Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-12-02

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conclude that all healing by Christian
people belongs to material plane and
the operation of the carnal mind. The
healing done by Jesus did not escape
this unjust criticism. Jesus taught
that God heals the sick and he said,
These signs shall follow them that
believe" The Scriptures abound in
such statements as, Il am the Lord
that forgiveth all thy iniquities and
healeth all thy diseases" Do you be-
lieve this? If so, then you admit that
God does heal the sick and you must
also admit that healing the sick
through prayer is possible today If
it is not possible, large part of the
Bible is useless and the prayers of
the clergy and all Christian people are
but vain repetitions. This spiritual
healing and Gods care of His people
can not be explained away by ma
terialsts, occult scientists, or any
writer's on psychic forces. Christian
Scientists believe fully that the words
and works of Jesus are of divine ORR
gin. They are students of the Scrip
lures and believe that it is the word
of God; they understand God to be
universal, eternal love, and the rem
edy for all evil, that Christian Scien-
lists prayers are prayers of under
standing as well as of faith. Through
prayer and the understanding of
Gods law, Christian Scientists are re-
| lieving sin laden and suffering human
lily. Moreover we think that these
deeds of kindness and long continued
patience with the bitterest of opposi-
| ton prove that the principle of their
religion is divine love. Who knew
best how Jesus healed the sick-Jesus
himself-or those who crucified him?
If you were to enter some univer-
sity to take a course in electricity or
electrical engineering, would you pre-
| fer to be under an Edison, or would
you select and believe the utterances
of one who had never performed a
single experiment?
Now, Mr.. Editor, Christian Scient-
lists tell you sacredly that they re-
sort to none other than Divine Power
to heal the sick and that hypnotism,
spiritualsm, or any form of mental
suggestion has no part in Christian
Science. Which statement is more
valuable to your readers, the state
ment of those who are healing the
sick and understand the principle
| thereof, or that of those who do not
believe any of the teachings of Chris
| tan Science and never healed a single
case by its methods.
In your article of November 18th,
you say, ITO those who have read
Hudson, Quackenbush and others, on
Psychic phenomena their theory of
the dual consciousness of man offers
ready and reasonable explanation
of all these cures and also of mind
readings, hypnotism and so-called spir-
itualistic manifestations. The theory
is that man has double mentality.
One is the conscious mind which re.
ceives the sensory impressions-with
which we think, reason and are con-
scious of the material world around
us. The other is the sub-conscious
mind which controls the vital func-
lions. Anyone who has seen hypnotic
experiments knows that a person I'M
der hypnotic influence-that is when
his conscious mind is dormant and
the sub-conscious mind is the active
one knows that the patient accepts
any suggestions of the operator as
authoritative" This explanation
leaves God out of the question and
undertakes to account for Christian
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