The Cairo bulletin., 1908-05-12
ACN FAuONS HEALS
TIE Bishops Christian
Psychology, What 1t Is.
NO EDDY SCIENTIST
He Differs from the Followers of Mrs.
Eddy I'm that He Does Not Scorn
the Aid of Regular Physician
Diagnosis.

S'aid orthodox circles in the Unit
sd States were not a little astounded
by the announcement that Bishop
bamuel Fallows of the Reformed
Episcopal Church had become rival
of Mrs. Mary Baker Glover Eddy,
and ser himself up as a mental
healer" of diseases.
Bishop Fallows, however, differs
from all other advocates of mental
healing faith cures and the like.
He does not scorn the aid of the reg
ular physician. In fact. he insists
that all mis- patients bring a physi-
clans diagnosis with them and In
all his treatments" he proposes 10
have physician of the recognized
school present
Neither does he call his new cult
Christian Science. He designates 1t
al Christian psychology" He
does claim. however. that Christian
psychology" will cure anything that
is durable by Christian Science meth
DDS, which are. he believes, simply
cures by faith on the part of the pa
tent that they will be healed. He
| declares that this faith cure Is prac-
ticed by all physicians, and he be-
lieves 1t should be practiced in rs
highest form by all earnest CHRIS
| tians
This is not a new or a sudden
| fancy OF mine" said the Bishop with
a whimsical mile. For twelve
years have been lecturlng on physio-
logical psychology at the Bennett Epi-
leptic College. For the last three
years l have been making a special
study of the relations between men
tality and disease.
Il have arrived at the conclusion
| that mentality when based up
on trust In religion, is powerful
aid toward the cure of all functional
nervous disorders.
Il do not go so far as to say that
all diseases may be cured by mental
suggestion. Organic diseases like
cancer and typhoid fever demand he
services of skilled physician. But
in every disease the mental attitude
of the patient has much to do with
his condition, and In all those af-
| fections of the mind which might pc
| classified as functional nervous disor-
ders the mental attitude of the pat
mt is the greatest single influence"
The bishop then outlined a few Of
q 1. ,o, l. l11t
could cure by Christian Psychology.
p included In his list the follow
ing
Hyphochrondria,
Sleeplessness.
Nervous dyspepsia.
Melancholia.
Hysteria.
Drug habits.
Want of se,f-confidence, irritability.
worry, anger, fear, and weakness Of
will.
The cure of the grip, | believe"
said the Bishop, "can be aided great
ly, and perhaps entirely effected ny
the direct influence of what / may
call strengthened mentality. One OF
the chief factors in the potency of
grip is the mental depression into
which II forces its victims.
II was last Sunday evening that
Bishop Fallows in his sermon al
nounced his purpose to put his be-
lief into practice.
But so great was the confidence Of
no ic N CT stYf
fering did not wait for the first
Thursdays meeting to receive treat
ment.
On Tuesday afternoon the Bish Up
treated his first patient. A jani-
to: named c. p. ]. Esnorff could not
wait until Thursday afternoon and
sought the Bishop in the vestry
rooms of the church. He was suffer-
ing from a disease of the eye and
was anxious for relief. He told the
Bishop that medicine had failed to
afford him any help.
Esnorff sat down and listened |
while the Bishop told him that he mad |
two minds-the consciuos and .he
ub-conscious-and how they con- /
tanned the force that was to drive the |
sickness out of his eyes.
He then instructed Esnorff and let |
him go. The patient went away de-
claring he felt 100 per cent PETER
that the Bishops talk ha effctei a
wonderful improvement
The Bishop hopes to enlist all the /
churches In the country In this
movement. lie explained this pur-
pose in the sermon in which he first 4
made his announcement. He said
Christian psychology uses every
curative agency In the world of ma
ture as an aid to the powerful influ-
ences of suggestion and auto-sugges-
ton for mental and physical health.
1t unites the physician with the clcr-
gyman in the great work Of healing.
1t aims TO give the physician trained
men AMI women to ahssist him IN
his ministry to the sick and suffering.
1T is along these lines that the
Boston Emmanuel Church movement
has been carried on for more than a
l. Al .