The Daily Missoulian., 1909-07-25

\ 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 suggestion.
/ 1t seems as though the fefort to ex-
plain all results upon a human basis
and to credit oneself or the human
/ mind with a poWer5to heal Is to leave
7 God out and to drift into infdelity and
atheism. .
+ Modus ctosrandi on Suggestion.
/ We are indebted 10 Rollin Lynde
Hart for some definite formula used in
the psychological" treatment Of in
somnia. in a magazine article pub
I lished in December, 1907. Mr.. Hart
4 quoted a formula of treatment and
certain ideals concerning the essentials
+ of health which he credited to DR..
| Worcester.
/ He says. for instance. here is DR..
/ Worcester's mental cure for insomnia
say to yourself. j am going to sleep.
/ am drowsy, droWsy. | cannot keep
4 awake, | am drunk with sleep This
Mn Hart designates as "the fine and
beneficent art of fooling the body into
good behavior"
In Isaiah 1858 occurs the following
! rebuke: "I'hey are drunken but not
| with wine: they stagger. but not with
strong drink" Is this the sort of sleep
| that our critic proposes to produce?
Does he offer this sort Of remedy as
a substitute for that of the Master?
;,.o aio f,f ind ft,ir 1c
/ who seem to think there is Joy" in
\ drunkenness. and yet, who that is So
Der will deny that the hilarty of the
/ drunken is based upon pure imagina-
4 ton.
! Mr.. Hart declares that it is not es-
\ sential that the reason shall be put TO
sleep in order to render the SUBJ con-
scious self responsible to suggestion,
and yet he affirms that the patient
must be fooled" Such advice is open
to no other Interpretation than that he
is made to lose his senses in that he
is fooled which means. Of course,
that If very great results are to be
Forthcoming. he must be fooled" to
! very great degree. To fool means to
deceive, to cheat to trick, to dupe, to
delude, to impose upon, to hoodwink
We mention these points for the pur-
pose of showing what Mr. Hart, who
decries Christian Science as a bit of
nonsense and ''moonshine," has to
offer in its stead, what he recommends
as a latter day presentation Of the
method by which Jesus and the apos-
ties healed the sick or as a substitute
therefor.
As a treatment for insomnia. the
Christian Scientist through prayer.
helps his patient to be conscious (not
unconscious) Of Gods ever presence.
helps him to realize that this divine
presence brings constant peace. har-
mony and rest. and that the discords
and troubles of earth. which would in
terfere 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 calm and
peaceful and is at rest, not because he
has been fooled" but because he is
unfooled. because the truth has been
whispered into his consciousness and
the error which prevented his sleeping
has been destroyed. The Psalmist says:
IT will both lay me down in peace and
sleep, for Thou. Lord, only makest me
dwell in safety" "u .
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. Hence our critics argu-
ment, II am drunken with Sleep is
inconsistent with his general PROPOSE
ton. If by such an argument appar-
ent rest is produced, such rest could
only be Fictitious.
4 Mr., Hart declares that the practice
which he recommends is calculated to
arrest" the treason" of the patient,
but this is not in harmony with Jesus
| teaching for he declared. "And ye shall
know the truth and the truth shall
make you free" He did not say, ye
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 a
greater preventive and destroyer of
fear than the understanding of the
ever-presence of divine love and the
assurance Of safety which comes from
such a consciousness? The Psalmist
said Though ] pass through the val
ley of the shadow of death. I will fear
no 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
mighty. l will say of the Lord. He is
my refuge and my fortress: my God,
in Him will ! trust. Surely, He shall
deliver thee from the snare of the
fowler, and from the noisome pesti-
lence. He shall cover thee with His
feathers, and under His wings shalt
thou trust: His truth shall be thy
shield and buckler; Thou shalt not be
afraid for the terror by night; nor for
the arrow that flieth by day. Nor for
the pestilence that walketh in dark
ness. nor for the destruction that vast
eth at MONDAY. A thousand shall fall
la nd ta,, aft tI,y