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(Disease far more docile than iniquity)
If we are Christians on all moral questions, but are in
darkness as to the physical exemption which Christianity
includes, then we must have more faith
in God on this subject and be more alive to
His promises. It is easier to cure the most
malignant disease than it is to cure sin. The author has
raised up the dying, partly because they were willing to
be restored, while she has struggled long, and perhaps in
vain, to lift a student out of a chronic sin. Under all
modes of pathological treatment, the sick recover more
rapidly from disease than does the sinner from his sin.
Healing is easier than teaching, if the teaching is faithfully
done.
(Love frees from fear)
The fear of disease and the love of sin are the sources
of man's enslavement. "The fear of the Lord
is the beginning of wisdom," but the Scriptures
also declare, through the exalted thought of John, that
"perfect Love casteth out fear."
The fear occasioned by ignorance can be cured; but
to remove the effects of fear produced by sin, you must
rise above both fear and sin. Disease is expressed not
so much by the lips as in the functions of the body. Establish
the scientific sense of health, and you relieve the
oppressed organ. The inflammation, decomposition, or
deposit will abate, and the disabled organ will resume its
healthy functions.
(Mind circulates blood)
When the blood rushes madly through the veins or
languidly creeps along its frozen channels, we call these
conditions disease. This is a misconception.
Mortal mind is producing the propulsion or the
languor, and we prove this to be so when by mental means
the circulation is changed, and returns to that standard
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