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brusque business visitor sympathetically know the thorns
they plant in the pillow of the sick and the heavenly
homesick looking away from earth, - Oh, did
they know! - this knowledge would do much
more towards healing the sick and preparing their helpers
for the "midnight call," than all cries of "Lord, Lord!"
The benign thought of Jesus, finding utterance in such
words as "Take no thought for your life," would heal
the sick, and so enable them to rise above the supposed
necessity for physical thought-taking and doctoring;
but if the unselfish affections be lacking, and common
sense and common humanity are disregarded, what mental
quality remains, with which to evoke healing from
the outstretched arm of righteousness?
(Speedy healing)
If the Scientist reaches his patient through divine
Love, the healing work will be accomplished at one
visit, and the disease will vanish into its native
nothingness like dew before the morning
sunshine. If the Scientist has enough Christly affection to
win his own pardon, and such commendation as the Magdalen
gained from Jesus, then he is Christian enough to
practise scientifically and deal with his patients compassionately;
and the result will correspond with the spiritual
intent.
(Truth desecrated)
If hypocrisy, stolidity, inhumanity, or vice finds its
way into the chambers of disease through the would-be
healer, it would, if it were possible, convert
into a den of thieves the temple of the Holy
Ghost, - the patient's spiritual power to resuscitate
himself. The unchristian practitioner is not giving to mind
or body the joy and strength of Truth. The poor suffering
heart needs its rightful nutriment, such as peace,
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