Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-05


Mrs. Lille D. Atkinson, Washington
ID. c.. deafness
William II. Seyfried. New London
/ Conn. necrosis of chest bones.
Child of Mr.. and Mrs Walter 7
Trittipoe. Washington, D. c. epilepsy
Mary S. Cook, Youngstown, o.. loco
motor ataxia-
Mary E Bohrer Washington. D. C.
/ deafness.
Relates Bible Cures.
HeaIings recorded in the bible were
cited in explanation of the teachings
of Christian Science.
MIR. President" said the senator
after concluding several Christian Sci
/ ence testimonials, such healings as !
/ have been relating and by the means
I indicated, are not new. Christian Sci
| entists have no monopoly on divine
healing. Il is a remedy open to all
men who in the right spirit seek or
7 give relief. II may be administered by
any one possessed of suucient under
standing. conservation to the work,
and faith in the healing power. Jesus
of Nazareth practiced it centuries ago.
He commanded his 10 disciples: Heal
the sick. cleanse the lepers raise the
dead. cast out devils; freely We have
received. freely give
After appointing the additional 20,
he imposed upon them the same duty
20 mankind and his commands were
faithfully observed He sale: He that
believeth on me the greater works that
do shall he do also. and greater
works than these shall he do because
go unto my Father
1T is recorded that ne healed the
following diseases specifically men
toned: Leprosy, palsy, fever, iusan-
ity. issue of blood for - years, blind
ness. dumbness. withered hand, paral-
ysis both blindness and dumbness in
the same person, great multitudes of
the lame. blind. dumb manned. and
many others. impeachment of the
speech, epilepsy and dropsy; and that
he healed all manner of diseases and
raised some from the dead.
Jesus Scorned Drugs.
He resorted to neither drugs nor
the surgeons knife, neither did He
recommend or recognize any such
remedies.
done not only by his disciples but by
others. At the gate of the Temple
Beautiful Peter healed the man lame
from the mothers womb. and the peo-
pie brought forth the sick into the
streets and laid them on beds and
couches that at least the shadow OF
Peter. passing by, might overshadow
some of them. There came also muJ
titude out of the cities round about
Jerusalem bringing sick folk. and they
that were vexed with Unclean spirits
and they were healed every onet'
And for this the high priests were
filled with Indignation and laid hands
on him and his companion John, and
put them in the common Jail But
they continued their work. saying; We
ought to obey God rather than men,
and they beat them and let them 60
For like work stephen was stoned to
death. Philip, in the city of Samaria,
east out unclean spirits and healed
many. and there was great JOY in that
city AT Lydia Peter healed the man
Aeneas. who had kept his bed for
eight years and was sick OF the palsy,
and raised Dorcas from the dead.
For this and his teachings Peter
was thrown into Jail, but escaped, and
James for like reason was slain by
the sword In Lystra Paul healed the
man, impotent in his feet from his /
mothers womb. For this work Paul /
was stoned and left for dead. and later F.
he and Barnabas were Imprisoned and /
Put in the stocks
Prosecuted Then as Now.
Mr. President. these men were per /
secuted, imprisoned, and some of them .
put to death because OF their teachings /
and their benedcent work for man
kind. Jesus, who taught and practised I
this method of healing, was persecut-i
ed. imprisoned. and finally crucitied.
His followers met like fate.
This was centuries ago. But the
spirit of intolerance and persecution
survives the years. The men and
women Of today, who are conscien-
r-,-5r,e~ carr ONT his in ilTUfr.