New-York tribune., 1908-02-10
CHURCH CURE FOR n. Y.
TO TRY MENTAL HEALING.
Religious Therapeutics as 1ntidOte
for Modern Cil1iaatiOn s Ills.

Many New Workers. interested in the movement
which begun in Boston al Emmanuel Church
under the direction of the Rev. Drs. wOTcsstsr
and McComb. for the alienation of Of tie
ills which. less truthfully, put down
as result of the and tear OF modern lay
civilization. will be glad learn thai II Is ONLY I
question Of time when the will ne taken
UP In this city.
DR. John D. Quackenbos. whose experiments
alorg the line OF autosuegestion and hypnorsni
have brought him into considerable prominence.
and who has made personal investiga ton of the
movement begun at Emmanuel Church and taken
up by churchnen OF Chicago, Milwaukee and other
cities. says that such movement is bound 10
itself felt this city distant date. He
has talked the subject with many churchunen
about institutng movement similar 70 that at
Emmanuel Church In the belief that there is an
opening for such a work here. ne has expressed
himself willing 70 give his services. and other
neuroIogists and specialists have also said that
they would be ready 20 join in the movement, pro-
vided all idea OF sensationalfsu and religious nov
city could be eliminated.
The value of the Emmanuel Church experin1e1t.
which have carefully studied" Dr. Quackenbos
said to a Tribune reporter yesterday will depend
largely upon how the directors OF the uovene-r
able to appreciate the cause OF present day
breakdown and dissa tisfactiou with life and their
willingness TO admit that there are two elements
TO be considered In the treatment Of persons VINO
may come the church for treatment There IL
almost AWAY. a moral cause for nervous depres-
sion. like worry. grief. disappointment. etc do
not care to conceal my satisfaction and sympathy
with a movement which recognizes this fact. and
IT shall have my sympathy 80 long as II realizes
unlike Christian Science that there diseases OF
the body that cannot be cured by the simple say
SO that disease does not exist be expelled
by an appeal TO the Imagination or the reason
Reduce Il TO plain terms. think the work that
Drs. Worcester and McComb are doing Is largely
what has been done through the medium OF the
of In Catholic
for centuries The difference however lies in this
point that instead OF the individual confessional
the meetings at Emmanuel take the form of-What
shall call it?-confession by wholesale or in large
numbers though the expression Is not entirely sat
,sfactory But In this respect the first step Of the
clerznen of that Church is essentially the same as
that of the Roman Catholic Church and the hpis-
copal churches where suricuiar confession is GUS
tonary
Their hr.t step is 20 invite the confidence of
those who would conquer their own infrulities The
patient Is unxisely advised that prayer Will do
everything as Christian Science would have US BE-
Iiev. Drs Worcester and McComb have wisely
recognized this fact in insisting that medical ex-
animation of their voluntary patient be made oe-
fore their moral treatment is applied win the
DIAGNOSIS OF physician TO guide them tney are
placed In a much stronger position 70 combat the
ailu1ent or the obsessiou with which particular
patient may be afflicted
Then. you think the movement at Emmanuel is
more than temporary revival. and VIII nave last
ing erects?'' the doctor was asked
IT certainly hope so, though l think II ~ouid Dc
wise IN wait and note the results before drawing
any definite conclusions" was the reply n
doubtedly many persons Will be attracted 20 Oie
Church by the novelty OF the movement This Is
a1vavs the case and Drs Worcester and McC0mp
are not 10 be blamed therefor. When the novelty
has worn away can Judge better OF the actHai
work accomplished 1t is possibly true that many
Of those at services have been carried away "
their emotions but / not think that these condl-
tons will last
DO YOU not think that much attention is be-
ins given nowadays TO the life weary. the soul
tired etc? Is II that twenty or
twenty-five years ago people in general were IN
clfned 10 put up with the hardships the Atte
irones OF life and were reconciled 10 the fact tat
such things were but part Of the battle. and tha'
after all life had to be endured? Are not people
too prone nowadays TO rush for sympathy TO any
sou-ca when they meet with some little reverse
which a score nf years ago they would have swal-
lowed with the best grace they could
No ! do not think said Dr. QlachenDos
Possibly there has Dssu an exaggeration OF ule
ailments nd tribulaOus of life, but Il is my cadlo
oninion that the real the trouble is that the
human brain calculated 10 Withstand IIle ue
r1auds of modern day civilization The Tusn the
hustle the general demand on the INDIVIDUAL II LOO
great for the individual 10 meet Ehe lhcreaseu
mace at which live IS not so much notlceaOle III
the lower orders. but from actual observation
firmly eIieve that 20 per cent OF the higher ana
middle classes Of those people who are invested
with respon sfhiIities are IN imminent danger OF
nervotJs exhaustion In one form or another Hence
the rush to all OF cures for the mentally "or-
ried and Ill a ease"