Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-12


.dred beliefs the two systems are in
essential agreement Likewise-and
this Is perhaps most Important Of all
both of them and all other faith cure
movements as web claim to draw their
inspiration from the Christ. He heal
ed the sick himself aud commanded
his followers to do so. These modern
movements therefore regard them
selves as the fruit Of the tree planted
in Galilee 1900 years ago.
A Personal Testimony.
AS never hide my light under a
bushel, but stand for the faith that is
In me, it is but frank and candid to
enter personal testimony at this
point. believe in the direct word.
the sort given at the old fashioned ex-
perience meeting. l am especially in
terested in this Emmanuel movement
for the reason that have advocated
identically the same thing for the past
seven years, or five years before DR..
Worcester started his work. In news
papers, magazines and books and In
lectures delivered In Denver, New
York, Brooklyn, Boston. Washington
and elsewhere have written and
talked on this precise line wherever
given an opportunity to do so. My
contention was that what the world
| needs is to return to the fountain, to
| original and genuine Christianity as
contained III the utterances and the
spirit Of the Man Of Nazareth. This
| is it's need in politics. in healing and
| in life. Out of the original Christian
| harmony some notes have been drop
ped notably the healing Of man and
the brotherhood of man. These lost
chords should be. restored. The cure
OF man morally and physically is not
| Christian Science; 1t is Christianity.
In this work the doctor and the won
derful advance Of medical science
should not be ignored. Any method
of healing is a divine method. The
ailing horse hunts for certain herb
that will give relief. It is the life
principle that heals, and anything
which assists In that process is good
But faith-faith In the God who is
perfect love, perfect truth, perfect
health, perfect joy aud perfect good
Is the most potent OF all. 'As q man
thinketh in his heart so Is he." That
is but a meager statement, but / be
lieve 1t now as have believed 1t ever
since / saw that light. The Emmanue
movement comedies practically at ev
cry point with the thing I have advo
Gated and dreamed. / therefore bic
it godspeed with the faith that 4
means better day to the world.
At the breaking of stone there I!
no effort In the stone itself to repair
the injury, but If tree, an animal, /,
man or any other living organism b,
wounded it at once starts to mend 1t!
own hurt Medicine or surgery doe:
not heal. and no intelligent physician
has ever claimed that 1t does. 1t
only Office IS to remove certain OBJ
stacles, bring about certain physica
effects and assist the healing force
whatever 1t Is, which inheres In tn
living organism itself
Always Accompanies Life.
Now. this healing force ever attend
the life principle. Because 1t Away
accompanies life it may be said to b
an attribute of life. Intelligence 1
also an attribute of life, since there
some sort of Intelligence, however TT
dimentary, in every living organism
Between the observation-disclosures, lif
and the power of self repair or tn
healing principle-there Is myster
GUS bond of union since they are thu
always found together. All that mer
tai healing does is to make use of thi
connection. Medicine at best work
on the surface. Mental healing goe
to the root by invoking the power Q
mind over the attendant power of sci
. repair inherent In the organism.
] Theory aside, experiment has prove
r that mental healing does cure som
) diseases. Physicians admit this an
, always have admitted 1t. The Emmar
E uel movement takes advantage Of
' principle recognized from Of old.
( obeys the Masters command to het
9 the sick. In this work DR.. Worceste
and his assistant, DR., McComb, al
a leading the way within the churcI
Dot AZ tuS SdLuc ulEtStlOu
y a great host confident In the faith tbs
) this work will constitute the next gres
! forward step Of western civilization.
Canon Robert Ellis Jones Of S
q Johns cathedral. in New York, who
!, an intimate personal friend Of D
o Worcester, recently told the writ
: that the founder of the new departul
|; had dreamed of the step for ten yea
= before It was taken. A man who ca
). hold an ideal so long and has ii
II Courage. faith and ability to realize
Is entitled to all honor when his visio
assumes the form of world crusad
= 1t Is but fitting, therefore. that tn
!. momentous work should take its nan
!. from DR.. Worcester's own church al
should go down to the ages as II
. Emmanuel movement.
- The Val Language.