South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-10-03
The Power of the Mind.
Some Recent Ai5eyei Miraculous Cares
-Fdah as a Medicine.

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Within the last year several persons.
mostly females, have been. it is asserted
cured, OF chronic and acute diseases by
On exercise of rel jous faith. Il, isno,
denied that such miracles may not bc
wrought by appeals to the Divine Pnvsi-
clan, yet SO supersiitious are human ilo.
lngs that they arc too apt 10 set aside
tue oper atioHot nature, and ascribe re
suits to n raculous causes. The latest
miracle IS that OF Ma. Dayia, of Hobo
heh, y. D., VINO claims TO nave been re-
ieyed III ee i'mcs of paralysis bv Fatu-
or Nlcior, ol The Order OF TIC PASSIONS. 3.
These cures were wrought Ia the nous.
teiE by beng touched with relic of 81.
Paul OF the Cross. he founder of the o..
der. This relic is a small piece or n rih
OF the saint, There can he no doubt
thaI mrs. Dawn, h al been PRIMARILY AZ
lec'eu Dy raralvtlc stroke. after the
% II OF hrst chiid about seven yea ;
sncc, her left SIDE hav.n. been pa-aIy.
Hcu. Nor can tOcrc he any doubt ti.at
4 last win er the leis s,de OF ncr nee was
struck VIII p1ral Nss. Tue-c is no rea-
son o doubt her other 5. atcment tu1t
sue felt better after Father Vie or had
said shc would be well in n ne davs bv
vlc,ue OF the relic, aad 1t is not at all
ma 'velous that ihc Attending physician.
d. Sal onsi1'I, should he Pulled AT her
cElLo. uluIry retu Il 20 GOOD hcalir.
10 the philosophical tinker The case
Is but another = eslation OF the nowcr
OF miui over matter. This conclusion
. 4 Ift - Al,
dulous mInd when Father Victor himself
declares that not every one who comes
10 the monastery TO he PRAYED for and
touched by the relic is cured of disease.
The union OF mind aud matter, and the
mighty influence Of the former over lbc
latter Will, perhaps, remain perpetual
mystery. All mIn lnows u, that such
- the connection between brain and mus
Gle that one cannot DC affected without o
90 rcsponuinG or svmpa' bic affection OF
/ he other. What the nervous luii is
has always been and viii he profouad
mystery 20 the doctor and mctaphvsi-
Clan, d they can only contemplate effects,
and amply ihcirpharmacope an cmed;es
20 symptoms. Paralysis is n disease of
the nervous apparatus, for Whatever dis
l III
the mcdiumistic functions Of the nerves
! lead NJ 20 any portion Of it produces
muscular sympathy and iuaction. il bv
any powerful exercise OF the will norma.
lily can be brought 10 the brain the pa
licnt gets well and the care is often
ascrjbcd 10 4 miraculous intervention or
the supreme Power, Su, ely he Supreme
Power would not require tie med umship
of relic, suih rs a simple piece Of dri-
ed bone, 10 work n cure TO an afflicted
creature. Tue cure of Mrs. DAWN and
OF others afflicted with disease must he
due TO the influence Of mind over mat
ter.
DR.. kane's relation OF cap. ain dying
OF scurvey, and so far gone rs 10 be uni
able TO quit his bed or help himself. at
fords a memorable example to ihc pow
er of mind over the body. lie was in
formed that n mutinv had broken out
and rising without assistance, proceed.
eel 10 arm himself, went on deck, sup
pressed the revolt, put tic m utineers in
irons, returned 10 his bunk and died.
Muly Murdock was carried to the field
of battle in the last sta.eS Of iucurable
disease. Upon seeing his enc my give
wav, he rallied his panic-stricken oops.
rolled back the tide OF battle, shouted
victory, and was corpse.
a laughable instance Of the dominion
OF mind over muscle was seen in he case
OF traveller who imagined himself
sick Of intermittent fever. and abandon.
ed the boat on which he was n passcn
ger, and went to bed in hotel az Cairo.
ILL., His wife desired 10 continue with
her companions on the steamers. and rs
it lay several hours at the landing, a
thoughlfld friend conspjrcd with her TO
cure her husband. Simple bread pills
made OF bakers roll was administe, ed 10
the patient. After the first dosc he an
announced msciC better, and after the
third dose Inc got UP, dressed. and pro-
ceeicd on bic journey. Faith CONVEX
ted the bread pills into q compound Of
superior rem edies.
Some Of the most successful doctors
rely moro upon the faith Of pa tents in
their skill, and IN tho iDnocen. remedies
prescribed, than in all the medicine
named in the matcril mcdica. Faith In
relics, faith in PRAYER, faith In any
thing is essential to success. Once
turn on fully that Tremendous lhing call.
ed will upon the nerve centre In The
brain and its power for gooi or 10
will soon he demonstrated. There att
myriad3 OF miracles which have no
better foundations than the operation Of
the law Of mind upon the boly. And,
60 tell the truth, this operation IS Of it.
self q miracle prcternatural, uuj not
supernatural.-Neg York Uerp.y
n is said chat Rob. Noorc.a white man
known rs a desperate was instantly
killed o few days ago with razor ~ thc
Government locks, near Cllloi'Jl, this