The Daily Missoulian., 1909-07-25

dilemma, after he eventually fails in
his make believe benefits. Here it
may be well to mention that some
times when an individual fails to gain
relief from agonizng pain by Chris
tian Science treatment he may find it a
lesser evil to seek temporary relief by
material remedies in order that he may
regain a position from which he is able
to effectualy demonstrate Christian
Science. In the case of broken bone,
he may because of his limited under
standing, find it advisable to resort to
surgery and in her text book Mrs. Eddy
advises that surgery be left to the
fingers of q surgeon
1t is advisable and In accord with
the teaching of Christian Science that
we practice absolute Christian Science
as far as possible. Beyond that we
choose the lesser of two evils, and few,
Indeed. are the occasions when 1t be
comes necessary for Christian Scien-
as an emergency means.
"a Curative Suggestion
DR.. Worcester defines curative sug-
gestion" as IAN effect obtained through
the conviction that it Ia cure) is about
to take place. A curative argument
In Christian Science Is one that Is
based upon the everlasting truth that
man is always we'll and alWays,at rest
because he lives and moves, and has
his being in God. DR. Worcester says,
Il earnestly tell him that in a few
moments he will be asleep, adding
'if he knows that hundreds of other
persons have undergone this expert
ence he will be more certain to accept
my assurance and to obey the sugges-
| tion.' Thus he bases his assurance of
results upon a prospect a mere specu-
latlon. He has no assurance that the
patient will be asleep. He pins his
faith to the belief that he will be able
to produce the result. This is not de-
pending upon God but upon oneself
This is In direct opposition to the Mas
ter's healing, who prayed mot as I
will. but as thou wilt" Again DR.. Wor-
cester declares, II convince myself
that the patients inability to move
does not proceed from true paralysis,
and | assure her that she can rise.
and | earnestly command her to do
so, which she proceeds to do" How
or by what means does he convince
himself? There are only two ways of
answering this question; either he
must declare that he has, or that he
has not, reason for this declaration
hn are tl,,t /,
| ,herefor he must explain either that he
bases this declaration upon a mere
hope or that he rests upon the under
standing of the spiritual facts of being
and the unreality of paralysis.
lie declares, II divert her mind place
my hand on the suffering part to
heighten the impression that somethine
is about to be done for her, and I
confidently inform her that the pain is
diminishing, that it is going down by
degrees and that in given time, five
minutes, it will have disappeared.
Again, we ask. what assurance has he
that the pain will disappearr Upon
what ground does he confidently in
form the patient that the pain is d-
minishing and will disappear? Why
will the pain have disappeared Has
pain always disappeared under such
treatment? Statistics of results
which DR., Worcester has offered to the
public indicate that large percentage
of those treated by him We're mot
perceptibly influenced" How does he
know that this patient will not be one
OF those not to be influencedn How
does he know that he is arguing the
truth? TO declare something as truth
which one does not know to be true
and probably does not even believe to
be true is not a Christian practice.
1t is certainly very plain that the re
suits just mentioned are effected who'll
ly by the will of the operator, and in
contrast to such a practice it may be
we'll to note that every effort of the
Christian Scientist is plea in behalf
of the omnipotence of God. good. The
Christian Scientist pleads only that
the divine will may "be done" and
leaves the consequences to God
"Auto. Suggestion"
When the Christian looks away from
earth to his infinite heavenly Father