The sun., 1908-11-20
THE EMMANUEL MOVEMENT
DIR. WORCESTER EXPLAINS ITS
OPERATIONS.

Believes In Combining Faith Cure With
Expert Medical Treatment Claims
success In Tuberculosis Cases-The
Duty OF Clergymen to Aid the Sick.
The first OF course OF lectures on the
principles. methods and results Of the
Emmanuel Movement. which have been
arranged for in accordance with the re-
quest of a number OF clergymen Of this
city. was delivered last night at Mendels-
sohn Hall by the Rev. +. Wood Worcester.
d. ID.
He and his fellow workers in Boston
had been induced to take up the practice
of healing the sick. DR.. Worcester said.
because OF their sympathy for many per-
sons who seemed to need something to
supplement purely medical treatment.
in regard to the question which is
frequently asked he continued. -as to
whether the Church can legitimately
undertake the relief OF the sick can only
reply that very large part Of the life
of Christ was devoted to this particular
kind Of work Among the early Chris
tians the power to cast out demons was
accounted the chief test Of the divine ORR
gin of the faith. Pretonius said, III
any one call himself a Christian and does
not drive out demons let him be put to
death"
Although the point OF view has chsnged
somewhat since then. the speaker went
on to explain, and the Church no longer
officially hanishes demons, the medical
profession has come to address itself
more and more 10 the mind. Religion.
he sed. and in particular the Christian
religion. has been found TO be one OF the
most potent of healing factors. both on
account Of It's tranquillizing effect and
because OF it's power to inspire hope in
the heart of the sufferer
When the average man is ILL., he said
"he consuts his physician. and when he
gets in various other kinds .of trouble
he sends for his lawyer, but the dav OF
the clergyman seems to be passing
Clergymen are actually denied entrance
to many sickrooms on the ground that
they are associated in the minds OF pa
tients with the idea OF death, AS soon as
the pastor becomes associated with the
fdea OF life his efficiency will increase
tenfold. | know OF no greater respon-
eibili.v than the care OF the sick, and
would as soon cut of nv right arm az to
undertake to treat any one without the
consent and cooperation Of skilled ply
sicians We have had from the very
beginning the friendship and assistance
of some OF the foremost specialists OF
New England.
The main objection to all Of the mental
healing cults now in vogue. said DR.. Wor-
cester, was the fact that they repudiated
all connection with medical science.
The @Healers' simply told the patient
TO fix his mind on health and forget all
about disease-a method OF procedure
which DR.. Worcester pointed out could
not possibly be expected to be efficacious
in the case of paresis. g,
He did not believe. he said, that any
but fun ctionaI disorders could be Cured
by an appeal to the mentality. because
while he believed it would be impious to
deny that God had the power TO oure any
kind OF disease he thought II was equally
true that one medicine had been provided
Eor one type and another for another.
"Our tuberculosis class he adoed. rs
conducted in accordance with the latest
scientific knowledge OF the subject and
We have a greater percentage OF cures
to our credit than any other organiza-
ton. Our patents are entirely taken
from those who live in the tenement
houses of Boston. We feel no respon-
sibility whatever toward the r'ch con-