The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-11
WEST VIRGINIA.
Science and the Spiritual.

Editor o. The Times Dispatch.
Sir.-That Was very interesting itorn
Ia your news columns embracing synon-
80 Il = eminent physicians address b.
Zorro medirai association ca the dIa--
n"Sis of mad remedy for our national
Ge~Fe ieEsc. The rush and ruin az is
cowiutf cial and f0ateriallstlc age i- d.-
nominated national hysterfa." and tle
doctor points out its deleterious effects.
ascrin.rC the controlling cause of ile
complaint t. the popular neglect ~ "tre
sTirifuol' part % our being 10 d.
not preach a sermon nor point The moral
Of any creed. neither ~ which shall
att NIT 10 do ia these comments. How
ever divergent the views ~ people may he
on religious subjects. ana although r.ar..
is a multiplicity Of terms defining what
thn doctor calls the spiritual" there
Is welinigh universal agreement that
men do lossess a faculty that is ahor.
the mere animal constituents o. their bee
Ing Perhaps ! may safely so f.rti.-
and say that the duality % man-sruI
and body-ls a generally accepted fart
This physician doubtless predlcatcs MS
argument on the evidence that tire
equipolse logically demanded between the
senses and the spirit - seriously dis
turoed by the Appetite for wealth. s. ~
sauon and pleasure. causing the spiritual
faculties TO become atrophied. This Is
not a new discovery. FOR Il is proclaimed
from sacred desks every day blr tle
interesting point is that medical science
is now ready 10 announce as a. scientific
fact that even physical health-sound
bodies. sane minds and steady nerves
are determinate upon the proper develop
meat or the spiritual side Of our nature.
and that the L4vinc fr.unctions are nor
mere arbitrary mandates. but loving ruics
OF conduct for happiness. resultant upon
obeyins the eternal laws % right living.
revealed by gracious God. TO DO sp.r-
itual minded We must take tirne for iu-
tospect!oh, rctrospection. serious ana
sober meditation and prayeV-and 1e
calm
said It was not my purpose 20 preach
a sermon. and II is certainly far from ms
10 assume a pictistlc attitude. but 10 is
worthy OF note that thc world is coming
more and more 10 regard the highest re-
hgions ar scientifically correct. The holy
domain OF faith SIS sim reguant and VIII
continue 60 be so. but revelation. upon t1D
OF revelation crowds in upon the adj
vancing world in attostation of the rea-
sOnableness Of the Divine insistence upon
our putting the spiritual hove tie animal
What men term the golden rule" SIS the
finest nerve-tonic and the most cncctual
antidote for much OF the cares OF nso ,-,
be self-centred Is to De harassed bv
manifold imaginations Of Sights and bv
positive coverings and ncannesScs on
gendering A spirit OF malice and inakin.-
life sour and unsatisfactory Tho fretr.l
discontinued, pickering man cannot have
a weh-ordered liver or q good digestion.
The devctee Of dissipating fashions
foibles Is rebuked by the nl-enects he
feels In his body. if not his conscience.
The Man OF Galilce proclaimed take II
as more OF solemn warning than as Il
JOdciai condemnation. the truth en-
braced IN His question. that IL would
'oht a man nothing il he gained the
Wfole world and loses his own soul.
me soul may be lost-the spiritual fac
uIIy become dead-hcre and now, and not
only from positive wickednoss but IN
'he neglect Of the spiritual" while wholly
absorbed in following after the pleasures
ana qualifications Of the flesh. The par-
amount consideration is made subsidiary
truly 1t Wen behooves US all to think
SonetiY when medical science lifts ita
warning voice and ascribes the chief ills
OF the hesh to a disregard Of the Divine
h1uncuons embraced I'm that most scien-
thc code OF SsiTitual and physical health
rules even tho Book Of books" Let no
man decry true science. which is the
handmaiden or religion. il was only
science falsely so-called" Of which st
Paul admonished Timothy 20 beware
Everything Is scientific-aye. even sin ans
righteousness. "Ye shall know the truth
enC the truth shall make you free"
w. NJ BICKERS
Richmond. Va. oct 30. 1906