Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-21
REMARKABLE CASES OF
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEALING.

Carol Norton. one of the lecturers
Of the Christian Science faith. has the
following in recent issue of the New
FORK Sun, the reproduction of which
in The ARGUS is desired:
To the Editor of the Sun: In your
issue of April 2 appears the report of
an address delivered on Sunday after
noon last at the Broadway Tabernacle
by lawyer of this city, William A.
burlington. His lecture was entitled
The Sophistries and Dangers of
Christian Science Among other
things MIR. burlington is reported as
making the three following state
ments:
l. "So-called Christian Science is a
product of ignorance, irreverence,
vanity. vulgarlty. inconsequence, in
conference and greed
2. What has caused the spread of
Christian Science2 The false pre-
lenses of the Eddyites to q peculiar
divine power of healing all human in
firmities, and in this Turk the physi-
cal dangers that concern the COM
munity at large"
3. ''On Feb. 28. 1899. heard Carol
Norton. q firm believer in Christian
Science. lecture in Troy. n. Y. and
offer TO furnish any honest skeptic
with regular medical confirmation
Of the cure by Christian Science of
'incurable cancer of epilepsy, of con-
sumption and heart disease. / wrote
10 him on March 80, 1899, asking
what persons made the diagnosis and
other questions pertaining to the
cases. Although he replied courte-
ously on April promising to submit
the evidence. the month went by
without its production. More cor
respondence passed between us. to
which Mr.. Norton finally put an end
in May, 1899, by writing. i prefer to
shelve them (the questions) because
to answer them would bring about
wholly Indifferent results Is that
the answer of an honest man sure of
his faith. or the evasion of sophist?
published my questions and the
evasive replies in the Sun of June. |
1899. but they remain 10 this day |
upon Dir. NortOn's capacious shelf un-
answered simply because he cannot |
or dare not answer them"
/ take it for granted that Mr.. Par
rington is sincere in believing that |
Christian Science is a menace to the |
public health and to the common good,
that he believes its spread is due to
the false pretenses in relation to heal
ing. as he states, and that he is in his
own mind convinced that the writer
really had no legitimate evidence to
confirm the statements made in his
lecture delivered in Troy in February.
1899, and afterward printed 10 the
Troy Record of that city. Assuming
these things to be true. in justice to
Christian Science and to the integrity |
of my offer to furnish regular medi
cal confirmation of the cases of heal !
ing that | cited in my lecture, | de-
sire to make the following statement:
Honesty and candor constitute
mans only protection. While the es- !
sential truth of Christian Science is (.
the spiritual understanding of true |
christianity, the healing of the sick Is |
n vital part of its work. Deduct phys
ical healing from the religion of Jesus
and the whole message of christianity |
Ia the physically diseased mankind is
nullited | abhor controversy. |
Scholastic argument and unbalanced
satire have never promoted the
growth of true religion or benefited |
the moral and physical interests of
the race. / have no desire to enter |
into any controversy with Mr.. Pur-
rington. | prefer to leave the hon
esty and integrity of my assertions to
the impartial judgment of that type
of public opinion which weighs the
evidence on both sides of every ques- |
tion and builds final conviction upon |
the granite foundation of demonstrat-
ed evidence rather than upon super
stition or ignorant sophistry. beg
10 offer the following extract from |
the lecture to which MIR. burlington
refers:
l. A case of locomotOr ataxia. or
progressive paralysis. attended with |
impaired vision and tonsilitis; had |
taken medicine for over three years, |