Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-07-14

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nation or medical diagnosis, he res ed |
his case entirely with God, viii e |
materla medica ignores God altogetl er |
and rests its case entirely with matter. !
To aver that any of the medical or |
surgical systems are legitimate success
sors OF Jesus spiritual system is 10 !
ignore the plain teachings Of his own |
would seek to engulf the spiritualizing |
truth of Christianity into the densest |
materialism from whence no ray of |
light could Tighten the pathway of |
mortals heavenward. The saddest |
phase of this question is that so many
| Christian ministers. whose Office is to
guide their flock in the pathway of
truth have espoused the cause Of
materia medca in opposition to the
personal appeal of the Christ to Come
unto me.
WHAT a pitiful outlook flor those
people who have tried every mater al
their all in the search for health and
have found it not and who are left
stranded in despair with nothing to
look to but death to ease their pain.
What a parody of Jesus Christianity
to tell them that these material systems
are all they can look to in place of the
Christ healing to which earth's bur-
dened morta.s were hidden to come to
rest. The way Of humanity has not
been growing brighter unto the
perfect day" if materia medica is the
best balm left to mortaIs for their
sickness and sorrow This is not
progress but retrogression, when we
remember how abundantly Jesus and
his disciples proved that neither God
nor man required any material mems
whatever to heal the sick.
Materia medica giveth only "as
the world giveth." Knowing nothing
but matter it has no spiritual knowl-
edge to impart 1t has no balm for
sorrow. no antidote for hatred, no
remedy for worry, no release from the
fear Of death. 1t has written danger
all over its practice while Jesus said
Be not afraid" 1t denies that Christi
anity IS any protection from contagious
diseases or from poison. 1t denies the
healing power of prayer or that God
can heal any disease that has been
pronounced incurable by physicians.
Jesus taught that nothing had power
to hurt them that believed on him,
t even though they drank some deadly
; thing and the same positive assurance
, is given in the 91s1 Psalm regarding a
preventative for all contagious dis
eases.
Jesus taught all through his ministry
that God is the Life Of man. Materia
: medica teaches US that life is in
/ matter. Jesus said "Take no thought
what We shall eat or drink" Materia
medica on the other hand says you
must be very careful lest life and
t health be imperiled- Jesus said that
r those who kept his sayings should not
die. Materia medica says you must
} die. Jesus taught that those who
} understood his teachings would heal
! the sick. Materia medica says ones
! underst an6ing of the Christ has moth
/ ing to do with the healing of diseases
= Christianity is from God. Materia
} medica had it's birth in paganism. All
! through the forty centuries of its
t career it has ever been true to It's
parentage. never leaving the line of
materialism, never ascending towards
2 God nor perceiving the first gieam of
: spiritual law. In all the forty centu-
ries of it's career, it has never discov.
: cred one remedy on which it coulo
D absolutely rely in any case and today
. with all it's long history of experiments
2 and practice. modern medicine, surgery
t and hygiene stands helpless in the pres
s ence OF a long list of incurable dis
e eases. Has Christianity worn itself
e out and become a undemons trable
e theory. while materia medica has come
down the centuries gathering new
S strength? Has God ceased to heal the
e SICK through the Christ method OF
i healing or have Christians ceased t
, practice it?
7 IT'S METHOD
There is nothing strange, mysteriou,
e or supernatural about the Christ
0 method of healing. 1t is the natura
o result of a correct understanding OF
d God and man. Said the Master Meta
e physician, Eye shall know the exac
:, scientific Truth and the Truth, j. e.
q the exact or scientific Truth shall make
e you free" For some reason the scien
t tifc meaning Of this passage has no
t been made PLAIN. The relative truth Of
l. human knowledge leads to bondage
:. The exact truth to eternal freedom ant
e perfe t harmony.
g There is an exact and scientific
Truth of God. man and the universe
). This knowledge understood, lived anc
practiced will inevitably result il
physical healing. twas this perfec
It knowledge that Jesus possessed of Coz
e and the real man that enabled him tx
g demonstrate with scientific certainty
Il the rule of Christian healing and jus
10 in proportion as men gain this perfec
= understanding or in other words hav,