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and returns to Him ; and if one man cures another in 

 the name of Christ, he cures him by the power of God, 

 and by his own faith. That power becomes active in 

 and through him by his faith, and not out of God's grati- 

 tude for his professed belief, or the belief of the patient 

 that Christ once existed upon the earth." 



" The power of the true faith extends as far as the 

 power of God in the universe. Man can accomplish 

 nothing by his own power, but everything can be 

 accomplished through man by the power of faith. If 

 we did not have faith in our ability to walk, we would 

 not be able to walk. If we accomplish anything what- 

 ever, faith accomplishes it in and through us." 



"Faith does not come from man, and no man can 

 create faith or make himself faithful without faith ; 

 but faith is a power coming from God. Its germ is 

 laid within man, and may be cultivated or neglected by 

 him ; it can be used by him for good or for evil, but 

 it only acts effectively when it is strong and pure — not 

 weakened by doubt, and not dispersed by secondary con- 

 siderations. He who wants to employ it must have only 

 one object in view. Diseases are caused and cured by 

 faith, and if men knew the power of faith they would 

 have more faith and less superstition. We have no 

 right to call any disease incurable; we have only the 

 right to say that we cannot cure it. A physician who 

 trusts only in his own science will accomplish little, but 

 he who has faith in the power of God acting through 

 him, and who employs that power intelligently, will 

 accomplish much." 



" If any one thinks that he can cure a disease, or 

 accomplish anything else, without the power derived 

 from God, he believes in a superstition ; but if he 

 believes that he can perform such a thing because he 

 is conscious of having obtained the power to do so, he 

 will then be able to accomplish it by the power of the 

 true faith. Such a faith is knowledge and power. True 



