The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-08-11

IhlS Is precisely the period which men-
tai science is striving to inaugurate. Mental
science is technical term applied to the
healing of disease by mental or spiritual
means. 1t recognizes the cause of disease,
not as located in the material body, but in
the mind or soul force which controls the
body, and that the physical effects seen in
the body in the shape of diseased condi-
lions are only the on tcome OF the projec-
ton upon visible pl ane, of the invisible
working of the intangi BILE mind in some
error of thought or feeling.
1t places the cause of disease with the
man himself, and in mighty degree sub
iect to his own control, Independent of any
when we understand this science in its
fullncss we shall be able to trace a given
disease to Il given mental state us truly as
We can trace a ray of light to the central
sun.
Let us examine disease. AS its name i'm
plies. dis-easeis Il lack of ease. Not a blind
impalpable monster going about seeking
whom it may devour, but a condition, a
mental state which finds its expression on
the body just az steam power, regularly or
irregularly applied, finds its expression in
the rythnic OF spasmodic action of the
engine and all machinery dependent upon
it. People say the typhoid fever is going
| about, OF the rheumatism has got hold of
him. as if these special forms of unrest. or
disquiet, We're some eXtraneous thing
which only waited favorable opportuni
ty to seize and PROSTATE.
The sooner we get rid of this idea and
come to the understanding of our own
powers in relation to health and disease
the better.
Now everybody is made after one gen
eral pattern, a perfect man made in the
image and likeness of his Cod The same
cast of limbs and body, head, trunk, hands,
feet, arms, legs, liver heart and diges
tive apparatus, all having the same func
lions in the physical economy; but how
varied the expression of these forms, as
| multitudinous as humanity itself. The
same types. but every one just a little va
ried from his neighbor, and for what rea-
SOM
The Physiognomist, the Phrenologist,
the Scientist, OF whatever name or nature,
will base his explanation on the mental or
mind force which governs the individual.
We think it nothing uncommon that we
can read character by the cast of the fea-
lures OF the general aspect of the body.
This is capable of abundant proof The
invita- VI lltHlel utllllC Is IllUtuDlN pIlO-
tographed upon the physical structure.
he selfish nature may strive to cover it.
self by we'll assumed atfability or gener-
osity, but it will mark the man according
to the various phases of his seltishnesS If
he be miselly he will have an unconscious
air of gathering to himself He never
stretches out the broad. open. flexible hand
There is a clutch somewhere manifested,
| if only in the indrawn thumb OF the slight
~ curved finger tips. There is forward
pitch to his neck as if he We're anxious to
be first on the ground of vantage a hawk
lsh cast to his eye as if he must spy ont
the main chance. a gin|erly way of step
ping rs II he feared to 90 too fast. as if he
NIGH, miss something by the way. His
brow gets Wrlnkled from excess of ankle
! ty. His nose and chin approach each
| other, and his lips Get thin as if he We're
striving to hold fast all he got into his
mouth and would be very sparing of what
came out You know he is misery the
moment You look at him. He may strive
to c"vel it, but it is all there and he who
| runs may read. Now if his narrow thought
manifests itself in outward characteristics,
what right have we to say that his whole
| internal organism does not share the trans
formation. as most assuredly it does.
He is selfish clear down to the bone.
His internal organs will in time become
restricted in their action. the circulation
of the blood will become retarded. the
lymphatcs do not have a proper chance.
His kidneys. liver and stomach feel the
general trend of his character and if he be
diseased. he will be bilious. rheumatic.
dyspeptic. in short. his diseases are of a
restrictive character. Drugs and medicines
may afford temporary relief, but nothing
short of moral shaking out and letting
out will cure his diseases. He must have
a mental change. come into the broader
thought and diviner charity for his fell
lows. He must recognize. if only in a
dim vague way, the fatherhood of God. the
brotherhood OF man. he must learn that
he has reached the limit of his own right
to acquire: when he causes loss or pain to
others, he must come out from his prison
house ri self and learn to take an interest
in, instead of an usury from. the people
and things about him: in short his soul
must be turned into newer and better
| channels before he can hope to manifest
perfect health. In that man $ real and
true self he is capable of better things, ca
pahle of the best things he can change and
he must
We all know the effect Of sharp. sudden
emotions on the physical. We can all re-
count instances in our own experience
when Il sudden fright has sent the blood
back to the heart and Frustrated the
nerve force, facts manifested by mortal
paleness and trembling feeble limbs. We
know how grief will bend the form. take
out the elasticity, blowing deep wrinkles of
agony in the fair forehead. We know how
| it will take the appetite, which means a
suspension Of the normal action of the
coats Of the stomach, paralyzing for the
! time the digestive forces. We know how
anger will cause the blood to pour through
the veins in torrents, will steel the limbs
and draw the nerves to perfect tension,
changing for the moment the man into
! the demon. We know how a sudden in
tiuX OF JOY will tone up the weak system
and send new life into the fanting heart;
we know the power of lofty emotions of
| faith, devotion. patriotism to infuse a
divine strength. Love will infuse a life
peculiar to itself, AN endurance. capable
of rising above and staying above the hard
trials OF existence. We know all this. but
we find it hard to realize the power of the
mind ever present with us, the common
every day thoughts to mould and fashion
us for good or i'll. This is real truth.
which should force itself upon u.s. ''for out
of the heart-Or what means the same the
mind-are the issues of life or death.''
! There is a correlation of mind and body
which we must all atlmit-a o-relaton of