least, from the commencement of its use,
unhappy. It may be inherently Christian in
its nature. We believe it is truly so. But
in any case, the right and title to the name,
by the believers and practitioners, for themselves
and their work, they could better leave
to be determined by the test Christianity itself
supplies : " By their fruits ye shall know
them."
The term which, of all others, best characterizes
this mode of cure, simply as a cure of
physical disease, for the term is both definite
and modest, is " Mental Healing." It
is now quite largely used, especially with the
reasonable and thinking believers in this cure.
The term " New Thought " popularly in use
refers more particularly to the philosophy of
the healing.
And this leads us to remark the main cause
of the mistaken notions prevalent in the public
mind on this subject. It has been the
same with this truth as with every other. To
say that every truth or right is " born in

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