Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-08

neUc reatment Is dependent UPON tne
human will, while Christian Science es.
chews the carnal mind. Magnetic healing
places no reliance whatever upon the
divine mind, as does Christian Science, and
to use the words of one Of the most promi.
nent OF modern advocates OF so-called men.
tai therapeutics, ut is not necessarily
religious"
Christian Science might nave beer
evolved In spite Of any prior belief in the
beneficent action of the carnal mind; tina
is, one might outgrow a dependence upor
the human will and thus advance above
and beyond it to the discovery of Christian
Science. In such a case, however, It should
not be said that Christian Science ha
been evolved from mesmerism, but rather
that 1t has been discovered in spite of
ones temporary belief in mesmerism.
The following documentary evidence will
give our readers a definite understanding
of the difference between Christian
Science and the practice of Mr.. Quimby,
from whom it rs enormously alleged that
Mrs. Eddy derived her ideas.
In a verified and corroborated affidavit
dated January %, 1907, Mrs. lane t.
Clarke, whose husband was a patient Of
Mr.. p. P. Quimby in October, 1865, only a
few months before Mr.. Quimby died, in
February, 1866, declares: we found Mr..
Quimby to be a genial, kind-hearted man.
His wife was of the New England type,
and their home comfortable" In describ-
ing his method OF treatment. Mrs. Clarke
says:
HE placed both Of his hands in a basin
of water, then the left hand upon
the patients stomach and the right
hand upon the patients head. He
slightly manipulated both the stom-
act and the head. The immediate effect
was as If a hot iron had been placed
upon the patient, and the sensation seemed
to come from Mr.. Quimby's hands. l my
self took two treatments from him for a
long-standing complaint. The treatment
was as above. Upon experiencing the hot
sensation 1 asked him. How did you come
by this power and what is it.? He an
swered definitely, 1 do not know how nor
when, nor do 1 know what 1t is. I hin
it is probably electricity passing from me
to the patient The treatment in Mr..
Clarke's case was daily continued from
thirty to sixty minutes, during which time
Mr.. Quimby would describe the patients
symptoms more accurately than the patient
himself could. After the treatment Mr..
Quimby would go out to his barn or gar
den and work off the pain and disease
from his own body, claiming that the
treatment drew the disease from the
patient to himself. : . Mr.. Quimby
had been I'll much of the time since his
first treatment of Mr.. Clarke, frequently
rising from his bed to give my husband
attention.
HE did not teach a system Of healing
disease nor did he advocate any system.
He did not know wherein lay his power,
but believed 1t to be due to electricity. He
never described the nature, cause, etc, Of
disease, but did describe symptoms. He
did not attempt to account for disease as
mental He recommended the use of drugs
in my husbands case, at least, and had
the services of a physician in his last ILL
ness. He never attributed his ability to
heal to God. In fact, he never spoke Of
God and was not a religionist."
The following is quoted from an affi-
davit, dated February %, 1907, by Mrs.
Emma A Thompson: II became ac-
quainted with DR.. Quimby for the first
time in 1862, His treatment consisted in
placing bands on his wrists, plunging his
hands into cold water, manipulating the
head, and making passes down the body.
He asked me to concentrate my mind on
him and to think Of nothing and nobody
but him. AS the relief came to me
he suffered greatly himself, saying that
he took on my pain. I learned afterwards
that his pain was so intense that II be-
came necessary for my father to assist
him to bed, where he remained until he
was called TO treat me again for a re-
currence OF the pain. " He left in
structions for me to think Of him and
drink water Until relief came. There was
nothing in DR.. Quimby's method OF treat
ing disease which bears any resemblance
to Christian cience. He never spoke Of
God n never referred to any other power
or person but himself. As far as / know,
he had no manuscripts or books relating
to his subject. He gave me nothing to
read and no explanation OF his power.
l distinctly recall that before he left our
home my fathe offered him a check for
$1,000 II he would impart to him or any
member of his family his method Of treat
ing disease. To this the doctor replied, I
cannot. 1t do not understand it myself. "
There Is only one other tact necessary
to end this discussion forever: namely,
there is nothing I'm Mrs. Eddy's teachings
that is in any way kin to what Mr..
Quimby believed and practiced. Further
more, Mr.. Quimby was a consistent man,
and II he had believed in the allness OF
mind, as Mrs. Eddy teaches, he could not
nave practiced It. He would have practiced
Christian Science instead.
The careful student Of Mrs. Eddy's writ
ings is aware that she discrtminates
sharply between the mind that was in
Christ Jesus and the carnal mind that