The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12

philosophy Is based. and through the application
o. whlch aiI ~ words may 5e accomplished, "a
attributes oi every human being, developed in pro
portion as the individual permits his life TO b
is the Creator OF all things The New thought
pcOpie hold practically, that every individual
may he CHRIST, II ba will live up 70 the Christ
ideals According to their view, any man may
90 any OF the works that Christ did. II he will
i've IN as perfect harmony with God as Christ
mcut with God
some Of the common nnirma,ions for coming
into Advancement with God are: II am spirit
-pcrlcct Harmonious, fcaIlcss and free Il am
pure nelligSn,e ,h am oPuen!, = am on.
son with the niysrssi Strength ana open my
whole nature TO II" An il good" II am one
It IL admitted that such expressions will have
little meaning Tor the aiilrmani at the outset
HG, that l; is aSseI9I, aoSs not matte e. Ls,
mere machine, wound up 10 run for n certain
time Gradually. however the repeated utrma-
tons Will change his consciousness concerning
he really is the son Of God, inhcrtnis the at,r-
realization Of this all other good things shall
I be added unto him. AS the New thought"
"lie thus iriumphs over animal sensation and
assumes the rule oi his own righuul kingdom"
IsnI,nE Gicsf. 1rT n t.,oSsn IN, Nsw
great thing In the philosophy, as Is claimed for
= Christian Science and Faith Healing; II you
you viii assert that his system only suggests
Modified form OF mental healing and there IL
that tile power to heal liz only incidental To and
expressive Of the power OF the philosophy AZ
one writer puts IT,
"a radical distinction between the new phil
osophy Of life and Christian Science OF Faith
Healing is that this philosoih by IL vastly more
than merely a new Therapeutic competition which
will strive for place among existing systems
Its province Is quite distinct Its motive Is COM
nents which are magical or supernatural Nhilo
believing that there are many objective aids 10
the Interpretation Of truth. II recognizes 10 OK.
ternal authority located in Isrsun nr ;cNthook"
49, In discussing the r4wer to veal through New
Thought principles, Henry Wood, a New Eng
lhni philosopher and author s,SNs:
III PRIMARY causes Tor mental and physical
lila arc resident in the clay of the body. there is
no warrant whatever for healing through the
arr iocotel in nc mcni rcGi there is no logical
bones Tor instance, one .iiould get the hest SUR
gron ayailgh Surgery IL an exact science,
In which there has been rreat advances in the
recent past The surgeon ia a mechanical OK.
rcr who, with great skill adjusts the ratis and
then the divine ,erqner"mys i"I;cS yi,all,c NE
question which il oiten asked; In the event 4
acnl" and very serious Illness would you rely
iiunns no. without admitting any healing
to me FF Il E EfpeTs some ocT noW Snh
both IN the g n.c ,us and sultcousCioMS mind
Even br"nd -, ihroIeh pcrsonnl @,icl may
ernrr'l belief would secure uniform results. -
trul there is more general belief and . growth
Of reliance uron super serSuous forces their Held
will b. mainly among th!se Ills which are not
Immediately II very decisiNe nature. This
is e,rc'lirn, not from any fault In the law, hut
from nrcvnline matcrialisn, unin'eillsen' criu'
II j. further asserted by the followers 81 this
srstSr tat mental cause lion Il proved aburdnnty
bv the effects Of fear AMER. ,mvy anxiety, and
n other passions and emolin upon the physical
orSanlsm Intention ts called 10 The fact that
acute fear will paraly1e the nerve centres and has
been said 10 turn the hair white ~ single night
\ mothers ril> can become poisoned through a
~ IT, e IA gl.N
goes 10 show that by an iniallibs' law, mental
states showed heir effects IN baby weaknesses
views nrc correct the s%es Thouyfr b~cvcts
coll attention To recent cNi"tincnt- mIac hy PrDt
liner Ct for ysr,S msmnf, "' the faculty o.
rtil0n. Prnf. Gates deCrnsira'"d bv the chemi' !
cal analysis Of over forty srcclmcuS Of perS ira
we've phySicNllv hcalthiul whilr the products " !
bad ~ IN "Asan feelings d"er ed In the analysis
wcr" distinctly unhcaithiul
The cuun- ~ ills is effected In the same way
In which ali good things are ACCOMPLISHED through
.h,. s%s,"m nat Is HoHyn me re ,e"sssI A.
affirmed nv PERSONS In Ill health, among others, :
ore; 4 am Nell.' u am strong = have no pain" .
81 he body" l. IS ad-,,cd mat iFcrc must be- a !
Willingness ~ the rnrt NJ The patient 10 believe
before ne can receive the full benefit from them:
nut II - ess"-trd that this paSiSi'y all come, .
bcco " grows like what We mentally live,
RCsycCiluc the disunCtlVey religious Gs ccts =
Of !.iS pm!ronhv statement * m'd-
Historically II - easy 10 'cr that u i IN accord /
with rry"lH ion and with the purrS' i.nis of all .
religion. Nhilrrbui ing - ho!~ ~ and durrc,ic .
~ sirms on 'Er on- hand, and =" udu sci"ntihc .
mN'.rIHliSn m the Other, II viirlI'S AID mrArs &
practice. the principles NJ the Sermon on the Mount
Ills IN icc,ri wllh spiritual w HniCn H. 'v"r Uni.
form!v 'hC sam" under IL" conditions. the !
glghrsl inner consciousness Il Chri-I lie is UNI 4
r.ni,.'i, 40 long NJ w. u int VUJ0ise' ~. h. b
u itiri1i wh Y" r'chg SIHr N" t'Ir spiritual 4
go Ia r."urrrcupn Is to- ,hrirE Of ~" con
,-iIGSu'S' from the physical 10 ~. sri1'i al 4
Tn mind II tErist ~ th' Saviour OF humanity
II h""ls. r"sin-rS nNigo"atcs The Kingdom Of /
heaven IL win in you. 50
What ,cr c.itirisnl may b; made n this philos-
ophy, 49, pTacn'Atv and efficacy may be- tested |
by any urr will ma thu "iiurt II cots moth.
sons ere ovid '0hy mating Fn-h,unat !e %.lrty, |
tie n.y. in,lUdrL, hsv" taken II up end View /
Thought '"irns Gr' held w"rllv one II these
hrlSc, is In Irving place. not t'r from t,rHrc-cy
fitth nycnu-, and another Is held in one Of tho |
Norh Washington Sluare Apu.., In Boston. |
Alhen.. Troy, Saratoga IN Ialo and other
towns IN tire intcir-Ui the State, branches Of the
Ne" iEp,sh srho"l hold N,milHr "snl"ns' and
Corrrsro',d' meets Cnrti"d un with other branches
An inrrss'ire ming nbou, the philo. ophy il
mat 1t ErI taken hold 81 ihe established churches
\ particularly well knoNn Episcopal bishop has
@1 n~ K f Dr. eA TS %gSn
is dscus.-l and defended, and in tho West s., last
nat the has @H aTn,h.a thu E"S
for un!ocsiny III" door Of the unseen" Some 81
~" anti Briggs i'rcshyi~rans ar inclined 10 say
because they ar" ready IN accept its t'achings
but because, a. one Presbyterian minister puts IT,
This New Thought philosophy pr"clud"s tho
possibility Of Theological nd dogma c d actssinn
II pr"sbynhnhs will take up itS consideration
seriously, I, NAV, in an amended form BE- tho
means OF bringing us together on = common