The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-18

spread by the preacher, are to the effect
that Drs. McGraw. Oxner. Sanger.
Brown, Turk. Timing. and Ryan had
attended her. She says she was as help
less as a babe. unable to move her arms.
hands. legs or feet without dislccatinS
the joints Cook county hospital doc;ors
gave her strycInine hyperdermicaliy
for seven months. Sile was pronounced
incurable.
DIR. Brown, In the remarkable afli-
davit of the woman. took her before
the association of physicians-some six
ty in number-who united i'm a verdict
Miss Schaener had "idlopathic muscu-
lar atrophy." which Is the scientific
name for the trouble the girl. in sim
plioity. describes. She returned to the
home of Mrs. Buchannan, GS2 West Van
Buren street. There her attention was
called to the divine healing institution.
She begged to be driven there. She met
Mr. Bowie in the tabernacle. He asked
the condition Of her faith She replied
She believed in prayer This was ac-
cepted as a symptom pointing to a heal
ing. The preacher prayed, and from
that moment Miss Schaeffer has not
known sickness or paln< This is what
she swears on a Bible.
Henry Grccnkaum in Reply.
Henry Greeenbaum, who lives in the
midst of the homes, has no confidence
in the storit. : or aiiidayIts of the peop!c
who have lived IN Zion. He insists tha
ASSEMBLY Of unfortunates has made
life very miserable in the LOCALITY, but.
aside from this objection. reasons the
claims of the congregation are prepos-
ferrous, Illogical, barbarous ana menac-
ing to the science of the day. EITHER
DR.. Bowie is right or he is wrong" he
agues. IF DIR. Dowie Is right, then, in
my opinion, we are pretty near the time
of the millennium, and we stand n fair
show, without any great delay, of es-
tablishing Gods kingdom upon earth.
If all these sick persons can be cured
by faith and prayer what Is the use of
having any medical colleges? What Is
the use of having any drug stores
According to DIR. Dowhe. 1t is sinful to
take any medicine at all. There would
be no need of the medical profession.
More than that. If ailments of the
body can be cured by faith II Is logical
to say that any deficiency in morals or
Intellect can be cured by the same di-
vine dspensation There would be no
neeed for the Civic Federation to clean
the streets down town by manual labor.
All we would have to do is To pray for
a nice gushing rain every night between
. and 4 o'clock in the morning, where
it doesn't interfere with anybody In
.it nor hA
are paved, and all the dirt will be
flushed into the sewers. We will come
down every morning and behold per-
fectly clean city. l claim that this is
logical. DR.. Dowie may not claim that,
but tell you that IL ailments of the
body can be cured by prayer then any
sort of ailments can be cured. What
puzzles me is why it should be neces-
sary for those who are sick to como
here. long distances. from other parts
of the country, in order to have DR..
be cured at hC'me?
The Argument of Skerticism.
"Now then. as1 understand it. all
that is necessary is to have faith. If
this proposition is correct, then we are
all wrong, and all our human efforts
Nave beeen i'm the wrong direction. In
stead Of following up scientific re-
search we should have built up faith as
a cure for all ills of every kind. If these
thlns can be accomplished by faith,
everything can be accomplished by the
same agency. That being the case, in
my opinion, we would have no. need