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hand He was able TO call it into action
instantly and without being encum-
7 bered with a medical case or the ex-
pense of a diagnostician- His method
was entirely safe in handling contagion
because He instantly healed His patients
and thus removed all occasion for dan
ger In an address given in London,
England, Dr.. McComb declared, how
ever. that in the ancient days there
were two species of leprosy. one that
was contagious and one that was not
conta gfous. and this probably accounts
for the fact that Jesus permitted His
leprous cases to mingle with the pub
lie" He has suggested further that
these cases were probably of the nom
contagious type, Such an argument be-
Titles the omnipotent power of our
Lord and would discourage the feeble
and fiuttering faith in God which exists
/ in the modern Christian world. Men
have occasion TO be thankful that Chris
ton Science has saved the Bible from
doubt and infdelity, and has already
prepared the world against such trav-
esty on the teaching and practice Of the
Master, for it has healed thousands of
cases of organic and so-called con-
tagious troubles
DR.. Mcdonald of Brooklyn treats this
question somewhat differently. He says:
Because Christ drew no line between
functional and organic maladies is no
reason I should not. 1 compliment him
more when 1 draw the line than when
wander all over the field That draw
ing the line shows that I consider Him
bigger man than am. He was per-
feet" This is quite a sane point, but
the gentleman should have reasoned
further. The facts in evidence lead to
the conclusion that not only was the
Master perfect but that His method was
perfect also. It is manifest that even
a perfect man could not reach a desired
destination If he followed q wrong
course We honor the individual who
recognizes that he must suffer TO be so
now" usages and practices which the
perfect man may eliminate. hut there is
no excuse for the effort made by some
to substitute modern psychology for
primitive Christianity under the apol-
ogy that the only reason why Jesus
troubled Himself with the tedious
method of utilizing divine power in de-
stroying sin and sickness. rather than
avail Himself of the modern method OF
preparing pills and plasters and enter
ing into diagnosis which sometimes
consumes days. was that these modern
conveniences were not in existence and
hence not available in His time After
all, the important question is as to
whether the modern methods are supe-
rfor TO our Lords and we know of no
better rule by which this question may
be decided. in this or in any age, than
the test: BY their fruits ye shall know
them Jesus and His disciples fur
nished the important thing, namely.
good results
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JESUS HEALED FUNCTIONAL, AND
ORGANIC DISEASES INSTANTLY

Over against all this suggestion.
however, is the significant fact that
Jesus healed most Of His patients in
Simultaneously. and that He cured the
most difficult cases in much less time
than would have been required even
10 summon physician. to say nothing
about tedious and painful examinations
II the Master had been a failure in the
treatment Of disease, If facts could be
named in evidence that He succeeded
only with functional disorders while He
failed TO cure organic cases. then there
might be some ground for affirming
that, If now upon the earth. He would
need and utilize modern medical prac-
tice; but when we remember that He
healed the most difficult cases instan-
taneousIy and that He never lost a case.
that He cleansed the leper. raised the
dead while the daily failures even Of
the most approved medical means may
be counted by the thousands. we NAV
well ask: Is it reasonable TO suppose
that the Master would have been glad.
TO set aside His perfect system of cur
ing the sick in order TO avail himself of
a method which frequently and lament
ably fails? It would seem that anv
Christian minister would blush to as
sumo that either modern or ancient
medical diagnosis gives a better state
ment of the cause of disease than that
expressed by Christ Jesus when He
said. sSin no more. lest worse thing
come unto thee and when He referred
to the woman probably afflicted with
rheumatism as one whom Satan hath
t,ornd In these eighteen wears. C,r
Lord treated these cases on the as
sumption that sfn-and not a material
cause-was the foundation of their
afHiction. and with far better success
than any modern physician.
AT this point il is legitimate to in
quire what particular advantage over
the Apostolic means and methods is to
be found in the Emmanuel Movement,
either as regards organic or contagious
disorders. Jesus remedy was always at
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By Alfred FarIow
Copyright. 1905. BY Alfred Farlor)

q 0AhCELF ? public declaration has been
made on the subject Of the new psyche
4 logical system OF treating the sick called
me emmanuel Movement that has not con-
tanned criticisms OF Christian Science and
lhe practice CT Christian Scientists Chief
a'nohg these are the following: That Christian
scientists attempt the cure OF organic diseases:
tnat christian Scientists. excepein the treatment
81 surgical and contagious cases. discard the
@nlpioyr1ent OF physicians; that Christian Sci
e~tsls 0elleve that God is good and the only
o.eator and made nothing unlike himself and
tnat therefore disease IS unreal that Christian
science as compared with the Emmanuel Move
nlsnt IS neither Christian scientific; that
Nlristian ientists accept fee for their service
y IS certainly right and fair that Christian Sci
ePce be understood as 1t is and that since stran-
gers 10 Christian Science have attempted and
Iaiieo 10 draw q clear line Of demarkation be-
tween Christian Science and Other svsterns OF
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I
the foundation Of Christian Science. its
teaching concerning God and His crea-
ron, Is Christian and scientific. and
therefore that its conclusions are Chris
tan. ior. whatever else may be said o.
II Christian Science is consistent. and il
honors God beyond comparison. Il
critics ind no fault with the good
things Il teaches about God. they should
not complain when ii logically and con-
sistently reaches the conclusion there-
from that the devil. evil. is neither per
son1i nor real Mrs. EDDY does not be-
lieve in the asserted power Of evil, and
she has taught ler students how to
overcome its deceptions by being awake
10 its subtlety and by knowing that
God is the only power.
REVIVAL OF
CHRISTIAN healing
Rev Frank I. Phalen Of New Bed
ford. Mass. IN an address delivered in
tnat city on October 4. 1905. gave the
following very sensible reasons for the
revival of Christian healing. He said:
Until comps sratively recent date the
church lost sight Of the fact that the
founder OF Christianity was not only
"a revealer and proclaimer Of the truth.
hut also a healer Of the Ills OF human
ity both physical and mental Jesus
ROT only preached the truth. but He
Healed the sick The first teachers OF
Christianity followed the double prac-
lice Of preaching and healing Jesus
healed physical and mental maladies.
1-ot merely because He understood and
brought 10 bear supernatural power
1ar
hold of those latent powers in human
i1r which others had failed TO see and
utilize. The healing power OF Jesus is
not something that came into the world
with Him and departed with Him, it
S. q permanent possibility 10 all those
who have sufficient insight and faith
and sagacity 10 grasp and utilize the
same power"
a careful study OF the Scriptures
discioses the fact that healing the sick
was by no means the result for which
The Master primarily labored: il was
rather a consequence Of the spiritual
regeneration which was effected by the
gospel he preached. Christian Science
accords with onr Lords teaching.
when He said, Whether IS II easier TO
. say thy sins be forgiven thee or to
declared 10 another whom He had
healed. sin no more lest q worse thing
come upon thee" He thus taught un-
Questionably that disease is the result
or sin. He did not on these occasions
mention any particular sin or enter
into a comprehensive definition OF sin.
hpt the Scriptures. as a whole, war
rant the definition Of sin which is
taught IN Christian Science, namely.
that II includes not only the willful
wrongs Of mortals, but all OF their
ignorant mistakes and blunderings.
John said All righteousness Iau
unright-wis-ness ali unright-wise-
nessl is sin that IS. all erroneous be-
liefs and conceptions which are held
as wisdom. all mistakes which are re-
garded as ~wiseness" are included IN
der the name sin. and il is quite eyi-
dent that unrighteous thought is the
basis Of all evil conduct, for thought
IS always prior TO action. The Master
held this opinion CT the fundamental
ity OF sinful thought, as is indicated
hv His declaration that those who look
upon sin 10 desire II are guilty OF its
..e-a~e-
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Christian Science; and it has grown
up side by side with the latter faith.
1t is distinctly an effort to appropriate,
in the interests of historic Christianity.
whatever is good in the doctrines
promulgated by Mrs Eddy" Concern
ing the Emmanuel Movement in Boston
it is said: 1T rests on the theory that
religion is the greatest therapeutic
agent known to man"
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ITO be continued neat sunday.l
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OPINIONS RESPECTING
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

In the book "Religion and Medicine .
compiled by Drs. Worcester. McComb
and Coriat, and which, for the sake of
convenience we shall credit to Dr.
Worcester, a further reason for the
Emmanuel Movement is suggested,
namely, that "The metaphysical basis
of Christian Science is too crude, too
contradictory, to be accepted by the
normal reason" though he adds that
with all it's obscurity we find in the
Sacred Book of Christian Science great
truths"
Either the Doctor must be laboring
under a misrepresentation, or else by
normal reason" he means the pecu-
liar interpretations of personal sense,
since otherwise he could not have made
this declaration. The metaphysical ba-
sis of Christian Science is the meta
physical basis of Scriptural teaching.
The Scriptures admonish us to COM
pare spiritual things with spiritual. :,
for 1T is the spirit that quickeneth, the
flesh profiteth nothing. The Master
placed no reliance whatever upon mat
ter. He brushed it aside completely by
declaring it TO be altogether unprof-
table and it is certainly true that
his teaching that God is Spirit, and the
teaching Of Christian Science which is
based entirely thereupon do not conflict.
nor does any part of Christian Science
contradict any other part. Every state
ment contained in the Christian Science
text book is consistent with every
other statement contained therein, and
no statement contained therein is con-
Trajectory to anything but material
sense. that which our Lord affirmed to
be Improbable, not 10 be credited even
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g the sick which differ theTefroH
: tI q @te' la distraction be drawn Christian
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DIVINE POWER ALONE
SUFFICIENT TO HEAL

Furthermore, If Christ Jesus and His
apostles We're living in this age and
were to refer those who are organi-
cally afflicted back TO the physicians
who have failed to cure them. that
would certainly fail to demonstrate the
fullness and infinitude of Divine
Power, and their mission would in so
far be defeated. In the efforts to fol-
low Christ Jesus and heal the sick.
men and women today do indeed fall
far short of the perfect understanding
and application of divine power, but
the remedy is not to resort TO an in
sufficient substitute, but to strive the
more earnestly to know and utilize
the perfect way. The remedy is not
to bring our Lord down to the level
Of those who are compelled to depend
upon material remedies because they
do not understand how to avail them
selves Of the spiritual, but to plant
ourselves unreservedly upon the posi-
biIity Of an effective faith in and re-
lance upon God, and by our sufficient
striving, to attain to the exalted posi-
tion which was occupied by our great
Exemplar
Rev Albert B. Shield. Rector Of the
Church of the Redeemer, Boston. an
advocate of the Emmanuel Movement,
in an address given in Hartford, Conn,
on May 3rd, 1908, declared that ''The
Old Testament prophets were psyche
therapeutists, while Christ was the
greatest Of ALL We assume, because of
the connection in which the gentleman
makes this declaration. that he means to
declare that Jesus was nothing more
than 2 practitioner of mental sugges-
ton, according to the modern system:
that He did not heal by the direct
power of God but through the medium
of human will; and yet the Master
said in His prayer, Not as I will but
as Thou wilt He declared: THE
words that I speak unto you I speak
not OF myself. but the Father
that worketh in me, He doeth
the works" II we mistake not the
Christian world will object to having
the word "psycho-therapeutic or
healing by human VIII power" applied
to the exalted and purely spiritual
methods of Christ Jesus.
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minimize the Importance OF an unei-
Vided faith In God. critics should pro-
eeed with extreme caution. especially
when they undertake to justify their
position by Affirming that the newest
method Is in strict accord with prinI-
tive Christianity while the Christian
Science method is a departure there
from II is with some OF the argu-
ments employed to justify the modern
coalition of mind and medicine and the
tender regard for the medical practice
which the founders of this union cx-
press that we desire to deal in par
ticular
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Di88olutinrl nntirrs.
NOTICE OH DISSOLUTION,

The partnership heretofore subsist-
Julius Sycles Sons has been this day
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and style BY .ar remaining members Of
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SAM SYCLE.
SYDNEY SYCLE,
LEE SYCLE.
Richmond Va, Aprls 20, 1908.
Having sold my interest In the old
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BIDS WANTED.
WA q IOT1IN u. I w "A lIN14N.'t
Secretary Board of Visitors,
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Plans and specifications for infirmary
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each floor forty patients; ten single
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Gburrf J7ottres.

METHODIST.
BROAD STREET METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. Dr. G1LBY c. KELLY. pastor. Sun
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NJ. and P. n. Mdweek service Wednes-
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CORNER Twenty-fourth and N Streets).-
Preaching at II A. NJ. and P. NJ. by the
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH tBRoAD AND
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SECOND BAPTIST cHURcH-DR. W. r.
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GRACE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH
DAVID NJ RAMSAY. B.. s.. pastor. sun.
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subject. THE Home in acknowledgements
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at GRd & y, AVENUE RApr1sr cz1,,pc,,
Rev w. G. JAMES D, D., pastor--Preach-
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THE TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH
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PRESBYTERIAN.
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"'u''ssuas ~ L g. Hi Ak welcome 'e'sF
FIRST ENGLISH EVANGELICAL Lu-
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
REGuIiA4 I. SERVICES OF FIRST CHURCH
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subject, "Ererastns Punishment We'd
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meeting ar $3.50, The reading -room is To-
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Yesterday morning for q Warrant for
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Miss Margaret Fuller, as Rhy Mac
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detail of scenery, costumes. proper
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