Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-01

man Of letters 70 religious
a tt and the discussions which have
r. with regard to Il have reused so
Interest that they afford me
n b. offer 10 n few words my opinion
"a faith cure The question Is one
which ] cannot pretend indiffer-
b must be subject Of interest
'4lIy doctor, seeing that the essential
medicine is the healing Of the
u hF the most efficient curative meas
whatever kind they be- From
Il tnt of view the faith cure seems
BE an ideal method sir &c It often
& It end when all other means
be billed Having had knowledge Of
IlA well authenticated cases, / have
40 tying for long time 70 collnte
B tiabcr Of others with view to exam-
Q far as possible It's working 80
Z Il fmight utilize its power. l wish 70
thortiy the opinions / have formed
n tf these conditions.
would add that in such q matter az
KS b.. indeed, I'm all matters what
SCR. il is imperative that the writer
4 nIH mover depart FROM the accuracy
tnrF To scientific discussion. lmpas-
n * Ip0lemics servo no purpose except
Z tonInse the issue aud impcril even
rIrmgcst case. One cannot hope TO
f1le ihis question OF faith healing
t1ch. j say again. Is entirely of scion
ohler, one IN which facts long aud
'thfa1ly noted and grouped In logical
.er Hre the only admissible arguments
y Improved assertion on groundicss
ssafiplL
X. acts which j have had oppor-
'iityti observing In q special prnctice.
l.aa1t extending over q long period,
7, o0i isolated instances, for the faith
81 Md its extreme, ni1ncle-without
,saUHng Co the word any other meaning
,IAf ihnt cure achieved by means
] dAf those which curative medicine
ofdiuariy at It's disposal belong TO
I catfgOry which Il not excluded from
- naturnl order q things. The thern-
1tIc miracle can be- defined. and the
wa (which govern rs genesis and its
liuuon are beginning, from moro than
- ntint OF view, 10 be sufficiently well
sn.tn for the group OF facts which are
.iDodcd gudcr this noun 60 be presented
ga yuanDtv sufficiently precise not 60
Aanh altogether from Our appreciation.
I8 a matter for cOngfntunuOn, too,
Ut. owing 10 Il clearer understanding Of
nowers the grcat resources Of the
l1th .urc are placed more and more
ON disposal, aud hence disease hnds
eHtn better armed 90 resist H.
4lrftiu are contained the elements OF
, drlinitiou which we are about 20 dis
7sa Their grouping viii lead us 70
'hc|nsion which. for the matter OF that,
mad give at once. Tho instantaneous
4n Droduccd directly hv faith healing
nIth is commonly known in medicine
ri lht name of miracle is, as may bc
'oun TN the majority Of cases, natural
4unmcuou which rs produced nt nll
Ao8. In tho most different degrees Of
tlizntiou. aud among The most various
tc|OnB, and Is ~ irregular In its mani
Itaions. as IL is dinused IN latitude,
r. fo-cnllcd miraculous facts,@f make
pfetencc here 10 express any new
liIon-hnve a double character: they
nngendercd by a special disposition
tAe part of the paticut; a confidence,
Nft Is called nowadays, favorable 20
\, fpith-cure which may be brought TO
lnr I'm various ways. On the other
nd. the domain OF faith-henling h
iied: 20 produce is effects Il must
implied to those cases which demand
4hoir cure no Intervention beyond
bower which the mind has over the
"|| ~NilNRh MNlfN mum ANhN' nNH AN-
f1od so eXCcncrtly In his remarkable
nIE No Intervention can make it pass
eae bounds, for we are powerlesB
hinbt natural laws. For example, no
slnDcc can be found amongst the re-
rdN sacred 10 sO-called miraculous cures
llere the fnith-cure has awaited to re
)rc an amputated limb. On the other
Ind. there are hundreds OF recorded
lec4 OF the cure OF paralysis, but ]
ink these have al partaken OF the
4tnfc of those which Professor Russell
'eynOlds has classified under the bead
'q "a paralysis dependent on idea
\ know that nowadays some of the
lcf0rs who have been appointed 20 verb
miraculous cures, men whose good
iih rs unuucstioned, are forced 70 allow
al the sudden disappearance Of pnraly-
End commissions IL due 20 no cause
ntljle the domain of natural law. They
{goie their attention 10 proving that tu-
infF aud ulcers Of the most stubborn
nd are common merchandise IN the
'lnin Of miraculous therapeutics. / do
~ dispute H. | agree with them II
Nhk ing that fnith-hoGling may In GER
~ cases directly cause ulcr. and tn
bi< 10 disappear but I believe also that
~ group OF LESSONS, IA spite Of the APP
afelt truth of the contrary, are Of the
Inie nature and Of the same essence as
N paralysis Of which was speaking
vi now
y illustrations of the Influences OF the
flud upon the Body IN Health and Dis
tAr, Designed 10 elucidate the Action OF
NJ Imagination. London, Churchill,
r. Remarks on Paralysis and other Dis
fufrs of Motion aud Sensation Depend
nt pn Idea, read 70 the Medical Section
4 nc British Medical association, Leeds,
ldN 1863; In British Medical Journal,
IoNember 1869
kIbe more on less sudden cure Of con-
Ht 0ns and paralysis were formerly re-
1tled as therapeutic miracle Of the
r water Science having shown that
l ailments had hysteucal origin
liNN IL TO shy, that they are not organic
~ purely dynamic--the miraculous cure
} men cose became a thing % the past.
ln ~ it, And IL It be further proved
pot these tumors aud ulcers. round
Ihifn such q controversy RACES. are also
a a hyetoricnl nature, and that they are
menuble % this same faith cure as we'll
n paralysis and cOnvulsions, there will
w ~ END OF the miracle theory. Why
Nulld De SO much distrust be shown to-
fNQs science, which must IN the long
ln have The last word in every cnso.
,h Is much simpler TO allow that mi
hcllous therapeutics and science have
pQe through siuiilar evolution. Between
fNgious aud lay faith cures no dlstinc-
lm can be made the same working Of
~ brain produces IN each case tho same
Hfet- Science IN the process of evolu-
In makes no preteuce 10 solve the prob
III n IL did, u would stulrlfy its own
tluuon u offers an explanation, rea-
NAahle IN proportion 10 It's discoveries
uf that IS on N every ease IA * . foe
pfystematic reeation which the morrow
tty cunse 10 melt away IN the iiehf ~
'M new triumphs. / think that ite evo.
nEon has not Jagged behind that Of 4