Article November 9, 1907 Issue

Some weeks ago, when the new Christian Science...

Batavia (N. Y.) Times

Some weeks ago, when the new Christian Science church in Batavia was first opened for public services, a meeting was held at which there were recounted some remarkable testimonies of Christian Science healing. These were published in the columns of the Times, and excited much interest and some criticism. A number of ministers, for some reason, did not like the article, and a number of doctors, for some other reason, did not like it, although it simply gave an account of what was said at the meeting reported, and expressed no opinions of the reporter. One doctor stopped his paper. The theory that truth can stand publicity, investigation, and discussion, while error cannot, is a theory he does not believe in. However, a number of Christian Scientists, who say they do believe in this theory, came to the Times office and subscribed for the paper; and whenever we can strike upon a subject which calls out some stops, we know we are on a topic which strongly excites human interest, and we pursue it, especially if we can see a prospect of getting three new subscribers in place of one old one. Bill Nye, who became one of the most popular of American humorists, called his first newspaper the Laramie Boomerang. because so many copies came back from the postoffice marked "Refused."

Encouraged by the reception given our first article on healing, a reporter of the Times attended the Christian Science services again last Sunday, hoping that he might get material for another article, and he was not disappointed. At the first meeting all the cures recounted took place in this vicinity, and the truthfulness of a number were attested by several witnesses. In one instance a person, already apparently dead, was restored to such a degree of health as to be able to take a long walk within twenty-four hours thereafter. And yet the testimonies which were given at the first meeting, wonderful as they were, were surpassed by the testimonies which were cited last Sunday.

The first was an account of a man who had been ill in bed for eight years with paralysis. He was cured immediately by the healer, who visited him and said in an impressive manner, "Jesus Christ maketh thee whole, arise." It was told that the patient arose from his bed immediately. Another story was of a woman widely known in the city in which she lived on account of her charities and her philanthropic work among the poor. She was taken sick and died. Her body had been prepared for burial when some of her friends, who knew of the remarkable cure of the man who was paralyzed, sent in great haste for the healer who had restored him to health, and who was in a city near by. He came immediately and found the house filled with weeping friends, who were telling of the deeds of the good woman who had passed away. The healer put them all out of the room where the body had been placed, and kneeled down and prayed, after which, turning to the body, he called the woman's name and said. "Arise!" She opened her eyes at once, and when she saw the healer she sat up. He gave her his hand and helped her to the room where her friends were assembled. Great excitement was occasioned by this astounding event in the city where it occurred, and there were a multitude of converts to the faith.

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