Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-01-18

be sick What a remarkable thinning out
there would be had We an opportunity OF
thus "knowing them by their fruits" how
Disastrous il would have been TO the sale OF
those numerous Sunday-sehool books OF our
youth. which narrated the lives and expert
ences Of the very precocious and very good
little boys and girls who almost invariably
died in consequence OF being so good, as 1t
seemed. ~ rEr
We are forced to believe that, instead OF
this doctrine being a strengthsner oil true
faith, ii is only a delusiou and snare OF the
deyil-a superstition, a false doctrine, an
anti. Christ-which, II allowed to run not,
will ultimately breed more in6delity than
all the infdel books in existence. The Vol
in the sleeps skin is often more dangerous
than the lion. Would anyone attempt 10
advance the cause Of Christianity by carry
ing out practically the literal inierpretation
OF the following similar passage oil scriptures
"For. verify. ] cay unto you that whosoeyer
an ali cay unto this mountain be thou now
and be thou cast into the sea, and shah y.
doubt In his heart, but shall belisys la -
those things which he saith shall Some 70
pass, he shall have whatsoevet ne satin.
These are the words of Jesns. vnose Sqtnor-
ity can hardly be less than mat Oh 'Ames'
Now, suppose that some religious enthu-
siast, looking on, a fewyears ago, when
Fort Hill, in Boston, was being dug
down, and the dir used ior pushing
our wharf properly further INTO me naIpor,
should say, Gentlemen, shy all thls hard
work? Do you forget ~ promise oil Jesus,
LAYING hold Of whieb< You can move ina,
mouniain into the ga without labor and
Without expepseys Such men would at
once be muzzleJ & the faithful as likely to
do the cause r,,re harm than good: Yet
why is the sur f6cial Interpretation OF Jesus
more harnf than the superficial interPre-
tation Of s@en
Ae,;n "a Marx xvi, Jesus, after upbraid-
Inc 4 - disciples for their uubelief, said:
q "A lhese sigus sh all follow them that be-
5is re-; in my name shall they cast out devils;
.hey shall speak with new tongues; they
shall take up serpents; and II they drink
any deadly thing, il shall not hurt them;
they shall lay hands on the sick, and they
shall recover" Now, why should Christians
of the present generation, relying on the
strength of these promises, be considered
presumptuous, foolhardy and half-witted
for hiring hall in which publicly to
drink deadly things and play with serpents,
and yet be upheld aud spplauded BY evan
gelical -clergymen for attempting TO heal the
sick in the same way? In either ease, would
they not bring contempt on the cause? As
10 success in healing, the Spiritualiss, In their
crowded halls in Brooklyn, last year, with
the laying.en of hands and prayers, could
boast as much as DR.. Cults at his Old
Orchard faith-cure camp-meetiug; and yet
DR.. Cullis and his evangelical supporters, far
from fraternizing with them, would doubtless
regard these mediums as impostors apd their
prayers as blasphemous. This whole faith
cure business tends ultimately 10 bring re-
proach on true religion, and sooner or later
e - Al.
"They that are whole need not physician,
but they that are sick"