The San Francisco call., 1909-01-26
Dr. Ewood Worcester founder of the Emmanuel

DR.. Elwood Worcester, founde
be surprised to see Christian Scientists
adopting our course. They would cure
as many people and it would save them
and their patients many terrible eX-
periences."
In speaking of his methods of cures
he said: I'VE do not regard suggestion
by any means as a panacea for all
troubles. We use it as one of many
remedial agencies It is not the only or
even the most important one of them.
He considered the establishing of
healthy social relations as an important
step among their patients who are apt
to be given, among other things to
morbid and retruse retrospection, colos-
sal egotism and Indifference to others.
They are tired" said DR.. Worcester.
''and why shouldn't they be? People
come to US morally, mentally and
psychicaIly tired. The only way to rest
minds is TO broaden them The best
service we can do often is to restore
broken relations with society-and this
is done by putting the patients 20 work.
This brings activity and destroys the
idea that the world is an illusion and
a dream"
SUGGESTION IMPORTANT
OF suggestion DR.. worcester says it
III lIttil Is IOllilllS. Out TIE lQ6dS SUR-
EeSted to the mind are all important.
He regards the discovery of the fact
that man is a suggestable creature as
one Of the most Important The thought
is implanted or suggested and the re-
suit follows. This is shown here in
San Francisco, he said. in the won
derful rebuilding. If the people had
laid down on the ruins and wept over
them the city would be now cold de-
serted and still ruins. But the eour-
age and bravery of the people was such
that the city was raised again.
Suggestion" said DR.. Worcester. is
one Of the accurate, refined methods of
dealing with man through the mind.
The enthusiasm. knowledge and faith
of the man making the suggestion
counts"
Hyperosis. he said. he used but little.
but he had no fear of it, as specialists
in that line have declared they have
never seen harm result from its use.
It was used in the movement for men
tai abstraction. alcoholism and dipso
mania, but never for other drugs.
In regard to the future of the EN-
manuel movement DR.. Worcester said
that he found it could not be confined
to Emmanuel church He feels that it
is Of great value to the church and to
the country if kept in good hands. but
in bad hands it would be discfedit.
The future depends upon the wisdom
with which it is controlled.
The endeavor is being made to keep
out those who will not be valuable
in the movement, and those who are
found good are advised to go slow. to
attend colleges, to consult physicians
and TO begin unostentatiously.
DIR. Worcesters idea is that a few
solid centers be established and he is
working for such in Boston. He must
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placed as regards climatic advantages
and quiet and in connection with it are
TO be maintained courses in abnormal
psychology, neurology and the problem
of religion as applied to the sick.
The art of spsychotherapy can not be
learned from books, the speaker said,
and theory and practice must be in jux-
Imposition.
DR.. Worcester said that he had left
the religious side to the last, but it
was of deepest Importance.
we have no bad motives he said.
I'VE are perfectly disinterested; we ase
trying simply TO do good to men, My
own religious life and ministry
seemed TO begin again when my dream
of years was accomplished, this work
was established and / ministered to
men and women in the hour of their
serious needs This is no new cult or
dogma, and we have made no attempt
TO proselytes. We treat Roman
Catholics, jews, Unitarians, Congrega-
tiOnalists and all others as men and
women only, and we have advised
them to go TO their own clergy We
have tried to bring no one to us.
Many say that new moral and spir-
itual life comes through this cure.
The whole thing is simply the appli-
cation of our faith. and we try to make
every one realize the necessity of MAX
ing a practice in their daily lives of
the glorious religion we profess
BISHOPS ANNOUNCEMENT
Bishop Nichols announced at the
close of DR.. Worcester's address that
there is a plan-so indefinite as to be
little more than a hope--to establish
work along the lines of DR.. Worces-
ter's, in connection with St. Lulxe's
hospital in this city.
DR.. J. Dennis Arnold made a brief
speech also, in which he expressed the
belief that the frank. modest, unassum-
ing manner in which DR.. Worcester had
presented his subject had removed
many misapprehensions and made mis-
understandings between the church and
the medical profession impossibIe The
conviction had been aroused also that
II is a scientific as well as religious
movement Medical men. DR. Arnold
said, should welcome any means to aid
in alienation of pain. and this move
ment was a brief and potent addition
The physician had no right to caviI be-
cause this is true scientific step, and
he fsorpd he rnfa greet Ilr TVorcasfo,-