The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-07
FAITH CURE
IS EXPOSED
ass
II Existed Ages Ago In Ancient
Greece nad Egypt, 0oly Under
Different Names.
asaa
MANY ILLS CAN BE CURED
@
hut Nat fhfouah Supernatural Causes
Diseases Of the Nerves Subject 20 the
kill-A Good Doctor Ii Needed
Ia All other Cases
MANY ILLS CAN M CURED


-N| - Wv ~ "NNNNN ~ 49,
no found It everywhere among hin par.
lHhop. ahd among very cultivated people;
that In was utterly destroying their faith
Ia the church 40 tho body ~ Christ, and
That very many once doyout uhurohmen
had Hlyun w all attendance on tho Horvs
lees NJ tho church, Lot mo Try my
hand at a few thoughts about II.
How strange IL II that this curious
hhd very ancient doluHlon, almost 40 old
a. man. should have taken a now lease
OF NE IN this ninctounth century. and be-
nuuriahinE IN the very midst 81 y o0un.
try which ounHldrtu llaulf tho most on.
llRht1ncd and advanced In the world
This opl} thing about II which makes u
or any Importance TO uhunchmuu ~ that
Just ~ IN ancient Greece they connected
the Hud EHrulApiua with II. ana IN France
the abbu Paris, 20 now thoy connect thr
nan Of our Lord IosuH with II ANA
make a belief IN u tantnmonnt 60 a
hohi o. and EraHdrr belief In tim I
wish TO say frankly that the hooha 81
the hlrh ptics.rHH OF the sect are couof -
IN such singular English. aud IN such
occult. involved and lncunHrquunt details
that { am not able TO gthHp tho contents.
OWING doubtless 90 my Weakness OF mind.
M that I Judsu ~ tho system from uui'4
with rr'vral NJ In drNuut professors ana
from magazine articles fof ana against
Far BE- II from mo TO dcfidc what seems
60 bu tho ratnrrt and conscientious b..
lief Of hundreds OF Nelirrdnrhtrd ana
high minded who arv leading pure ana
good lives, bat this In a nrw Hyairm OF
religion, quite subNcfHiyu ot tho Catholic
faith. ani wr have a riEhi to c%ri,lrivr
H. and expose the unfoundod asHump.
lions on which II ruata
The main idea seems TO be- that a true
HuVN N.a..s.U F.uHN -. a. NILt.. III.
power uf our Lord Jesus Christ. and a
submission Of our will 10 lila will. IN
sufficient TO cure any disease. n there
h. such q thing AH disease. which may
attack this human frame. without this
use uf drugs. or the nrca Of nhiilrd mrdl-
cal advisers Some Of tho prirata OF
the new dogma so much further Thoy
Hay that our last enemy death can 10
waived back NJ our will. and that We
can live very much longer than We DO.
" We viii only silsye that No can. Nay.
ono prlcu,cpa hish IN Tho order. was
heard 10 aay by a friend Of mino the
uthcr day In a public lecture that her
tnlth and trust we're 10 supreme that
Hho could surround herself With an
aura" which could keep away an rNil
from her and hera, ahr partiruiarisod
among thrar evils the falling u ntunoH
from "a house, or tho 20 uihiiity Of burg. |
lars entering her house. II seems only
necessary TO state such folly IL carries
ita " refu,atioh with a. ~ the lady
has such powers some bank ought i'm.
mrdiatciy 10 engage her at a vast salary
20 guaid their treasures.
Let mo begin by acknowledging that
there arv very many diseases which can
10 cured and arr often moru likely TO bo
cured by an exercise OF the will and ut
the fuIln tnnf Ryrr-HaFtty F.ItwtnuaN ttaa
by R"y drugs or any surgical operations.
Among these arc all nervous affections.
homo forms Of paralysis. and affections
Of the arms and legs. some classes OF
tumnrn. and some eruplions Of the skin.
There may I've many more | an not
an expert / speak only Of those have
Loticrd Hero II an example, A SRI
was brought TO NJ Luko'A hospital who
had not walked for years. and who coull
not possibly put her foot TO the ground,
DR. owens examined II and said to her.
Rise up end walk. nut I cannot. II
N impossible I have not walked for
many years nut you must trust mo"
said the doctor. u know YOU can you
have put yourself under my care. and
you must do what I say" And 10. she
Rot w and walked several steps. and Ia
u few days went homo cured Now tie
doctor never mentioned Christianity %
her. or any divine help. and Il did not
come into the question at all. but II she
had gone TO u Christian Science doctor
hp would have talked to her about fnith
In Christ the Healer, and the belief that
sickness was Just the fiction OF an eva
mind. and that she must throw all that
owl IN. and she would have thought ahc
did Il. and tho result would ave been
hcrnldcd everywhere AS n wonderful trl-
umph OF healing brought about 10y the
faith cure, whereas Il was simply fRlth
IN pr owens, II you can only muster
the faith In trying anything In these
curious diseased which nrcct the mind
as well as the body. and the body often
through the mind. YOU will very often
10 cured,
AZ Athens. before Christ. there was a
shrine OF E%HoulapiuA and u famous statue
which cured diseases. II you were az
nictcd YOU journcycd thlthcr. though you
could have absent treatment" for there
was u guild Of people who, Tor n consid-
GRAFTON, said the prayers and went
through the necessary ceremonies for
you, on your arrival you offered money
quite rs necessary then hH now-you
followed the ritual laid down. and IN
nino days YOU were cured -or you were
not, for the list OF the honoured. then
M now. was carefully Kept In the back
ground, The records OF tho cures at
thls shrine nrc cStant and are very Won
dcrful. but they are not nj all peculiar.
Tho faith cure has existed ut all times
und In an attitudes. the same among
pngHns. Christians aud Turks, aud all
have tho very same characteristics Tho
going on nj Lourdca are exactly the
same ~ those which went on at Athens,
only In place OF Eaculdnlua, II In the
Madonna; In ancient Egypt II was prob
ably u sacred crocodile or u consuCratcd
onion. II does not make u particle OF
difference whit the thing or person In.
tho only necessary condition being that
the mind Of tho. individual. dominated
by "A plous conviction. should believe
that a cure will he effected, and then
very often II win be effected. There
seems to me to be two great points In
which we must take issue with the dis
ciplra OF Christian Science. faith euro,
divine h~cnllng-for they all turn on the
Same assumption. one is the perfect
uselessness OF bringing into this matter
our Lord Christ, and the submitting To
Ills will, II has nothing TO do with the
whole buslnors. II has been done hous-
nnds and thousands OF times by faith
In wooden Images and blue glass, and
tar water and brend pills. and Drs
Dcwie and Sohaffner. and many other
mon ana women, OF course II VIII Inn
mcdlatcly be asked: shall w not pray
to our dear Lord when we are III that
we may be made well2" Most certainly;
we would he very poor Christians II we
did not do that, but we must pray as
Moody prayed TO Him In the taber-
1aclc, when his boy lay sick with scarlet
foyer. 30 Lord Jesus, may my boys
doctor be directed by Thee, and may he
saye my child" We are never TO bring
In the supernatural when natural causes
aro sufficient to bring about the result,
Another poInt against these headers IL
their mode of applying 10 all Diseases a
curative method which IL really OF ad-
vantage to some, We grant that many
diseases may be overcome by an erort
OF the will. nm atheists will as well ms
that OF q believer, and It IL not ut all
necessary that the healer should even
be q believer In God. Conviction Is the
one thing necessary, and only that. II