The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-04-05


is diminishing that 1t is going dowl
by degrees. and that in given time
FIVE minutes, Il will have disappeared
Again we ask, what assurance has h
that the pain will disappear? UpoI
what ground does he Confidently in
form" the patient that the pain Il
diminishing and win disappear? VIII!
will the pain have disappeared? Hai
pain always disappeared under sucl
treatment? Statistics of results which
DR.. Worcester has offered to the pub
lie indicate that a large percentage
OF those treated by him were mo
perceptibly Influenced" How does HI
know that this patient will not be on,
Of those not to be influenced2 How
does he know that he is arguing the
truth2 To declare something as trutl
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
results just mentioned are effected
wholly by the will of the operator, and
in contrast to such a practice. it may
be well to note that every effort Of
the Christian Scientist Is a plea In
behalf of the omnipotence of God
good. The Christian Scientist plead.
only that the devine will may "bC
DONE" and leaves the consequences t.
God.
"Auto Suggestion"
When the Christian looks away from
earth to his infinite heavenly Father
as Life, Truth, Love, and in this con.
temptation loses his pain. it is no NOR,
proper to say that this has occurred
through "auto-suggestion" than to de.
clare that when the darkness is de.
stroyed by the light the result has
been accomplished through auto-sug.
gestion. 1t seems as though the eff.
fort to explain all results upon a hui.
man basis and to credit oneself or the
human mind with a power to heal il
to leave God out and to drift into
infidelity and atheism. .,.-
Modus operandi Of Suggestion.
We are indebted to Mr.. Rollin Lyndt
Hart for some definite formulate useC
in the psychological" treatment of in.
somnia. In magazine article publish.
ed in December, 1907, Mr. Hart quot
ed formula of treatment and certain
ideas concerning the essentials Of
health which he credited to Or. Wor-
cester.
He says, "for instance, here is DR.
Worcester's mental cure for insomnia
say to yourself. I am going to sleep
am drowsy, drowsy, 1 cannot keeT
awake, /, am drunk with sleep This
Mr.. Hart designates as ''the fine and
benefcent art Of fooling the body into
good behavior"
In Isaiah 29:s occurs the following
rebuke: They are drunken but no.
with wine: they stagger, but not will
strong drink" Is this the sort of sleeI
that our critic proposes to produce
Does he offer this sort Of remedy al
substitute for that of the MASTER
There is another class of Individual
whoA seem to think there is Joy" II
drunkenness, and yet, who that 1:
sober will deny that the hilarity o.
the drunken is based upon pure imagi'
nation.
Mr.. Hart declares It is not essen,
tial that the reason shall be put Il
sleep in order to render the sub
scious self responsible to suggestion
and yet he aff1rms that the patient
must be fooled" Such advice is oper
to no other Interpretation than that HI
is made to lose his senses In that HI
is fooled" which means Of course
that II very great results are to bC
forthcoming, he must be fooled" to {
very great degree. TO fool" mean!
to deceive, to cheat, to trick, to dupe
to delude, to impose upon, to hood.
wink. We mention these points fol
the purpose Of showing what Mr.. Hair
who decries Christian Science as 4
bit Of nonsense" and "moonshine,
has to offer in it's stead, what he recon.
mends as a latter day presentation
Of the method by which Jesus anC
the apostles healed the sick, or as {
substitute therefor.
AS a treatment for insomnia thu
Chistian Scientist through prayer
helps his patient to be conscious emo
unconscious) Of Gods ever presence
helps him to realize that this divine
presence brings constant peace, har'
mony and rest, and that the discord'
and troubles of earth, which woulC
interfere with his harmony, can M
more affect the reality of his being
than the clouds can blot out the sun
With this simple truth, the fear o
the patient is destroyed; he becomes
calm and peaceful and Is at rest no
because he has been fooled" but be
cause he Is unfooled, because tn,
truth has been whispered in his con
seriousness and the error which pre-
vented his sleeping has been destroy
ed. The Psalmist says: Il will boil
lay me down in peace and sleep: To-
Thou, Lord only makest me dwell II
safety"
The distinction between the argu
ments Of the Christian Scientist anC
those offered by our critic IL that thos
of the former are based upon eterna
Truth and clarity the mind OF the pa
tient, while the latter are based upol
falsehood, have no scientific founda
ton, and therefore darken the mine
of the patient Hence our critics ar
gument IT am drunken with sleep
is inconsistent with his general prop
osition. II by such an argument ap
parent rest IL produced, such res
could only be fictitious.
Mr.. Harte declares that the prac
tice which he recommends IL calculat
ed TO ARREST" the reason" OF tn
patient. but this is not in harmon,
with Jesus teaching, for he declared
And you shall know the truth an
the truth shall make you free" III
did not say. ye shall be Supplied, an
drunken, bereft of reason in order tina
you may be free. but you shall know
the TRUTH
Ia there anything that can possibl
inspire greater hope and courage
there anything that can act as a great
err preventive and destroyer OF fea