The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-13

rs Life. Truth, Love. and In this con-
emplation loses his pain. it is no more
proper to say that this has occurred
through auto-suggestion than to de-
,lare that when the darkness is de-
5troyed by the light the result has been
accomplished through auto-suggestion.
1t seems as though the effort to ex-
plain all results upon human basis
and to credit oneself or the human
mind with power to heal is to leave
God out and to drift into infidelity
and atheism.
Modus operandi of Suggestion.
We are indebted to Mr.. Rollin Lynde
Hart for some definite formulate used
in the psychological treatment of in
somnia. In magazine article pub
lished in December, 1907, Mr.. Hart
quoted formula of treatment and GER
tain ideas concerning the essentials of
health which he credited to DR.. Wor-
cester.
He says, for instance. here is DIR.
Worcesters mental cure for insomnia
say to yourself, I am going to sleep,
| am drowsy, drowsy, I can not keep
awake, | am drunk with sleep" This
Mr.. Hart designates as 1.-The fine and
beneficient art of fooling the body into
good behaviour"
In Isaiah 900 occurs the following
rebuke: They are drunken but not
with wine: they stagger but not with
strong drink" Is this the sort of
sleep that our critic proposes to pro-
duce? Does he contend that Jesus
and His Apostles employed this kind
of remedy for the unrest of the world?
Does he offer this sort of remedy as
a substitute for that of the Master?
There is another class of individu-
ais, who seem to think there is Joy"
in drunkenness, and yet, who that is
sober will deny that the hilarity of the
drunken is based upon pure magma
ton.
that the reason shall be put to sleep
in order to render the sub-conscious
self responsible to suggestion, and yet
he affirms that the patient must be
fooled" Such advice is open to no 9TH
er Interpretation than that he is made
to lose his senses in that he is fool
ed" which means Of course that if
very great results are to be forthcom-
ing, he must be fooled" to a very
great degree. To fool means to de-
ceive, to cheat, to trick, to dupe, to de-
Jude, to impose upon, to hoodwink. We
mention these points for the purpose
of showing that Mr.. Hart, who decries
Christian Science as a bit of mon
sense" and "moonshine" has to offer
in its stead, what he recommends as a
latter day presentation of the method
by which Jesus. and the apostles heal
ed the sick, or as substitute there
for.
AS treatment for insomnia the
Christian Scientist, through prayer,
helps his patient to be conscious mot
unconscious) of Gods ever presence,
presence brings constant peace, har-
mony and rest. and that the discords
and troubles of earth, which would
interfere with his harmony, can no
more affect the reality of his being
than the clouds can blot out the sun.
With this simple truth, the fear of
the patient is destroyed; he becomes
co I'm f,,1 ;e
because he has been fooled" but be-
cause the truth has been whispered
into his consciousness and the error
which prevented his sleeping has been
destroyed. The Psalmist says: Il will
both lay me down in peace and sleep:
for Thou. Lord only makest me dwell
in safety
The distinction between the argu-
ments of the Christian Scientist and
those offered by our critic is that
those of the former are based upon
eternal Truth and clarity the mind OF
the patient, while the latter are based
upon falsehood, have no scientific
foundation, and therefore darken the
mind of the patient. Hence our crit
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Sleep is inconsistent with his general
proposition. If by such argument ap.
parent rest is produced. such rest
could only be fictitious.
Mr.. Hart declares that the practice
which he recommends is calculated to
arrest" the reason of the patient
but this is not in harmony with Jesus
| teaching. for he declared, And ye
shall know t he truth and the truth
shall make you free He did not say
We shall be stupefied and drunken, be
reft of reason in order that you may
be free, but you shall know the truth.
Is there anything that can
possibly inspire greater hope
and courage - is there anything
that can act as greater pre-.
ventive and destroyer of fear than the
understanding of the ever-presence OF
divine Love and he assurance OF
safety which comes from such a con.
| sciousness? The PsaImist said
Though I pass through the valley OF
the shadow of death. l will fear nc
evil, for Thou art with me, Thy rod
and Thy staff they comfort me-"
1t is written, He that dwelleth in
| the secret place of the most High shall
abide under the shadow of the AL