The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-12-13
HEALING INEVITABLE
FRUIT or GOSPEL

The UnfVeFSaliSc Leader or April IL.
1 eos. commenting upon the Mind Curs
Department and the church. declares:
In the end we shall have more disease.
more unhappiness. more scandal No
doubt there is a peculiar form of mind
practice which might result in such an
end. but it is not necessary for the
church to adopt such form. That sys-
tenn of Mind healing is most efficaciOus
and cornmendable which relies most
Implicitly upon God. and we assume
that the '.JTniversalist Leader did not
intend to condemn the practice of an
implicit, an unreserved and an un-
bounded faith in God. nor to overlook
the Scriptural teaching, God is an
ever present help in trouble. nor the
teaching. Because thou hast made the
Lord, which is my refuge. even the Most
High. thy habitation, thefe shall no
evil befall thee. neither shall any
plague come nigh thy dwelling" God
is Spirit, and to dwell in spirit is to
have an abiding consciousness of the
ever presence of Spirit. to understand
that in Him. we live and move and
have our being" and that We are there
fore safe.
For the church to attempt to add to
the cure of souls the care OF bodies will
be a colossal bIunder'' No doubt the
writer of this article had in mind that
the physical condition is OF lesser inn
portance than the spiritual well being
of the individual. and with this ws
agree. but we should not overlook the
Masters promise. Seek We first the
kingdom OF God and His righteousness.
and all these things shall be added unto
YOU" 1t would be impossible to live
under the government OF the infinite
good without being affected bodily, for
it is a scientific fact that a healthy
BODY is the manifestation OF healthy
mental condition. The Leader" further
declares: THE healing ministry of the
early Church lapsed for good and sur
fcient reasons" We imagine that it
would tax the Eliminating capacity OF
the Leader to its utmost 70 discover
what these reasons may be. IL adds
that because the Apostles treated the
sick is an argument that ignores the
decisive lessons OF the intervening his
tory OF many centuries OF progress ana
discovery To argue that We ought
to re-establish the treatment because il
was apostolic practice IS TO Ignore
the fact that Providence itself put
stop to the practice by changing mans
conception OF the universe and human
life"
Such reason would be equivalent 20
| the argument that there Is no such
thing as a lost art, that II any partic-
ular useful or truthful thing is forgot
ten the fact proves that II was worthy
only OF being forgotten. Moreover the
| Scriptures do not warrant any such be-
| lief. Jesus said Il am the way. the
, truth and the life" and He also de-
clared Il am with you always. even
unto the end Of the world, meaning
undoubtedly that His wav was the way
/ OF truth and life and that il would con-
tinue TO be the way out Of human woes
/ even unto the end. even unto the time
when the kingdom OF God good shall
/ be established in its fullness and all
\ evil and dlscord shall be ruled out OF
/ existence. Jesus said. He that heliev-
/ eth on me- the works that 1 do shall
/ he do also" This declaration evidently
I applied TO the future as well as the
I present He meant that in every age
4 OF the world those who understood what
/ he understood and practiced what He
/ practiced would secure the same re-
| suits and history has demonstrated
the truthfulness OF His prediction
! Go be continued Rext Sundsyl =