Life's great healing law

Introduction

BY

Nat Ward Fitz-Gsrald.

The world to-day, stands upon the threshold of a new birth ; pregnant with a mighty portent of good to the children of Adam — the sons and daughters of the living God.

The midnight is already passed, and the dawn of this new day, heralding the new era, is upon us. All thinkers must see in the signs of the times, that this new era is at hand ; yet truth to-day is the same as when the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy.

The new day, when religious strifes and contentions will cease — when the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man shall be an accomplished fact, heralds the advent of religious unity over all the race of man.

Prophecy tells of this new era — when the inhabitant of the land shall not sav, I am sick, anv more — when sorrowing and crying shall be done away — when sickness shall be banished forever — leaving naught to molest or make to Life's Great Healing Law.

afraid — when all shall come to know God from the least unto the greatest — when the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of His glory, as the waters cover the sea.

It is well known, that a vague unrest, pervades all nations, and all people. They seem allied with misery, disease, restlessness and despair. Inharmony permeates the very atmosphere. While blindly groping after the desirable, they clutch only the unsatisfying; seeking for peace, rest, contentment and happiness ; and grasping strife, turmoil, unhappiness, disease and misery. What is to be done ?

If health, contentment and peace are desired, their source must be sought. Your soul must be attuned to vibrative unison, in harmony with the music of the spheres, and catch the rythm of the new song. The twentieth century is the culmination of the ages. Matter is becoming subordinate to soul and spirit. The shifting sands of time and sense have become like the dim visions of a forgotten dream. Physical life is becoming understood as only supported and sustained by Spirit, God.

Many who are looking for the glow of the spiritual morning, faintly hear its approaching music, making sweeter and better their longing lives.

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Would you, dear reader, keep pace with the march of events? Do you desire to be adjusted to the new order of things? Remember that the promise is, that what is hidden shall be revealed; for light is dispelling the night of ignorance. , The tallow-dip is supplanted by effulgence borrowed from the sun. Stage coaches have given way to palaces on wheels. Nahum's chariots of lightning rush through our streets. Electricity with its flashingtongues of flame from storm clouds, that filled ignorance with terror, is the slave of man ; and by its power, men converse with each other in audible tones, though separated by hundreds of miles.

While these mighty strides are being made in one direction— a veritable fulfillment of prophecy — equally great have been the steps in another direction, looking to the destruction of sin, disease and death, which is also a like fulfillment of the phophetic word.

For centuries upon centuries, Adam's race has unavailingly sought happiness; wandering down the ages in search of what they have never found, — the fabled fountain of perennial youth — tapping every conceivable material fount in the vain hope that its waters would prove a panacea for all ills of the flesh. But health and happiness through material means have been vainly sought; continuing forever to elude the grasp of man's frantic clutch.

Disease, sin, misery and death, still stalk in our midst, and refuse to succumb to material methods.

Where, oh where, is that 'hidden manna,' promised in sacred writ, to the hopeful and believing in every age?

Where is that open door to life and joy, which 'no man can shut, and through which the saved shall go no more out?'

Where, oh where, is 'the tree of Life,' of which man was promised the right to partake ; and the leaves of which, 'were for the healing of the Nations?'

How and where shall we children of Adam, "wretched and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked," find that promised elysian where we should not be hurt of the second death ?

Must the cradle and the coffin go hand in hand as accompaniments of Adam's children, down the corridors of time, to all generations ?

Shall the maw of death never be filled, but keep on demanding human food for its insatiate craw ?

Shall we go on filling cradles forever, merely to keep grave-yards green ?

Shall the appetite of the coffin never be satisfied?

Shall this farce this lie, — of living to die, — never be stopped?

Are the worries and torments of mortal life never to cease ?

Do not the same conditions exist, surrounding Adam's race of sin, disease and death, as existed thousands of years ago, in spite of the never ending struggle of all races to bring about a different condition of things ?

Has not the era already dawned, that is demanding and will strive, to bring about a change ?

Has not the time arrived to test the spiritual remedies, which God has promised, through all .the ages, to them that do His Will?

Yes, yes, a million times yes! That time has come — or this book could not have been written.

Hope, that has been whispering to Love, through the ear of death, in all generations, has at last been heard and recognized. Standing erect, it voices in audible tones to a waiting world, the realization of its dreams, in the conscious conviction of the possibility of eternal life, here and now; and defiantly

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throws back into the teeth of disease and death, the lie, told to our first parents.

Life, not death, is the watchword, for all the race.

Life:, with its Mighty Healing Law, has been uncovered, and presented to a waiting world, in this brave book; written by a noble brave, God-fearing, God-loving and God-living woman. Read it; oh, waiting, longing souls! Gird your loins like a mighty man to run a race ! Bid fears of fleshly foibles and failures, to flee forever.

Bid dead hopes arise to renewed life and vigor. Snatch the mask of death from the cradle and the grave, and canopy life with the robes of immortality.

This book, when understood, will redeem the race from sin, disease and death. It will bring the flush of health to the cheek of dispair. It will drive out the devil and disease, and replace in their stead God and Glory. It will answer the cries and prayers that have ascended from wailing millions through long ages of agony.

Its words sing to the heart, with that matchless rythm, that carries conviction of the truth of the mighty facts it sets forth. No one can read it, without experiencing a beautiful and harmonious uplifting in mind, ennobling in soul, and strengthening of body. Its words when understood, cannot be forgotten ; for they vibrate with a vital and living force, which is the Eternal Truth.

They will bid the tide of time, in the memory of man to roll backwards, until he may raise the curtain, viewing the scene of the first promise made by God to man; and catch the truth of its meaning — " dominion. Dominion, Power, Authority, God-hood, Son-ship, Eternal Life, without which ho man can know God.

This brave book reiterates the teachings of the Nazarene, which proclaimed that the "Kingdom of God is within you." That this God is ever present, and omnipotent, and is to be obeyed, worshipped and loved, with all one's heart, soul and strength. It teaches that Jesus lived His life on the earth, and saved mankind, by showing them the way to destroy sin, sickness and death; thus fulfilling God's law. To save not a few, only in Palestine, but all the race ; save from bondage to flesh, From sin and suffering, at all times and places, and under all conditions, through all the ages.

In His day, the sick were healed ; the sinner cleansed, and the dead raised. He taught that

God was Love. He taught, toiled and suffered, that men might learn that Love was, and is, Supreme.

He taught the destruction of the works of all evil — through God alone. That man must first seek God's help, before it would be given.

He taught that to seek God, was to find Him ; which meant salvation not after death, in realms beyond the skies, but freedom here and now from every human ill. The Christianity of the world, without the healing of the sick, was not what He preached and left to mankind.

He taught that they who walk with God, are empowered now to destroy evil, because it is contrary to an ever-present good. He commanded His followers to preach the gospel, and heal the sick; and the record shows that they did the work: — the promise being to all who do God's will.

This book takes up this line of teaching, and shows how it is that Life does all healing ; and that your own individual life is the Real Man, made in God's Image, who can never be sick, suffer or die.

It shows that we are spiritual, harmonious and eternal, because we are co-existent with God the Father, born of Him, not of the flesh, and are as indestructible as this Infinite Parent. It shows that we must, by a birth of consciousness, become masters; subordinating the mortal body and its discords, to the reality of a spiritual existence.

This book shows how God's Power is the same yesterday, today and forever; and that today, the same miracles by the same laws, are being wrought that were performed in Judea nineteen hundred years ago.

This book teaches that we are dependent for life, health and happiness, upon God, and God alone ; and that so long as men look not to God, but depend upon material and physical conditions to determine where, when and for how long a time they shall be well and happy ; they will be sick, sinful and miserable.

It teaches that an all-loving, all-wise God. does not make men sick and sinful, and visit death upon them: that the command "be ye PERFECT/' means the attainment of perfection through the overcoming of sin, sickness and death, by the consciousness of the Spirit's Mastery over the material.

This book teaches that the Universe is governed by law r , — by one God, one Law, one Life, one Power. That nature's laws are God's Laws. That man has unlimited power to control nature's laws through growth into the higher consciousness; and that through this growth or process, by the law of suggestion we are shown how to come into conjunction with God. It teaches the law of harmony and perfection; proving that all Power belongs to Life, and how the whole man is controlled by suggestion; thus revealing the necessity for correct thinking. It shows that time and space are annihilated through the consciousness of the all-present, omnipotent Power of God. That the sick can be and are healed by the observance of God's laws, in force to-day, the same as when Jesus walked the shores of Galilee, healing the sick and calling forth to life the dead from out the tomb.

Read this book — Study its pages — learn the mighty principles herein set forth — how that Life controls all and is the master and not the servant of death : — and this mighty fact, when once imbedded in your, consciousness, will roll the stone from your grave away, loosing you from your limitations and preparing you for a walk with God.

Preface

"The world does not require so much to be informed, as to be reminded. We all have acquired much knowledge, through association with nature, that we are unconscious of possessing; because we have neglected to use or apply it. Most of us are familiar with the laws of nature, but never having taken the time to think of their application to our individual lives, we have failed in understanding their relation to and their workings within and upon the human form.

There are no laws given, or statements made in this book but such as every student will feel at once, that he has already known. The work is only published to refresh the memory, and to remind us of the great importance of living by these laws — which pertain wholly to hi$£, and the power which it exercises over matter.

This book is not to be read and laid aside, as most books are. It should be studied by all who desire to live in accordance with Lite's Great Healing Law.

It should be as carefully studied, as the arithmetic is studied, by those who desire to learn the science of numbers. To fit ourselves for making a practical use of the multiplication table, in the business affairs of life, we did not simply read it over and lay it aside, but we studied it, repeated it, until every truth it enunciates became fixed, indelibly in the mind ; where they have ever since remained, ready to respond to our call.

And so it is, with the great principles stated in this book. They should be read over, studied, repeated and reiterated, until the conscious Truths which they contain, take hold of the student.

We all know that these principles require more than a casual reading, in order to understand them.

The Science of Life, based on God, is of far more vital importance to the human soul than is the science of numbers, based on the principles of mathematics. We can live without the science of numbers, but we only exist with out the science of Life.

Laws and principles must be studied and understood, if we would apply them.

This book is not the promulgation of a theory, but of a mighty Law; a law which is related to, and connected with many laws, the principle of which, when understood and applied, will not only heal all manner of diseases/ but will redeem the race.

We claim no new discovery, but simply pre-' sent in our own way, an old truth, which was manifest in the first plant, that ever appeared on our planet.

This book is the outgrowth of years of study, teaching, healing and the practical application of the principles set forth in its pages, which have invariably proved to be the healing law of life.

In writing this book, it has been our constant aim to simplify, — making the subject as plain as possible, omitting that which might tend to mystify and discourage the student on these lines : — because many have been mystified, and made to feel after years of reading or study, that they were incapable of grasping these truths, — when the fault lay not in themselves, but in the way this subject had been presented to them.

Should it be thought that the terms which are commonly applied to Deity are used too frequently, it must be borne in mind that it was written for no other purpose, than to reveal to man his own Divine nature.

In speaking of the Divine, we can only use the terms that define or belong to the Infinite, whether He be in man, or in the Heavens; hence we have used no words too strong to express our meaning.

Strong language is the expression of Strong thoughts. Strong thoughts can only emanate from strong souls ; and strong souls draw their strength from God in whom they are centered, as a tree draws its strength from the soil, in which it is rooted. We sincerely hope that *'Life's Great Healing Law," may reach every sick and hungry soul, who is ready for it ; and cause them to change their thinking from sickness to health; from fear to confidence; from death to life; from faith in man, to faith in God. We desire to assure the sick and distressed, in every clime, the unhappy and oppressed in every land, that a knowledge of and compliance with the laws herein set forth, will bring health, happiness and harmony, into their lives, here and now.

Densie HerEndeen.

Washington, D. C, May ist, 1901.

CHAPTER I. The Laws of Nature

the one: law.

There is but one Law in the universe, and that is the Law of God. All the iaws of nature are but branches of this one law ; for the Infinite Law is composed of many laws, as the tree is composed of many branches.

For man to have a clear understanding of the nature and operation of any of these laws, he must understand where and how they are connected, and what part they play in the Great Whole. When he understands this, he has a faith that is rooted and grounded in God; the faith that works miracles : — a knowledge that so far transcends faith as it is generally understood, that it is indeed the wisdom of God.

THE UNIVERSE IS GOVERNED BY LAW.

All things are controlled by Law. All nature is formed according to law; and this law

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is omnipotent, omniscient and omrlipresent, in its reality ; for it is God working. This law of God, is the Life of God, and is the activity of the one Infinite, Omnipresent, Universal Power, which God is.

Then, for us to have an understanding of the way in which God works, of the activity and nature of life, is, for us to understand the laws of nature. For man to understand the laws of nature, in the full meaning of what the word understand, implies, is for him to be able to control the forces of nature, in proportion to his degree of understanding ; to co-operate with the Laws of God, in proportion to his knowledge and faith, in those laws ; or in other words, to exercise the Dominion which was given him, "Over all the earth/'

THE LAW OF HEALING.

The fact that there ever has been a case of healing on our planet, is proof that there is a law back of it, the harmonious operation of which caused the healing to be. The very fact that people have been healed from time immemorial, in different ways and by various methods, is proof that there is an Infinite Law back of it all, which in some way has been co-operated with either, consciously or unconsciously, by the healer.

We will not take time to discuss the many methods in vogue, that affect the cure of diseases in the world, for our desire in this work, is to reveal to you the law that does all healing. We should seek to understand the surest and quickest way by which man can come into conjunction with this Infinite Law of God. We should seek to understand how he can control the forces of nature : — the surest and most desirable means, by which he can become conscious of his ability to exercise hi? God-given powers.

ONK LAW, ONE POWER, ONE LIFE.

The great underlying truth on which all healing is based, is the fact that there is but one God ; one Power ; one Law and one Life. Life is the operation of this power. Law is the method or manner, by and through which it operates ; and God is the Infinite Operator.

The Universe and all that is contained therein, is formed by this one Life; controlled and acted upon by this one Law; filled and perfected, by this Infinite Power. And so man, and all that is within him, is formed by this same Life, controlled and acted upon by this same Law, healed and perfected by this same Power.

That which is true of the universe is true of man.

That which is true of nature is true of man.

All nature is reproduced in man; hence all laws, functions and forces of nature, are operative and active in man.

man's place in the great WHOLE.

It is because man is a conscious being; because he is an individual conscious entity, with power to move and do at will ; that he is greater than all that is external to him. He is more powerful than all nature ; because he has within himself, though latent, the power and ability to consciously control nature.

Man's greatness, depends wholly on his consciousness. He is great only on those lines in which he is conscious of being master; or upon those in which he exercises his dominion.

If, however, he can become conscious of his connection with the Great Whole — become conscious of his connection with all life — conscious of his innate ability and power to quicken and exhilerate it — retard and control its action — he is only beginning to take the place in the world, which it was destined for him to occupy.

It is by the use of man's reasoning powers, "his knowledge of right and wrong, and his intimate connection, or conscious association with Life itself, that he will be enabled to heal all manner of diseases.

GOD FORMS NATURE.

Nature is what we see in the world as a result of Life itself, and is the material manifestation of its activities. It is this Life within and behind all things, that causes them to be; and forms "Man of the dust of the earth."

Then it follows, that the laws of nature, are the laws of life, and the laws of life are the laws of God ; every one of which is eternal and unchangeable in its mode of operation.

THE LOWER KINGDOMS.

Nature is divided into four kingdoms: — Mineral, vegetable, animal and human. Life is everywhere present, in each and all. It is through the functions that belong to life alone, that these kingdoms are enabled to exist.

As has been truly said: "God sleeps in the mineral, breathes in the vegetable, moves in the animal and comes to consciousness in man ;" or in other words, life sleeps in the mineral, breathes in the vegetable, moves in the animal, and comes to consciousness in man.

The things that we see, are but the embodiment of the life which inhabits them. The different kingdoms on our planet but reveal the different conditions or activities of this same life.

All mineral life, when quickened and awakened, or through its quickening and awakening, takes upon itself vegetable form; and through this activity becomes what we call vegetative or organic life. Thus, by this same law of progress, — this quickening and awakening process, — Life takes upon itself higher and higher forms, or more complex and intricate organisms, through which it manifests animal life, and then human life. It is to be through this same quickening and awakening process, that there is to come forth upon our planet the Divine life; for "the Kingdom of God is at hand."

The functions of vegetative life, or that which constitutes its activity, are its powers of growth, repair and reproduction. Hence, wherever organic life is found, we find these three principles manifest ; for it is the nature of all life to grow, repair, and reproduce every organism, in which it is embodied. In the animal kingdom, we find these same functions, operating, and as they belong to the life, and not to matter, we find them always operative in all organic forms.

That which causes the animal kingdom to be, separating and making it distinct from the vegetable kingdom, is the function which belongs exclusively to animal life, and is locomotion, instinct and sensation. We must always keep thoroughly fixed in the mind, the fact, that the plant does not grow, but that the life grows the plant; that the animal does not move, but the life moves the animal. It is the nature of the life to repair and reproduce itself, and not the nature of matter. Sensation and instinct do not belong to the animal; but they do belong wholly to the life within the animal.

It is through the use of these functions which belong to animal life alone, that it is enabled to control the vegetative forces within it. In other words, the life in the animal must use its power^ of locomotion, following its instincts, in order to satisfy its sensations of hunger, before it can grow, repair or reproduce itself.

THE BASIC LAW OF HEALING.

The Life's forces, are manifest in vegetable structure. The Life's functions are manifest in animal organisms ;• and the Life's faculties^ within and through the human form.

It cannot be too strongly emphasized, that, as the life's forces in the animal, are used and controlled wholly by the animal functions, so must the life's faculties in man, or the human mind, wholly and completely use and control all the forces and animal functions, within his. own organism.

This is the great fundamental law, on which all healing is based, viz. : that the highest manifestation of life, operative in any kingdom on our planet, controls wholly and absolutely, all the functions and forces of life which have preceded it, in the order of evolution; and which are operative and active within it.

THE KINGDOM OF MAN.

We will now consider man — the human kingdom — in whom is operative, all the forces and functions of life, or of nature, which have preceded him ; and which must be controlled by him, if he would be the perfect man that God intended him to be. It is through this law, that man, because of his rational, moral and inspirational nature, is to control the vegetative forces and animal functions within himself.

It is through man's reasoning on what is right and wrong, as his inspirational nature reveals it to him — which is his direct conjunction with life itself — that enables him to control his locomotion, instinct and sensation, and his processes of growth, repair and reproduction.

Man has consciously trained himself to control his power of locomotion. Through his reason, his feet carry him where he wishes to go and his hands perform the work which he desires accomplished; because, through his brain and nerves, which connect his mind with these members of the body, he is enabled to control them at will.

In the same way he must control his sensation, for every part of his body is permeated with the ramifications of the fine nerves, which are in turn connected with larger ones, until they reach the brain ; which is the organ of the mind. This shows us that through the same reasoning powers, and a conscious knowledge of what is true and what is false, or what we desire and do not desire, man can change and control his sensations, in exactly the same way, that he changes and controls his locomotion.

It is because the members of the body are connected with the brain, that they are under the control of the mind. So it is in like manner, because every part of the body is connected with the brain, that every part of it is under the control of the mind. The reason that we have both voluntary and involuntary functions in the body, is because the mind has never been trained to control the organs, as it has been trained to control the members.

Teach the child from infancy its inability and the impossibility, of its accomplishing certain things, and it will never try ; until it begins to think for itself, and to have faith in its own ability to do them.

CHAPTER II. Nature s Laws in Man

NATURES LAWS EMPHASIZED.

We have thus far in this treatise, set forth the following fundamental truths. First, that life is everywhere present. Second, that life is God, working. Third, that the working, is according to fixed and unchangeable laws, which man is capable of understanding; and fourth, that all laws when understood, can be co-operated with, or used by man.

Again, we have the facts clearly stated, that all forces, functions faculties and powers, belong exclusively to the life that is embodied in the individual form that it is making. It is the life alone, in these individual forms, that grows, repairs, reproduces, moves, knows right from wrong, controls, feels and reasons; because it is connected with the great Life of the Universe, which is the Life of God.

our mistake.

We have been attributing to matter, the power that alone belongs to life. We have been attributing to Caesar the power that belongs to God.

That we "Render unto Caesar, the things which are Caesar's, and to God, the things that are God's," is an absolute necessity.

We say, the plants grow ; the animals move ; but when we stop to consider, we know that plants do not grow, but that they are grown; that animals do not move, but are moved. It is the life in each that performs the work. Our thoughts and words, should be in accordance with the truth of that of which we are thinking or speaking ; for the law is, "By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned."

If the power belongs to God, then admit it, and cease attributing it to matter ; for it is only in this way, that we learn to know God, and become conscious of our connection with Him, "whom to know aright, is life eternal/'

man's unlimited powers.