The Morris County chronicle., 1901-02-22
After the Faith EIealets.

Among the states considering the
propriety of putting legal ban upon
the irregular practice of healing
disease for pay is New York. In it's
legislature a measure is pending
known as the Bell bill, the purpose of
which is to put stop to what many
people regard as money making. hum
buggery in the guise sof faith. .cure,
prayer cure, divine healing and the
like.
At Albany the other night the
committee on public health gave q
hearing to the opponents of the bill.
Many eminent Christian Scientists
were Epresent and in their protests
covered various phases of the subject; !;
but especial attention is directed to
the published reports of the testimony
of Carroll f. Norton, we'll known
resident of Scranton as perhaps the
ablest expounder of the Eddy cult in
the field. Mr.. Norton was accom-
panied by George f. Kinter, of Buffalo,
and the testimony of these two, as
currently reported is certainly in
teresting.
Mr.. Kinter, for example according to
the report of the New York Sun-was
asked whether he had equal power
over surgical and medical diseases, to
which he replied eyes" He declared
that he cured all kinds of diseases, even
the insane. He asserted that he could
cure by the "absent" treatment,
gram or postal card, as we'll as if the
person was with him. He did this
simply by praying. Where there is q
fn In ra "a of trih m nd tn 70 fo "
interfering by aiding the faith cure
with medicine, or the patient not
having complete faith Dr. Van Fleet
asked Mr.. Kinter if he would treat
cerebral abscess and he replied that
he would. After whispering with Mr..
Norton he added that he would take
a person suffering with broken bone
| to surgeon. 'But some day we
will have the power of mental sur
gerry, F" he declared. Following Mr.
Kinter, Mr.. Norton offered ssome in
formation. Says the Sun;
He submitted affidavits showing
cures that had been performed by
Christian Scientists, and also told Of
what they had done in that line. He
said that by his mental treatment and
without any other agency he had re-
/
DR.. Huber asked if he would treat
horse suffering with lame should
er with liniment
No, sir. / have cured COWS by
the mental treatment, and / would
treat a dog, horse, or plant the
same as / would human being-by
mental treatment.
Asked what he would do in case O.
| No SON oR1f IN ar.fr 81
Science teaches us cleanliness, end
if cut my hand | would put piece
of plaster ON it to prevent the dirt
from getting in, and then would use
my mind to stop inflammation or
poisoning. Why, by the use of my
mind have been able to stop an un-
usual flow of blood in an instant. This
bleeding to death only exists in your
mind You have heard of the student
who was told he was bleeding to
death and they poured water heated
at blood temperature on his arm
and he died of fright. !"
Mr.. Norton said he would use mem
tai treatment also to close vein or
artery that had been severed. He re-
cited an incident of boy having gone
down in the water for the third time,
being under the water for fifteen
minutes, and laid on the dock ap-
parently dead. Mr.. Norton said he
just went to work with his mental
treatment and did not use any of the
agencies that are generally employed
in resuscitating drowning persons, and
after half hour of such mental treat
ment the boy came to life and began
to throw water off his stomach with
out being rolled over barrel or such
other devices common to eyerybody's
mind
We understand that there is consid-
cradle scarcity of water at the county
aImshouse, though as vet there has