The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-04-17

! that the proper study OF mankind IS
| man." Surely there is 30 more in
teresting study than that Of man.
| Forces exist in man that have only
! recently been discovered, and are
now in process Of Development. / he
| greatest teacher of the possibilities
of mankind was Jesus Christ. His
| mission was misunderstood by the
| masses Of His day. and even after
! the centuries have rolled by, with all
! our boasted learning. we are only III
| the primary class Of His teachings.
| No branch of the study Of man IS
attracting more attention today than
/ the metal qualities. Christian Science,
| Divine Hearing, Faith Cure, Psyche
| therapy, Hypnotism, and Magnetic
! Healing ali work under the one SUI
| preme law Of mind. That these laws
! have been abused and counterfeited
might be expected.
| But. Notwithstanding the quacls
! and l<nayes and frauds that have tax
| en- the pearls and put them in the
mud, Magnetic Healing and ougges-
| tive Therapeutics have come to stay.
| The art of Suggestion is being more
and more widely known and applied
/ by the intelligent physician and the
| Old bypaths of doubt and experiment
are being forsaken for the clearly de
fined highway of knowledge. | APP
| preciate the timidity with which peo-
| pie approach anything new, and
! would be glad to make things 50 clear
that all could understand but that
would be something that 10 one man
/ has ever vet accomplished.
a MATERIAL AGE.
The age in which we live has been
| purely material in its views of things.
| Religiously, men say. "Snow Us q
! sign that we may believe In the
realm of cure they say, Give us Il
i pellet or a draught that we may get
| WE'LL
| Anything material goes: just SO it
can be handled. The suffer gulps
| down his dose without ever inquiring
| whether it is catnlp. or crOtOn oil.
! It is something rcal-somcthing ma
| teria!-that is enough. \ hypodemic
| Injection Of cold water produces the
effect of morphine in the one who
! must have something to put him to
! sleep. Bread pills move the bowels
! and turnip seed excite the kidneys to
| healthy secretion and eNertion. \
] fright brings on nervous DrOstratiOn.
! the sudden news OF death Of a loved
! one stops digestion. robs the cheek Of
i
i tates disease if not checked BY coun-
/ tersuggestion. SO with Mental and
! Magnetic Healing. Causes produce ef-
fects. The mind, disabused Of its hal
| lucinations. and filled with thoughts
/ and desires of health. becomes the
| motor force III reproducing. in the
physical the ideals Of the metal man.
! Man has two minds. We call them,
! from the standpoint Of science, the
objective and subjective minds. In
/ the Bible they are called ''thc carnai
mind" ''the spirit or soui,' the obiec-
! tive or carna or ''fleshy minG' lives
| and dies with the body. While alive
| it controls the voluntary actions aHG
motions OF the body. it is capable OF
| induction, sympathetic and deductive
| reasoning. This is the natural man.
MIRACLES
The Effective mind or spirit. or
| soul. controls the functions and sen
! sations and all the Involuntary actions
! OF the organism. This subjective
| mind is constantly amenable to con
troll. under proper conditions. by sug-
gestion from the objective mind eth
| er from his own or another
This is what makes so-called hyno-
tism possible. BY placing the patient
or subject in the proper condition Of
| mind and body, the operator can make
suggestions to him that actually
change. not only sensation, but or
ganic functions. You cannot read OF
Il single case Of healing in the Bible
/ where ''suogestion was not used.
| NAV be considered as heretical by
those who refuse to study. but at the
risk Of being thought 50. | am bound
to state that the power that the
Christ and His apostles used in Heal
ing. is the same power that is being
used today.
He was Master Of Creation and
! knew how to at once cause >-4e laws
that controlled me healing power, TO
spring into action. His feats OF heal
ING were regarded as miracles in fEs
day and are now. But as far back
as we can trace Bible or profane his
tory. there are stories of mental heal
lnG on record.
1t was at the suggestion Of Elisha
that Naaman. the Syrian. dipped sev-
en- times in the river Jordan and was
healed of his leprosy. 1t was. years
before. at the suggestion of Moses.
! that the plague stricken children OF
Israel looked at the brazen serpent
and were healed. Jesus stated as the
basic principle Of this wonderful sci
ence Of healing: agreement" as in
| Matt. 1919: IF two of YOU shall
! agree it shall be done" So YOU
wifi find running all through the
| cases Of ancient and modern times
| these two factors: Agreement" and
suggestion.
In Magnetic Healing. oral sugges-
ton may, or may not be used. IN
all ages disease has been cured by
the imposition of hands. This is the
work of the Magnetic Healer. By long
and studious exercise he learns .
generate in his body vital magnetism
which he believes exists in and perme
ates the whole universe. 1t is this