Article October 10, 1908 Issue

In regard to the "Emmanuel movement," it is said to...

Frank W. Gale

Berkeley (Cal.) Gazette

In regard to the "Emmanuel movement," it is said to be "an alliance between medical science and the forces of religion," and a medical diagnosis determines whether a case is a nervous or functional disorder to be treated by the minister by suggestion and religious influence, or an organic disease to be given regular medical treatment. Under these circumstances what hope has it to offer to the one with an organic disease who has already been pronounced incurable by skilful physicians? Christ Jesus made no such distinctions, and used neither "suggestion" nor drugs in his healing work, but cured "all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people," "by the Spirit of God," and instructed his disciples to do likewise. Christian Science fulfils the Master's injunction by healing both functional and organic diseases and giving a spiritual understanding of God that is demonstrable in every-day life.

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