Chapter VIII - Healing the Sick
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must be admitted in mind before it appears as matter;
must be admitted in mind before it appears as matter;
for body manifests only what mind embraces, whether
it be fever, consumption, or theft. The doctor tells his
patients their symptoms are feverish, and they vibrate
between this opinion and its belief, until the physician
says the fever is established; then the sick are con-
firmed, and go into confinement and serve out this men-
tal sentence executing the body, more surely than
the sentences of our courts.
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Because science contradicts personal sense and sick-
Because science contradicts personal sense and sick-
ness, you have no more moral right to dispute the proof
that science is right, than of a rule of mathematics;
and yet you will, for such is the case with all new
discoveries. Cures wrought in science, are naturally
misconstrued by sense, imputed to something besides
the Principle producing them; hence, they must be
understood to be appreciated. We may understand,
perfectly well, how we heal the sick, but because others
do not, they may interpret our cure on some other
basis; and this not only works against the recovery of
the sick, because it is antagonistic to Truth, but pre-
vents their perception of it.
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Jesus, wiser than his persecutors, said, "If I by Beel-
Jesus, wiser than his persecutors, said, "If I by Beel-
zebub cast out devils, by whom did your fathers cast
them out?" knowing they acknowledged the prophets,
but not the carpenter; this question was difficult to
answer because the prophets healed as he did, and he
introduced the comparison on account of this. Those
calling the demonstration of the science of being de-
moniac over eighteen centuries ago, might to-day tone
down the judgment to imposition. Jesus, reasoning
clearly on this subject, although misapprehended by
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the materialistic age, introduced the following compar-
the materialistic age, introduced the following compar-
ison to explain his healing. "How can one enter into
a strong man's house and spoil his goods, except he
first bind the strong man, and then he will spoil his
goods." In other words, how can I cast out devils
without bearding error, attacking the beliefs that pro-
duce all this discord through ignorance of Soul and
body, and then are you sometimes "offended because
of me."
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Jesus employed neither technicalities, the logic of
Jesus employed neither technicalities, the logic of
the schools, nor formulas of medicine to heal; he knew,
if others did not, Soul's superiority over matter, to heal
the body, and that harmony is reached, only as we
understand its real basis, Spirit, and not matter, Soul,
not sense; and acknowledge the supremacy of Intelli-
gence. Personal sense is the strong man that the
Truth of being binds, before destroying error. It be-
ing impossible to heal on the Principle of science, and
admit the grounds taken by personal sense; therefore,
bind this strong man, hold sense in subjection to Soul,
and pain, as much under control of mind as a tempta-
tion to sin; then can you despoil his goods, i.e., prevent
sin and suffering.
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When the mental control we hold over our bodies
When the mental control we hold over our bodies
for good or evil, touching sickness, sin, and death, has
been preached one-hundredth part as long as man's
salvation through faith, we shall have men and women
approaching to the image and likeness of God. Until
personal sense is doubted, it will never be controlled.
The ages may go on, admitting personal sense and its
control over man, and fighting it with drugs, laws
of health, etc., when, instead of pleasure, it utters itself