa of divine Mind.
He does not compare the spiritual con
clusions of the Christian Scientist with
the Scientist's spiritual .premises. Hence
he errs In his criticism of Christian
Science.
Definition of Animal Magnetism.
The word magnetism was first ap
plied to a peculiar attraction of Iron
ore, and the word In Itself has no sig
nificance, being applied merely because
the property wm discovered In the city
of Magnesia. latter the term “animal"
was Joined to It, and It wm used with
reference to a supposed Influence which
one person was believed to be able to
exert over another by physical con
tact. The meaning of the term "animal
magnetism" hM gradually broadened,
and now Includes any and all supposed
action of the human mind. By this
description it may be seen that from
the very Introduction of the term to
the present time the word has been ap
plied to that particular power. Influence
or fores which Is supposed to be pos
sessed by the creature In contradis
tinction to the Creator. Henco the
propriety of the name In Christian
Science.
As we have already stated, Christian
Science teaches that there Is In reality
but one power or force; that Is, Ood.
8plrlt, Mind, Truth, Love; nnd that,
therefore, the Christian warfare Is the
human effort to 'become subject to
Mind, which was In Christ—to become
submlMlve to the divine Mind and thus
silence human will, which the Scrip
tures dominate the "carnal mind." SI
Paul described this warfare In the fol
lowing words; "For the flesh Icsteth
against the Spirit, and the Spirit
against the flesh; and these are con
trary the one to the other." Sclent*
always settles the battle on the side of
Spirit because "Spirit Is the real nnd
eternal" and "matter (flesh) Is the un
real and temporal." (Science and
Health, p. 488). Since Science hM In
troduced the proposition thnt Ood Is
the only real Mind, the carnal mind in
all Its varied manifestations Is natural
ly, In the Interest of self preservation,
arrayed against It. Therefore every
wilful phase of this supposed human
opposition which Is aroused by the In
troduction of Science Is mallcous.
Hence the use of the term "malicious
animal magnetism.” It Is called inag-
netlam because It refers to a supposed
power Independent of Ood; and ma
licious, In keeping with the Scriptural
declaration, "The carnal mind Is en
mity against Ood."
Mrs. Eddy refers to It as the "humat
antipode of
Divine Science." It Is
term which Is broad enough to Include
all that Is apposed to Ood. It Includes
every phase of evil, every phase of the
human antagonism to Truth. In com
bating evil, Christian Science does not
regnrd It as a person, but ns a sup
positious force, which dominates false
sense, and which. In view of Its false
pretense of Intelligence, Is denominated
“mortal mind.” St. Paul called It "car
nal mind," evidently because all Its
promptings or Inducements are based
upon fleshly desires.
The subtle arguments of malicious
animal magnetism ran have no effect
upon those who are aware of Its pres
ence and who understand that Ood Is
the only real Mind or power. Malicious
animal magnetism Is'that which the
evil-minded through mental malprac
tice seek to use In opposition to the
rood Influence of the divine Mind. It
a known to all students of psychology,
and we think we may safely My to all
reasonably well-informed persons, that
cause evil Is power,'but because It
decelveth the unwary. There are, and
have been for many years, schools
which advertise their ability to teach a
method of subjugating the will of an
other for the purpose of ruling him and
for the/purpose of subserving selfish
ends.
Jesus Mid on one occasion, "The
prince of this world cometh, but flndeth
nothing In me." One who Is perfect
In consciousness destroys evil by the
very aroma of his thought; evil can
not come near him nor have any In
fluence over him. Evil suggestion finds
no response In such an one, for there
Is no evil In the consciousness of tho
Individual which may be magnified.
Human suggestions And no response
In the consciousness of the Individual
Who does not bellovo In the basis of
such arguments, but. on the contrary,
understands that Ood Is the only real
power.
'Discrimination Against Organic Die-
easss.
The New York Times of February 18,
1908, declares that "those of them (the
people .of New York) who have given
real thought to the matter are still puz-
sled to know exactly what Dr. Worces-
ter means when he talks of ‘functional
nervous disorders.' Many of the Ills
he mentions are aa much ‘organic’ aa
any othera, and at the bottom of all
the rest there la the best of reasons
for strongly suspecting the existence of
a physical lesion as real, though of
course not aa obvious aa that In a bro
ken leg.
"And one can not help wondering Juat
what Is Dr. Worcester’s position as to
miracles, ancient and modern. He
makes no claims to performing them—
explicitly denies It, Indeed, and allows
to medical science nt least as much
power as It possesses—but nevertheless
he ascribes his cures to an Influence
which. In theory, ought to deal with
one malady as easily tui with another.
It Is all very bewildering. The founders
of great religions have never discrim
inated between the 'functional' and the
'organic' In healing the sick, and for
the follower of one of them to do so
Involves, In some opinions, a curious
Inconsistency. If Dr. Worcester told
us that h« used only ‘suggestion,' M
It Is known to science, we could under,
stand the care with which he selcte
his cases; as It Is, the thing Is quite
beyond comprehension.”
Commenting upon the above editorial
a correspondent In The Times of Feb
ruary 14 declares: "Tho Times places
Its linger with singular precision upon
othsr If he le not awake to this ev
prepared to reelst Its deception, not be-
SOMOTG
psychopathy to whfch the editorial re
fere. Either divine healing la a fact or
It la not. If It la, then setting selective
limitations to omnipotence by restrict
ing Its operation to a short Hat picked
from the myriad ilia that flesh Is heir
to constitutes such a contradiction of
loglfltand of Bible history that it Is sur
prising to see pious and learned eccle-
slaete advocate It,".
To llluetrate the present attitude of
some of the medical periodicals on this
subject; we quote the following from
the "Medical Record," published In
New York City: "It Is tlms, therefore,
to Mk what the movement means, and
why physicians, even trained neurolo-
glsts, are to be found lending them
selves to the movement and supporting
It by voice and pen.
“The first question raised by a pe
rusal of the official book of the Em
manuel movement Is. Why clerical heal
ing. and why the limitation of clerical
healing to functional diseases? We do
not And either, question answered ’ sat
isfactorily In this book, and we do not
see how they can be answered. • • •
A a physicians, we should regret Indeed
to lose the puwerfut therapeutic force
that resides In religion, but It does not
follow from thle that we are ready to
welcome the priest as a fellow practi
tioner of medicine, or even to acknowl
edge that he can exercise that function
In the public and wholesale way of tho
Kmmantiel rectors without the danger
of doing far more harm than good.
"At present the catch word of the
Emmanuel movement la 'functional'
dlaeaae. We are told repeatedly that
the clerical bealera will have nothing
to do with any sufferer from organic
disease, nnd they use their medically
trained allies to separate the functional
sheep from the organic goats, the lat
ter being thrust bock Into the outer
darkness of legitimate medical practice.
But what do these people mean by
‘functional nervous disorders?' Do they
really believe that there are two dis
tinct kinds of disease—functional and
organic? If they do no* know, thetr
medical advlaora should tell them, that
every day we are shifting so-called
functional diseases Into the class of
organic diseases. Will theso clerical
healers abandon a functional disease
to the medical'healers when It la dls-
covared to be -dependent upon en or
ganlc lesion, or will "they simply deny
Its organic basts and continue to trent
It? And once they And themselves
treating one dlseMe called organic, why
not others? Why not all? Every phy-
slclan knows that ‘cheerfulness, hope,
; courage and rellgloua faith and prayer,'
which constitute the pharmacopoeia of
, the New York school of clerical healing
are Just at neceseary In the treatment
.-.j'ltiheiwiiilAala .. o 8*% 4k«S . . 9 ^m ■ 11 ^ n
cures recorded In the recent volumes of
the Christian Science Journal” and that
"putting together thla evidence and
comparing It with" hie “own experience
regarding the accuracy of his own pa
tients' statements about their own dis
eases," Ms "conclusions are. first, that
most Christian Science cures are prob
ably genuine; but, second, that they
are not the cures of organic diseases/'
Incidentally he declares: "Functional
diseases are no more Imaginary than
an ungovernmenable temper of a balky
horse Is Imaginary. They are often
the sourceof acute and continued suf
fering: Indeed. I believe that there Is no
class of diseases th£t gives rise to so
much keen suffering." Thus the doc
tor pnys tribute to Christian Science
by generously conceding that It heals
■Teal" diseases and destroys an Im
mense amount of suffering. So far, so
good.
Proceeding, the doctor declares, "The
sharpness of this distinction between
functional and organic troubles Is
somewhat blurred," and organic dls
eMe Is oftentimes produced by func
tional disease "and such organic dis
ease Is often cured by Christian Sci
ence."
Dr. Alfred T. Schofield, a medical
authority, In his well-known work en
titled “The Force of Mind,” says:
"There can be no organic disease with
out some derangement of function.”
while he also declares In agreement
with Dr. Cabot, "functional disease may
a flee nil Ka o »* rr A M 1.1 at |Ua liollom "
after all be .organic at the bottom.'
Thus In the mouth or pen of "two wrlt-
nesses" • It Is "established” that every
cut Is a (It subject for Christian Scl
ence treatment, since, according to the
testimony of these reputable witnesses,
every person with organic troublea la
also afflicted functionally, and every
functional trouble Is a fit subject for
Christian Science treatment.
Dr. Cabot has stated his belief that
functional disorders can be cured by
Christian Science treatment. Dr. Scho
field, as before stated, has asserted that
all ofgnnlc disease produces functional
disorders. This la equivalent to saying
• ‘ “ - rlth
that every sick person Is afflicted w
functional disease. Now It Is not possi
ble really to cure a disease without
going to the bottom of it and eradicat
ing Its foundatlpn. Every case of func
tional disease having an organic foun
dation can only be cured by destroy
ing Its organic foundatlqn. Therefore,
on the testimony of these two distin
guished authorities, the fact; Is estab
lished that Christian Sclsnce cures all
kinds of diseases, for It la evident that
a functional disorder which originates
In a defective organ can not be cured
unless the organic disease Is first de-
■fhi>
strayed, for the functional disorder,
being an effect, must of necessity re
appear so long as Its cause la not de
stroyed.
Since, as Dr. Cabot declares, the
"sharpness of distinction between or
ganic and functional troubles Is some
what blurred," It follows that It Is not
easy to distinguish between an organic
and a functional dlseMe, nor would It
be easy to distinguish between an or
ganic disease which la “produced by
functional (roubles” and one which. Is
gatlon outside of a mere consideration
of the wording of the testimonies.
Neither Is It stated why the doctor
that the . levi n cases very
difficult to classify "probably belong to
the functional group.” It was doubt
less natural that he should give the
benefit of the doubt to his own side of
the question. Otherwise he might have
said that these doubtful coses "prob
ably" belong to the organic group, or he
might hove added these eleven cases
to the fourth group, regarding the di
agnosis of which he declares “no rea
sonable conjuctura can be made." Then
the organic class would have an equal
chance with the functional group.
Not very long ago, one medical au
thority went so far as to declare that
many organic diseases .were nervous
disorders. Such an authority adds still
more, to the confusion, and we 'begin
to wonder If. after all, our medical
brethren know any more about the real
nature and cause of disease than
Christian Scientists. At the same
time we are well aware of the ability
of our distinguished brethren to make
a physical diagnosis of disease, nnd we
are not unmindful that In this-respect
they possess an accomplishment to
which the Christian Scientist makes
no pretences whatever except what he
learns by observation and experience
and possibly some reading on the sub
ject.
But the real question Is, after all,
what Is the foundation of both func
tional nnd organic disorders? If by
correcting the mentaT conditions of a
patient both organic and functional
troubles are healed, w* have the, evi
dence that an erroneous mental condi
tion was the foundation of* the die
(Ht, and we believe that ere long Dr.
Cabot and all the host of medical men
will have arrived nt thla conclualon and
will not the fact that, notwlthatandlng
all that Is said nnd done regarding
diagnosis, the Christian Scientist Is ac
curate In his conclusions concerning
the real nature of disease. In any
event "probabilities" are not sufficient
evidence to the contrary.
The" aoctor declares ’ "Experience
shows thnt when a person has had
many doctors, many diagnosis, many
'diseases,' or many operations, he usual
ly turns out to be suffering from ner
vous prostration or some other form
of functional nervous trouble." There
are a great many persons in this world
who have had many doctors, many
diagnosis, nnd many diseases. If not
many operations, and It Is kind In Dr.
Cabot to point out the fact that there
Is hope for them In Christian Sclsnce.
Dr. Knapp, who Is said to be opposed
to the Emmanuel Movement, declares:
The distinction between functional and
organic diseases Is Indefinite. Many
diseases formerly called functional have
been proved to be organic and the few
left which are still called functional
will In all probability be found to be
not occasioned by functional troubfes.
iat to be on the safe side every
Individual afflicted with organic or
functional troubles should avail himself
of Christian Sclsnce treatment, lest he
should be neglecting a means of recov.
The doctor declares that he has
grouped the one hundred cases which
he has “analysed” In four clMses;
First, 78 In which” he And* “on care
ful study, reasonably good evidence for
the diagnosis of functional or nervous
genuine cures of functional disease—
the question arises whether the special
methods of mental healing employed
by Christian Scientists differ from
other methods of mental healing," ....
“that Is, by producing In the
his statement practically relegates
all diseases to the functional class,
which, we understand, even the most
skeptical admit are amenable to Chris
tian Science treatment. It Would seem
therefore that sufficient testimony la
already In to settle this question. We
shall not hold ourselves responsible for
the conviction of Dr. Cabot, but will
wait for him to discover the troth of
Dr. Knapp's assertion by experience.
Our critic declares; “A patient suffer
ing from organic disease rarely consults
a Christian Scientist.” To be exact. It
should be said that thus far very few
patients suffering with any sort of dis
order call upon a Christian Scientist
until after they have exhausted their
«••••••• iiicii in, uy primming in uio
patient a strong belief that he will get
well."
Whatever may be said concerning the
Christian Scientist's ability to diagnose
disease, we think Dr. Cabot will con
cede to him at least one privilege,
ncm?!y, the privilege of stating how
Christian Science heals, since the
Christian Scientist Is at least supposed
to bo Informed on his own subject. To
acknowledge the Christian Scientist's
qualification to define his mm theory
and practice would be no less consist
ent. It la evident that no one knows
quite so well how Christian Science
heals as the Christian Scientist, through
whose understanding the healing Is
effected.
No dobbt when, under Christian
Science treatment, a patient begins to
Improve, there Is produced "In the pa
tient a strong belief that he will get
well." but to say that It Is this belief
which cures the patient Is to fall en
tirely to analyze the modUB operand!
of the healing. A Christian Scientist
would not hope to succeed In curing a
patient by the'mere belief , that the pa-
tlmt will K"t well, although he le aware
that such an encouraging belief Is al-
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The healing remedy In Christian Science,
as we here already shown. Is the realisation
mines the mentality of ___ „
stroys his sense nnd fenr of disease.
1 t. Oil -it iloc|n r p«4: "I bH!e V ® that a gool
many warped minds, . . . Jnst ns a cer
tain type of crooked spine may he helped by
a sharp twist In.the other direction/' This
being true, the doctor would logically be
obliged to admit thnt the last twist must be
In the right direction, otherwise It would
not be corrective.
While Christian ffcjentlsts have great re
spect for those who resort to medicine,
wbllo nnklng God's Messing upon It. they
hove learned hr experience that better re
sults can be obtained * by relying entirely
upon spiritual means. It Is hot n question
of fanaticism or non-fanaticism, but a uuea-
tlon of choosing the way which Is Tnost
scientific nnd resultful. No one will ev%r be
aide to discover how much God can do for
him until he experiments by throwing his
whole weight upon the side of 8plrlt. while
his neighbor feels sure that the Christian
Scientist Is taking a risk In his bold reli
ance upon Spirit, the Christian Scientist Is
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tween two powers and thus weakening
whatever of result he might obtain by an
exclusive dependence upon either.
Medical Diagnosis.
The following Incidents furnish striking
examples of the fact that It la next to an
lathlllty
Impossibility for one who bellerea In the
mnterfal theory of the cause and cure of
disease to admit that orjpinlc disorders can
dlaeaae to admit'that organic _
1h* healed by purely spiritual means. Not
long ago a man who was afflicted with what
bad f>een pronounced Ilrlght's disease by one
country, If
g his hope
by-Chris-
not the foremost, ,
In material remedies, wns healed J
tinn Science. Thereafter he returned to
Ithe fioted specialist for an examination Ini
order to make sure that he wa« really cured.
After a second very careful examination the
physician was unabte tda discover any
might's disease, hat. Instead of admitting 1
Ithat the rescued msn had been healed of
the disease, he grnTely said, “For the first I
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appears to be organic disease. Third, 11 something that le new and untried eo
ca«e» very difficult to classify,- but I long aa the old waya promise results,
probably belonging. In the functlqnal | Those who apply to Christian Science
group. Fourth. 10 cases, regarding the
diagnosis of which no reasonable con
Jerture con be made."
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of tuberculosis a. In that of constipa
tion, and Indeed that they are often
dlitlnctly curative In varlouz organic
dUeazea. . If the clergy have a divine
comml.elon to heal the alck. they are
recreant to their trust and cruel to
benefit of their healing words, and It
that fact and act accordingly. That
the law forblde them to practice medi
cine te, of course, a detail of no Impor
tance."
We do not pretend tQ be well vereed
In dlagno.ta, but we understand that,
with the exception of thoee which are
produced by accidents, organic lesions
are the outcome of functional disorders,
end that In a large number of (Met
when the function, of the body ore ren
dered normal the organic diseases dis
appear with greater of 1ms rapidity.
Therefore, we. are at a loss to know-
why those who believe that Christian
Science can heal functional disorders
go to, the length of Insisting that It is
impossible to heal a com of organic
disease by mental treatment. There Is
no other way of fundamentally curing
dlseMe. Any other method must de
pend upon doctoring the effect In order
to remove the cause. Thla would be
equivalent to topping a tree for the
purpote of kilting It. Such a remedy
only cauzea tho tree to spread Its
branches.
. Although human evidence and expe
rience may declare for the Incurability
of thoM disorders which have developed
Into the form that Is called organic,
there Is no reason to conclude that they
are beyond the reach of divine power,
nor that those who trust Ood con not
utilize that power. "Behold, ihe Lord's
hand I. not shortened, that It can not
Mve.” “Man's extremity ts [Indeed)
God's opportunity."-
Dr. Richard C. Cabot, a noted medi
cal authority and advocate of the Em
manuel Movement. In a published state
ment declared that he had 'Studied one
hundred casts of Christian Science
the Christian Science periodicals have
all been carefully verified, but that to
avoid nourishing •und enlarging the
thought of disease, its elaborate de
scription la eliminated from them.
These descriptions, which are usually
given by those who send In their testi
mony, but which are omitted out of
consideration for the young especially,
give' the details ot diagnosis and of
painful experiences as the result of
operations and drug treatment 'whleh
distinctly emphasize the serlnusntM of
the maladies endured. Hence, In the
Investigation Into the merits of nu«
nnd Into the efficacy of Christian
Science treatment for all disorders,
whether organic' or functional, on ex
amination of..the .unabridged testimo
nies would greatly enlarge and
strengthen the evidence that upon the
bMls pf expert diagnosis by physicians
of the most unquestioned- standing.
Christian Science must be credited with
having proved efficient In healing case,
of every variety of III. whether organic
or functional, with which poor human
ity Is afflicted..
What Dr. Cabot means by "careful
tsudy” Is not stated. He does not make
clear whether he has made any Investl-
are, aa a i
those who have failed to
t rule,
recover through medicine, and If It be
true that from a medical point of view-
organic diseases are more difficult to
heal. It Is likely that more cases af
flicted with organic troubles apply to
Christian Science. If It be true thnt
organic diseases are as a rule more dif
ficult to heal than functional troubles, It
Is because the one- has a stronger hold
upon human belief and In the breaking
requires a more stalwart understanding
of the divine power. Some CMes are
more difficult to heal than others. Just
as some problems In mathematics are
more difficult than others, but while
even a simple problem might baffle the
efforts of a neophyte or one with limit
ed understanding, the moet difficult
would be easy to a Master. Therefore,
the remedy for the Inability to heal
any class of dlseMes does not He In re
sorting to a more material means, but
In understanding more perfectly the
spiritual.
In the.writer's own-practice, extend
Ing through a period of twenty yours,
he has seldom-had a patient who was
not afflicted with both organic and
functional disorders and his success
has been quite as uniform with organic
troubles as with-those-which have been
called nervous disorders.
In c'oncluston our critic declares:
"Believing, then, as I do, that moat
Christian Science cures are genuine—
The Best Crops
Made Last Season
Were Those Under
Which Was Used
iuiiss. oiii*. wo, ...ri.pi, w i.nrisunn wcienc*
snd wss limilnl, after which the physician
said that she could not have had consump
tion. for If she had had the dlaeaae ahe
could not have been cured by Christian
H-ienee. 80 It apimars that, aa a rulo, the
phyalclan a decision that Christian Science
can not heal organic dlaeaae la based large
ly. If not altogether, upon the opinion that
the nature of organle dlaeaae la anch. that
It cann not tie thus healed.
of the most learned sad cxperirnrel pbysl
clans In dealing with such extremely pro
nounced cs,es. upon what evidence can It
In* decided thnt Christian Science does not
heal nrsanle diseases? If the line of .le
tlonsl or organle His—the real canae Is men
tal, a fact which la proved when by edr-
reeling the mental Condltlou of *'
the Imly reaponda accordingly.
Those who lake the position that organic
trouble, can not He cured by snlrltiuil means
but must ba left to the mcjsbil prsetlilon
er declare la substance thnt the healings of
Jesus were confined to functional illnorders.
On the other hand. If they admit that Jeans
healed organic ill,cusps, thee mutt admit
that those In this ago of the world who
heal according to Ills method will be able
to do likewise.
Christian Hclestltls are well aware of
tbclr shortcomings, their Inabllltr to pro
duce the full fruitage of Christian Science.
owing to their present Insufficient spiritual
apprehenalon. But they have proved bv ex-
selvea amt others wtth Chrtstlnn Science
nnd without material remedies than ther
hare formerly lieen able to da with material
remedies and without Christian Science, and
this Justifies Ihe position which ther take.
There may lie ennie exceptions to the role
which wc hare mentioned, some extreme
peace that would Jnstlfy e modification of
the I 'hrlef In 11 Hslanllel'e eamilee
the Christian Scientists regular nractlec.
and It la left with the Judgment of the In
dividual stndent to attempt only that whleh
observation nnd experience convinces him
may he undertaken with a reasonable de
gree of success.
Compensation.
One of the crHIrltnm made by some of
the ndroentes of Dm Emmanuel Movement
la that Christian Scientists accept a fee.
while the new plen la conducted without a
fee. It la not In the spirit of retaliation but
with considerable reluctance that we call
that no patients nre accepted for treatment
whose eases hare not first hern diagnosed
snd passed upon by s regular
amt that during their course
ar physician,
of treatment
clan, who charges ..
Tho writer happens to know of a Indy who
Peruvian Guano
msnuel Movement. It should also he noted
, that iso pays for four weeks' service from
I the most proficient Christian Scientist prnc
tltloner. T>r. McCnmb declares that free
1 will offerings are accepted fop tho support
, Of his movement. This la an admission thnt
Write for the Proofs!
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Corporation
Sole Importers, CHARLESTON, S, C,
l-w AttvAmviAmMUMuttmti
_ exported to pay In order to balance
laccotmta with hi* own oonuriwe. Many
I atirHy would ranalrier an bon**t rharira the
* hatter plan for Imth tb* patient and tb«*
* practitioner. Moreover the arttnmont thnt
the acceptance of a fee for acrrlcc render-
«d 1* nn-iTirlattan I* borne out neither
by experience nor by Bcripturn! teaching.
It ia generally eoneeded that that It la not
; only abnormal, but also unjust to aeeapt
, smarthlnf for nothing. *' 4 *
i ,-Eirv- Alfho on# Individual
'might ha willing to aerve another without
* eoamenaatioR, the qvtation ariaes: would It
•b.‘Cir for thr other to’ accept tWsirrtrs
I without giving an coni valent therefor I It I,
not only wrong to be selfish, but It I, sbo
wrong to edneate selfishness in another, and
Indeed to m '
■the privilege ,1 aerrlng OMlhsT
without compensation aa an opportunity to
be unselfish ,ed thus win the praise of onr
' relfiehiees to reined In th, traniaellon —
-ajned at the evr-nae iff the npponed bene-
S-lary and by leaving hint Is hie aeMskneaa,
. The self reeoeet of th* rnmomalty fa sialn-
' aald. "The laborer ia worthy of hla Hr*/
—htrh. of eenrae. leeaaa ,P*» he la sroethr of
- —nee r-me-—'Ion. mlgM he 0
s:te-renc* "f cpt-P-n ,, what yw'4 e-n-
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