Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-19

ana remedial agents iH practically
identical ON tho r'rH appearance" ~
drug II seems ~ accomplish mar
vols because the belief in rs ibi,iy
10 cure ig limited 20 "a small number
, who have cuthusi1s'lc hrlicf IN ,is
I efficiency l'ut no IN" remedy b"
I comes NOR" generally uH"i ana by
those who hay" l"m fiIih In It's vir.
ruo. its administration is not nlwIy'
followed hy healing. nud sooner "r
later the failures FAR Outuumher the
succrHscs and " is discarded for
some new m"dio1l marvel which is
destined ~ 80 through exactly tho
same procedure.
Some years agp new and sup.
pocdly wonderful remedy was advo.
Gated Tor the treatment ~ pu"u-
monin and the medical Journals
were run Of tho records Of the al
most instantaneous cures which had
como about through ltg use. AE n
practicing physician I prescribed THIS
~cmuhv. hut with NO result ! have
since come 10 see that the remedy
worked inst so long rs II had some
enthusiastic uptimists believing In
its efficacy. but failed N work ~
sUou rs II bcc1un" generally used by
= generally pcSsluis'ic profession. a
profession grown pcSsmistic through
'ts continual history ~ drug failure,
This drug In spite ~ tho marvellous
cures accredited 10 II for several
years. has long since gone tho way
of dismal failure Of those that pre-
ccded H.
Other Material Methods Fail
Surgical and other material forms of
treatment ar" constantly In this Same
process ~ change. The methods of a
few yenrs ngo have In some cnscs
been absolutely reversed. 1t has not
bccn So many years since II was
thought that piercing the ears cured
sorc eyea ~ course we would con
,ider such treatment very foolish At
his time. vet today the surgical
world IL cutting out the tonsils and
pullIng out the teeth In an effort TO
cure rheumatism.
In making these statements Of the
failure Of drugs aud other material
means to continue To cure. ! am not
criticlslng the doctor. We have In
our communities physicians of high
character who are earnestly doing
all that they can TO alleviate sick
moss and suffering. | am not Criti-
clZlnR the doctor, because he does
the hest he can with the poor weap-
uns which have been given him |
am simply pointing out that II II not
the drug ur the material method
which accomplishcs anything. but the
helirf which is entertained about
them.
Disease II Mental.
In practicing medicine soon
found that there was certain men
tai element In every case. and as II
was obvious that,this element could
not be reached by any material
means I hcgnn to try to estimate
lust how large n factor II was In
every case that came to me. At first
| thought that every case was partly
mental and partly physical, hut az
time went on and through practice
my observation OF the mental side OF
the question became more keen, !
saw that many types OF sickness were
wholly mental, and finally came to
see that they were all entirely NO.
This did not mean that was a
Christion Scientist far from II! I
decided that since I had to deal with
so large mental question, which
the medical profession either wholly
or almost wholly ignored. would
study mental healing from every
standpoint from which II had been
presented, with the idea that | would
find In all literature on the shhlrCt
the presentation of the same prin-
ciplc and so would have a broader
view OF the question than any single
writer and with this knowledge
would hc ahlo To heal. Accordingly
7 studied everything | could find,
from mental Therapeutics to chris
Ian Science. and ns | studied | saw
that all were alike cXceut one. and
hat one was Chrlstion Science.
Christian Science the Remedy,
Christian Science was the only nne
that had so large Il grasp of the all
ness Of God Rs Ia refuse To- dishonor
Tim nv admitting that anything that
We had made was Imperfect or could
become imperfect: was sick when Hc
created Il, or had within II any God
givCn quality that could allow II ~
heComc sick II was the only one In
which there was no COMPROMISE with
matter. ana which dared tn deny tho
material world. the flesh and the
down. because they were contrary to
Ills creative perfection, the only one
that dared to deny the actual exist
rnve Of ANYTHING unlike God, and
therefore the only one that offered
assurance ~ healing after human
reason had failed
DO YOU suppose that when | saw
all this | accepted christian Science"
Mo- Instead for two years | read
everything | could find against ~
and n was NJ a time when there
was much critiCisml, In the hope of
convincing myself thar II was not
true. Tor | saw that tho spirituality
NJ Christian Science would not mix
with my prnrcssion,3 audl 7 did not
want to give up the practtc" of mpdi-
cine Rut the more | read against
II. the more hccamr convinced or
its truth. until finally forsook the
nraCtiCc ~ mcdiCin" and adopted
that Of Christian Science
NV experience. covering pcriOd
of nine years In the practice ~ mrdi-
cine. followed Nv the practice Of
christian Science, has proven to mo
hat the results following Christian
Science treatment nrr incomporahlv
better than those following the Uso
of material mcans. | should say that
50 per cent ~ those who We're sue
ccSsrulv treated In Christian Science
were suffering from conditions which
had either been pronounced incur
able, or from which they had re
rcivCd no relief through repeated
attempts with material means
We need to know something about
Cod. however, IN order - lDDropri-
atc tho healing, and throughout tho
entire teaching uf Christian Science
the necessity for spiritual uudrr-
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