Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-11
M ULTIPLIED evidence that Chris
N tian Science does heal the sick

NM ULTIPLIED evidence that Chris
Vb tian Science does heal the sick,
LII coupled with the remarkably
rapid growth of the church all over the
world, is causing other churches, both
in this country and England, to try
to initiate Christian Science healing.
At a meeting of Episcopal clergymen
in England in December, presided over
by the Bishop of Southwark, Canon I'll.
w. Hill, secretary of the English
Church Union, proposed that the Eng
lish church endeavor to fight the rapid
spread of Christian Science in that
country by itself undertaking to heal
the sick by means of suggestion. A
few months earlier President Lindsay
said in his opening address to the theo-
logical students in the United Free
Church college Of Glasgow that other
churches had too long neglected the
healing work and that Christian
Science has set out on a quest after a
lost faith, once part of Christianity"
About year ago Rev. Elwood Wor-
cester and Rev. Samuel McComb of
Emmanuel Episcopal church in Boston,
announced that they believed that the
Bible laid upon the Christian church
the duty to heal the sick the same as
to preach the gospel, and that there
after they would endeavor to do so. In
outlining their plans they stated that
they would treat only functional
nervous disorders; that they would
operate only in conjunction with ply
sicians; that their treatment would
consist of suggestion, and that theirs
was the Scriptural method of healing
the sick, as practiced and taught by
Jesus.
The drift to Christian Science by
members of other churches has caused
a number of distinguished clergymen
to come out in favor of healing the
sick. On December %, 1907, Rev. Cam
eron J. Davis, rector of Trinity Epis-
copal church, Buffalo, announced that
he would thereafter commit his church
to an attempt to heal the sick by the
Emmanuel church method" On De-
cember 20, 1907, Bishop Samuel Fallows
of the Reformed Episcopal church of
Chicago asserted that he believed the
Bible commanded the church to heal
the sick as well as to preach, and that
thereafter his church would attempt to
heal by means of what he termed
christian Psychology" which he de-
fined to be suggestion" and "auto-
suggestion" Except in name Chris
tian Psychology is exactly the same
as the Emmanuel church method" On
the 18th of January Rev. John
Thompson, d. D., pastor of Nc
Cabe Memorial Methodist Episcopal
church of Hyde Park, Chicago, an
nounced that he would thereafter at
tempt to heal by means of "Christian
Psychology as outlined by Bishop
Fallows. One week later Bishop Charles
C. Grafton of the Episcopal church of
Wisconsin stated that he would there
after commit his church to an attempt
to heal the sick by means of christian
Psychology" Since then a Baptist
clergyman and Congregational
clergyman have both declared in sub
stance that the churches must heal the
sick, as the Bible commanded, If they
would hold their own against Christian
Science.
The Christian Science church has al
ways commended that the Bible lays
upon the church the same duty to heal
the sick as to preach the gospel. The
action of these men in thus commit
ting their churches shows that they
agree with Christian Science on the
proposition, even though they differ as
to the method whereby the healing Is to
be accomplished.
In order that the public may fully
understand the situation, 1 wish to
say that Christian Scientists do not adj
NIT that either the Emmanuel church
method" or christian Psychology at
tempts to heal the sick by the method