Evening journal., 1909-01-15
Emmanuel Movement and
Christian Science--AContraSt
BY Norman E. John.

felt probably had its conception and birth
in the fear Of doctors OF losing their pa
tients and of pastors of losing their mem
bers." Says anothor.-"The Emmanuel
movement is one Of the most talked OF
projects among churchmen to-day II is
being used I'm Boston to combat Christian
Science" We do not understand whether
tho affirmation that this movement is a
return to primitive Christianity" or n
revival Of historic Christianity" refers
to the means and methods employed or
whether It ia intended TO apply simply
TO the abstract proposal 10 revive mon
drug healing" II we were 10 undertake
TO Justify the movement by Scriptural au-
thority we should have TO concern our
selves not only with the proposition that
Jesus and The apostles healed the sick but
also with tic methods OF healing which
they used. We should seek knowledge
OF the Christ means OF overcoming human
Ills.
In an address made at Rochester on
May 20, 1905, DR. McComb declared that
the Emmanuel movement '1s an outcome
Of tho fact that Jesus Christ healed the
sick" and that Christ was not averse
to taking advantage OF means provided
by nature ana man in His day" Respect
lng this It must be said that Jesus was
truly human and moved among men, but
He had as little part in material things
as Il was possible for one upon this plane
10 have. and as lie advanced I'm under
standing lie relied more aud more upon
Spirit until finally lie parted from ma
tcrial conditions --limitations-alt altogether
Dr. McComb has declared that tho
Saviour would have been willing TO take
advantage Of the a1vancements OF this
age" Following this line Of argument he
holds that spiritual healing must go
hand IN hand, cooperating with and
sometimes suppiemcntng medical sci
encc." lie oven goes so far As TO advance
the speculative opinion that IL Jesus we're
present IA this ago lie would work hand
inI hand with the doctors, that lie would
employ a medical diagnostician to cx-
anime the cases which applied to Him
for help. ana n by this means It were dis
covered that persons We're AFFLICTED or
eanically lie would reject them. but if He
learned that they had only functional
difficulties lie would accept them as pa
tientsD
Dr. Batten. as a follower OF Dr. Wor-
ccster author of the Emmanuel move
nont states the principal healing agcn-
cies used in the Emmanuel movement
are, tho repetition of suggestion. OK
cltement and hypnotism. These agen-
cles arc conceded to be purely quail
ties of the human viii and emotion.
and therefore, In tho last analysis, are
TO be found in Paurs definition OF the
carnal mind as distinctive from Spirit
or spiritual consciousness. or the Mind
which IS God. The Emmanuel process
clearly defined by its exponent. is the
influence OF one mind upon another in
tho effort to change the patients state
Of consciousness through mesmeric
or hypnotic power Christian Science
on the other hand relies not upon Will
power nor upon any OF the qualities
Of the human mind. but wholly upon
spiritual Truth. upon God and the un-
derstanding OF lis power. presence.
law and the application thereof Chris
tian Science perceives that a patient
who is suffering from any discord Is
already mesmerized and that instead Of
re-mesmerizing him, the essential need
Is 10 have tho patient do~mesmerized --
awakened, become conscious of the