Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-04

The New jerusalem Society Organized il
S Minneapolis 70 AID the Divine 1
II NJ .$ Healer. +3..$% N

MN In order that their leader may not
want for the necessities Of life whilet
carrying on the work for W hich they
believe he has been divinely fitted.
the followers Of j osepn Lachance,
divine healer, have organized, the
New Jerusalem society, for which
articles Of Incorporation have been
filed in the office OF the secretary Of
state. DR.. Lachance ia made presi-
dent; John Paulson, brother to the
Rev. Ole Paulson, Of Blanchardvi
Wis, trustee Of. Augsburg seminary,
is named first vice president; Gabriel
Loftfeld, president Of the Minnesota
Normal School and Business college,
is second vice president, and M. j.
Allen, of Minneapolis, is named as
secretary. The management OF the
society is vested in twelve trustees.
There is no capital stock, bnt the
members may pay from 81 to $40
upon admission, and the object Of
the society is given as healing and
relieving suffering humanity.
h. DIR. Lachance, whose degre hon
orary rather than conferred, gained
some local prominence some two
years ago because OF his arrest in St.
Paul upon the charge of practicing
medicine without q physicians H.
cense. The courts held that DR..
Lachance was not bound under the
law to take out a license, and the
matter was dropped. The divine
healer, however, left St. Paul and
came to Minneapolis about eighteen
months ago and has since established
himself at 405 Fifth avenue S., where
he gives lectures on Tuesdays and
Fridays, and occasionally demon
strates the possession of what he
calls divine power to heal.
NOT A FAITH CURE.
1t is not claimed by the leader OF
the new society that faith is neces-
sity to effecting cure, as far as the
subject is concerned. He claims to
be entirely independent offaith cures,
Christian scientists, theosophists or
osteopaths, in that his cures are
effected without resort to medicine
and muscular manipulation-and
often times directly against the
patients will. During the past two
days he has been publishing in the
daily press an affidavit of the re-
markable restoration of sight ef-
fected by the healer In the case of a
child born blind in one eye.
1t is claimed by those backing the
healer that the organization has
nothing else for it's object than to
guarantee q living to their leader,
who does not charge Tor his curee, fl
Dr.. Lachance is a native Of the
pro gince Of Quebec, Can, where he
was born Twenty-Five years ago.
He elaine to have first become con-
scious of a supernatural power W lille
riding on a train three years ago.
Previous to livingin St. Paul he
was a resident of Little Falls, where
he became almost as public q char
acter as he did in st. Paul. DR.. La
chance has been doing his work in
Minneapolis SO quietly that little
attention has been given him by the
public. The old storeroom which he
uses as lecture and consultation
room ia much like the adjoining
stores in outward appearance, ex-
cept for curtains at the windows
and a small white card which an
nounces lectures and a welcome
within.
Some OF the quietness with which
DR.. Lachance is conducting his work
is attributed to his fear of opposi-
ton from the regular physicians.
He still believes that his appear.
ance in st. Paul courts, with the &C.
companying notoriety, was a form
of persecution for which the regular
physicians were responsible, and he
has no desire to invite similar treat
ment from the Minneapolis physi-
clans. ".-1... -.
:.n,. Does 1t Pay to Be Chosp.