The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-18
EPwoRTH M. E. CHURCH

Healing Sick Bodies Without a
Doctor or the Facts, Fancies, Fal-
lacies and Falsehoods of Mind Cure.
Faith Cure Etc. was the topic OF
very forcible sermon by Rev. ID.
II. Bailey before large audience
at Epworth NJ. E. Church Sunday
tvening from the text, James
V.14-15.
In opening the discussion of his
subject, Rev. d. Fl. Bailey said he
respected the religious convictions
O. those who believe in faith healing
and kindred cures. Many of these
are among our best citizens and their
views are worth considering. Un-
der all this array of testimony there
must be some truth. Those who
with great gusto declare that these
"healings' are all frauds or decep-
tions" do not reckon wisely. That
there are many remarkable cures
without the use of medicine may be
accepted as facts.
That many of the theories con-
cerning these cures are erroneous.
ICUliSn anu tHc IdHhSSl lOiH VI
superstition is probable. The prac-
ticc Of curing diseases by charms
pow. vows, and the like, is as old as
history. The savage, the barbarian,
the pagan and the christian alike
have their sorcerers, dreamers or
divine irealers None of us has en-
tirely escaped their Influence. IL
we would acknowledge it, perhaps
but few of us would claim freedom
from all these suporsitlons.
The speaker here referred to
number OF popular notions concern
ing marvellous cures wrought with
the measuring string" and the re-
citing of magic words" etc
"rhls appeal TO the weakness of
peoplc has always been sourcn OF
revende," said the sepaker. "At
least two Americans in The last
twenty-five Sears have become md
lioalires by taking adyantage Of tlo
ignorance ,of their subjects ANY
man with ability 70 orSanigo ard
advertise . can become wealth IN
short imc By molt ing auy lial of
q theory for heallra wh1tovor, ro-
yidiug LIS the2ry is shfawdel IN
qesiory or so obscure pi 10 make
Il impos3ihle TO 1c understood, pro
ylled he has the audacity to claim It
as = curc for allol's997c
"A source Of confusion is that
spirituslists, mcsmersts, hypnotiss,
occulists laoweyitos, and the others
have ahout an equal claim of cures,
and are ready 10 furnish proof
There are three elements Of truth
tlat VIII help ug out Of our con-
fusion
Grlfe Itself Is healer. The
doctor SAYS, we have nature on our
side In any giver number of cases
OF illness. at any one time, the ma
jority will get well without doctor.
preacher healer or charmer. There
1; a battle being waeed between the
vital forces of the man, and the
disease ihfhis BODY. The conflict
may seem uncertain 1t may continue
weeks, the lpatient may become
greatly reduced in strength, but
there will come day when life wins
oiiu eatf toiSh AhAh pSSiuo W ItC'JNtG.
If at this time, the medium, or the
divine healer, or the dutch woman
with the black chicken or any other
OF these scores OF theorists happens
or the ground, he will have one
more proof of his marvellous cures.
He did In day what the doctor
could not do In a month. All the
doctor pretends to do is to assist
nature in that cure.
{ "The second great truth Is the
healing influence OF healthy mind
over the body. The mind and the
body are closely related In life's
experiences. Mr. Bailey gave many
illustrations on this point.
1.-THE third fact is tina. Almighty
God does sometimes for His own
glory interfere in the progress OF
disease, and bring the person back
to health. This is an experience
between the Individual and his God.
AZ is wrought in answer to the
prayer of faith.
The speaker closed with the state
ment that though In many OF the
Ills of life we might hope to con-
quer. yet 10 each Of us some day
there will come that sickness nm