The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-23

the failures far outnumber the sue
cesses. and it is discarded for some
new medical marvel which is destined
to go through exactly the same pro-
cedure
Some years ago new and sup
posedly wonderful remedy was advo-
Gated 70 rthe treatment Of pneumonia
and the medical journals We're full Of
the records Of the almost instanta-
neous cures which had come about
through its use. As a practicing ply
sician / prescribed this remedy, but
with no result. have since come to
see that the remedy worked just so
long as it had some enthusiastic opti-
mists believing in its efficacy, but
! failed to work as soon as it became
generally used by generally pessi-
mistc profession; a profession grown
pessimislic through its continual his
tory of drug failure. This drug in
spite of the marvellous cures accred-
tied for several years, has long
since gone the way Of dismal failure
Of those that preceded it,
other Material Methods rail.
Surgical and other material forms
of treatment are constantly in this
same process of change The meth
DDS of a few years ago have in some
cases been absolutely reversed 1t has
not been 50 many years since it was
thought that piercing the ears cured
sore eyes. or course we would CON
slider such treatment very foolish at
fhis time. yet today the surgical world
! l., "a lg ND liraur
out thee teeth in an effort to cure
| rheumatism.
| In making these statements Of the
| failure of drugs and other material
means to continue to cure, ! am not
criticizing the doctor We have in our
communities physicians of high char
acter who are earnestly doing all that
they can to alleviate sickness and
suffering. | am not criticizing the doe
| tor, because he does the best he can
with the poor weapons which have
been given him | am simply point
ing out that it is not the drug or the
material method which accomplishes
anything, but the belief which is en-
tertained about them.
Disease Is Mental
In practicing medicine | soon found
that there was a certain mental ele
ment in every case, and as it was
obvious that this element could not
be reached by any material means, |
began to try to estimate just how
large a factor it was in every case
that came to me. AT first | thought
that every case was partly mental
and parly physical, but as time went
on and through practice my observa-
ton of the mental side Of the ques-
| ton became more keen. saw that
many types of sickness were wholly
mental, and finally came to- see that
they were all entirely so.
This did not mean that | was a
Christian Scientist far from it, /
decided that Since ! 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 it had been presented.
with the idea that | would find in all
literature on the subject the presen-
taiotn Of the same principles, and so
would have a broader view of the
question than any single writer, and
with this knowledge would be able to
heal Accordingly, stud ed every
thing | could find from mental therea-
peutics to Christian Science, and as
| studied ! saw that al were alike
except one. and that one was Chris
tian Science
Christian Science the Remedy.
Christian Science was the only one
that had SO large a grasp of the all
ness of God as to refuse to dishonor
Him by admitting that anything that
He had made was imperfect or could
become imperfect; was sick when He
created it, or had within it any
God-giyen quality that could allow it
to become sick. 1t was the only one
in which there was no compromise
with matter. and which dared to deny
the material world, the flesh, and the
devil, because they were contrary to
His creative perfection; the only one
that dared to deny the actual exist
ence Of anything unlike God, and
therefore the only one ,that offered
assurance of healing after human
hope and human will and human rea-
! obii hdu idiitu
Do you suppose that when saw all
this accepted Christian Science ?
! No. Instead. for two years | read
everything could find against it
/ (and it was at time when there was
much criticism), in the hope of con.
yincing myself that it Mas not true.
for | saw that the spirituality OF
| Christian Science would not mix with
my profession, and | did not want to
| give up the practice of medicine But
The more | read against it. the more
! became convinced Of it's truth, until
finally | forsook the practice of medi
cine and adopted that of Christian
Science.
My experience, covering a period OF
nine years in the practice of medi
cine, followed by the practice OF
Christian Science, has proven to me
that the results following Christian
Science treatment are incomparabb
better than those following the use
of material means | should say. thai
so per cent of those who were sue
cessfully treated in Christian Science
were suffering from conditions which
had either been pronounced incur
able, or from which they had received
no relief through repeated attempts
with material means
We need to know something about
God, however in order to appropriate