The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-19
TRUTHS NEW GRAFT.
Faith Cure Man Opened His Temple
in New York to Nine.

in New York TO Nine.
The opening of the Temple of
Truth" in New York city by Dr. Fran
els Truth, who was a transient in Sa-
vannah about a year ago. and who
left without giving all of his patients
what they had expected. VIII interest
Ssvannahians. The Sun gave the faith
cure man a column. Nine persons
hocked TO the opening and dedication
Of the Temple of TRUTH it says. and
heard the director general, Francis
Truth. outline his new plans for divine
healing in the future. He has been
obliged to adopt new plans because
the United States Postoffice Depart
ment spoiled all his old ones with a
series of fraud orders. This happened
about two years ago in Boston, and
was on account of the healer's absent
treatment by mall at s. a month per
patient. which. according to the police,
brought in about $4,000 a month
When the authorities stepped in and
stopped the healer's mail, letters con-
tanning in the aggregate $4,000 were
returned to their senders.
Mr.. Truth was arrested then and
fined But truth crushed to earth win
rise again The healer is responsible
for that 1t was one of the most ring
ing phrases of his discourse in which
he dedicated the temple. and in the
course of which he told the nine new
followers all about his troubles in Bos-
ton.
Since he was blocked from giving
absent treatment" Mr. Truth has been
travelling over the country laying on
hands," but he is wanted by so many
thousands in so many different places
at the same time, he said, that travel
ing wouldn't do any longer. Hence the
Temple Of Truth is to be established in
this city, with branch temples all over
the country The branches are to be in
charge of other divine healers in whom
Truth will awaken the power to heal
for $500 apiece.
There are to be in each temple a man
and woman, called first and second
directors. Truth, the director general,
and Mrs. Truth. the director regent.
will remain in the Madison avenue tenn
pie if everything goes smoothly.
Truth has one other assistant besides
his wife. The other assistant helps at
some of the Sunday services. but his
principal work will be to take care of
the GROSS to be received from those
who had rather know how to lay on
hands than keep $500. AS he put ii
himself, he lis to look after the bust
ness end of the divine healing tenn
pies"
In the inner temple separated from
where the nine were by portieres, Truth
called his assistant Tommy"
Tommy was follower of Mother Ed
dy in the Christian Science fold until
he became a hereto and found himself
unable to shake off the belief that he
had a body.
Then he went to Truth. who weighs
225 pounds and is feet ?, and doesn't
try to think he is non-corporeal. Those
pounds are beautifully kept, too. They
are as white and sleek as a baby and
thached with long. flowing locks and
adorned near the top with a pair of
eye brows with the arch of surprised
innocence and with a rosebud mouth.
Tommy knows a good many things
about dollars. For instance, he ex-
planned in private interview in the
inner temple why he and Truth believe
there are bodies and ills.
Now, Mrs. Eddy" he said, claims
that there is no body because the soul
is greater than the body. and the lesser
can't contain the greater"
Truth retired to a further corner and
snickered behind a rubber plant when
4Otilily Sciu that
In explaining how he first became a
"divine healer" Director General Truth
said:
I'm my little New Hampshire home.
where l was born. my sainted mother
had a pain III the head when l was a
little boy. l placed my hand on her
head and the pain was gone. From New
Hampshire / went to Boston, where /
cured $4,000 persons, but l was perse-
cuted. The United States district az
torney said that there could be no di-
vine healing without drugs and they
stopped me, my letters were seized.
Since then / have travelled about from
Canady to Floridy and from Maine to
California"
Truth never went to college," Tom
my said after the service, but he's
got money and will gather about him
none but the learned"
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