Evening journal., 1909-01-09
REV. DIR. BATTEN
AT ST. ANDREWS
conlI. -rom t1rst Page.

] lNto 10 organic diseases, lhl Only 10 lii-
vous disorders. For this a neurological
diagnosis was required before treatment
could be undertaken, and the movement
could not do WITHOUT the neurologists. who
Dr. Batten said had borne much of tho op-
position TO the movement from the ordi-
nary family physician.
The movement was not the pleasant
delightful thing that il seemed. DR..
Ratten assured his hearers. II was
hard in a great many ways, particularly
In It's dreadful monotony. You have
no idea what a task it sometimes is TO
spend 30 minutes with ncurotic per-
SON." DR.. Battcn commented. Some
times would rather go saw wood. You
might think that as the movement is
applied only to functional neurosis our
field was rather restricted, but you have
no Idea Of the multitude Of these cases
and Of how broud the field really g."
'As matter of fact what do we do -
he continued. I'VE act largely throuah
the sub-conscious mind. particularly
wheer there are obsessions. We reach
the sub-conscious mind mainly by re-
petition unit 1.-The conscious mind by
mere exhaustion relinquishes the idea
which we desire 20 impress and delivers
II to the sub-conscious mind. We also
treat by eScitment the excitement that
makes the revival meeting. this IS
most valuable to us. And then we have
hypnotism. / am glad to say that we
are gradually getting away from the
idea that hypnotism is necessarily an
evil. Hypnotism Is not the boogaboo
that you may imagine. II becomes an
: evil not by use but by ISSUE
"And then back of all these is re-
4 ligion and the almighty power or
Cod
/ Particularly interesting among tn,
cases mentioned by Dr. Batten in
which the Emanuel idea was success.
ful as applied by himself was the
cure Of deaf girl He told Of the
l girls visit Of his very unexpectedly
hndi4g that she was deaf and of his
=. dorDt as 10 how he was TO treat her.
a., Ia the end he was Obliged to shout to
her through an ear trumpet. Aftei
few minutes treatment Or. Batten
was talking to her, he said as calmly
4 and as quietly as ! am talking to YOU
4 now, and she heard It as easily as you
[ do Another cure was effected i'm thc
a., case Of a young man who had tho
) obsession that he was to cut the throat
Of every living creature he saw. An.
other was that OF workman who was
= / uAiNlA W. ~ AHAN AiiN RhAthNh AAi'sfs fN
companicd by 7omc one. All theso
/ cases har required the utmost tact ano
minute application. and Or. Battens
> description of the patents sunerings
and their cure conveyed a magnificent
picture of what the Emmanuel Move
: mcnt is destined 20 do.
At the close of his address, DR.. Bat
ten answered written questions from
the audience. These questions rang
cd from the distinction between Chris
I tian science and the Emmanuel Move
mont To an implied criticism that the
y movement conveyed a doubt of the
Dcity's own power.
h, The first question was, "Do you have
~ patients depressed with "a sense of un
n forgiven sins" Dr Batten replied II
the affirmative, hut declared it mos
j, difficult to persuade patients that God
, forgiveness was different from man
=, which was too often, he said, Il car
forgive but not forget
le DO you think that people can ge
q closer To God without an intercessor
was another question
he .sYos. at times" said DR.. Batten, "bu
ne not always"
a. To another question DR.. Batten eN
OF plained that the Emmanuel idea coul'
is no the applied to organic diseases bu
he could be of invaluable help where al
I'm organic disease involved depression an'
ne other mental disorders. where IN
snirit Is already elevated, there Il
10 nothing we can do" he added.
~, "Did Christ and his disciples nee
,,o diagnosis" asked someone
" .Yes. and they got it, replied Di
S- natten with alertncss. "Christ wa
III qiven a diagnosis when he asked IN
ne enilentic boy I'm the descent from IN
u- Mount of the TRANSPORTATION how lonl
ne ne had ben an epileptic. The question
ny of time is a most important considera
he tion I'm sickness and 1t Is the first thin
a. to know i'm making diagnosis
VI For another questioner Or. Bate
a eVnlained the essential distinction be
en- tween Christian Science and the En-
manuel idea. I'VE do not deny ther
,st is pain" he says. Indeed, there is n
nd main crueller than ahe nervous pain
ON with which the Emmanuel idea deali
he And there is the difference i'm scientln
zoe method with which we do our worl
Vi Christian Scientists do a great des
Iat of god, but they do not know ho'
w they do IT,"
IN. why do you. limit your work {
a. nervous diseases" he read. and he re
iaI piled;
ed Because organic diseases requir
an very skinful medical treatment al
though not necessarily the giving {
Is medicine"
do YOU advise ministers to stud
80, the movement"
~ Most certainly the minister shoul
\, study and use g." DIR. Batten said. 'l
a., viii be of the greatest possible hel
~ In parish Visitations. The minister ca
at do things which he could never do o
ms Gods earth II he didn't know abot
the Emmanuel movement, although III
oy minister should not attempt to help
very grave nervous troubles"
vii Jesus healed on earth; why M
ide trust to hHim for our bodies durin
The the few years we are on earth," wa
be the question of a critic.
md God gave us our intelligence as we
err as anything else" replied Or. Batte
NY "Nvhen 7 am treating Of matters etei
re- nal am perfectly willing 10 accel
md eternal law. but when ] am dealir
Idy with the human body and mind
want To know where I am going al
cal what / am doing"
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