The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-14

THE NEW OLD HEALING. By Henry
 Wood, author of Ideal Suggestions
 Through Mental Photography." etc.
 Published by Lathrop, Lee X Shepard
 Co, Boston; sl.2o net; sl.3O postpaid.
 This book is an attempt 10 render helpful truth in familiar terms, ana to show the way of its practical ap- plication. It is arranged as a treasury of many different, though related top ics, to be drawn upon as needed. so that consecutive reading Is not essen tial The identity of the new and old spiritual and psychical healing laws and forces Is shown and their work ing utility explained.
 Mir. Wood is veteran writer upon the philosophy of psyche therapeutics in general, and his former works have editions each His breadth and con servatlsm have made his writings widely regarded as standard for the last twenty years. Probably no other author has done so much to develop and formulate the general movement, which at last is arousing the churches to active investigation and practice.
 Its style is graceful and popular and the advance orders, both in America and England, indicate a very wide demand It is not neurotlc treatise and 1t Is characterized by the perfect sincerity which is apparent in all of the authors new thought ! tAp I Nt write blndly in criticizing the scien- lists having posted himself thorough
 ly on their claims, but he holds, and with good show of reason, that when they admit that certain things are in scrutable. beyond their ken, they make inglorious retreat in not at tempting to explain, or account for, this mysterious and pervading power in the universe and he finds the way out to be the assurance and accept ance of the theory of divinity of an all powerful creative master hand Then assuming this idea of God and that He is entirely benevolent, in other words assuming the Fatherhood of God he goes further and declares disease to be impossible If true psy- chical remedies are employed, he says 'In reality, and as term 1t means simply a lack of ease Did God make such a negation as a lack? No. But we by the creative power of our imaging faculty, with our fear and materlalism, have erected 1t into hostile entity which comes from without and pounces upon us. While in itself but minus quality we have made 1t solid thing of proportions. When we have 1t, 1t is no illusion, for the condition Is ours, But its outward and expressive reality Is based upon the fact that we have put 1t in that relation The body faithfully articu- lates and expresses our belief concern ing 1t. We get just what we have ac- oepted and expected.
 MT. Wood does not fall into the er- TOT of many of our so-called mental headers and deny or oppose the em- ployment of surgery; he does not dis courage what he terms as necessary surgery" and he insists also that diagnosis cannot yet be fully abol- ished," and that physical quarantine must be maintained until psychcal ones become more effective This Is certainly much more sane and reason- able than the views of some mental headers right here in our midst who assert and with undoubted sincerity that nature and mental effort will heal and restore to full usefulness Q broken limb no matter if the bones are shattered and out of place and rrotruding from the flesh MT. Wood on the other hand writes with care and moderation and his views are