The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-13
MR.. SCIlROEDER'S RELIGION.
UTTERdNCES OF THE FOUNDER or THE
NEW MILLENNI.iL CHURCH.
The Wonderful Mental and rhysicaI Improve
ment that he Says he Has Undergone-IIIs
Account or MIraeuiousty Caring n Lunatic.

The Wonderful Mental and rhysicai Improve
ment that he Says he Hns Underaone-IIIs
Account OF MIraeuiousty Caring n Lunatic.
Mr. Henry Schroeder wrapped a heavy
overcoat about him az he stopped upon the
platform in Science Hail. yesterday. and pro-
pounded still further the doctrines OF the New
Millonnial Church, which no is endcavoring to
establish. Small audiences have greeted him
thus far. but they arc composed OF persons who
apparently believe in him and his work. They
liston uuentivoly to his words and wait pa
ticntly in the frequent pauses while he Is gath
ering English to express ideas that come to him
moro readily In German.
Science Is a part Of religion" he said;
they are rcconcilablo; the one Is incomplete
without the other Tho truths 80 beautifully
set forth by Tyndall. Huxley and Darwin are
In perfect harmony with religious truth and
apply ns well to the world spiritual as to the
world material. These men OF intellectual
greatness havo not. however. finished their
work. and Il remains for us to carry out the
application Of principles evolved by them into
things pertaining to tho life beyond. Scientific
knowledge Ia necessary to the highest spiritual
attainment. Familiarity with the principles OF
physiology and phrenology teach us what treat
ment Of the body In each particular cGse is best
calculated TO encourage sprftuuf Thought We
analyzc his mind. make diagnosis OF his
body and can prescribe the rules OF living to
which he must conform before he can reach his
normal moral level. There are numberless
evil spirits all around striving for the mastery
over us. They enter into men with largo guam
titles OF delcterious food and with strong drink.
When a man eats or drinks too much the spirit
Of God cannot dwell within him. His stomach
increases In size. he becomes fat and sluggish,
and the body prcdominntes over the mind.
God forbade his people to cat swncs meat
Whyf Because il WAS injurious, tending to
thoughts from Him. These devils. attached 10
various kinds Of food and all eNcesses. are n
common d,srase among mon. and i Is ~ true
now rs IN B' Die times that God u Tn" only ply
siciAn who can cure them They cannot bear
the companionship q good spirits. nnd natu.
rally see conEenlal society IN l;duor saloons and
Educlici ~ well as uneducaied people have
great ,ili'ulty in accepting Jesus Christ as
both God and man. but science makes IL n
simple matter. Born Of perfect woman. nnd
gifted with perfect constitution. his orsaniza:
tion gradually passed through n process of
glOriilcation that Il. humanity was made di-
vinity. The texture o. his llcsh was ,o changed
with beings Of the other world. He was sub
jeted to all the temptations and hardships to
which We are Liable, and. ike him. We may be
spiritually exalted by similar. though some
what modified process Of purihcation. ! nv
selt was hardened skepic. almost hopeessy
given over 10 evil influences, but there was len
the germ inherited from a religious mother.
Earnest prayer cuusri that germ to expand
and develop until graz ually my body has been
brought 10 surh condition that ! can feel the
presence Of spirits about me, They take ne
any OF you; they touch mo on the shoulder.
greeting me in various ways and accompany
mo from one place 10 another. Not infreqGently
drive them from my house. whilo an unbc,
lever. suffered an intense pnin In my lore
when | accepted the faith the vacuum ia my
brain was slowly hllcd W. l could feel The
TO my len temple step by step. DAY and night.
until al was right again. Ny constitution was
miraculously restored. tho flesh o, my
| Hm susceptible TO unseen presences and
can SEQ and feel what to ordinary persons ia
great r6y-i6ni p power % and "a can work twenty
hours every day without fatigue. That leaves
only four hours for rest, but the less sleep the
more active | hecome. Tho same cours" Of
dieting nee"ssary f9r spiritual growth viii give
athletes ontcrod ior priz' IN =" l~sirianisn.
The ono WAS a hrawny. meai-et ny youth ~
larg" nup"til"' the oth.r,ol more slender nEur'.
fore hHf tar DISTANCE WIS walked the meat
cater surcumbed. and his more moderate con-
Wis once called to The bedside Of a woman
stricken with insanity. who WAS 10 be removed
iu IN asylum on the following day. Shn was
completely under the control OF eyl spirits
within. mud when ! took hur hand she raised
herself up Ia b'l, and fixed upon me- her eyes
hnshing with AN unnatural lig.t. nnd striking
me- VIII terror. ltrembicd in every Joint. but
prayed f"ryrnry and faced her gazr Shccouid
not withstand my unllnrhiug eyes. and t'll
hack aiuo-, fuinling. IL was all over with her
mnlaly. she did not go 10 the usy ium.
In ihr afternoon Mr. Sci ro.drr read short
paper on Communism. and then opened tie
mrrtins for general discussion. man said
there was IN every religious denominat IN good
that th" new church would do well TO initiate.
but while initiating the Eood care shOu!d he
taken not 10 initiate tho evil The one rock upon
which all churches Lad struck and fpund"rrl
Wds the rock Of dnut-thnt dOdrins whith
mad The SpIr'me Baing hate ana con inn
doubling inIuiriug soul, and accept only the
unhcsitating failh Of an unquestiuu.ng be-
lever. lie hoped no such principle would nal
lis WAY int thr new church. Another man said
that lie had been more or less active in church
work OF many denominations, and therefore
spoke lntrlig ntly when he said tl!Gt lharlsee-
ism WAS the dominant feature in all of them,
So-caed Christian people went about saying
all manner OF evil things about their nrighbors,
ilnding fault II thry worked or travelled on
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