Article February 12, 1910 Issue

Christianity has quite generally accepted the Scriptural...

Alfred Farlow

Boston American

Christianity has quite generally accepted the Scriptural teaching that healing the sick as well as the sinful should attend the Christian ministry, and there is an earnest searching to discover the gospel which heals the sick, and thus reinstate primitive Christian healing.

Jesus said: "The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works." He also said: "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also." The two texts considered together convey the important lesson that he who understands what the Master understood and deports himself accordingly, will be able to utilize the power of God in the overcoming of everything that is not Godlike; namely, sin and all its consequences. Since a correct understanding of truth is the means of freedom from the bondage of evil, as is stated in our Master's words, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free," it is a logical conclusion that a lack of understanding, a want of truth, is the cause of disorder.

We oftentimes hear it said that sickness is occasioned by violation of the laws of health. With this proposition we agree, and would invite our readers to a thoughtful consideration of the fact that above and beyond the violation of a so-called mortal law, the prime cause of all disorder is a belief in a power apart from God, the infinite Mind. What are the laws of health? What are the laws which govern the health of mankind? We may answer, Nothing more nor less than those conditions of thought which are essential to health, and to which Isaiah referred when he counseled men "to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke;" adding, "Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward. Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am."

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