Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-21

out successful results some of the best
physicians in Chicago. ILL.,. and But
falo, n. Y; was entirely healed by
: Christian Science in few weeks.
2 An instance of what had been
pronounced an incurable cancer of
the nose, pronounced such by medi-
cal expert. treated by Christian Sci
ence and healed in three months. af-
terward examined by the same spec
ialist, who admitted the complete
cure, but affirmed his failure to mas
ter the modulus Operandi Of the demon
stration.
Regular medical confirmation of
cases Nos. 2. 8, 4, ) and s will be fur
nished any honest skePtic. The Prin-
cjpals in cases Nos. l, 6 and can be
communicated with relating to the
authenticity of all details cited.
In order to prove that l have the
confirmation that | offered to give
the public in my possession. and with
the offer to show the original auto
graph combinations to any honest
ske ptic, who desires to see the same.
I beg to cite the following confirms
tions of the eight cases of healing
herein referr To:
No. l. Greedy Price. Muncie, Ind.
Name of person healed of locomotor
ataxia.
No. 2. Alfred f. Baker, NJ d.
| homeopathy, State street. Concord,
n. II.
No. 3. Alfred F. b tker. NJ ID
| homeopathy State street, Concord,
n. II.
No. /. William S. Brooks. NJ. D.
(allopath). San Antonio. Texas.
No. 3. Refer to Carol Norton, c.
S. d., 40 Fifth avenue, New York
City.
No. 6 Witnesses to the resuscita-
ton through Christian Science meth
ods-C. 3. Paine, l.. Sabatas. East
port. Me.
No. I. Mrs. Anna Ellsworth, Ma
son, Mich. The person who was
healed.
No. 8. r. T. Speakman. NJ. d.
homeopathy. Boston. Mass.
Mr.. burlington was and is referred
to these persons of professional stand
ing. honesty and unquestionable in
tegrity for all details relating to the
cases I gave him what l offered 10
"a confirmation. Inasmuch as the |
confirmation offered Mr.. burlington |
seemed to make little Impression upon |
him. he wrote me a series of letters |
of purely controversial nature, con-
spicuous for the extreme and unrea- |
sonable character of the questions in
volvei. Finally, April 20, 1899, he
sent me group of questions clearly |
designed as a means for making |
the whole subject of our cor
respondence ridiculous. They were
questions wholly irrelevant, and |
while answerable, they were of no rel
alive value to the question under con-
sideratiOn. Wishing to avoid further
useless correspondence, having given |
him what offered to, l wrote him on
May II. 1899: I'm reply to the list
of questions that you sent me in a |
recent letter, l have but to repeat my |
recent utterauce in a letter to you |
that prefer to shelve them, because
to answer them would bring about |
wholly Indifferent results.
Facts are stubborn things and while |
you may earnestly believe that facts |
are on your side rather than ours, we
can agree to disagree. This virtu- |
ally closed our correspondence. As
to Mr.. Purrington's assertion that |
Christian Science is the product of
ignorance. irreverence," ETC., sober |
minded people will pause when they |
hear thousands of enlightened relig- |
ionists and citizens spoken of as fol- |
lowers of a mere fad conspicuous for |
its sophistry and absurdity.
The Chris tian Science movement has |
spread to all parts of the globe. In
its ranks are to be found physicians.
surgeons. lawyers. judges. teachers.
musicians. scholars, clergymen, phil |
anthropists ano thousands upon thou
sands who have experienced the
practical healing and know whereof
they speak. The movement organ
ized about 100 churches during the
year 1899. and during the first three
months of the present year has organ
lied churches at the rate of seven a
month. 1t is rather absurd to affirm
with confidence that no proof of the
healing can be really secured
when some 90 churches in and
about New York city have
public testimonial meetings almost
entirely devoted to the evidence of
healing every Wednesday evening at s
clock. All cases cited in these
meetings are open to investigation
What system is offering a more COM
nonsense or frank proof of its most
pronounced claims? While Mr.. PuT- |
rington saw hit TO publish in the Sun |
nv private correspondence with him
without my con 'ent or permission, l
have nothing but the most pleasant
intercourse with him and while he |
seems to declare himself a pronounced |
opponent of the movement that rep |
resent as q mem Der of the Christian |
Science board of lectureshiP. l have
found him at sill times courteous.
Sincerely yourI. CAROL NORTON.
New York. April s.
s. a little girl suffering from cpl
leptic fits. having had the same from |
birth. at the time she began treatment |