Chapter VIII - Healing the Sick
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quainted with the plaintiff, Personal Sense, and know
quainted with the plaintiff, Personal Sense, and know
him to be truthful and upright, while Man (the pris-
oner at the bar) is capable of falsehood. I was witness
to the crime of liver-complaint; knew the prisoner
would commit it, for I convey messages from my resi-
dence in matter, alias brains, to the body, and am on
intimate terms with Error, a personal acquaintance of
the prisoner, but a foe to Man." The name of this
third person was called for by the court, and the reply
was, "Mortality, governor of the state (body) in which
Man is supposed to reside." In this state there is a
statute regarding disease, namely, that Man upon whose
person disease is found should be treated as a criminal
and punished with death.
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Judge. "Did Man, by doing good to his neighbor
Judge. "Did Man, by doing good to his neighbor
possess himself of disease, transgress your laws and
merit punishment?" "He did." The deposition of
Bowels was then read, they being too inactive to be
present. Another witness took the stand, and testified
as follows: "I am Ulceration; was sent for shortly after
the night of the liver-complaint, by Laws of Health, who
protested the prisoner had abused him, and my presence
was required to make valid his testimony. One of the
judges, (Materia Medica) was present when I arrived,
endeavoring to assist the prisoner to escape from the
hands of what he termed justice, alias nature's law;
but my sudden appearance with a message from Laws
of Health changed his purpose, and he decided at once
the prisoner (patient) should die."
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The testimony for the plaintiff (Personal Sense)
The testimony for the plaintiff (Personal Sense)
being closed, Materia Medica arose and with great so-
lemnity addressed the jury, (Mortal Minds) analyzing
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the offence, reviewing the testimony, and explaining
the offence, reviewing the testimony, and explaining
the law relating to liver-complaint, the conclusion of
which was, that laws of nature render disease homicide.
In compliance with a stern duty, Materia Medica said
he must charge the jury not to allow judgment to be
warped by the petty suggestions of Soul; to regard in
such cases only the mortal evidence of Personal Sense
against Man. As the judge proceeded, the prisoner
(patient) grew restless, his sallow face blanched with
fear, and a look of despair and death settled upon it.
A brief consultation ensued, when the jury, Mortal
Minds, returned a verdict of guilty, the prisoner being
charged with liver-complaint in the first degree. Mate-
ria Medica then proceeded to pronounce the solemn
sentence of death upon the patient, who, for loving his
neighbor as himself, was found guilty of benevolence
in the first degree, that led to the committal of the
second crime, liver-complaint, that matter-laws construe
homicide, for which crimes we sentence this man to be
tortured until he is dead, and may God have mercy on
his soul.
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The prisoner, (patient) was then remanded to his
The prisoner, (patient) was then remanded to his
cell (sick bed) and Theology sent for to prepare Soul
that is immortal, for death! the body, called Man, hav-
ing no friends. Ah! but Christ, Truth, was there;
the friend of man, to open wide those prison doors and
set the captive free. Swift on the wings of Love a
message came, "Delay the execution! the prisoner is
not guilty." Consternation filled the court-room, some
exclaiming, it is contrary to law and order; others,
"Christ walks over our laws, let us follow Him."
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After much debate and opposition, permission was
After much debate and opposition, permission was