Chapter VII - Physiology
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The following is from a lady in Lynn:
The following is from a lady in Lynn:
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"My little son,
"My little son,
one year and a half old, was a great sufferer from dis-
ease of the bowels, until he was reduced to almost a
skeleton, and growing worse constantly; could take
nothing but gruel, or some very simple nutriment. At
that time the physicians had given him up, saying they
could do no more for him, but you came in one morn-
ing, took him up from the cradle in your arms, kissed
him, laid him down again and went out, In less than
an hour he called for his playthings, got up and ap-
peared quite well. All his symptoms changed at once.
For months previously nothing but blood and mucous
had passed his bowels, but that very day the evacuation
was natural, and he has not suffered since from his com-
plaint, and it is more than two years since he was
cured. Immediately after you saw him, he ate all he
wanted, and one thing was a quantity of cabbage just
before going to bed, from which he never suffered in
the least. L. C. Edgecomb, Lynn, Mass."
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We were called to Mr. Clark, in Lynn, with hip dis-
We were called to Mr. Clark, in Lynn, with hip dis-
ease, saw him in the afternoon for the first time; his
physicians had probed the ulcer that day, and informed
us the bone was carious; the patient had not been up
nor turned on his couch for months. On entering the
house we were told he was dying; his wife stood over
him weeping. We stood at his bedside a moment; he
sank to sleep; woke presently, saying, "I feel like a
new man, my suffering is all gone." In a few hours
he rose from his bed, dressed himself, and that after-
noon took supper with his family. The next day we
saw him in the yard, and have not seen him since, but
are informed he went to work in two weeks, and is now
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well. Hundreds of similar cures might be named, that
well. Hundreds of similar cures might be named, that
we wrought contrary to what are termed laws of nature,
regulating disease and recovery, but prefer you should
learn the Principle of these cures and be able to do
your own work. Experience also has taught us the
greater the moral or spiritual distance between us and
an individual, the more they persecute us; as with
individuals so with the general thought, those cures
remote from the comprehension of the age, have only
afforded our enemies new opportunity for detraction.
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Theories admit the limbs are matter and moved by
Theories admit the limbs are matter and moved by
mind, but the fact is, all is mind of different admis-
sions and constructions. Mind increases or retards
action, causing sickness or health; but this is not be-
cause of physical action, for it is effect and not cause.
You say man cannot exist with a headless trunk, or
consumed lungs; but man was never for a moment
despoiled of his fair proportions; it is matter you are
talking of, and not man. Nerves have neither con-
sciousness nor sensation; the body has no life; Spirit
is the only Life and Principle of man; but never for a
moment enters matter, or is destitute of its idea or
man. Hearing is not because of the ear or its mechan-
ism; if the construction of the ear or auditory nerve is
destroyed, man is not deaf. Intelligence is left, and
hears, sees, etc., independent of matter or organization.
The error or belief of Life in matter should give
place to this understanding of Spirit's indestructi-
ble faculties, that cannot be lost, because they exist
without the necessities of matter; otherwise, they were
mortal.
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Again, a change of belief changes all the reports of
Again, a change of belief changes all the reports of