The Washington bee., 1909-03-06

Staid orthodox circles in the Unit
| ed States were not a little astounded
by the announcement that Bishop
Samuel Fallows of the Reformed
! Episcopal Church had become a rival
| of Mrs. Mary Baker Glover Eddy.
| and set himself Up as a mental
healer" of diseases.
Bishop Fallows, however, differs
from all other advocates of mental
healing faith cures" and the like.
| He does not scOrn the aid of the reg
| ular physician. In fact. he insists
| that all his patients bring a physl-
clans diagnosis with them and in
all his treatment" he proposes 20
have a physician of the recognized
school present.
Neither does he call HIS new cult
| Christian Science. He designates 1t
| a. Christian psychology" He
| does claim, however, that Christian
psychology" will cure anything that
is durable by Christian Science meth
DDS, which are, he believes. simply
| cures by faith on the part of the pa
| tient that they will be healed. He
| declares that this faith cure Is prac-
| ticed by all physicians, and he be
| lieyes 1t should be practiced in rs
| highest form by all earnest Chris
| tians.
This is not a new or a sudden
| fancy of mine.' said the Bishop with
whimsical mile. For twelve
! years l have been Iecturing en- physio-
! logical psychology at the Bennett Epi-
leptio College. For the last three
years | have been making a special
study of the relations between men
tality and disease
4 have arrived at the CONCLUSION
| that mentality when based up
on a trust in religion, is q powerful
| aid toward the cure of all functional
! nervous disorders.
Il do not go so far as 10 say mat
all diseases may be cured by mental
suggestion. Organic diseases ike
cancer and typhoid fever demand he
services of a skilled physician. But
in every disease the mental attitude
of the patient has much to do with
his condition, and in all those af-
fectiOns of the mind which might De
| classified as functional nervous disor-
ders the mental attitude of the pat
mt is the greatest single influence
Th= bishop then outlined a few of
the diseases which he believed he
could cure by Christian Psychology.
F. included in his list the follow
Ing.
Hyphochrondria.
Sleeplessness.
Nervous dyspepsia.
MelanchOIia.
Hysteria
Drug habits.
Want of se'f-confdence, irritabiIity.
worry, anger, fear, and weakness of
will.
The cure of the grip, | believe"
said the Bishop, "Can be allied great
ly, and perhaps entirely effected by
the direct influence of what l may
2all strengthened mentality. One Of
the chief factors in the potency of
grip is the mental depression into
which it forces its victims.
1t was last Sunday evening that
Bishop Fallows in his sermon al
nounced his purpose to put his be-
lief into practice.
But so great was the confidence of
the Bishop that the sick and suf-
f7ring did not wait for the first
Thursdays meeting to receive treat
ment
On Tuesday afternoon the Bishop
treated his first patient. A jani-
to-; named c.. P. J. Esnorff could not
wait until Thursday afternoon and
sought the Bishop In the vestry
rooms of the church. He was suffer-
ing from a disease of the eye and
was anxious for relief. He told the
Bishop that medicine had failed to
afford him any help.
Esnorff sat down and listened
while the Bishop tcld him that he nad
two minds-the consciuos and the |
ub-conseiOus-and how they cou- !
tanned the force that was to drive the
sickness out of his eyes.
He then instructed Esnorff and let |
him &C. The patient went away de-
elaring he felt 100 per cent peter
that the Bishops talk ha effcted a |
wonderful improvement.
The Bishop hopes to enlist all the |
churches In the country in this |
movement. He explained this pur-
pose in the sermon in which he first |
made his announcement. He said.
Christian psychology uses every |
curative agency in the world of ma
ture as an aid to the powerful infiu- |
ences of suggestion and auto-sugges- |
ton for mental and physical health. |
1t unites the physician with the cier-
gyman in the great work of healing.
It aims to give the physician trained
men and women to ahssist him IN
his ministry 70 the sick and suffering.
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