C o p y r ig h te d 1884 by A. J. BWART8.

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AND SCIEN CE OE LIFE.
“ B e h o ld , / w i l l b rin g i t h e a lt h a n d c u r e , a n d I w i l l c u r e t h e m , a n d w i l l r e v e a l u n to th e m t h e a b u n !
d a n ce o f p e a c e a n d t r u t h . "

V o l . r. N O V EM BER , 1884. No. 2.

secret sources far w ithin the realm of the

-a A Valued Selection.-**- spirit. The nerve th a t vitalizes the hand
may be paralized by sorrow, doubt or fear,
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th at no remedy of materia medica can
MRS. CORA L. V. RICHMOND. reach.
Through fear of death men become
Separated as the science of medicine is at cowards, and through fear of disease they
the present day from all th at pertains to lose their m ental balance, and every force
m an’s spiritual nature, and so steadily of the system is turned into a negative
have the schools of m edicine drifted to state. The calm and healthful, the mind
ward m aterialism , th at it would shock th a t is not affected with fear is a very
not only the sensitive nature, not only the essential requisite in resisting disease.
religionist, but any candid and careful W hen it was claimed in the olden time
mind to witness the skepticism th a t be th at one would enter a fiery furnace and
longs to the different schools of materia not be consumed by tho flame, it was an
medica, more especially in the clinical de instance of extreme application of spiritual
partm ent and the dissecting room, and over physical force, showing w hat the
where there is free access to the physical m ind m ight accomplish by resisting dis-
body of man. T h at science cannot dis ■ease. lie who is a skillful physician and
cover the source of man’s m entality when intent upon his errand, rarely contracts a
the body is dead, and cannot trace the poisonous disease; contagion cannot reach
spirit, when the spirit is no longer there, him ; he is too fearless, too strong in his
is to them the deplorable kind of evi overpowering influence. T he same ele
dence th at man has no spirit. As though m ent applied generally would ward off not
when the body is no longer required, the only the general diseases, but the actual
spirit would linger for the dissecting m alaria and the contagion th at is in the
knife; as though the failure to discover atmosphere. I consider th a t the spread
th at which, like the incense of the flower, of diseases, like diptheria and others ac
flies away since the blossom is no longer credited of an animaleuhu or m alarial
there, proves man to have no spirit w hat nature, are often the result of fear and a
ever. negative condition in the individual sys
I t is not the external that the G reat tem th at renders th at person susceptible
H ealer is striving to reach, and th at the to the disease; a sym pathetic or psych
real science of medicine wishes to touch, ological power which will attract that
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noticed, in a g re at fatality , a man gen
erally dies by th a t disease which he most
fears. The enem y is w aiting for him; he
is a lit subject. If the fear is in his mind
it can attack him . A s a strong m agnetic
eye can conquer the infuriated beast until
it will lie faw ning a t your feet, while the
fearful man who Hies w ill be followed by
the enraged anim al, so disease is lurking
for him who fears it. B u t he who has a
stron g will and is fearless against it, there
can be no contagion for him. H e can
walk as one fully arm ed and clad in arm or
in the m idst of th e m ost deadly disease if
the m ind and body be rig h t.
T ake the word of kindness from him
who studies all hum an weaknesses, and
sym pathizes w ith you; who understands
that there m ust be sorrow and suffering
com m ensurate w ith hum an ignorance;
th a t at last by experience we shall learn
and trium ph over pain, and th a t the
g reatest healer is to be found w ithin your
selves.
T he tim e will come, w hen at the ap
proach of th e slig h test disorder or physical
d isab ility you w ill summon the physician
w ithin yourselves,—th a t strong, health
ful, life-giving wiU-poviei— th a t shall con
quer and redress the w rong th at is w ithin
you, and heal the disease.
I have known whole fam ilies to be cut
off by w hat is term ed consum ption, a sup
posed h ered itary disease, when i t was
perpetuated by the strong m ental power
of the m other brooding over h er offspring,
and one afte r another falling a victim to
the m ental, as well as to the physical
malady.
T here is no disease, dear friends, th a t
the hum an body is subject to, th a t is not
am enable to the healing power of the
spirit. T here is indeed no surgical opera
tion th a t is not w ithin the province of
spiritual power, eith er to overcome the
necessity for it, or to perform the opera
tion. B u t when a nation prays w ith its
lips fo r the restoration of a president’s
life, and entrusts th a t life to the probing
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process of several blind physicians who
do not know, w ithin several inches, the
location of the ball, the praying is nht
likely to be efficacious.
If you pray for the g ift of h ealing,a%
for it from the source of healing; if you
tru s t to science, have done with yohr
prayers, for it is he who cuts and slashes
the body th a t you tru st, no t the one who
heals it. If yon are to have spiritual
healing, do not, when your children a te
sick or yourselves, run to the lirst apothe
cary or chem ist, or the first physician, b h t
tru s t to the pow er th a t you believe h,.
You cannot pray w ith the sp irit and U
the same tim e do violence to th a t praynv
w ith your body. Tw o system s of practice
diam etrically opposed to each other can
never heal the world.
Cure yourself of fear, and the healing
is in your own palm s; cure yourself of
th a t dependence upon bigots, and the
healing is by your very side. T h ere is no
ultim ate panacea in any m ineral rem edy
for any organic disease in the hum an
body. Every particle of drug constructed
of m ineral, is poisonous to the hum an
frame. You do no t eat clay; you do n o t
swallow the d irt of the earth to give you
nourishm ent and v itality ; there is no
organic vitality in any m ineral rem edy.
V egetable remedies m ay be used in
cidentally, b u t even these are of such a
nature, th a t they should be applied under
the careful and vigilant instruction of th e
spiritual healer.
B ut chiefly, and only, and u ltim ately,
there is no greater power of healing th an
th a t contained in the hum an hand; a n d
the human will th a t benignly, calm ly and
cheerfully lends its m ight to th e sick
room is the m ost life-giving and health
giving agency th a t hum anity can possess.
T he miracles w rought in every age, and
the gifts of healing th a t have come down
even through the barrenness of theology,
prove to you th at the source of healing
m ust be w ithin, and th a t you m ust tu rn to
th a t well-spring where all life-giving
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agencies abide, before the healer can come
unto you.
O search out the crystal fountain!
Release yourself from the thraldom of
fear, and the little child th at is by your
fireside can drive away the racking pain,
by the tender touch of the delicate hand.
Even surgical operations of delicate kinds
•can be prepared successfully and per
formed by those endowed w ith the g ift of
the spirit.
Encourage these gifts; do not drive
th em from your doors by your superficial
fears, or your paltry adhesion to custom.
L et the schools of medicine depart with
the ancient schools of theology th at bear
them company. L et your theology that
would swallow up in its Gehenna the souls
of young children, depart w ith your sys
tem of medicine th at would also destroy
their bodies.
-^ T h e Honored Veteran.-**
DR. W . F. EVANS.
I t is with pleasure we give a few ex
trac ts from the highly appreciated work,
The Mental (Jure, written by I)r. W. F.
Evans, in New Hampshire in 1869. This
book is of value to every M. D. and to the
afflicted. It has 664 pages. F or sale by
Colby & R ich at Banner of L ight P u b
lishing House, Boston, as also by many
■dealers, at $1.50.
W hile common modesty denies to any
one the rig h t to assume to be the dis
coverer of the system of m ental healing,
seeing it was practiced in some form by
the prophets, by Jesus and by many spiri
tual teachers since; itm ay, nevertheless be
ju st to say th at Dr.Evans,and Dr. Quiniby,
are perhaps entitled to the chief credit of
first utilizing and developing it in a man
ner to be practicable, and to become high
ly useful as it is to-day with m ultitudes of
thinking people.
Dr. Evans was for twenty-five years an
acceptable clergyman. He has w ritten
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several works of interest to humanity, and
been instrum ental in accomplishing a great
am ount of good. He is now sixty odd
years of age. W e believe in giv in g jus
tice where it is due. “Header to Caesar the
things that are Caesar's, and to God the
things that are God's."
On page 98 Dr. Evans says: “If the ideas
wo have unfolded in this chapter are sound,
and we think they cannot be successfully
controverted, they constitute a new mode
of medical treatm ent, and may form the
basis of a successful practice of the healing
art. It, is a law, on the operation of which
we may rely, th at where a diseased condi
tion of the body is caused by a disordered
and morbid state of the spiritual life, if
we can induce upon ourselves, either
directly or through the medium of others,
the oposite modes of thought and feeling
as a permanent mental state, it will cure
the disease. Hundreds of facts could be
given to prove the uniformity of the action
of this law. All th at is necessary is the
power intuitively to detect the m orbid
state of the mind underlying the disease,
and how to convert the patient to a more
healthful inner life. All disease is, in its
cause, an insanity, using the term in its
radical or etymological sense, rather than
in its common acceptation. Its secret
spring is some abnormality, unsoundness
of the mind, some departure from that
most happy of all earthly conditions, ex
pressed in the terse line of .Juvenal, Sana
mens in sano corpora, a sound mind in a
sound body. And we think the tim e is
not far distant, when this fundam ental
tru th will be more fully recognized and
conformed to by all medical practitioners.
The therapeutic systems that acknowledge
the influence of the m ind upon the body,
are the most successful in the cure of dis
ease, as those of Hahnemann, Ling, and the
practitioners of what is called magnetism.
On pages 172, 173 he says: “A certain
m ental force, brought to bear upon some
parts of the brain, will send a glow of heat
over the whole surface of the body, pro-
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(hieing a tran sien t febrile state. .By an
other action of the m ind and will, wo can
produce alm ost instantly the opposite
physiological condition, and throw the pa
tie n t into a gentle perspiration. Are there
any drugs th at can equal the living force
of a m ind made in the imrnage of God, and
which incloses in its hidden depths a germ
of the one and only L ife? We have known
fevers, in th eir incipient stage, to be cured
by a psychological force in less than live
m inutes. In one case a person connected
w ith the W a r D epartm ent at W ashington,
was throw n into a profuse perspiration,
while the operator was quietly seated in
his lib rary in New H am pshire. M any
facts and testim onials could be given to
confirm th e statem ents we m ight make
in relation to th e wonderful effects pro
duced by the sim ple force of the mind.
H ut they would n o t seem credible to those
who do not understand the spiritual laws
governing such cases. W e aie ap t to for
g et th a t m ind is the only casual agent in
the universe, and th at all effects and phe
nom ena in the realm ol m aterial things
owe th eir origin to the action of spiritual
forces. T he sublim e movements of the
universe are all effects of a divine and
self-sustaining force, whose name is the I
AM, the L iving One, and whom the philo
sophic Greeks called Zeus, from a verb,
m eaning to live. T he whole realm of na
ture is subordinate to spirit, and controlled
by it. A ll physiological action is only an
ultim ation of psychological forces. All
vital m ovem ents are a display in the realm
of organized m atter of spiritual dynamics.
A nd sufficient hints and glimpses of truth
have been afforded us in this chapter to
w arrant the belief, or a t least, the hope,
th at the tim e is com ing when all cutane
ous diseases, and febrile states of the sys
tem —and th eir name is legion—will be
under the control of an intelligent use of
the living pow ers of the human spirit.
On page 240 he says: “Persons have
been s h o t dead with blank cartridges. A
fam iliar fact i s th a t of the E dinburg crim i
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nal who died from a supposed loss of bloodv
when it was only warm w ater that wa*
made to trickle over his arm after it w»*
barely pricked by the surgeons. Dr. Mooiv
m entions the case of a lady who died wit),
every symptom of hydrophobia, under
the m istaken notion th at she had beet,
bitten by a rabid dog, when it was demon,
strablc th at the anim al had only torn her
dress. One of the m ost instructive anq
satisfactory experim ents on record, show
ing the influence of the m ind in the genera
tion of fatal diseases, is th a t tried upon
four Russian crim inals, who had been con
demned to death for political offenses. l t
was reported in t he London Medical 'Time
T he cholera was raging at the tim e itl
Russia, and the crim inals, while ignorant
of the fact, were made to occupy beds on
which persons had recently died w ith the
disease. A lthough thus exposed to the
contagion, not one of them exhibited the
least symptom of the malady. A fte r this
they were told th at they m ust sleep on
beds th a t had been occupied by persons
who had been sick w ith the cholera. l>nt
in fact, the beds were entirely new, and
had never been used by any one. T h e ir
fearprovedto be a more powerful influence
than the contagion, for three out of the-
four took the disease in its most fatal form,
and died in four hours after the attack.
Such a fact, coming as it does to us well
authenticated speaks volumes ni favor of
the doctrine of the spiritual origin of dis
ease, and the efficiency of psychical rem e
dies. R ut the current m edical science*
while convinced o f the tru th of this, makes-
no practical use of it as a rem edial agency.
Y et it is an interesting fact,that the longer
a man has been engaged in the practice of
the healing art, the less confidence he bas
in medicinal compounds, and the more he
relies upon the vis medicatrix naturae, and
upon the principles of M ental H ygiene.’'
jv goou wire is like the ivy which beautifi
the building to which it clings, twining its te
drils more lovingly as time converts the ancie
edifice into a ruin.
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-:^ T h e Gift of Mealing.^5*
.lOKr, TIFFANY.
M r . E d i t o r : I thank you for the October num
ber of M i n d Cu r e . I send you a copy of my
collections of the long ago, 1850, a case of heal
ing through that good man, your near neighbor,
Joel Tiffany. A. R i c h a r d s o n .
P h i l a d e l p h i a , Pa., Oct. 21, 1884.
Among the gifts of the spirit, as enum
erated by the early teachers of C hristian
ity, was th at of healing. The m anifesta
tion of this power was considered a marvel,
and entitled the one exercising it to the
credit of being supernaturally assisted.
T his power is exercised in modern times,
and often very remarkable cures are
effected by what is claimed to be spiritual
agency. The fact that such cures are
effected, being determ ined, the conclusion
m ust follow, th at either they are the result
of spiritual agency, acting through the
mediumship of those by whose instru
m entality such cures are effected, or that
such cures can be effected by natural
means w ithout supernatural assistance.
If this latter hypothesis be true, then they
never were evidences of spiritual agency,
and we can assign no substantial reason
why the gift of healing should not be
stricken from the list of spiritual gifts.
T o show th at such remarkable cures do
take place, I cite a case which fell under
my own observation, and know to be true,
because I was myself the medium through
whom the cure was effected.
On Monday evening, the 20th day of
March last, I had an appointm ent to lec
ture at Kenosha, in W isconsin. Just
before evening I was called upon to go
and see a daughter of Mr. Lathrop Burges
of th at city, who was said to be lying at
the point of death. I was informed that
there had been a council of physicians in
her case th at afternoon, and th at it was
decided th at she had the dropsy on the
brain, and would probably die; th at her
face and neck were bloated; th at she was
entirely blind, and lay in a very stupid
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condition, etc., and that the parents desired
me to visit her, and see if anything could
be done. I informed the messenger that
I made no pretensions in th at direction,
although sometimes I had been successful
in curing the sick; but feeling a strong
influence upon me while talking, I con
cluded to visit her, and did so. 1 found
her in the condition above described. 1
placed my hand upon her forehead, and
soon came sufficiently into rapport with her
system to discover her condition, and told
her parents I thought she m ight survive.
I decided im m ediately th at it was a case
of congestion; and sitting down by her
side, I made an effort to equalize the cir
culation. In a few moments I had pro
duced a decided change, or at least such a
change was produced. I inquired for her
name and spoke to her, when she opened
her eyes, answered me, and I commenced
conversing with her, and she with me.
She could not see at this time. I was
obliged to leave for the lecture; but 1 in
formed the parents that I would return
after the lecture, and spend the night. I
returned about ten. T he p atien t was
restless until about one o’clock, when she
went into a natural sleep, and slept until
morning. I sat by her mostly until four,
keeping watch of her brain and pulse, and
keeping up an equal circulation. A t four
I left her in charge of her father and sister,
and lay down and slept two hours. A t six
I arose and found her still sleeping quietly.
I examined her pulse, brain, etc., and
found clear indications of a healthy
action. I awoke her, and inquired how
she felt. She replied th at she felt well,
had no pain, and could see as well as ever.
H er father and myself left the room,
when, with the assistance of her sister,
she arose, dressed, washed, combed her
hair, and went to her breakfast, as well as
ever she was, and continues so. And
thus in the morning, when the neighbors
expected to hear of her death, they heard
with great astonishm ent that she was well
and about the house.
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th a t conferred by the M exican planter, you

T his is a simple, unvarnished statem ent
will not forget th at m ankind is ever
of a single fact. W as there any spiritual
tru stfu l of the w orld’s advance corps.
agency in the m atter? Is it a continuance
You recall th e long list of names we no>y
of the prom ised g ift of the spirit? If it
love to honor, and whose pictures we no\y
is not, but was accomplished w ithout any
place
1 in the album of memory.. .* , Indeed r
spiritual agency, then it is possible th a t
there moves before our vision in quiclt
the gift of healing in ancient times should
succession, th e telescope, the printings
be accounted for in the same way.
press, the steam engine, the electric tel<*_
P . S.—I t is a dem onstrable fact th at we
graph, the spectroscope and the telephone,
im part an influence to every th in g w ith
and at th e ir side, like guardian angels, w<,
which we spiritually come in contact,
recognize m agnetism , clairvoyance, elaiiv
which influence may be detected by those
audiance, psychology and psychom etry-
who are susceptible to impressions. H ence
the latter, as well as the former, opening-
we im part a sphere characteristic of our
each a door in the tem ple of know ledge
spiritual condition, which is continually through which we g et new views of lif^
sending forth its influence, tending to re
and its mission.
produce itself. If th a t sphere be one of I t cannot be expected th at every readey
truth , p u rity and justice, we are adding of your journal will adopt your views oy
m om entarily so much to the redem ptive mine, b u t if i t awaken a sp irit of inquiry
influences of the external universe, and in which w ill eventually lead to the tru th , at)
view of this the future will rise up and
im portant object will be accom plished.
call us blessed. A nd since tru th m akes us free, we m ay
some d;iy feel ourselves b u t a little lowei-
-^-Distrust. -SH- tlian the angels; a t least, m ay reach ^
point where distrust shall be swallowed uj>
.7. 13. 1)13 WOLF, M.D. in earnest endeavor fo r tru th .
Englewood, 111., Oct. 24, 1884.
To the Editor of The Mind Cure and Science of Life.
M r . E d i t o r .—If you were to ride into “ I t is too late! A h, nothing is too kite
certain parts of Mexico, seated upon one T ill the tired heart shall cease to p alp itate
of Am erica’s most desirable plows, hold Cato learned Greek a t eighty; Sophocles.
ing the reins of four proud stepping W rote his grand (Edipus, and Sim onides
horses in one hand, and an illustrated cat Bore oil: the prize or verse from his coin-
alogue in the other, representing a variety
peers,
of machinery which would seem to place W hen each h ad num bered more than fo u r
farm ing among the fine arts; and m eeting
score years,
a farm er, should oner your service in the A n d T h e o p h r a s tu s , a t f o u rs c o re a n d t e n ,
plowing of his ground, he would confer H a d b u t b e g u n h is C h a rte r s o f Men.
upon you at once the title of “ crank.” C h a u c e r, a t W o o d s to c k w ith th e n i g h t i n
Since you were not in possession of a
g a le s,
wooden plow, drawn by a mule, or a cow, A t sixty w rote the C anterbury Tales;
or both, as is th eir custom, he would not Goethe at W eim ar, toiling to th e last,
entertain your proposition. Com pleted F au st when eighty years w ere
You are to-day, sir, riding through the
past.”
cultivated and uncultivated fields of med
ical science, and despite the many ’path- “ T ruth crushed to earth will rise again,
ies and ’isms, you propose to turn a fur- The eternal years of God are hers ;
row; and if you should receive in this While Error, wounded, w rithes in pain,
departm ent, the same honorary title as And dies amid her worshipers.”

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sachusetts and all the New England States.
From New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan,
Illinois, Iowa, W isconsin, Kansas and
California, numerous orders have been re
ceived, and many friends have w ritten in
a very encouraging manner, and at least
one hundred have voluntarily offered to
act for us in obtaining subscribers.
Friends, we heartily thank you all, and in
addition to the compensation offered in
this issue, we hope heaven will bless and
reward you bountifully.
W e sincerely t hank the Banner o f Light,
the lieligio-Philosophical Journal, The
New Thought, The Olive Branch, L ight
f o r Thinkers and The Grand M ound Her
ald, for kindly inserting our opening
notices free of charge, and for all the
fraternal notices they have given us.
The many hundreds who have w ritten us
for specimen copies, have in nearly every
case given credit to the journal that led
them to it. O ther publications will kindly
extend their aid and lead us in our infancy
by their strong hands.
Many who order specimen copies, are
practicing physicians, and nearly all of
these write a word of welcome to our sys
tem, and say the m ental cure will in time
take the place of drugs in healing. Some
of these physicians are now our sub
scribers, and among them we note several
who are graduates, in various schools of
medicine, from the best universities of
Europe and America.
The book dealers have given us encour
agement, and a fair number have opened
an account with us, and say they can sell
it well, and will obtain subscribers for us.
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A very creditable number of magnetic
healers are ordering it, and they nearly all
w rite th at they have for a long time been
turning their thoughts tow ard our system.
Some of these give due credit to Dr.
Evan’s “M ental Cure” and highly endorse
it. I t is gratifying to see the magnetic
healers looking beyond the necessity of
coming in contact with their patients in
any way. If they will practice the mind
treatm ent only, they will be surprised to
witness its results. Many of this class of
healers have—we say it to th eir credit—
cured various cases by simply im parting
truth, and correct rules of living, with no
physical contact whatever. We trust
many more will “do likewise,” and thus
discover facts for themselves. A m ag
netic healer in M assachusetts voluntarily
sent us one hundred and forty-six names,
for specimen copies. W e have much
charity for these healers, and choose not
to decry them; yet, while they treat by
m anipulation, our system and theirs are
not alike; but theirs helped to pave the
way for the purely m ental healing, and
now we trust they will learn and practice
it, as their legitim ate right, and allow no
one to forbid them, but depending upon
God, or Life, move forward.
Thus far we have m et earnest and
cordial greetings far beyond our expecta
tions, and there are many reasons to be
lieve the people generally will sustain our
work. W e expect opposition. Others in
the same field have met it, and all reform
is stoutly opposed. W e will stand or fall
upon our merits, or demerits, but we have
decided not to go down because of the
decree of one, or of a million. W e mean
only the welfare of humanity, and hope
lovingly to enlighten, and relieve the
burdens of many of our dear brothers and
sisters in toil. God and angels bless you
all.
W e may not in our diction, please the
lestlietic taste. In journalism we will do
the best we can, from time to time, yet
humbly say, we do not expect to measure
24 THE MIND CUKE AND SCIENCE OF LIFE.
up to the erudite and experienced. W e
ask not to be thus understood as we
make no such pretensions. W e wish
to do w hat we can in love, and.kind intent,
to relieve the sorrows and pains of the
dear ones we can reach. W e cannot
afford to throw stones at any one, not
even in our own defense, or very rarely
so. T he dog, th at in good nature carried
hack the club to the feet of the angry man
who threw it at him, was the w iser
philosopher of the two. W e hope to
practice charity at all times, as we err in
our own ignorance, and need it in return
from others.
Our claims are few and simple, and we
shall move forward in our own sphere, and
shall accept the criticism , or the eulogy,
th a t others see we m erit. W e m ake no
boast against any one, nor do we envy any
soul who has worked his way up to g reat
ness, or to fame. W e would not accept
one star from the diadem of another, if we
could, nor shall we ask one to shine for us,
unless by our own works and loving deeds,
others may place it there.
W h a t newspapers does a gentlem an de
sire when he kisses a lady? No Observers,
no Spectators, but as many Times as you
please.
If I can put one touch of a rosy sunset
into th e life of any man or woman, I
shall feel th at I have worked w ith God.—
George MacDonald.
P are n ts who invest one dollar to let
th e ir fam ily read this magazine on the
tru e science of health, w ill confer a
g reater blessing upon them than the g ift
of gold. T ry it one year and then judge.
A brilliant preacher in a lunatic asylum
asked by a curious visitor: "W lnit brought
h ere ?” “ W hat will never bring you h
was the sharp reply. “ And what was tin
asked the visitor. “ An over-wrought hr;
replied the lunatic.
T h is m a t e ria l w a s co p ie d
a t t h e NLM a n d m a y be
Su b je c t US C o p yri g h t L a w s
-Proverbs.-^
It is w rong to strike a friend.
Don’t postpone good w orks—do them notV.
There is a bond of sympathy between all %-eat
souls.
Place four nines so as to equal one hun'lrcd.
<)<) 9-9.
Proverbs are the cream of a nation’s thought.
—Anon.
He hath riches sufficient who hath enough to
be charitable.
It takes but little, sometimes, to create rtotgl
happiness or sorrow.
We will never accomplish good results U*tl<sss
we labor for them.
The two best books for a child are a ifOod
mother’s face and smiles.
’Tis the great art of life to manage well the
restless mind.—Armstrong.
I f poverty is the m other of crime, want of
sense is the father.—Do la Bruyere.
To suffer through those we love is ten limes
worse than to suffer ourselves.
Guard well yo ur health by reading T h e ? H k d
C u k e a n d S c i e n c e o k L i f e one year.
Gentility is a crown all should wear who hope
for the respect and esteem of fellow men.
We see the world through our own e)’e$—
hence we should keep them clear and bright,
The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish
defy it, the wise judge it, the skilful direct it.
In religion, as in friendship, they who profess
most are generally the least sincere.—Sheridan.
Thus. Jefferson said, “ T ruth is independent,
it will stand alone, it needs no prop to sup
port it.”
Bad habits are the thistles of the heart ; and
every indulgence in them is a seed from w hich
will come forth a crop of rank weeds.
W hat a world of gossip would be prevented if
it were only remembered that a person who tells
you of the faults of others, intends to tell others
of your faults.
Strength must be found in thought or it will
never be found in the words. Big sounding
words, without thought corresponding, are
effort w ithout effect.
Young man, remember that a f riend is another
self. 1 lie one needs the assistance of the other.
If you have found a true friend, be thou tru e to
him, for ye know not at w hat hour that friend
will prove himself to you a friend indeed.
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1 feel that the importance of a more per

- ^ -In d iv id u ality. ^ :-
I>R. K. W. HALOWIN.
To the Mdiior of The Mind Cure and Science of Life.
Mu. E d i t o r . —/Vll life, all intelligence,
all directing power are in (lie mind. Mat
ter of which the physical is composed is
infused with this life, this mind, and
rightly understood, can, and should he
controlled by it. Every muscle of the
body, is naturally a servant of the mind;
if wrong education has made it otherwise,
it is not too late to give the right methods
and systems their regal sway again. The
whole distance from barbarism to com
plete civilization and the highest order of
harmonious life, is one of transition, and
all of the myriads of steps are fraught
with more or less of error.
In medicine, in theology, in law and in
business, the education has been one of
development. Estim ating that each trans
itional period of travel is from one goal
to another goal, it is certain that we have
not yet passed over one half of the dis
tance. Possibly the progress of medicine
has been the most laggard of all the de
partm ents. However, progress has been
made, and now the world is brought to
answer the question w hether there is not
a remedial agency, more natural still, and
higher yet than any of the preceding
modes.
The wonderful power of the mind over
the body to elevate in joy, and to depress
in fear, is universally seen and acknow
ledged; hut can this mighty resource,
which we adm it is possessed by every
human being, however poor in other re
spects, he utilized for wider and more
practical uses than has hitherto been
known, has come to he one of the ques
tions of the hour, which is forcing itself
upon the scientific world for solution.
in this communication I do not claim
to speak words of authority, as my expe
rience lias not been sufficient to warrant
decided opinion. The most 1 can say is,
fect individuality for the race, is enough
to cause a pleasurable interest in every
new idea. Should the Mind (lure system
result in giving us a more elevated indi
vidual life, the labors for it will have
proved exceedingly profitable. Even
though it should no more than modify ex
isting systems, the prize is worthy of the
e ffort.
If correspondents are not as fully in
the mental claims as you are, bear with
them, please, as you are not responsible
for their position.
Englew ood, Ills, <>ct. '2ii, 188 t.
- ^•A n Ex tra ct.-«<-
Tho fact of our continuing the use of
medicine, when we profess to be depend
ing on “ the prayer of faith,” would imply
a lack of faith either in God’s power or
willingm *.8S to heal. A nd thus we hinder
the work of healing, by clinging to that
which indulges our belief. Not so much
the medicine itself that hinders God’s
work in our bodies, blit our unconscious
dependence on it prevents our exercising
full faith to grasp the promises.
If F rely on medicine, 1 lim it myself to
the natural efficacy of medicine; if, how
ever, I cast aside these remedies—-so
often imperfectly applied—and obey tin-
instructions given in Jam es V: 14-1 ">,
T do not oppose natural laws, hut get up
into the infinite resources of an Alm igh
ty Creator. If’ I really have faith to ac
cept the promise of healing as contained
in this quotation, I shall consider m edi
cine superfluous, and my giving it up will
he an evidence of my faith.
<.'AltltllC E. .1Kill).
Buffalo, N. V.
Brief reports of cures th at correspond'
with our system are solicited for our col
umns. Many doctors and healers know of
im portant cures th at were purely mental.
Let'us hear of some of them please.

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THE MIN!) CURE AND SCIENCE OF LIFE.

THE MIND SURE AND SEIEN.GE OFbjPE. ing any one with drugs or in any otlgr
I'liblislu-d on tlie Second Snturdny in *' T ( ,,,
way. W e think reform has need ()f
IS T Ilin V N B IHUI.DlNti, - • .1 ' the harmless, efficacious system they j u s
B Y T H E MINI. C lT Jtl W B U S ltlK G ASSOCIATION, tice. If tliey had not been the obedi
A. .1. SWAH'I’S, Editor end Secretary. ent instrum ents, others would have be^ii.
lor this work is to be done, and tli nffl&itffl
sliltS C K Il’TK.N IN ADVANCE. {W
<>m* Y ear, - - ' ' .50 Cure will ore long take the place of medi
six M onths, -
Single Copies, - ' . cine, and do for hum anity what medicine
> "Spv.c'mtvn ('opits r /■<•«•■ ^ could never do.
Hcinit.lanc.oM ctv corrcHpontltmce may be atUlrc^M t U>
A ssociation or the Editor. If t.hedcnnnid leads* •
iss u e , i t will cost; after said change, y early ,. •
. av),-()
1)(1
Therapeutics and Pharm acy may com
pay present, rates before we may issue '^.'Y^voihsi'riO- plain, it is true, and may regard these n,,,v
e n titled to get it. each week to tile close ot then •
lion w ithout extra charge. ,, timlijn.r atl- methods as invaders of th eir domain, ym
AdvertisSng rates, 10 cents per line. b<n »tnn »
vertiseinents and special rates address the Edit . ^ this is no proof against tlie true and pip-e
I>octors and Healers, send in your notices;
character of the M ental (Jure. but rather a
Any p u b lish er who may wish to exchange n i t '1u- ’ 1^ *
'h-op u s a line to th a t effect. __ potent endorsem ent of it. These aggres
• & *T I'abtlskurs who ill*',-l the ubo vc "mti- sive moves are principles and laws directed
amt. c o ll atlaitlim to " M o ru iU S ,'-' , by evolution itself, or by the Aimighty-
" '■"HU
'.I'.'ir o f Till.; M i n i . O i i . k a n .. * ; '? « “ ',« *•< f " '"
"•ante,l /„j othis
r U,n, f rU,„t.
ogee. iirnntliil" m a r t" ' ">I ■ ness of nature. W here is the used yet
failing system of either medicine, or inorjil
m a t t e ™ * :l1 tIle POBtofflee in Chicago, 111-, «* #ccond
ethics th at will stand in the way of the in
evitable, or th at can contravene principle
^ Metaphysics, or Mind Sure?' in which are as high as the highest interest
of tlie race?
E v id en tly itially who have learned of It is not for us to discrim inate between
" u r M in * i itn F riti,ismxci A s s o .c ia, tj )hW io n these various schools in Boston, or to giye
fo r m in g m Chicago, have " ° m 11 H 'l/'e- an opinion as to which one may be move
'<■ lo o k s upon th e Mental correct than the others, or most successful
to p h u s ici«n, of Boston. in healing. As to the one item or procegS
v i n o u s in d iv id u a ls , a s , l i a t U * r. of curing an afflicted person, we endorse
D uplication will assume ui u >i» them all. We both know and have heard
"‘A re -
th e M 11 iv itli them , or against them ?” “ Is many commendable facts about each 0f
^ t ^ O O u r e treatm ent tlie same us tlu these heads. W e, h owever, prefer the term
vvl l)hy«ica’ m ethod?” etc. Mind Cure, or M ental Cure, to that of Me
i"< o u r * no hesitation whatever in deliu- taphysics. T he last term lias been used
'U'v0 to wa r ds tliein. W o be- for ages by thinkers in a more general ap
'o u r heads or sch.x ■- , of the 1>°S-
cople; plication to mind or intelligence, while the
to n m e n ta l healers are good h<>"•_ 1, A M etaphysicians—these healers—use it in
am i w 0 are satisfied they ari' d0 the restricted or distorted sense that as
NVovk in th e
Uiseaso. and unportant m atter of curing sumes sole proprietorship. T his works a
s.y.st ’u teaching others the best confusion to society in general who would
fro in '." l>l'act'1C(,d. T hey have keen heard use it in its custom ary place. N either the
eruv] 've 'eel sure tliey will never he title w.o have adopted, or th at introduced
<lox<>r 0 ,,t' * *ley are in true reform and by Dr. W. F. Evans many years ago,
I<n 1V Success. “ ]’>v th eir works ye shall “Mental Cure,” thus confuse any standard
r 'v th em .”
term, but are more acceptable to the pub
V], 'VO|,d from friend and foe is th a t lic as consistent titles for this system of
'le v ,. 'U<' <ul lnS all classes of disease. W e cure; hence we do no t now claim to be a
hon ^'aiv.l of th eir burning any one s Metaphysician as they use the word, nor
stealing any property, or harm- do we wish to be in the strait the term

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places tlicm. W e yield the honors with
the ambiguity. T h e one who twisted
the word Metaphysics, to mean a system
of healing, is chiefly responsible for the
ju s t censure the public holds for the deed.
A proper sign over th e ir door would seem
to be the one used over the door of a cer
tain mechanic’s shop, “ All kinds of turn
ing and tw isting done here.”
W e strongly disown the term, “ Chris
tian Science,” adopted by the P resident of
the Massachusetts Metaphysical College.
It is pretensions and misleading. I t as
sumes to be an endorsem ent of Christianity
while the system of ethics or religion the
P re sid e n t teaches is P antheistic, and is far
removed from the standard of any creed.
W e would not be understood to speak dis
respectfully of the honored term Christian,
nor of the term Science, nor yet of the r e
ligious beliefs of the one referred to, but
in common with Christians we would be
excused from the inconsistency of trying
to unite the two, and thereby losing the
force of both. It is not sufficient to claim
th a t it means the method C hrist or rather
J e su s used in healing, for we find in the
narrations, as shown by a contribution to
ou r first issue, ‘•The Method of Jesus in
C uring,” th a t he came in actual contact in
seventeen recorded instances of healing,
a g a in st nine cases where lie healed with
the Mind only, or w ithout touching them.
W e cite the fact th a t .Jesus most generally
touched his patients, not to argue the
necessity, or the wisdom of any who do so
to-day, b u t to show th a t this title adopted
by those who do not come in contact, can
not bo because it is practicing the Christ
method, as he did come in contact.
W e would not be found criticising these
term s, were it n ot necessary in order to
show society, th a t we refuse to be regarded
ns “ Christian Scientists.” F or a few weeks
after we received a majority of lessons, in
a course of twelve lessons taught by the
P re s id e n t of the above college, we enter
tained the title, b u t soon decided to aban
don it. W e endorse the method of cure
T h is m a t e r ia l w a s c o p ie d
a t t h e HUM a n d m a y be
Su b j a c t US C o p yri g h t L a w s
a n d s c ie n c e o f l if e .
they use, and we practice it, but we do not
endorse their various belief • and assnmp
lions as interpretations of the Bible, and
as a code of morals or a system of ethics.
Again, we wish not to be known as “ C h ris
tian Scientists,” because of the enormous
price charged for instructions, so simple,
and so easily im parted as heaven’s free
boon to humanity.
If by the term Mind Cure, it is to be
understood we are to endorse the above
practices and beliefs, we say, no, the two
are not the same. W h en if comes to tin-
work of curing only, they are the same.
W hile then we believe in, and endorse
the Mind Cure, wc endorse at the same
time w hat they mean b y the Metaphysical
Cure, and this journal will give the full in
structions in detail from time to time, as
also the practical rules for curing one's
self and every class of disease.
W e wish all the Metaphysicians well;
and after this justifiable explanation, we do
not expect to allow our journal drawn into
any apparent antagonism towards them.
A m ajority of them are entirely free from
the points we criticise above,and to all such
we extend (lie m ost fraternal feelings and
endorsement, and we will be glad to receive
contributions from them; and histories ol
cures for insertion in our columns.
W c also advise charity towards the large
and nob!" force of the pure, among the M ag
netic Healers. W e cannot surely forget.the
great work they have wrought in remov
ing the barriers and preparing the way for
our system. W h ile we tread the ground
they have t illed, let us be thankful for their
heaven-blessed deeds, and while we feel
we have grand success in th e Mental Sys
tem only, let us kindly keep our doors open
to all of them who will enter in, and will
live true and u p right lives before God and
m ankind. W e as heartily extend to them
our good wishes, and hope we may con
tinue to hear from them, as we have already
from many. Friends o f the M agnetic sys
tem, the M in d dure is yours also. C l a im i t ,
n u n i n i it .
 I?.k THE MINI) CURE AND SCIENCE OF LIFE.
^M istakes.
Says one: ‘"W e have only to believe
ourselves to be well, and we shall be well.”
Says another: “ My belief had nothing to
do with disease, I had the disease before
I knew it.” My friends, you both are
mistaken; neither statem ent is correct, and
m etaphysics would destroy both those be
liefs before healing you.
'The author of “ Science and H ealth”
never said to a patient, and never taught a
student th at to believe yourself well,heals
you. Your diseases are your beliefs, and
you cannot in science, if you can through
vaccination, cure one disease by producing
another, neither can you destroy one be
lief by another belief. You will find in
my text-book of mental healing, entitled.
“ Science and Health,” the following:
“ Belief taken at its best is not promotive
of health; unless every ill and error is
conquered by T ru th they are never des
troyed.” Not bis p atien t’s belief, or faith,
but the doctor's understanding of T ruth
m asters sickness in m ental science.-...Prof.
Ethl;/, in Journal o f Christian Science.
Growing item.
A good editor m ust always he in his
write m ind.— Merchant Traveler.
And have a sort of pen-chant, for work.
— South and West.
And live within his ink-come.—.Jewish
Messenger.
1 he latter is ink-consistent.— Clinton
Age.
I his is shear-nonsense.— Davenport 1Ja
nette.
We don’t think it paste to make such
puns.— Clinton Herald.
Proof i t .— Fulton Journal.
II you folks don’t keep quiet, some per
son will use a stick on you.— Lyons Adver
tiser.
A shooting-stick and let the d—1 have
a fat tak e.-— The Grand Mound Herald.
Press it.
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Su bj a c t US C o pyri g ht La w s
Mind Drops.-^-
P etienl w aiters,--Y oung doctors.
W hat tilings increase the more you contra
them ? Debts.
Whore is happiness always to be found ?—)
tin; dictionary.
Did lie kick the bucket, d o cto r;'” groan, 1(f
the incorrigible wit.
" T is the wondrous workings of the mind
T hat surpass all wisdom of mankind.”
Why is a cautious, prudent man like a piq »
Because his head prevents him from going t,)l(
far.
Why is an old man s house always easy
enter '! Because his gait is broken and his loe).^
are few.
.Many have heard of " Patience on a moil,,,
m ent,” but more have seen patients under
monument.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon i>t,r
old age, payable with interest about thirty years
after date.
The minds of our statesmen, like the pupil ,,f
iho hum an eye, contract when light is pour,.,j
into them .— Moore.
A sound mind is a sound body; if the form,,,-
he the glory of the latter, the latter is indispen
sable to the former.
Idleness is the most corrupting tly that eq,)
grow on the human mind. Men learn to do jjj
by doing that which is next to it—nothing.
• John, did Mrs. Breen get the medicine ]
ordered t ” said the doctor to his hired man. ■•[
guess so. for I saw crape on the door this morn
ing. ”
A. doctor attending a wit who was very ill,
apologized for being late one day, by sayipg
that. he had to stop to see a man that had fallen
in a well. . ^
....i f it, be true th a t physicians have plenty to d,>
attending to imaginary ailments, it is equally
true th at the sick have plenty to pay for imagin
ary cures.— Odd Fellow's Magazine.
Medicine w ithout strong drink. Recovery
without tippling. Strength without, danger of
downfall. Help a man up without knocking
him down, (hire the invalid’s ailments without
making a wreck of him.
A doctor w riting to a New York paper, depre
cates the publishing by the press of eases of hy
drophobia, as, he said, in nine cases out of ten.
the fear of the disease brought it on.—.Tournnl o f
<'hri.ittan Science.
 THE MIND CURE AND SCIENCE OF LIFE.
SCIEN TIFIC
For The Mind Cure and Science of Life:
-AM ind and Matter.~*«-
c h a b i .e s m ’l e a n , m . d ., e l . d
Mind is a thinking, acting, intelligent
power of eternal existence. Science knows
nothing of its origin, nature or clesting
ap art from the human brain, which is its
only terrestrial abode.
M atter is a quiescent, inert substance,
which occupies space. In some form or
other, M atter is as eternal as Mind. It is
changeable in form, but indestructible in
nature. T here are only two known enti
ties in Space and Time; Mind and Matter.
Does L ife come from M atter or from Mind ?
M atter lias no life in itself, therefore it can
not give life to anything else. It never
thinks or moves of itself, it is always pas
sive, and only acts as it is acted upon.
Analyze an atom or a world of atoms, and
you can find no life in one or in a million.
T here is no proof th at M atter ever pro
duced a living being. Give a m aterialist
a jelly-fish, or any living creature, and he
will soon make a monkey or a gorilla. But
how does he account for the origin of life?
lie will never find it in mud-philosophy,
because out of nothing, nothing comes.
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DEPARTM ENT.
There is no life in M atter. W hy not try
mental philosophy?
M ind therefore must be the real source
of Life. No Mind however, created all
.
things out of nothing, as something existed
eternally. Space and Time existed of ne
cessity. P rim ary M atter also existed eter
nally. The earth, however, is not eternal.
If it were, all the mountains and
the hills would have long ago crum
bled into dust, by the finger of time.
Mind is known by its works, thought,
reason and understanding. I t is a
power which has an innate living mo
tion. Thought, reason, and u nderstanding
are not Mind, but the result of Mind.
Mind thinks, and wills from its own innate
impulses and emotions. W h at a wonder
ful capacity has Mind for acquiring know
ledge; no lim its can be set to the sphere
of its action. Great achievements are per
formed by the human mind. By the aid
of the telescope the philosopher scans the
starry heavens, and brings within his view
unknown worlds. T aking the microscope
in hand ho can see a world of anim ated na
ture upon a single leaf of the vegetable
kingdom. I le dives into the waters of the
m ighty deep and grasps the latent power
of steam, making it turn with gigantic
force the iron arms of machinery. See
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him clim bing the lofty skies on scientific
wings, seizing the spirit of the thunder
bolt, fixing it to our planet, annihilating
distance, surpassing the wings of time and
flashing our thoughts across the rolling
wastes of the trackless deep, to distant
continents. By the m ariner’s compass
he guides his way over perilous oceans and
holds communion with the inhabitants of
the most d istan t lands. M ark him soar
ing upward and onward into the regions
of the worlds above us, counting their
numbers, m easuring th eir orbits, and
w atching their m ighty revolutions around
each other. Thus he makes the elem ents
of nature bend to his will and obey his be
hest.
T he finest of the fine arts, however, is
the art of doing good. W h at is real good,
but tru th ? To discover truth and to do
right, is to solve L ife’s problem. T oil on
ye seekers after tru th ; explore, invent,
improve, whatever is useful to mankind,
in art, in science or in true philosophy.
T here are h arbors along the course of time,
th a t have never been explored. lh e
boundless, unexplored lies still before you.
F ear nothing but ignorance and falsehood.
I t is eternally rig ht to do good to all. 1 his
is an age of doubt, of fear, and of suffering.
Old dogmas, and old theories, are crum b
lin g to dust, and are driven like chalf be
fore the wind by the march of tru th and
reason. Any philosophy or religion which
is founded upon dogmas or theories m ust
perish. B ut a philosophy, a science which
is planted upon the eternal Ilock of T ruth
and Reason m ust survive all other systems.
T he world is sick of beliefs and theories.
T his practical age will have nothing bu t
real facts. Every h onest seeker after truth
who wants to benefit hum anity and have
a seat in “ T he Tem ple of fame which
shines afar,” m ust leave forever the fossil
remains of m aterialism and dogmas, and
join the great army of m ental philosophers
who have truth, reason and light to lead
them on forever in the path of true felicity.
Bear aloft to heaven, the unstained ban
T h is m a t e r i a l w a s c o p i e d
a t t h e NLM and m ay be
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ner of tru th ; then, sin, error, pain, sie^.
ness and death will disappear. Truth
m ighty and will prevail against ignoran<,e
sorrow and woe.
T h e degeneracy of hum anity is excitii)(f
the m ost anxious solicitude of all good poQ.
pie. Unless a radical change is soon ii>M;.
tu ted in m edical science, health will bid „
m ournful farew ell to our sucessors. Tl;e
a rt of healing is founded upon anatonw
and p hysiology. Anatom y, physiology ap j
pathology, however, are f a r from maturity
and they are very complex sciences. The$e
facts combined w ith the artificial inann<jr
of liv in g adopted by the people of our tim^
account fo r th e alarm in g increase of dis,.
ease. W e study natural, scientific an<}
spiritual laws, b u t forget the laws of health
W h a t are all the laws of nature but min<j
w orking?Therefore the greatest,the noble^
study of hum anity is m ind. T he most pr<j_
valen t disease of to-day is m ind d iseas^
caused often by m oney fever. Gold is the
m ost popular god of to-day. W h at is gohj
b u t jm ison? W ho can m inister to sue}}
diseased m inds? E xtract th is yellow poison
from the m ind and give i t tru th , justice
and honesty instead, then we shall have
health for disease, sanity fo r insanity>
felicity for m isery. M ost people are more,
or less insane on some fav o rite subject
which m ay be called th eir hobby. A peiv
fectly sane person is a healthy person,.
Disease, therefore, is a m orbid condition
of the m ind. A sane m ind is the greatest
good, an insane m ind is the greatest evil.
M athem atically speaking w hatever exists
m ust have its opposite. Evil, therefore,
m ust be as eternal as the good. T his is
the g re a t conflict of ages. W hatever
exists now, existed eternally, and m ust
exist forever. T h is conflict m ust go
on forever. Is this not an eternal
fact? How can it be an eternal fact
w ithout being an eternal necessity? T h e
body can not live w ithout food, n eith er
can M ind exist in a sound condition with
out a stimulus. R easonable excitem ent
therefore is necessary for good health.
 THE MIND CURB AND SCIENCE OF FIFE.
Too much excitement is as great an evil
as too little. T ruth is usually found be
tween two extremes. An enlightened
sound mind, therefore, is the safest and
best remedy for all the ills of humanity.
“ O tell me, Mighty Mind,
Where art thou? Shall I dive into the deep?
Cull on the sun? or ask the roaring winds
For their Creator? Shall I question loud
The thunder, if in that the Almighty dwells?
Or holds he furious storms in straightened reins,
And bids fierce whirlwinds wheel his rapid car ?
The nameless H e ! whose nod is nature’s birth
And nature’s shield the shadow of his hand;
Her dissolution his suspended smile!
The great First, Last! pavilioned high he sits
In darkness, from excessive splender borne,
By gods unseen, unless through lustre lost.
Ilis glory, to create glory, bright,
As that to central horrors; ho looks down
On all that soars, and spans immensity.”
-^ T ru e Healing.-^5-
T iie F ir s t , o p a Se r ie s o f A r t ic l e s b y
t h e E d it o r , o n t iie Co r r e c t U n d e r
s t a n d in g o p D is e a s e , a n d H o w t o P r o
ceed U n d e r t h e M e n t a l Sy s t e m , in
t h e C u r e o p Se l f a n d O t h e r s .
I t would be difficult to name any work
more noble or God-like than the work of
correctly teaching humanity, and curing
the. sick. In all the recorded acts of Jesus
we find nothing above this. To teach and
to heal—which means to save—was his
highest object. He became a “saviour,”
by first becoming a saver, or a healer, a
physician, lie was a saviour of the whole
man, soul and body, hence of necessity
was a Mind Healer only. He never
adm inistered drugs, but always used
means th at required action of mind. The
true Mind H ealer of to-day is more suc
cessful in the general treatm ent of disease
than Jesus was, which only proves his
saying true, “He that believeth on me,
the works th at I do, shall he do also; and
greater works than these shall he do.”
W e must not forget th at diseases are
more complex in our age than in his. In
T h is m a t e ri a l w a s c o p ie d
a t t h e NLM a n d m a y be
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8t
his tim es the people lived on more health
ful and plain food. They lived more in
the out-door life. Swine were not eaten
by those he m ingled with. The excesses
of fashion, and of appetite had not sown
the causes of disease in the human body;,
but nearly every person in our C hristian
nations suffers more or less because of these
sins. Christian countries are earnest in
their work, but th eir work is not truly
reforinitory in its character and results.
The true teacher is the true healer. In
past times the spiritual teacher was the
one sought to cure the sick, but this power
is surely not claimed by the clergy of to
day. It has by them been given over into
the hands of doctors, who, as a rule, do
not profess to be teachers of any estab
lished code of morals, hence, they are not
the true healers.
The doctors and the clergy have both
tried to draw a separating line between
sin and sickness. They fancy a distinc
tion; hence, the doctor reasons that he has
nothing to do with the soul of the sick,
and that the clergyman must attend to
that. The clergyman says it is the doc
tor’s place to take care of the body ; so,
between the allotments of the two, as dis
tinct spheres, the chief welfare of the
patient is not reached. The doctor is
often pressed into the work of the clergy
man, by trying to allay the moral tears of
the supposed dying one, and by an honest
effort to answer, as the m inister would,
the dying man’s questions of a moral
character. Because of the sick m an’s
fears, he presses the clergyman for his
opinion and knowledge of the medicines.
W e know the assurances given by both,
are usually the chief means of the cure.
He gets well, not because of the medicine,
but because of the mind-work of the two.
The mental healer of to-day, who lives a
pure and honest life, whose nature is full
of love and tenderness, and who is not
troubled with the fossilized and worn-out
fancies and beliefs of either of the pro
fessions named, comes to the sick man and
 32 THE MIND CURE AND SCIENCE OF LIFE.
cures him, often instantly, by simply
om iting the chief work they respectively
revered, and by wisely handling the
m ental, which they had incidentally done
w ith the only good effect.
In th e M ind Cure system we go to the
one suffering from his affected terrible
condition, w ith neither drug or a theolog
ical fear. W e depend upon that which is
greater than either, as we regard both as
only the results of mortal, or undeveloped
reasoning. W e depend upon Mind, in its
entirety, and not upon any deductions or
beliefs. W e neither hold our p atien t’s
hope in drugs, or in any mere religious
assurance, w hich only a few believe in, bu t
we hold it in the clear understanding, the
knowledge of true being; which knowl
edge or attainm ent, is our own health, or
salvation, and then becomes theirs also, by
the un ity, or interblending o f mind.
The people are n o t correctly ta u g h t by
the clergy, or by the doctors. These
teachers, as well as the people, are
all in the m aterial. They are n ot spiritual.
T h ey believe very generally in m atter,
and but a little in mind. You cannot get
into the new, unless you can get out of the
old. To take hold, nearly always means
first to let go. P e te r would never have
walked on the water, if he had not let go
of the boat. W hile he held to it, he sunk
in the w ater; when he let go, then he
walked on the water.
In a future ai'ticle we will explain the
difficulty which stands in the way of the
doctors, and will try to show it so th at all
can see clearer.
Every thing th at is, is the result and
property of mind. You cannot name any
thing outside of mind, or separate from it.
You cannot think of m atter as separate
from mind. I t is mind, always, th at feels
and suffers. Mere m atter is void of life,
hence void of feeling; then it is not m at
te r that is sick or th at suffers. T here is no
life in m atter, hence there is no feeling in
m atter. F eeling is in life only; life is in
m in d only; therefore,all feeling is in mind.
Th is m a t e ria l w a s co p ie d
a t t h e NLM a nd m a y be
Su b je ct US C o pyrig ht La w s
I f it is the body, the physical that fee]s
then th e body is life or mind.
W e show the p atien t the impossibility
of the body to suffer, only as the miiy
says so. T h e body cannot say, “I suffer »
or “I am sick.” I t never did say so by a
word, a groan or a pain, as it is
capable of either, w hile the m ind is t)f
each. V ery well, then, having fomy
th a t which we know does suffer all, how
can we find suffering in anything els^?
T hen, as the sickness is always mental, Qr
in m ind,the rem edy surely m ust be menfe^
or m ind; thus you m edicine doctors, ai^
m edicine takers ought to see the fallacy
of giv in g drugs to mind. Go to mii\(j
with m ind only; but the m ind that cuiys
m ust be in understanding; must be abje
to dictate term s, and not allow the low^r
substratum of mind, mere beliefs, to ruIB)
but m ust rule them , bo th in self and i n
others, and though they are legion, ca§t
them out as Jesus did, and as all tri\e
M ental H ealers do to-day.
T he clergym en h av in g virtually aban
doned the field of healing, the g ift lias
departed from the church. T he power
has eluded them . T h ey failed to hear the
w arning by P aul. “ T herefore we ought
to give the m ore earnest heed to the
th ings which we have heard, lest at any
tim e we should le t them slip.” Greek,
“ run out as leaking vessels.” The verse
im m ediately preceding this caution, and
connected w ith it, shows the work of
“sp irits” or angels engaged in m inistering
unto, or saving men. The work of healing
is m eant; hence we ought to see it means
by the m ental or by S pirit, or mind pro
cess only. O! is th is G ift of gifts going
into new hands? Is the kingdom of
heaven being now transferred from the
old to the new? A re God and the angels
directing new m ethods in the spiritual
guidance and cure of human woes? Ah!
yes, and the true w atcher reads aright. The
leaven is working. A s by stealth the
new comes in, and the old gives way.
T his is true in all departm ents of life.
 THE MIND CURE AND SCIENCE OF LIFE.
“ God hath chosen the foolish things of
the world to. confound the wise; and God
hath chosen the weak things of the world,
to confound the things which are m ighty;
and base things of the world, and things
which are despised, hath God chosen; yea,
and things which are not, to bring to
naught things th at are.” W ho cannot
read the true spirit of these words and see
the fulfilment on every hand? The Bel
shazzars may make their feasts, and glory
in th eir greatness, hut the hand is seen,
and the w riting comes on the wall; and if
they cannot see the days of their kingdom
are numbered, the Daniels, the spiritual
disc,erners.both see and read t he inevitable,
and the interpretation is so plain th at the
“ wayfaring man, though a fool, need not
err therein.” B ut a sad voice speaks,
“These things are forever hid from their
eyes.” “Thou hast hid these things from
tlie wise and prudent, and hast revealed
them unto babes.” W e see the leaves of
the fig tree, and we know summer is nigh.
These changes are of God, of progress,
and cannot be turned aside. The spirit or
mind cure is here. I t is of God. Every
class of disease is cured by it when the
healer is the humble instrum ent of God,
and is found only in the new, as a forsaker
of the old. I t means spiritual light and
vision. I t means heaven’s panacea for
our spiritual natures. It is God placing his
own seal on the works which he is perform
ing through his own chosen instruments.
In our next wo will bring the m ethod
down to definite cases, and it will be for
you to decide whether you can go with us
or will turn away. Be wise, be true, he
good.
-^-Selected.-^-
KROM UVAN’S MENTAL CURE.
“ W ilt thou he made whole?” and “ Be-
lievest thou that 1 am able to do this?” is
of more Importance than to feel the pulse,
or examine the state of the mucus surface
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of the tongue. Unless an honest affirma
tive answer can be given to both iuquiries,
the case may be dismissed, or he treated
with pure w ater drops, or cracker pills, or
homeopathic pellets. The only sure thing
about the case will be the entry of the fee
upon the physician’s books, or into his
pocket.
“ The influence of faith in the cure of
disease is well illustrated by a fact men
tioned in P aris’s Life of Sir Humphrey
Davy. In the early period of his scientific
career, Davy was assisting Dr. Beddoesin
his experim ents on the inhalation of nit
rous oxide. Dr. Beddoes, thinking the
oxide must be a specific for paralysis, a
patient was selected for trial and placed
under the care of Sir Humphrey. Before
adm inistering the gas, w ishing to ascer
tain the tem perature of the palsied m an’s
blood, a small therm om eter was inserted
under his tongue. The paralytic, wholly
ignorant of the process to which ho was to
be subjected, but deeply impressed, by Dr.
Beddoes, with the certainty o f its success,
no sooner felt the therm om eter between
his teeth, than he concluded th at the talis-
manic influence was at work, and in a burst
of enthusiasm declared he felt its healing
power through his w hole body. Here was
an opportunity to test the influence of the
m ind in the cure of palsy th at was not to
he lost. The gas was not used, but on the
following day, the therm om eter was again
employed with equally m arked effects; and
at the end of two weeks the patient was
dismissed cured, no remedy of any kind
having been used except the thermometer.
His faith made him whole, not by accident,
nor by a miracle, but by an invariable law
of our being. So im portant a principle
ought not to be ignored by medical science,
and left to ignorant quacks, who often per
forin astonishing cures by means of it.”
W e ask our subscribers to pardon us for
the delay in getting out our No. 2. W e
found it best to adopt the second Saturday
of each m onth as our date of publication.
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Your sample of T i i e M i n d C u r e , N o . 1,
was received w ith much pleasure. I have
practiced the system with perfect success
hundreds of times during the past eight
een years, as a physician and healer.
T here has hecn a good deal of m atter
w ritten and published from time to tim e
on the subject, but it was chiefly in book
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several who will either buy it m onthly, or
subscribe for it.
I have been engaged in supplying the
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reading m atter for sixteen years. I f you
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I would not be too h ard on the church,
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I refer you, if necessary, to Col. J. C.
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been agent for the Journal for many
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I think fifty copies will be none too
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It takes two to “ make a m ash.”—Burlingt^
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A retired preacher, no m atter w hat business
may engage in, continues to be an ex-pounder
the Bible.
The Christian Register says: Paul did n ^
live in clover, but be cultivated Timothy wiy,
great success.
Even dunning letters will sometimes go astray,
but there is one letter that always comes rouipj
—the letter O.
“ W hat is a house w ithout a baby ? ” asked a
lady writer, and an old bachelor editor repliep.
“ It is com paratively q u ie t! ”
A man and his w ife had a little difficulty in
the kitchen the other day, and presently mattei-g
became so quiet th at you could hear a rolling,
pin drop.
Indignant m other : “ Surely you don’t rneap
that for a likeness of my son '! Why, the boy-
looks like an idiot.” P hotographer.—“ I’m very
sorry, but I can't help th at, m a’am .”
Little Nell:— “ O h, mamma ! you mussent let
the baby lie in the su n .” Mamma:—“ Why not,
pet ?” L ittle N ell:—“ T aus it’ll m elt.” Mamma:
—“ M e lt'!” Little N ell:—“ Yes, mine did.”
“ W as there any loss of life in that railroad
accid en t? ” inquired one man of another. “Oh,
no,” was the reply, “ there was no one on tin,
train but the officers and directors.”—Merchant
Traveller.
“ Mr. W hite,’’ said a lawyer to a witness ip
the box, “ at the tim e these papers were executed
you were speculating, were you n o t ? ” “ Yes
sir.” "Y o u were in o i l ? ” “ I was.” “And
w hat are y o u in n o w ? ” “ Bankruptcy,” was
the solemn reply.
“ M a ria Jan e,” said a fond mother the other
morning to her daughter, “ Did Daniel Jamieson
kiss you on the steps last n ig h t? ” “ No,
mamma; he did not.” If the fond parent had
said “ lip s” instead of “ steps,” it would have
troubled Maria Jane to reply.
T h e c u i c i s . —A gentlem an was dispatched for
the doctor at a very early hour in the morning,
and on his return home was inform ed that a
little daughter had been added to the household.
“A daughter ? ”
“ Yes,” replied the nurse, “ a sweet little toot
sy, wootsy of a girl.”
“ Thank heaven,” replied the happy father,
“ the cry-sis has arrived.”— Carl Pretzel’s Weekly.
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