Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-27

when the knowledge of Truth has
been correctly applied it has always
been attended by healing and re-
generation. The scriptures abound
in evidence that to understand God
brings healing. Especially is the
New Testament replete with the
statements of the liberty that comes
through "a right apprehension of
Him whom to know Alright is Life
eternal (Science and Health, Pref,
p. viii.
The fact that healing and the
knowledge of Truth by which we are
to get it has been passed over as not
meant for this time or for all man
kind. has been due to no fault of the
Bible in presenting it, but to our
attitude of thought in approaching
it. Because we had been educated
to believe that physical healing must
be brought about by material means,
we had not deemed it possible that
God had provided spiritual healing
from sickness and every form of err
ror, so we unconsciously studied the
Bible with the view of substantial
ting our preconceived notions about
what it ought to teach.
We are led through the study of
Christian Science to try to stop
viewing man as sick and SHINING, and
to accept the fact of his righteous
ness and dominion, which is insisted
upon throughout the Bible, and to
undertake to manifest this dominion
over all things.
No HEALING IN DRUGS.
To most of us the body, with its
many forms OF sickness and error,
seems to need most immediate at
tention,-first, because it has such
vast number of sicknesses to which
| it lays claims; and second, because
the history Of material means for
the alienation of these troubles
shows them to have been almost a
complete failure. l say almost a
complete failure, because the latest
remedy and the latest method, the
ones that have replaced last years
remedy and last years method, have
not as yet been proven useless; but
the history of the past hundred years
will repeat itself, AID next years
material means will replace what
will then be this years failures.
Some years ago a new and sup
posedly wonderful remedy was ad-
vocated for the treatment of pneu-
monia, AID the medical journals
were full of the records of the al
most instantaneous cures which hao
come about through its use. AS a
practicing physician / prescribed
this remedy at the first opportunity
that presented itself, but with no re-
suit. | have since come to see that
the remedy worked just so long as
it had some enthusiastic optimists
believing in it's efficacy, but failed to
work as soon as it became generally
used by a generally pessimistic pro-
fesslon; profession grown pessi-
mlstic through its continual history
of drug failure. This drug, in spite
of the marvellous cures accredited to
it for several years, has long since
gone the way of dismal failure of
those that preceded it.
Another famous remedy that came
into almost immediate prominence
within the last year or two, and
which has been lauded as al abso-
lutte specific for certain disorders, is
now being condemned by some of
its former supporters as doing no
good aid much damage. IT has been
remarkable both for the claims made
for its efficiency and the charges
made for its administration. 1t was
a brilliant success so long as peo-
pie believed il its efficacy, but it is
now fast becoming a dull failure.
OTHER MATERIAL METHODS FAIL.
Surgical and other material forms
OF treatment are in this same proc
ess OF change: 1t has only been a
very few years since soaring of parts
OF the body with red-hot iron was
advocated as good treatment, though
we would condem this now as bar
barous, and the day will surely come,
and it is mot far distant, when the
wholesale removal of tonsils and
the injections of the many kinds of
animal serums will be considered
quite as barbarous; for just so long
as We cling to materiality, to-day's
apparent success will be tomorrow
failure.
Vaccination has remained in a posi-
ton of supposed efficacy for a longer
PCllou tlldll any llilllS VI WHICH L kllOW.
We can, most of us, remember when to
be able to show good scar meant a
lifetime of protection. But the years of
its supposed usefulness are constantly
shortening, until now it is maintained
that it only protects for few years,
wdh an ever increasing coterie within
the ranks of the medical profession
maintaining that it does not protect
at all.
Again and again in toxic conditions
ard in immunity from contagion, the
Christian Scientist is proving that spir-
itual understanding gives the protection
of which Jesus spoke when he said to
those who believe, IF they drink any
deadly thing, it shall not hurt them"
Medical and surgical methods are
changing with such rapidity that among
the profession the idea of yearly examin-
atoms has at times been agitated, the
thought being that if it could be shown
that physician was not conversant with
the very latest method, he should not be
allowed to practice, - though this is adj
hitting that what was good practice
few years ago is not good practice tc
day.
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