| Show MIND KIND corenor CUBE nor FAITH curil thi the practice of healing by the application ol of the power of midd over matter has haa of logo late found many no y advocates advocat ee that some borne remarkable cures cure have taken place by this thin Ine method ls probably true and accounts accountis to dome degree lor for the success of the peculiar movement to those who believe in the power of faith to overcome sickness neu an I 1 I 1 its to causes it may seem VJ cinao DRO countable that the were mere exercise of the human will should produce similar to those of genuine faith in the divine power and ana some gome have been unable to go discern the material difference between the two recently the theory of the mind oure cure has haa been set forth by one of ita if advocates in a book bonk entitled the modern practice ol of natural suggestion a as distinct from hypnotic or unnatural influence InAuen ce 0 tile the author explains K pla I 1 I 1 as that the unseen real mans roman order known an teti fathers one on of ahoi never ick the body he be says mya bas baa no DO life or intelligence whatever consequently when sickness sets in this only affects the dead particles of the body and all the real man PY who dwells within has to do la Is to repeat to himself a formula like this my body is dead earth and water that ts Is not I 1 the the only real part of we me is the god part mind or life I 1 have a shifting bit of soil molded into a body it it i beautiful enough but it is ia not I 1 knowing ti stat at I 1 am a part of all harmony all health and all power I 1 refuse to allow the dictates of the lower mind to force sickness and evil on my mentality I 1 am well tor for the life is godana god is never sick nick we believe this la Is the most profound philosophy the modern mind heeler baler have been able to evolve and it at once exposes the absurdity of the whole theory the body la in the house bouse they say eay in which the man dwells when the body needs repair the in dwelling man only needs to bit down and say aay 1 11 I am not the bod body y I 1 need no repair 21 and on repeating that abracadabra the body will recover what if a man in a house bouse where the roof leaks the chimney smokes or the windows are broken bouli do not nothing hint botsay to himself 1 I am not the housep house would that stop the leakage in the roof or keep the wind out of the broken window panes no more will wih t the he mere repetition of a ka forni formula alsi restore the injured organs of the body were will power alone sufficient to overcome the effects of bad cooking of the use of poisonous drugs and other causes of pain and decay death would no longer be the unavoidable fate ate of mankind immortality in the flesh would be the result while the be absurdity of the theory of mind cure must be apparent to anyone who will consider the abe matter the fact remains that some cures have been effected at least apparently the explanation of this is near at band it to is known that in this dispensation the power of the almighty through the holy priesthood bus baa been manifested to a degree hardly paralleled in furmer former ages evil spirits were cast out the nick were healed and persons to all appearance dead were raised up by the messengers of the gospel in the name of the lord but it was wag always the policy of the opposing power to imitate to some extent the mighty works of the lord for the purpose of neutralizing the influence of such manifestations among the children of men the sorcerers of egypt counterfeited the signs of mopes the disciples of the pharisees Pharis ees cast out evil spirits in the days of christ and it Is in therefore but natural that mind cure duref healing stations and similar phenomena should abound in this time when the falness of the gospel to Is being proclaimed throughout the world wit all the powers and keys belonging thereto restored there log is however a wide difference between the imitation and the genuine healing by faith rests rest on a true philosophical principle an individual who by faith and obedience to divine requirements has rendered himself in harmony with his bis Maker Ma kerls 19 to the extent of bis bin faith and obedience we a partaker of the divine spirit this to is khe he power by which be when ever it la Is tin in accordance with the divine will la in enabled to overcome sickness and even death were the true causes of sickness as aa well as the real methods whereby they are restated by nature known to Is ie probable that all healing as aa well as an all creative pro besses would ultimately bi be traced to the action of this divine spirit upon mat ter and it would be found that healing beal ioor by faith in god is ia after all not essentially different from healing by means of nf medical appliances there to is nothing absurd no in rebuking the evil in the name of him who is ie leirl ver over all when the authority to do so lao has been duly received one difference between mind cures and healings healin gb by faith is very marked the furmer former are areal almost moat always made for display and for money while christ generally eD enjoined jOIned the a of his mercy to tell nobody but to give god the alory modern mind advertise their alleged powers in every possible way bent on drawing crowds crowde and accumulating wealth the followers of christ are humble in their work it to is done for the salvation of man not for the glory of the instruments jude juda lug ing then from the principles on which both work an aa well as from tho th accompanying results it la is not difficult to recognize that which cornea comes from go aad that which to originated by the adversary ad venary one is life and power and it bt to the soul the other leads ultimately to death and destruction |
