The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-27
LOCOMOTOR ATAxTA.
Cured by Christian science. s~ubstandfliS
the Faith Of wesley and whitfield.

To THE EDIToR or THE Sun sir! A. q
student Of comparative religion I have thor
ouGhIy Investigated -Christisn science" both
with regard 10 It's system IL belief us
gifts Of healing.
A q religious system II differs very little
from the tenchlRgs Of the Protestant hvan-
gelicals In the do " 81 whitfield ana wesley
To purify the heart by faith" 10 the centre
Of the system. To rest absolutely on tine
power Ct God through faith" h the centre OF
It's practice. We find In the diaries OF Wnlt-
field. Wesley. Toplsdy. Berridge. Henry
Martyr. Romaine and Simeon expressions
Identical with those used by the teachers OF
Christian Science In their public lessons. Ihere
seems 20 be absolutely no difference, Then
as TO their gifts Of healing. they are those
which the Christian Church has claimed from
Apostolic times. They are also those claimed
by the great Scotch preacher Edward Irving,
when. somewhere about 1894. he Joined what
waa then known as the Catholic iApostohc
Church These gifts Of healing have been
claimed by Christian missionaries IN all ages
Undoubtedly .ha faith In Christ which 10
taught In this system produces hat @peece
which passcth all understanding" And
medical men attribute the healing 70 the
tranquility Of mind 90 produced. ! am assured
By Christian Scientists that they would not
dispute the theory, for the curea are sun
posed to be Effected by faith In Christ only,
and not by the miraculous power possessed
by the healer.
I have met with some very remarkable
cases Of healing. and among them that OF q
we'll known real estate agent, Mr.. Eugene
Kern Of 7oe F1atbush avenue. Brooklyn VINO,
after suffering from ataKia for q
period Of ak Year,. was cured by "Chrhstan
Science In q letter written to me about
q fortnight G he says be was more or less
IN invalid for fifteen years, and then loco
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best medical attendance and the very best
nursing. but without any cure. His atten-
ton was called to Christian Science. but he
refused TO look into n. On a trip 70 Boston
he met a customer who told him that his. vile
had been healed Of q disease Of sixteen years
standing. Mr.. Kern believed the statement
and attended the ser vices Of the Christian
Science church in Boston. There he placed
himself under instruction. He tried TO live
up 10 the practical tea chines Of the system.
and xsve up all medicine. He was gradually
cured OF locomotor atsxia and has been a
strong and thoroughly healthy man for the
last. eleven years. He Is now able to walk
any distance. He attributes 1t all 20 that
thorough knowledge Of Christ Bnd the mind
Of Christ" which he has received under the
teachings Of Mrs. Eddy. Mr.. Kern is a well
known man in Flatbush and no one would
question his statements.
This Ia only one Of many instances Of cure
through Christian Science with which l have
been brought in contact. As q system OF
religious belief the teachings OF Christian
Science are open to criticism, but there ts
not the least doubt that these teaching s pro-
duce In the heart and mind Of converts those
influences, apparently spiritual and divine,
which were evident in the hearts OF men and
women in the day VS. Of Whitfield and Wesley.
who converted their thouss nds upon thoussn ds.
II would seem that the teaching s Of Christian