The sun., 1903-03-29
CAROLINA X.SCIENCE VICTORY.
HHtLING BY PRAYER LAWFUL
~ OLD NORTH STATE.

Chjs Argument Of the Scientists Was
That if Their Miracles Are an impost.
ure The, should lie Prohibited Al.
,ogahrr ami Not Merely When Paid For
vhr stian Scieptists all over the country
.ay t,,at 'tbensrSasrT great victory for
their cult In the defeat last week in North
Carolh u OF aen attempt to prevent by law
the nra f'fshi- -hnaiiiig in the State
bv Cbri. tian Science. .s,rsctitioners. G,
The bill as drawn up at the request OF
the State Nup ,rintendent Of Health. who
had the sunni "a Of the ma jority OF the medi-
cal nrofes.io,. ,aIfd tho State. sought to do
this by defhi MI practice OF medicine
and surgery u, be the treatment for fee
or reward OF an. y-pase of disease, physical
or mental. real Imaginary with or with
ont d,,us surg cal operation or by any
other method VIII utsoever, and prescribing
the usual oualifio Gions of physicians as
those necessary to obtain license so TO
practise. NC f,N-It ..' tr' O.
The purpose ot, Il r bin was defeated
after one Of the haf; SHst' fights yet made
by Christian Science yty,ths adoption as
an amendment of I vovlslon speciiying
that the act should not Apply 10 any per-
son who ministers to or cures the SICK by
prayer to Almighty God Without the use OF
drugs or material means
inis a''' l,n,t-1 .,r.,od 80 l., ,h.
adh ocehce oe""'e'' was
lower body of the Legisla ure with only
IL dissenting votes on the final reading
and IN the senate tksre sxas n pne to u ,pose
II. and it virtually nuliifed the purpose
OF the measure. Had the Div pass d In
Its original suvmj North Care lima would
have been the first State to pro hibit faith
bealino a,s II In carried on by the Chr stan
sesAn.;,,s o.. lii s;,nilsr n, oven ,ents
have been started elsewhere none of . hem
has ever got 50 far as in North C1r,shml L
In opposing the bill in the lower no use.
where tie fsht .sas chiefly wageu. the
Christian Scientists seemed to have ''on
over a good many OF the opposnhn Dy
testimonies rGf, be9ling. In the ChySS& an
gcience .SeuSW{rSsSpor OF the recent 4 e.
S.,a Nc A Pb;lHps Of Wash,ne-, N
pate MT " a. rinnIs U, "asni'Ie" y
nescr,Dea nov hOw nus & wig m riaI brie,ian Sne,c
cancer IN tnree "tehs uy Nn, iSal o.
efter specialists had Pronouhceo her
curaple -. .,.,o,, ot,t.
This was IN reply to the the statement { % q .ts
suppor@ers @ o, unf ols sn .nas p1rsors n wen.
then pointed out TO- the law makers nsis,ny oy ms
their OVID testimony, he'd been cursd Of
Sonsuinptiosr ~ h..', n ,p,, ora hie
6, 6erna, so,rIe sm aha apout 49,, uIS;h;ts
2ss1sS. -" 49, t. Ill IL,
N HPiy 70 ,hs ~ nJ, iJn ~ - u, an, ,,'r'
the scis OF me la.n ,eaIsIs "'re uahs
GUS 70 'he pea9S anu e".!! S.! - '~~ .;.a
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out ,lHt ho eii, ion mas ~ ss
.me ..", Dl, III un urad i',, and said' P'' nv
YVES cnargeu anu Saiu l., ,,r.o,,s s,or.x
iou are at'oekiis IN, unu mneoui i,.,; ;s,,iDay
anu ieun ~ .,, ., you ,h r. yra,,,S Ia
!hrougn n's l.casuS W, On ,', ouro ,%a
my 5'ohhS ,h.t os.er,ia % ~ nrniab tbose
goutu .na. Nv, 1or ~. 49,. 70 ,rn,ec, n, ION os
wno Ps ~. 'o' ~ r 49, !, ~ n; 81 ~
mos n WI" SSSy a.. gnjnc n ~ Ie Tined in
this his country through 'f The prsc,ice Of this
eoSrsro n snen and n the % boldnsss to prohibit Il
'hcssihcE .s '; ns; l., 80, -, :, vo,,
Lne w .s.hi' s ~ 80 ,o, ~ Io' & zen ~
,,, ,ne"i w, y, s1,o ,Sara o,,, and m.iee
,ha,, ! 'sr.ani.l NAIL for lagisle, ion which !
Y intenSed TO ,hIea,en .he,I ,; neme' ,1 neEause
.hy sr"o,;. .na III b,,.snns au, ~ no,,
. 70 a4 ~. s.sstisnn ,ha;r .,;;i
Pstens ~, a,au -, ,to, shaS,ra - na,h;,,m
- w, you :" - a;r la nrass,,sa ,ha;ss (
~. ,e thn -, T r,,ctioyS ~ ~ tbp commun;ty
but nut Il they hey charge S cents they must 6e
soppreseen. u ,o.,, ,o,,.
nsse. i,a. n.,siI ", IT. rS naIe,
o. ene .I Yun'n -, ,hs ,a'b
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sis .,n,, 40 Ia NJ Harrison SHAN
,.,n you ~ /, 20, al IL ,.a asI IL ,ha, ar.rw
s;n, Wv s, =, ss,ndiieh 1, n,S n'ard
\, srs.,,, Lac. We yriII ,ake van hand in
nIng a, q ,,ss 1, La h,,, -, rn' taII
us we cannot pray without being soofed
Mos, of the Iegisla,ors who suppored