Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1917-05-11

w eh Jesus had that eY.
ai'ed vision of law and prophesy or
the mount of TRANSPORTATION. the I'm.
man representative of law and proph.
esy became apparent to those near
enough to get the lesson. II is
equally certain that the human ron.
resentative of scientific Christianity
can never be separated from the spir.
itual treasures which she has openaa
to our use.
Disease Mental
Jesus healed physical disease nm
the basis that the truth makes free
Four thousand years of medicine has
endeavored to force the conclusion
that disease is purely physical. and
that it requires a physical remedy.
The result is that diseases have actu-
ally multiplied.
Today our medical schools are be-
ginning to teach that certain ner-
vous disorders are mental: for
though the person may be sick al
most TO distraction, examination may
disclose no diseased organ, tissue. or
nerve. He may have apparent phys
ical ailments, such as that trinity of
disorders known as dyspepsia. heart
palpitation. and insomnia; but an ex-
animation discloses no organic dis
ease. The patients troubles are act
ually unreal, in the sense that they
have no physical cause. But to the
patient they are decidedly real, in
| the sense that he feels them con-
stantly, and can not free himself
from them.
| Though patient may be perfectly
sane while suffering from some ner-
/ vous ailment, his belief must be
changed before he can experience his
healing. That is never brought about
| by imagining himself well. Such
| primitive emotions as fear and an
| ger so common to men and beasts,
are said to produce depressing and
| poisonous conditions. The thought
of guilt is said to be even more dele
FERROUS. Anger may cause a person
to become flushed or pallid in the
face, indicating the mental control OF
the circulation Indeed it may stop
ones digestion altogether, showing
how ones thought has equal control
| over the digestive system. A severe
examination may affect students
with retarded digestion, due to their
fear. With the proof that functional
disorders are mental in their cause,
due to erroneous thinking, investiga-
ton has continued until medical ex-
| periments have proved that diabetes
| ton. AS the consuming effects of
fear and emotion have been observed
on the kidneys, so il is more general
lily conceded today that consumption
may be just a consuming fear. That
may be the reason why no drug or
medicine ever healed them. The
Christian Science textbook says:
The procuring cause and founda-
tion of all sickness is fear, ignorance,
or siJ " (Science and Health, p. 41D.
1t teaches, in other words, that all
sickness is unreal in the sense that
IL hoe M nhvSical cauSQ
So long as one believes his malady
is physical he naturally feels help
less But when he knows it is the
result of erroneous thought, then he
is encouraged in the conscious abil-
ity to change that thinking by the
presence and power of Gods truth.
Some fears seem more real than 9th
ers. They seem more real when It's
sue disOrganizatiOn is apparent. But
when examination discloses no dis
leased organ or nerve, those fears are
REGARDED as intangible and supersti-
tious. The fear from superstition is
called a delusion, and is said to be
unreal The patient is said to be de-
ceived by an unreality. In either
case we must know how to prove to
the patient the unreality of his fear,
just as Jesus did when he said,
l"Peace be still" and the storm
abated.
Physicians have observed that the
depressing and poisonous effects of
fear, anger, hatred, jealousy, and so
forth are relieved by the wholesome
effects of faith, hope, cheerfulness,
and loving-kindness which promote
Health. How then shall they be ad-
ministered to the patient? The
m ethod taught by the schools is by
suggestion, human will, and human
reason. which are as material as the
disease. They may be employed just
as we'll by a wicked man, by an in
fidel or a pagan,-on who knows
nothing about the truth of God. The