The New York Times
(
1911 January 1st)

A New Religion with 160,000 Followers in Belgium

"ANTOINE" IN HIS TEMPLE.
This Photograph Shows the Leader of the
New Sect "In Communication" With the Minds of Worshippers in the Antoinistic Temple. Services Are Held Monday to Wednesday, Inclusive. There is No Sunday Service. Antoine Was Formely a Miner.

A CRIPPLE WHO SAYS HE WAS HEALD.
"Antoinism" Is Apparently a Combination of Faith-Healing and Spiritualism and Its Founder's Followers Obey Him Unhesitatingly in Everything. Remarkable Cures Are Told About. In This Photograph the Man With a Cane is Said to Have Been Cured of a Disease of the Bones Pronounced Incurable at Hospitals. He is Being Held Up As An Example to the Cripple in the Chair.

A FOLLOWER FROM NEW YORK.
Among Antoine's Disciples is Mme Guillaume, a French-Woman Who Lived in New York. She Claims to Have Been Cured of Hip Disease by Antoine.

THE WIFE OF THE "HEALER."
Antoine's Wife, Know to the Sect as the "Dear Mother," Interviews Afflicted Visitors After Each Service. The Photograph Shows Her in the Garden of the "Healer"s" Home Which Adjoins the Temple.

The New York Times,
Sunday January 1st, 1911