The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-15

mail. surrey tHefe Is no iitOTt III
teyesting study than that of man.
Forces exist in man that have only
recently been discovered, and are
now in process Of development. The
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 boosted learning, we are only IN
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 Healing, Faith Cure, Psyche
therapy, Hypnotism, and Magnetic
Healing all work under the one SUI
preme law of mind. Tint these laws
have been abused aud counterfeited
might be expected,
But, Notwithstanding the ouacks
and knaves and frauds that have taxi
en- the pearls and put them In the
mud, Magnetic Healing ard Sugges-
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 by-paths 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 so clear
that all could understand but that
would he something that no one man
mas ever yet accomplished.
A MATERIAL AGE.
The age in which we live has been
purely material in it's views of things
Reiigiously, men say. 'Show us a
sign that we may believe" In the
realm OF cure they say, Give us a
pellet or draught that we may get
WE'LL
Anything material goes: just so it
can be handled. The suffer gulps
clown his dose without ever inquiring
whether 1T IS catnip, or croton oil.
1t is something real-something ma
terial-that is enough. A 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 exertion. a
fright brings on nervous prostration.
the sudden news of death of a loved
one stops digestion, robs the cheek of
its color, dims the eye and precip-
tates disease if not checked by coun-
tersuggestion. So with Mental and
Magnetic Healing. Causes produce eff
fleets. The mind, disabused of it's hal
lncinations, and filled with thoughts
and desires of health. becomes the
motor force in 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 ''the carnal
mind, the spirit or SOUL the obiec-
tive or carnal or "fleshy mind" lives
and dies with the body While alive
1T controls the voluntary actions and
motions of the body. 1t is capable of
induction, sympathetic and deductive
reasoning. This is the natural man.
MIRACLES.
The subjective mind, or spirit. or
soul. controls the functions and SEN
stations 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
II single case of healing in the Bible
where Suggestion" was not used. |
may be considered as heretical by
those who refuse to study. but at the
risk of being thought so, ! am bound
90 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 e-.e laws
that controlled ,ie healing power, to
spring into action. His feats of heal
ing We're regarded as miracles in lbs
day and are now. But as far back
as we can trace Bible or profane his
tory, there are stories Of mental heal
ing on record
1t was at the suggestion of Elisha
that Naaman. the Syrian. dipped sew
EN- times in the river Jordan and was
healed of his leprosy. IT 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
will find running all through the
cases of ancient and modern times
these two factors: agreement" and
Suggestion"
In Magnetic Healing, oral suggcs-
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
subtle. all pervading, all powerful
substance, which, transmitted by the
hands of the healer or otherwise. to
the body of the sufferer, drives out
the Disease and By restoring har-
mony in the system, bring about an
increase of life force and the restora-
ton to health and energy.