The Christian would naturally call the attention of persons like
those mentioned in the extract to Jesus’ words, “Whosoever liveth and
believeth in me shall never die”:
A fantastic organization is described in _The British Medical
Journal_. It is a league against illness and death, which has
been formed, so we are assured, in the State of Iowa. Says the
paper named above:
“Already several hundreds of persons have joined. A condition
of membership is that every one on admission must sign a pledge
that he or she will continually assert that it is nothing but
custom and habit of thought that causes people to be sick, grow
old, or die. Any member who is reported sick from any disease
and is confined to his bed for a continuous period of three
days is to be fined for the first offense; for a second offense
he is to be suspended from membership; a third offense entails
expulsion from the society.” (Text.)
(2099)