Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

1916 AN Esorsmc CLINIC 91
whether "No doctor," as the Christain Scientist insists,
is not the safer_plan, especially when a belief in Divine
help is well established.
There come times, however, to many of us, when the
Will
seems to weaken, and inharmonious physical conditions
overbalance our faith to the extent that a gentle
pressure of a Helping Hand is needed to restore the
physical balance and to enable us again to "walk alone."
Until we have learned to maintain our confidence and
consistently to rule the physical agent, this helpirg
hand may well be asked, but not until we have first tried
to live according to natural law and failed to arrive at
health. The prevailing habit of seeking a doctor and
medicine, every time one is conscious of disorder within,
undermines the will-power, and opens the door for
numberless, undesirable intrusions. Those who claim to
be "too busy" or "too poor" to take the time required
for adequate rest, exercise, or "life in the open," oftentimes
hasten from the shop, kitchen, or nursery to the
doctor's office; and, obedient to his uncofnjirmed opinion
and mandate, finally sacrifice weeks, months, or life in
a hospital-with or withcut an operation; and this on the
dictum of a stranger; while the all-knowing Power within
awaits recognition, but is quite forgotten during the
emergency, out of which Wisdom may have led the victim.
Is this an act of the Faithful? Yet many who
think they believe, thus prove their unbelief, even as the
church-member fears death, while claiming it to be
the solution and remedy of all ills.
Especially reluctant should a wise student be in consenting
to the removal of vital organs and tissues. Many
harmful expressions by conscienceless fanatics or thoughtless
individuals among our surgeons have done much to
mislead their intended victims.
No capable and honest
surgeon assures his patients or their attendants that any