St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-09


the belief in some possible millennium
when the former things would be done
away WITH and one thing that man
hopes for above all is the expulsion of
pain. give notice that only come to
| consider some of the things that promise
/, for the better. A man may go among
i the watchers who are waiting for the
Emorning. LII he hear the cry of the bird
that is the herald of the coming light,
he may cry out for the watchers to
arouse themselves, although he does not
/ see one line of red upon the sky. And
\ II we see things that indicate all adj
llvance OF knowledge. we, too, may give
-Four call, though the lights not sighted.
+ A window in the little church at Can
ton was declared to contain picture
not drawn by human aid, and it was
also declared that disease was healed
! by looking upon it. 1t was changed by
the order of the bishop, and still the
matter seemed to call national atten-
ton. 1t is similar in interest to the die
l.play of what is known as the holy coat,
or the claim that the waters of a given
spring have miraculous power. While
/ we may find no satisfactory conclusion,
it may be well to ask if, in the light of
modern knowledge, we have learned
Eanything about the subject OF healing
without the use of ordinary methods?
There are people who believe that
Christ and His disciples healed disease
by methods ordinarily considered mirac-
ulous. Such people usually believe that
since apostolic times such healing has
never taken place. There are others
who believe that inside the lines Of
church the miracle of healing may Oc-
cur at any time. Such people are not
inclined to giant such privileges to any
one else. There is another large body
of people who are believers in mind
healing, but they attach to it an ela0-
crate theory of theology aud lay as much
stress on the theology as they do on the
healing, and if you take one you must
take both. But far the largest of all the
classes is the one belonging inside and
outside of all churches that holds a dis
tlnctiyely critical attitude towards the
whole subject.
| believe that Jesus of Nazareth
healed men without medicine, and look
Ing at miracle in the sense OF Won
der, l think it was miracle. L do not
believe that it was done by any other
than natural law, however, and that
the time will come when we will know
and use the law have no doubt. While
Jesus was gifted above all others In the
art of healing, there seems TO me no
good reason to believe that He ever I'M
derStood or could ever explain the art 10
anybody else. He seemed to feel that it
was in Him and in the office He filled
beyond all was mystery.
But one thing that interests me, and
should interest all others, think, is the
fact that class of men are rising iii
scientific circles who are giving atten-
ton to these questions and declare
things to be fact that we have believed
to be fiction. Those of us who studied
the questions that pertained to man fiji
teen years ago will recall the SILVER that
went through us when we fully recog-
nized the aggresSiveness of leaders like
Huxley and Tyndall in saying that re-
ligion, belief in Immortality and kindred
superstitions were exploded. They were
armed to the teeth. They struck the
shield of the faithful and the hopeful,
and challenged us to mortal combat.
But they lived to see the outlook
changed. You seldom hear of Tyndall,
save as he is connected with the past.
Huxley may find men in diStinctiveiy
scientific lines who are asking him why
does he not do what he promised twenty
years ago-who are constantly diSputiDg
all the facts he alleged then, and who
pass untouched. His star approaches
Western sky.
1t is gratifying to me to see the change
in scientific circles. 1t means new light
in the future. 1t means new strength to
Intelligent thinking men. 1t means
this because science must support re-
llgion or it will Supplant it. We may go
to the suffering today and speak with
the assurance of faith and coming
knowledge when we Say in the Fathers
house are many mansions. We may
have some groundwork for our assertion
beyond mere faith when we declare that
sacrifice for right and virtue are com
mendabe because these are the eternal
things. | do believe that cures ARE
wrought without medicine. | rejoice to
think that it may be of more value to us
in the future than it has in the past.
But most of all, rejoice in the fact
| that a new position is discovered to us
in the scientific world, that the tide has
turned, and that we shall 90 on to new
| light aided by the torch of science to
see the new light that means so much
! for faith and hope.