Evening star., 1923-06-18
BUSINESS FEATURES
NEW THOUGHT BODY
Secondary Program of A.
lance Congress Session In
CIudes Healing Meeting.

With delegates still arriving from
all sections of the country. more than
$50 memhFrs of the International New
Thought Alliance were present at the
opening of the second day session of
the tenth annual congress of the or
Ganization in the New Willard Hotel
today.
The early assembly was devoted
entirely to business pertinent to the
alliance. and admission was by card
only. This was followed by heal
ing meeting conducted by Mary l.. s.
Butterw orth, when the public was
admitted. Later a council session
presided over by James y. Edgerton.
president of the alliance. and Harriet
Hale RiX. director. of San Francisco.
at which all district presidents. held
secretaries and other workers at
tended.
At 4:45 O'Clock this afternoon. with
Mrs. Butterworth presiding, the ses-
sion will be addressed by DR.. Thomas
Parker Boyd. field lecturer of san
Francisco, who will take as his
theme appearance and Reality.
Program for Night Session.
The principal speaker at tonight,s
session will be Arthur Nash. we'll
who will address the congress on
The Golden Rule In Business. At
this meeting 5. ID. Scudder vice
president of the Cooperative Nation
al Bank of Cleveland. will also de-
liver few remarks.
The delegates were welcomed at
the opening session yesterday. held
in the Willard. by A. +. Seymour.
secretary of the Washington Cham
ber of Commerce. and Mr.. Edgerton,
Il, Ia bai ln1
In outlining the growth of the New
Thought movement. T. +. Whittlesey.
chairman of the committee on ar
rangements. declared that it had
spread to every section of>the United
States and to fourteen other nations
since it's beginning. thirty years ago.
He attributed the success of the
movement to what he termed the
failure of the old creedS and dogmas
to link up Christian principles with
everyday life The logic and heal
ing power of faith in the new teach
ing was also responsible for the ever
Increasing adherentS to it's practices.
declared Mr. Whittlesey.
Healing Through Faith.
Healing of illness through faith in
the unity of man with God" he said.
"is one of the practical results pos
sible to be obtained through the
practice OF New Thought. A number
of cures will be brought to the at
tention of the delegates to prove my
assertions"
The alliance will hold daily sessions
throughout the week.
Foreign delegates at the congress
are James H. Pateman, late presideeS
Adelaide New Thought Center, Aus
tralia; Nine. Catherine Newsome
Jewel. Italy: Alexander McInnes. rep
resentative of the British section,
London. and Miss Alice Burney. lead
er New Thought Center. Cape Town.
South Africa. Miss Burney took the
place of Mrs. Christine Woodrow of
South Africa. who was to have ad-
dressed the opening session yester-
day, but who has not yet arrived in
the city. Miss Burney detailed the
wonderful growth" or i.le movement
in South Africa and said that centerS
were to be opened continuously
The local committee in charge of
the weeks program includes Thomas
F. Whittlesey, Edwin Bayley. Miss
Fave Thomas. Gordon Cameron, Mrs
J. A. EdSerton and Mrs. l.. b. Nc
Dowell.
This committee is being assisted
by the following teachers of Wash
ington: Annie f. Carter. Florence
willard Day, Leona Feathers, Mrs
r. J. Field, Emma Gray, Viva NJ
January, Frederick l.. Pratt, Ada
Rainey, DIR. George Kicker, Cora L.
Thomas. Ellen Van Voast and Eva
B. Williams.