The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-20
Movement and Chris
tan Science By Alfred FarlOW


that from a medical point of view or
ganic diseases are more difficult To
heal, il is likely that more cases af-
fliCted with organic { roubles apply TO .
Christian Science If il be true that
organic diseases are as rule more .
difficult to heal than functional trou-
bles. il is because the one has a strong
er hold upon human belief and in the
breaking requires a more stalwart I'M Z
of the divine power. ,
Some cases are more difficult to heal
than others, just as some problems in
in mathematics are more difficult /
than others, but while even a simple
problem might battle the efforts TO of
a neophyte or one with limited under |
standing, he most difficult would be |
easy to a Master. Therefore the rem |
edy for the inability to heal any class !
of diseases does not lie in resorting to !
a more material means but in under
standing more perfectly the spiritual.
In the writer's own practice, ex-
tending through a period of twenty
years, he has seldom had a patient
who was not afflicted with both Or
ganic and functional disorders and his
success has been quite as uniform
with organic troubles as with those
orders.
In conclusion our critic declares:
Believing then as do that most Chris
tan Science cures are genuine-genuine
cures of functional disease-the ques-
ton arises whether the special meth
DDS of mental healing employed by
Christian Scientists differ from other
methods of mental healing.
that is. by producing in the pa
tient strong belief that he will get
we'll"
Whatever may be said concerning
the Christian Scientists ability to
diagnose disease, we think DR.. Cabot
will concede to him at least one pri-
vilege, namely, he privilege of stat
ing how Christian Science heals, since
the Christian Scientist is at least sup
posed to be informed on his own sub
ject. To acknowledge the Christian
Scientists qualification to define his
own theory and practice would be no
less consistent. 1t Is evident that no
one knows quite so we'll how Christian
Science heals as the Christian Scent
list, through whose understanding the
healing is effected.
No doubt. when under Christian
Science treatment patient begins to
improve, there is produced lin the
patient a strong belief that he will get
WE'LL but to say that it is this belief
which cures the patient is to fail en-
tirely to analyze the modus operandi
of he healing. A Christian Scientist
would not hope to succeed in curing
patient by the mere belief that the
patient will get well although he is
aware hat such an encouraging be-
lief is always helpful to patient.
The healing remedy in Christian
Science as we have already shown,
is the realization of the divine power
and presence which illumines the men,
tality of he patient and destroys his
sense and fear of disease.
DR.. Cabot declares: Il believe that a
good many warped minds. -
just as certain type of crooked spine.
may be helped by a sharp twist in the
other direction" This being true the
doctor would logically be OBLIGED to
admit that the last twist must be in
the right direction, otherwise it would
not be corrective.
While Christian Scientists have
great respect for those who resort to
medicine. while asking Gods blessing
upon it, they have learned by expert
ence that better results can be obtain
ed by relying entirely upon spiritual
means. II is not question of fanati-
cism or non-fanaticism but a question
of choosing the way which is most sci
entific and resultful. No one will ev-
er be able to discover how much God
can do for him until he experiments
by throwing his whole weight upon the
side of Spirit. While his neighbor
feels sure that the Christian Scientist
| is taking risk in his bold reliance up
on Spirit. the Christian Scientist is
equally sure that his neighbor is jeop-
ardizing his safety by dividing mis-
thought between two powers and thus
weakening whatever of result he might
obtain by an exclusive dependence up
on either
Medical Diagnosis.
! The following incidents furnish
striking examples of the fact that 1t is
next to an impossibility for one who
believes in the material theory of the
+ cause and cure of disease TO admit that
organic disorders can be healed by
purely spiritual means. Not long ago
. a man who was afflicted with what had
I been pronounced Bright's Disease by
one of the foremost experts of this
country, II not the foremost, after ex-
/ hausting his hope in material RENE
dies, was healed by Christian Science
Thereafter he returned TO the noted
specialist for an examination in order
to make sure that he was really cured.
After a second very careful examina-
ton the physician was unable TO dis
cover any Bright's Disease, but, instead
of admitting that the rescued man had
/ been healed of the disease. he gravely
said, For the first time in my life
/ have mistaken in my diagnosis" An
other patient had been treated for sew
eral years By a physician who pro-
nounced her disease tuberculosis of the
I lungs She too. turned TO Christian