Chapter VIII - Healing the Sick
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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
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obtained for a trial at the bar of Spirit, where Science
obtained for a trial at the bar of Spirit, where Science
should appear as counsel for the poor prisoner. Wit-
nesses, judges, and jurors of the Mental Court of Com-
mon Errors were summoned to appear at the bar of
Truth. When the case for man versus matter opened,
his counsel was regarding the prisoner with the utmost
tenderness, but that solemn, serene look changed, the
earnest eyes kindling with hope and triumph uplifted
for a single moment, turned suddenly to the Mental
Court of Common Pleas, and Science opened the argu-
ment by saying:
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"The prisoner at the bar has been
"The prisoner at the bar has been
sentenced unjustly; his trial was a mocking tragedy,
morally illegal; Man has had no counsel in the case;
all the testimony was on the side of matter, and we
will unearth this foul conspiracy against the liberty
and life of Man. The only valid testimony in the case
proved the alleged crime was never committed, and the
prisoner unworthy of death or of bonds. Your Honor,
Materia Medica, has sentenced Man, the image of God,
to die, denying justice to the body, has recommended
mercy for Spirit which is infinite Wisdom and Man's
only law-giver! Here you will please inform us who
or what has sinned; has the body committed a deed?
Your counsel, Belief, argues, that which never sinned
should die, while mind, that is capable of sin and suf-
fering you comfort and commend to mercy. The body
committed no offence, and man in just obedience to
higher law, helped his fellow man, which should result
in good to himself. The law of our Supreme Court
decrees, whoso sinneth shall die, but good deeds im-
mortalize man, bringing joy instead of grief, pleasure
instead of pain, and life instead of death. If liver com-