The herald., 1894-02-23
A NEW THEORY.

man of San Francisco, but now engaged
in advancing several isms, chiefly veg
etarianism, lectured last night at Unity
church on what he calls a grand scheme
of analogous progression or evolution,
anatomicalIy, physiologically intellectu-
ally, morally, geographically, chronology
ically, individually and socially. re-
ligious, political, commercial and patho-
logical, from cold apathy to warm sym
patty, until ultimate health OF the body,
OF the mind and of the heart, and of
both the individual and society shall be
realized.
Using Christ's parable of the Good
Samaritan as a foundation upon which
to build, Mr.. Jones plunged right into
his subject at once and began to unfold
the system OF wonderful analogy which
seems to exist between things physical,
psychical and social. The human anat-
omy, with it's attendant Psychology,
supplied him with an apt type, and
dividing the physical structure into four
parts, he proceeded to demonstrate a
correspondence like this: The head
and religion; the body from the neck to
the waist, politics; the body from the
waist to the legs. medicine that is, the
head as the seat OF thought; the arms
and upper trunk, OF force. and the lower
trunk, OF wisdom, and the stomach he
showed to be the seat of a peculiar ma
terial wisdom of self-interest, fully sig-
ni6cant OF the healing science when
properly understood.
All life, he explained, is combins-
ton OF spirit and matter, and both the
lungs and the stomach must be prop
erly fed, the former with joyous inspirs-
ton, the latter with proper, substan-
tial food. AS the lungs were the seat OF
spirit and the stomach OF analytical
wisdom, 80 the heart as the seat OF emo
ton or love must not be overlooked, and
these three important organs supplied
man with energy, life and structure.
Above them sat royalty enthroned the
human intellect. intellectually with
out emotion, however, would be cold
and Rpathetic, so he summed up the en-
tire progression OF humanity as an
ascent from apathy to sympathy, de-
velopment from the serpent to the
Samaritan. Mr.. Jones believed In al
lopathy, homeopathy, hydropathy and
polypathy, bus above all things he be.
lieved the best means OF curing disease
would be found in human sympathy.
The Sanscrit word imam" signitied ITO
think" but the English word IMAM"
meant living, active, emotional, low
| ing, inspired sovereign of the animal
creation, or, at least, it should mean
that, and not as the modern common
acceptation seems to be, viz: That a
man is simply either crafty schemer
or poor slave.
Ali disease ia due to original voltive
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transgression was simply too hasty
step in sensory progression. 1t is a
| tendency of mankind to be too hasty
and premature-to pluck unripe fruit
Gil 1otmsr IL now universally pfSvalent.
This is peculiarly an age OF disease,
and the original sickness, once simple
enough, has become horrible system
of complex disorder that puzzles the
best pathological intellect. The Amer
lean continent seems to have become O
mighty battle-ground for the conflict OF
all physical and social ailments, and the
land of liberty appears to be regarded as
a land OF laxity, in which general mix
ture of things physical, psychical and
social is going on. As reason, however,
has evolved out of past intolerance and
stupidity, and liberty out of bondage,
so Mr.. Jones inferred that Judgment
would yet evolve out OF the general con-
fusion, WISDOM out OF folly, purity out
of filth, and health out of disease.
Americans seemed to be physically af
fected. principally in the vital parts
the lungs, heart and stomach-signifi-
cant of the general political and social
conflict. Mankind must pass through
its period of lever, and out OF the gen.
eral fermentation far better condition
OF things would arise.
Mental and physical freedom have
been productive of general discord and
disorder at first, but truth and righteous
ness must eventually emerge from it all,
thought the speaker.
His system of correspondence
showed that there had been constant
aptness and harmony between geograph-
ical, chronological, physical, intellec-
tual, political and social progression.
He hoped that true wisdom would
serve to avert any possible great conflict
that now seemed impending, but what
ever happened he predicted that ulti-
mately peace and pieanty would follow
conflict and penury. In time we would
have perfect Observation-Disclosures social
and universal. Mr.. Jones did not for
get that there would be also dietetic
progression TO Vegetarlanlsm.
Referring to the faith curist, he said
all life is q demonstration OF the effect
OF mind upon MATERIAL physical phe-
nomena are the expression of idea, but
what he observed in the so-called faith
curist and divine healers was the strik-
ing contrast between their characters
and the ideal one of Christ. Oriental
philosophy-the great system of meta
physics-recognize the sublime truth
OF Mind expressing itself through ma
terial symbols and motions, and that
the wonders of nature were not to be
limited to the standards of human judy
ment, but Occidental philosophy went
further; this grand system OF ethics set
human character up above physical
comfort.
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