The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-03-08
MIND CURE.
A Class Organized In Hlllsboro.

There has been good deal OF talk re.
Gently here and elsewhere about the
mind cure theory. Not long ago class
composed Of seven Of the most prominent
and respectable ladies OF Hillsboro was
formed in this rather questionable science
who have begun instruction from one Of
the originators Of the system by written
lectures. The course consists Of twelve
lectures which are written out and sent
to the class for the purpose of being
copied and studied. These lectures are
afterward returned to the writer and the
school course costs fifteen dollars. The
fundamental principles of the system are
about as follows:
u.) Everything is mind hence such
thing as matter is impossible. Under
this claim there is no such thing as
physical pain; it is only an illusion Of
the mind. (2.) Everything can be re-
solved into good. There is no evil but
what is after all good. The first princi.
pie is almost wholly depended upon for
the cure of disease. To illustrate, sup.
pose you are suffering from severe at.
tack of pain and are an advocate of mind
curing. You begin the logical (?) course
OF reasoning thus snow am not suf.
fering pain. won't believe it. 1 know
I am not for there is no such thing as
matter. My body is only solidified mind,
CONCEALED mind so to speak, and 1 will
not feel the pain. cannot, it is only a
mental illusion"
If this pow.wowing don't have the
desired effect give it another turn. The
object is not to believe you have any
pain and when you are fully convinced
of the absence of any pain the cure has
been effected. It seems to us we have
had some experiences shortly after the
advent Of green cucumbers that would
take wonderful amount of will.power
to convince US of the absence of pain.
Not long ago certain lady was seized
with very severe pain. She thought to
make an application of the new system
and tried awfully hard to believe there
was no physical pain present. Her feel.
ings to the contrary she vowed aloud
there was not any pain present. How
ever, the bodily contortions she was un.
dergoing fatty contradicted what her
words indicated. Finally she gave up
in dispair and concluded dose of para
goric was the next best thing to mind
cure and promptly swallowed couple
of teaspoonfuls, whereupon she calmly
fell asleep with more faith in paragoric
and less in mind cure.
In justice to the intelligence of the
ladies composing this particular class we
believe the object of most of them in en-.
tering was mere curiosity and fun, but in
some instances the harm done by this
fanatical theory can hardly be estimated.
Almost in every daily paper can be
found accounts of sad cases of loss of
mind caused by brooding over this per-
nicious superstition. The victims are
usually women whose minds have already
been weakened by some physical ailment
and who complete the wreck by harbor-
ing this vile theory. There are calls
enough for money for charitable pur-
poses, both at home and abroad, where
SIS would bring comfort and happiness
to some suffering fellow creature instead
of enriching some charlatan who preys
on your duplicity and credulity. The
money is worse than wasted. You not
only bring into your own homes and
minds a poisonous theory that contami.
mates all brains in which it is harbored
but encourage, by your influence and
position, other innocent persons, who
look to you for an example, to poison
their young minds and becloud their
clear intellects by harboring this
venomous trash.