The Newtown bee., 1900-02-02

this biography many remarkable exam.
pies are given Of cures wrought by Dr.
Gordon by the sole power of his f.ct-
ual praying, which availed much. [
would as soon think Of doubling the
truthfulness Of these accounts as would
think Of doubling my own existence.
wonderful curaP, too, have been wrought
By other means and by'nn means at all:
indeed, instead OF fastening upon an,
one means as the means for curing die
ease, the strife ought rather to be to find
some means for which no certain cure
has ever been claimed and proved. Cures
have been wrought by the shrine near
Quebec. by the water at Lourdes, bv the
healers Dowie and Scblarter and by
Christian Science. How is this to be &C.
counted for? It does not re q1ire keen
lawyer or shrewd philosopher to explain,
The explanation is clearly seen: it ia the
explanation OF common sense, and the
pity Is that common Eense is of all senses
the most uncommon. This cure by al
most any means is explained by the pew-
er OF mind over matter. Christian Sci. nee.
| nor any other science, true Or falae, has
any Il st mortgage claim upon this prin-
ciEl9. 1t is priL cple that each of u
practises every day. Many times have
become wholly absorbed in the delivery
OF sermon. have given m gself over
80 entirely to the thought that was urg-
ing that, fer the time being, nv phys
cal nature might almost be said to be
held in allegiance. I did not thiIk of ex-
haustion or have any suggestions of IA
tigue until reaching home aud alto wing
the strain Of the pulpit work entirely to
relax, L found was quite exhausted.
So it ia with the mother whose children
have been taken down one after thu 9TH
er with some dread disease. For weeks
she is in suspense. Night after night
sne watches. Her meals are irregular,
what little sleep she gets is at odd mo-
ments and between-whilee, only sratches
OF sleep, not rest. Ordinarily she could
not stand this; day OF hard work in the
kitchen completely exhausts her. But
now until the last child Is out of danger
she bears braVeiy up; she never gives
herself any thought but that. her
strength will bold out, no matter how
protracted the sickness may be. When
1t is all over and the need for htr watch.
ing and constant nursing past, she finds
then that she is the one whom others
must nurse and tenderly care for. This
principle OF the power of the mind over
the body is we'll brought out. too, in that
familisr Illustration of the man who
starts from his home, one crisp. fresh
morning,
FEELING UNUSUALLY CLIPPER AND
SMART.
He soon meets q friend who thus
addresses him: s'My dear fellow,
how pale you look this morning!
Are you not feeling well?'' Never felt
better in nay life," returns the one ad-
dressed, and with quickened steps he
walks away shifting the invigorating air.
why, my good man, you are SICK; you
ought not to be going to business" re-
marks second friend whom he encoun-
tiers block or so further on. 81 wonder
if [ am SICK" he goes away solilcquiziug;
but his step is no. so quick nor his air 30
iaunty as before. "Are you forced to be
out this morning." queries a third friend
who, unfortunately, comes along in time
to help on the bad cause and 60 add the
finishing touch. "No. why, what makes
~ q II a n snT anAa $An ~vSn
man, looking himself over to ascertain
whether he ia that man of jaunty step
and upright head who left home only half
an hour ago, or whether On the way he
has become mixed in identities. II only
thought it must be some unusual business
engagement that calls yoa out this morn.
ing, for you LOOK sick enough to be at
your home and In your bed this very min
Ute" He is sick. He does GO home; he
ca IS the doctor the doctor preseribes for
something, it is hard to say what, and 1t
il long while before our friend saunters
out again. The mind has such power |
over the body that, In certain cases, faith |
in prayer alone, faith Ia favorite phi ysi-
clan, faith In the water at L2urdes, faith |
in the shrine near @ aebec, faith In Schlat- |
ter and his ab urd claims, faith in Dowie,
faith in almost anything that one chooses
to pin bis faith to, will work remarkable |
cures.
Divine Healing is against reason,
against experience and against Scripture. |
Dare we claim that this last ID SO; for the
advocates Of Divine Healing confidently |
bank upon Scripture, from the arsenal of |
Scripture they take many proof-texts and
this 10 the Gibraltar OF their position. To
say that Divine Healing proves its case