The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09

1 that sickness is a false mentalf con dition which Truth destroys, This treatment through the standardization l ef thought destroys the fear of the patient and displaces the false mental claim with a clearer conception of Truth Relieved of the mental depres- sion the functions of the body natur- ally resume their healthy action.
 To the uninformed, the results of suggestive mental therapeutics and Christian Science may seem to be identical, but the fact remains that there is but one right method of heal ing, namely, the one followed by Christ Jesus, which is accepted and employed l by Chrlstien Scientists to-day.
 The suggestion by our critic that the effect of Christian Science treatment is to dull the senses of the patient, and by benumbing his faculties, render 1 him unconscious of suffering, is abso- lutely misleading, for, cn the contrary. Christian Science treatment arouces every dormant faculty made helpless by suffering or sin, moues the con 1 se.ousness of the patient with q con scious, clear, sence of the pres eRce and power of divine Love, and produces a | spiritual energy and activity which frees him mentally, morally and phys ically.
 Heartily do we agree with our critic, that Certain is 1t also that none of Pthese manifestations of modern mind- cure (clared by our critic under hyp- notism and suggestive mental thera- poutics) are identical with the healing wrough: by Jesus, the Christ since none of these is adequate to heal sin which Jesus so plainly showed was l the underlying cause of sickness and 1 since thsso systems arc all the pra6nct of human intelligence, they must by very nature of their origin contain no healing element whereby to free man. lslnd from the bondage of sin and sick ness
 In regard to the statement made in reference to Mir. Joseph Armstrong Of Boston, it is hard to believe that Mir. Brown intended to inpute to MT. Arm- strong a dishonest motive in s9ndinr a doctors certificate in answer to . sum- mons to appear before the court, which Mir Browns language would imply in ! the use of the word "hiding"
 The fact must be known to Mr. Brown that only tho certificate of a regular physician could exempt a man from personal attendance upon a court when thus summoned, and that the thing really desired by the court of New Hampshire in this case was not so much the presence of MT. Arm strongs person, as the records and accounts of Mir Armstrong's business transactions with Mrs Eddy These were willingly submitted to the court and were In evidence during the trial. There was therefore no occasion for hiding" nor for this implication In connection with a man whose honesty and business Integrity have always been above rsproach.
 Had Mir, Brown for one moment stopped to recall the utter collapse of tho charges in thei case against Mrs. Eddy. and the withdrawal of the suit on the part of the ,plaintlffs, for want of evidence, we believe he would not have allowed himself to suggest this : unwarranted implication.
 Relative to the story told by our critic as to the conflicting statements made in a Christian Science testimo- nial meeting, 1t IS not our purpose , here to reflect upon the veracity O , lhis informant, since we have not the facts of the case before us, but we dt desire to state that had such an event , taken place exactly as the gentleman < states 1t, the reader conducting tht service would not have permitted sucf , q false representation to have passed by unrebuked However, one afflicted with deafness who had received spir. litual benefits from, Christian Science might have arisen to give testimony thereto and have thereby interrupted Ianother speaker. It is not the prac. tice of Christian Scientists to uttel Ifalsehoods in their testimonials, nol would such practice be encouraged or endorsed in any Christian Science church.
 Mir Brown attempts to account fol the many cures in Christian Science bl the fact that no drugs were used, hence no wrong drugs were administered. W' note with interest the allusions madt by MT Brown to the fallacy and un' reliability of the drugging system ant the distinguished authority which h, brings forward in proof thereto. Bu Jour critic entirely overlooks the fac that the work of Christian Science il not merely to win people from the ust of noxious and dangerous drugs but tc turn them to absolute reliance upor God in health as well as In sickness.
 To MT Browns presumptuous clain that Christian Scientists have no heart in the work of the noble army of mer and women whose lives are conseorat. cd to uplifting the fallen and support ing the weak, to amelloration of ha. man suffering in any form. we car only say that he has never known thu motive or purpose of the Christian Science church, which breathes ths spirit of Jesus words whe in his para ble of the coming of the Son of Man il his glory the King shall say to th' faithful, Come ye blessed of my Ed ther inherit the Kingdom prepared fo1 you from the foundation of the world;
 For I was an hungered, and he gavt me meat; 1 was thirsty and ye gayt me in:
 Naked, and ye clothed me: was sick and ve visited me: I was in prison, an' ye came unto me.
 And the king shall answer and sa, unto them, Verify 1 say unto you, Tn asmuch as ye have done 1t unto one the least of these, my.brethren, ye nav done 1t unto mo. Matt. 25:34, 3B, ~.
 Christian Scientists may differ. iron the methods of other reflrmSrs Il