The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-19
CULT AIDS MRS. CONGER.
Christian Scientists Move 10 Help Miuis.
ter'S Family in China.
CONCENTRATE THOUGHTS ON AMERICANS
Act I'm interests of All Endangered
Persons-BcIieye Their sister
in the Faith Is Unharmed.
Chicago Chronicle.

Chicago Chronicle.
Through the unaided power OF united
thoughts. concentrated by nearly 1000, 900
people on a single purpose, representa-
tive Christian Scientists OF Chicago cay
they are attempting TO so Influence events
and shape destinies in faraway China that
the lie OF sister in tine Scientist fai h
Mrs. Edwin H. Conger, wife of the Uni
ted states minister in Pekn-as well as
the lives Of the whole Conger family and
all Christians In the beseged legations
may be spared in the great crisis now i'm
lperilliug that part of the Asiatie world.
That they will be spared-are spared 10
very fact-and soon will be found in
places OF safety is the confident belief
or claim in the most exalted circles of
the Scientist fold. While these euthusi-
ass are not anxious to go before the
world with any strldent claims as TO what
| lnelf mental efforts can or Will accomplish
there is no Disgusting the fact that in the
event OF the announcement being received
mat the prisoners of the legation are De-
ycnd question safe and unharmed more
| tnen a. majority Of the rapidly increasing
cut OF the Christian Scientists OF this
the power which wrought the almost MI
raculous result is none ether than the
united prayer Of Mrs. Congers corell-
gionists in all lands.
II is most remarkable and In some
WAYS novel experiment upon which the
followers Of the newest, yet the Oldest"
oi all Christian religions have embarked
They have faith in the outcome But
should they be doomed to suffer disap-
poinment, they say, they will not have
their belief in their power OF prayer
undermined or shaken. announcement OF
the dreaded disaster against the occur
renee Of which they oppose their best
efforts of mind and soul will be accepted
with resignation as Il reiteration OF the
great historical fact OF Christianity- that
the seed Of the gospel Is the blood o. the
martyrs.
Holding firmly to the belief that Glove
rules all things" the chain of thought
OF the Christian Science devotees starts
with the belief or knowledge that Mrs
Uonger entertains for the Chinese people
her supposed deadly enemies--a feeling
IN which is predominant the true Chris.
tian note Of sincere and Astounding char
ity and love. TO the end that this feel
Ing may be re-enforced or supplemented
so that it may become the overpowering
Christian love which can rule" or sub
due the turbulent elements among the
Chinese population In Pekin and the other
oeseiged cities of the orient. the great
mass Of her coreiigionists in this land
have united in sending her through the
subtle telegrdphy OF the mind, an mex
haustihle fund of charitable and loving
thought for the same Chinese soldiery
whom she would disarm and render harm
less through her charity and Christian
dove.
An important center In the movement
for the focusing OF mind upau China is
the fold of the Christian Scientist denom-
instion in Chicago. This was inevitable
because Of the fact that Minister and Mrs.
Conger have close ties of family as we'll
as religion in the city and state Here
resides her sister Mrs James S. Nc
Cornell Of 1859 Lake avenue Not only
is Mrs Mcconnell an enthusiastic believer
In Christian Science and a worshiper az
the First church OF that denomination,
Drexel boulevard and Fortieth street. but
her husband and their children also are
communicates. When Mrs. Conger, with
her husband and their two daughters, was
in Chicago last winter as guests at the
Mcconnell home she was worshipper
at the First church,
My sister. Mrs. Conger. has nothing
but good Will for the Chinese people,
said Mrs. Mcdonnell yesterday. L
know that he conflicting press dispatches
give small hope that she is safe. We be-
lleve, however. that she is not dead-that, {
With her husband and their daughters, she
is alive and well. This is more than a
belief with some of us. I have a daughter
who is convinced of it--as convinced In
very truth as II she had a message from
heaven"
Ex-Judge William G. Ewing confirmed
the report or claim that Mrs. Congsr in
China was being extended all possible aid
through the united good thoughts of
Christian Scientists everywhere"
From others within the fold 1t was
learned tnat tho the%ght movement in aid
u Mrs Conger and family has ths warm
endorsement and support of the sect's
great leader and founder-Mrs. Mary
Baker Eddy OF Boston, 4