Life and Health Volume 22 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ...does this man's faith come out in full view. He sees the Christ "set under authority" by the Father, the one God of the whole universe. And through his own small command of men, and their "go "-ings and "com "-ings and "do "-ings, he sees the great command of elements, forces, and powers of the One who "spake, and it was done," who "commanded, and it stood fast." In this Ruler-Supreme, this Creator-Saviour, he is trusting. This trust is fully recognized by the Lord who gave it. "Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee." The "as" of our believing brings the "so" of our healing, even as it brought it to him; for we read next, "And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour." Of the faith of the servant, we have no mention, but we know that faith is the open door that lets the blessing in; so we feel assured that his heart was in one accord with that of the centurion, his master, who had sent so urgent a message to the Master of the world for his servant's healing. Our clouds of doubt and darknes's would soon disperse if we studied the source of our faith. Since all disease--palsy as well as everything else--is the result of disobedience, sin, transgression of some beneficent law of our physical being, we know there is only One who can forgive sin, and hence only One who can heal. He does not need our help in any way; for the forces at his command are as far beyond those that we are acquainted with as his thoughts are higher than our thoughts. He may lead us, if he so chooses, without paying any attention to our limited knowledge of cause and effect; but he does not always seem to choose this way. He more often shows us...