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i ft ,( By Rev. Robert McHcgh Morris !»l .
B Pastor of First Prc»byterian Church 13]
Evanston, 111. mL I
t:.XT I'or thus shall b<- richly sun- ■
plied unto you an entrance into the eter-; 1
nal kingdom nt our Lord and Savior .
Jthus Christ. -II Peter 1. 11.
The risen Savior executes three of-< ,
flees. He is our prophet revealing to: >
us by his word and spirit the will of |
God for our salvation. He is oun |
priest, offering up of himself a sacri-i
flee to satisfy divine justice and:
reconcile us to God, and in malting
continual intercession for us. He Is
our king. In his kingly office he sub-j
dues us to himself; he rules and de-;
fends us; be restrains and
all his and our enemies.
That we may search ourselves and) i
see first if we are citizens of his king-j >
dom, and second, how loyal we are to;
that kingdom, let us note what are the;
conditions of citizenship. We shall';
find these conditions by references,
which originate in the king as hei
stands in his relation to us, and in this;
manner be able to show what is our
religion toward him.
The first phrase which we are •
taught as setting forth the manner ,
of Christ’s execution of the office of ;
kingship toward us is that he subdues |
us to himself. We talk much of Christ >
subduing the world. We pray, some- ’
'lines half-heartedly and sometimes
with great meaning, that his kingdom j
may come, that his will may be done
in earth as it is in heaven. We con
jure before our mind's eye the law
breakers, the flagrant sinners of the
world. We draw melodramatic pic- I
lures, of the thief, the drunkard, the
roue, the murderer being subdued to
the will of Christ.
There is something about the mid-j '
night mission which appeals to oufl ;
dramatic sense. We love to dwell] '
upon the rescuing of the perishing;: |
■we love to sing about throwing out ;
the life-line; we love to talk about the j
gospel being preached in all foreign i
ilands. We swell with pride when we I
hear bow Korea is coming to Christ, i
how China and Japan are being en- ■
lightened by his light. We are ready :
ito shout and say, "that is good, flue, ‘
let it go on. The time will soon come ;
when the earth is as full of the knowl
edge of the Lord as waters cover the
seas.”
• Now friends, that's all objective and
■external. It’s all good; but the first
thing anyone should see to when he
prays that God’s will be done in
earth as it is done In heaven is that
he himself be subdued to Christ.
There are church members who will]
work for others and give money to;
(missions (and both these things they!
Should do) but who unfortunately stop'
Just at that point and do not permit:
themselves to be subdued.
The first question for you and me
to say is, "Has Christ subdued us un-|
to himself?" Do you know there was
;ind is a profound psychological and;
spiritual reason or meaning behind
the "mourners’ bench" of our Metho- ;
dist brethrw’ We like the phrase,
f’mourners' Wench." / le may be]
teller onesjlPerhap t
•where men aie willing *«' say, "I aur-;
render myself." Not "I surrender five
hours a week to the work of the
church;” not "I surrender one hun
dred dollars a year to carry on his '
work;” not “I surrender a nominal al
legiance to the kingdom, and am glad I
that the kingdom is spreading;" not I
that I surrender my name to the roll |
of some church and condescend to let I
my greatness ..reflect credit and glory !
upon the church of Christ. Hut that I ■
>surrender myself, that I surrender :
any will which is the same as saying I
that 1 am subdued.
Brethren, the first condition of en
trance into this kingdom is not regis
tering our names on the church rolls,'
or on the charity lists, or on the work
ers’ tablets, good though these things
may be; but the first element is being
subdued to the king.
The second thing is that when we
are subdued he rules and defends us.
Now the rulership of Christ is not a
hard rule. He is not a despicable and
unfeeling tyrant. “My yoke,” he said,
“is easy and my burden is light.” It
is necessary for us to bear the burden,
the yoke must needs be worn. But
the burden cannot crush us and the
yoke does not gall when we are sub
dued to his will.
If we are subdued his ruling will
seems mild and gentle. It will not be
arbitrary; it will not be merely that
fie might crush us beyond all hope of
Insurrection. He does not restrain
from traitorous acts so much by
threats of dire punishment as by show
ing us the pain it will cause his heart.
He rules us not so much through fear
ifs through the great power of love.
But none the less he must rule.
We all want the defense of the gov
ernment. We walk these streets at
night with a feeling of greater or less
security, because we feel that the gov
ernment of the city, through its po
lice, is defending us.
So it is in this kingdom of Christ.
It is only while we are under the rul
ership of the king that he can defend
as.
Now the third and last thing involv
ed in this execution of the office of
kingship is that Christ restrains and
conquers all his enemies, who are our
enemies as well. Notice how this
comes merging quietly out of our last
thought For to revert to our illus
tration: While we are loyal citizens
of the city, the lawbreakers are the
common enemy of the city and of
ourselves. But when we have outlaw
ed ourselves then we have become an
enemy to the city.
Alphabet of Learning.
The student has often come to the
dangerous habit of thinking that
there is little or nothing to do but
follow the trend of thought of the
old masters, forgetful that we are
only in the alphabet of learning and
that there are great things to be
thought out and accomplished.—Rev.
D. G. Downey, Methodist, Chicago.
The coldblooded are hotheaded
when you hit their pride.
j SQUIRRELS RANG TELEPHONE|
Max Examines Box Where Wires '
Were Converged and Finds It
Nearly Full of Nuts.
; A lady in Englewood. N. J., was ;
I called to the telephone one day by the |
■ operator, who inquired, "What do you
' want?"
“Nothing at all,” she responded.
“Your bell rang,” insisted the oper-
. ' ator.
“None of us rang it,” replied the
• I lady.
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Some Suspicious Persons
Enquired if we were “hirii < a certain “weekly” gager to abuse us.
Os course every time a spot light is turned on from any source So an itto ney from New York spent more 01 less time for
t offers a splendid chance to talk about the merits of the products. months in lattle Creek hoping to find impurities m our 00 s,
out ’pon honor now, we are not hiring that “Weekly.” dirt in the fact. ties. After tireless spying about he summone
„ „ twepty-fiv of our workmen and took their testimony. Z Batt ] e Creek, Michigan, December 30, 1910.
The general reader seldom cares much for the details of scraps.” single one 1 stifled that the foods are made of exactly the grain and
A few may have read lately some articles attacking us and may ggg!? We the undersigned certify that never to our knowledge has a
be interested in the following:
. , _ the C_ d . d n(jt have behind it a genuine letter signed, and believed
Some time ago a disagreement arose with a Weekly. They scrupulous .clean. statement>
endorsed oar foods by letter, but wanted to change the form of That disappointing to the “ Wce kly.” There are ' ‘ Company has re.
advertising, to which we objected. vefy few fa | ories> hospitals, Fr ivate-or hotel and restaurant kit- T ° Xteof
The “Weekly” discontinued inserting our advertisements while chens that mid stand the close spying at unexpected times and by ceive upw “ . d nor nerm’tted
.' . r an enemy j id to find dirt or impurities of some kind. Thi company has never knowingly made nor permitted an
they were negotiating for some changes they wanted in the word- inis company 1 . .
ing and shape of the advertisements, and during this correspondence In any rdinary kitchen or factory he would find something to untruthful statement regar mg 1 « pro u
our manager gave instructions to our Advertising Department to magnify ar i tnake a noise about. K hqwE, Treasurer. (With Company about 14 years)
quit advertising altogether in that “Weekly." But h ; diled utterly with the Postum Works and LAMSON Inspector of Advts. (With Company about years.)
. . ... , ~ Twenty tJ .iVy thousand people go through the factories annual-
Quite a time after the advertising had been less out, an .. . ire whether they are there to spy or not. It F c GRANDIN, Advertising Manager. (With Company about 13 years,
attack came. We replied in newspapers and the scrap was on. ■>’
makes no < aerence to us. STERRETT M D., Physician in charge of Scientific Dep’t,
Then came libsl suits from both sides, and some harsh words. H o nh-iumed to discover some.hm 6 about our advertise ' ’ (Wia Cow, w .tout ,x
Generally tiresome to the public. ] that could j criUctad. CHESTON SYER, Advl Writer. (With ah™. ,>—
I An ar Isis of the methods and distorted statements of the CHARLES W. GREEN, Advt. Writer. (With Company about 5 yean)
That “Weekly” has attacked many prominent men and repu- i .< w y.. interest some readers, so we take up the items one
table manufacturers. by Qne an( ,J en them out for inspection. We will “chain up” the HARRY E. BURT, General Sup’t. (With Company about 13 years)
Our Company seems prominent enough for a sensational harsh wo P and make no reference in this article to the birth, H c HA WK, Assistant to Chairman. (With Company about 7 years.)
' writer to go after, hunt for some little spot to criticise, then distort, gro ar methods of the “Weekly” but try to coufine the dis-
twist and present it to the public under scare heads. cut sion to * questions now at issue. C. W. PObI, Char
Distortion No. 1 stated that we have
been accustomed to advertise Grape-Nuts
and Postum as “cure-alls for everything.
It has never been the policy of this
Company to advertise Grape-Nuts or Pos
tum to cure anything.
We say that in cases where coffee disa
grees and is causing sickness its dismissal
! wiP remove the .cause of the trouble, and
we suggest the use of Postum for the
■ reason that it furnishes a hot palatable
morning beverage, and contains natural
| elements from the grtiin wkich canA ,^ e
used to assistjli
j
Likewise Grape-Nuts food does not
cure anything, but it does assist nature
tremendously in rebuilding, provided the
undigest ible food that has been used is
discontinued and Grape-Nuts taken in its
place.
Charge No. 2 states that the passage
of the National Food & Drugs Act com
pelled us to drop from the packages some
assertions regarding the nutritive value
of Grape-Nuts.
We "have* never been ’'compelled” to
make any change.
Since the beginning it has been a univer
sal rule to print clearly on every package
1 v wlvd Ihe contents are made of.
Before the passage of the Pure Food
Law the packages stated that Grape-Nuts
food was made of wheat and barley.
We did not esteem the small amount
of salt and yeast as of value enough to
speak of, but after the new Law came
in we became as technical as the offi
cials at Washington and added the words
“yeast” and “salt.” although we have
no recollection of being asked to.
We believed that our statement that
Grape-Nuts will supply elements to nour
ish the brain and nerve centers is true
and bring authorities to support the fact.
Some state chemists believed this a
gross exaggeration and inasmuch as the
Food Dept at Washington could easily
harass grocers, pending a trial on the
disputed question, we concluded that
much the better way would be to elim
inate from our packages such claims,
however certain we may bo that the
claims are true.
Another statement objected to read as
follows:
“The sygfcm wpt rhsrrh a greater
amount of nourishment from one pound
of Grape-Nuts than from fen pounds of
meat, wheat, oats, or bread.”
Some Department chemists deceive
themselves as well as the public.
“Caloried” is the word which defines a
unit of heat determined by the amount
necessary to raise one kilogram of water
one degree centigrade. On this basis a
table of calories is prepared showing the
percentage of different kinds of food.
Butter shows 8.60; Grape-Nuts 3.96:
milk 0.70. Remember the statement on
the package spoke of the nourishment th n
pvgtem would absorb, but did not speak of
the ealerries of heat contained in it, for
the heat is not nourishment, and the
nourishment cannot be judged by the
number of heat units, notwithstanding
the fact that certain chemists would have
the public believe so.
As an illustration: Attempt to feed a
man sixty days on butter alone, with its
860 calories. The man would die be
fore the experiment had run sixty days.
Then, take Grape-Nuts with 3.96 and '
milk with o.7o,—tne two combined equal
4.66—about one-half the number of calo- ,
ries contained in butter. The man fed for (
sixty days on this food would be well
nourish. and could live not only sixty
It may be remembered that we were first attacked and have since defended
ourselves by placing facts before that great jury—The Public.
A good “scrap” is more or less comforting now and then, if yoi. know
you are right.
In the case lately tried, an appeal has been taken to the higher cours. We
have unbounded faith in the ultimate decision of our American Tribunals.
Our suits against the “weekly” have not yet been tried. They are hr libel
The next day a man appeared from
■ the telephone office.
"I have come to sea what makes
■ your telephone bell ring most o£ the
time,” he remarked.
Dut none of tl.e family could en
lighten him, and he saw nothing about
I it which was out of order.
I The next day he came again, took I
the telephone entirely to pieces, ex
amined the fuH length of the wire.
Still, he could find nothing amiss, and
etill at the central office the little
flame kept burning in the niche dedi
cated to this particular family. This
indicated that their bell was ringing.
; days, but six months on that food alone,
, and we do not hesitate to say from our
’ long knowledge of the sustaining power
of the food that a man at the end of
3 sixty days would be of practically the
same weight as when he started, —if he be
a map of normal weight.
We will suppose that from his work
he lost a pound a day and made up a
, pound each day from food. If that prem
ise proved to be true the man in sixty
days' time would make sixty pounds of
tissue to replace what had been Jost, and
this would be done on jmd
milk with half the number nf J * ' r
2J v -- -***»-Y
Therefore, we have reason to believe
that our contention is right that con
centrated fcod like Grape-Nuts, which
is partly digested and ready for easy as
similation by the body, presents more
nourishment that the system will ab-
F°rb than many other forms of food, and
we will further say that in cases of diges
tive troubles where meat, white bread
and oats cannot be digested, that Grape-
Nuts and milk contain more nourish
ment that the system will absorb than
many pounds of these other foods.
Distortion No. 3 charges that our tes
timonials were practically all paid for
and re-written in Battle Creek.
These testimonials were demanded by
the opposing lawyers. Naturally this
demand was refused, for they are held in
vaults and kept safe to prove the truth,
and are not to be delivered up on demand
of enemies.
Testimony at the trial brought out the
fact that we never printed a single testi
monial that we did not have the genuine
letter back of. Many of these letters
came spontaneously. A record was kept
of twelve hundred and four (1201) let
ters received in one month from people
who wrote that they had either entirely
recovered their health cr been benefited
by following our suggestions on food
and beverages.
On three or four occasions in the past
ten or twelve years we printed broadcast
in papers offers of prizes to users of
Postum and Grape-Nuts,—two hundred
SI.OO prizes, one hundred $2.00, twenty
of $5.00 and five of SIO.OO each—°tnting
tlmt each must be an honest letter with
name and address. We agreed not to pub
lish names, but to furnish them to en
quirers by letter. These letter writers
very generally answered‘those who wrote
to them, and verified the truth of the
statements.
Under this agreement not to publish
names literally scores of letters came
f r om doctors. We kept our word and
neither printed their names or surren
dered the letters.
Right here notice an “imitation spasm.”
The “Weekly” says: “Post got those testi
monials by advertising for them. In New
York be used for that purpose the New
York Magazine of whose editor
is now in the Federal Penitentiary for
fraudulent use of the mails. For exam
ple. Post announced in that magazine in
1907. etc.,” (then follows our prize com
petition).
We used nearly all of the papers and
magazines in New York and the rest of
America, but the sensational writer gives
the impression to his readers that the
only magazine we used was one “whose
editor is now in the Federal Penitentiary,”
etc., something that W’e know nothing
of the truth of now. and never did.
Space was bought in the magazine spoken
ot on a business basis for the reason that
it went to a good class of readers. The
incident seems to have furnished an op
portunity for a designing writer to de
ceive his readers.
We look upon honest human testimony
At last ItpAMurred to the authori
ties to exru’ne a little box, of about
the size y an ordinary suit case,
which war ailed up against a large
tree close. the house.
In this b. .several telephone wires
converged. ;t was a sort of neigh
borhood sw ihboard.
What was be surprise of the tele
phone men rib'fii.d this bo ¥ nearly
filled with tits. They took out three
peach bask< ’ full, each one holding
at least two mart'.
Rioting a ong ihe nuts were the
youthful m- nbers of a promising
squirrel fam y;—Christian Herald.
iron en And amen as to the means by
r whit they re zered health as of tre
r men is value to those in search of it.
f Our siaess fca been conducted from the
e very (rst day non lines of strict integ
e rity aid we'nevsr yet have published a
false testimony. of human experience.
Man of these otters covered numerous
£ slices; some, 4f pTinted, would spread
» ovei half a path* of newspaper. If we
- woui attempt to print one such letter in
r eve L*°9£ the housands of papers and
J majF up ,jthe cost for printing
7 th# Vim g ■•*•*s£. thou-
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a dbiis his news,—stick-
ing‘sacredly to he important facts and
eliminating det as about the family and
other unimportmt matters. This work
of boiling dowr or editing, is done
honestly, and th a full knowledge of
our responsibiity, but notice the art
of the “twister in the way he presents
to his readers tiis matter of testimonials.
Distortion Ni. 4. This is a bad one.
It reads as folbws: “The only famous
physician whose name was signed to a
testimonial was produced in Court bv
Colliers and turned hut to be a poor old
brokendown homeopath. who is now work
ing in a printing establishment. ITe re
ceived ten dollars for writing his
testimonial.”
We will wager ten thousand dollars
t$10,000.00) with an yt investigator that we
have, subject to infection of any fair
committee, upwards iof three hundred
(300) communication! from physicians,
many of them exprejing the highest com
mendation of our but these will
not now or ever be (turned over to the
publisher for his use.
Notice the statem<pt in this charge:
“The only famous pl sician whose name
was signed to Postun testimonial, etc.”
The truth is, this )r. Underwood was
one cf a great many hysicians who have
not cnlv written co nnendatory words
about the value of o r foods, but every
new and then some.Jnvsieian writes an
article on coffee or cT food, and sends it
to us with a sugeestfon of compensation
for his time and medical knowledge.
Previous to the time when, we employed
physicians in business, we oc
casionally employed i doctor to write
an artirle on coffee, jbvays insisting that
the article be an horrst expression of his
opinion and research]
The “Weekly” hunt|d up this physician,
and because he seemed to be poor, and
as it says, “broket down,” had him
brought to Court to le exposed before a
jur* a.s the “cnlv physician that had ever
endorsed Grapo-Nuts.’j but much to the
chagrin of the “Weel 4.” when onr attor
neys asked r,- .... artir'o he wrote
about coffee was true le replied, “yes.”
Statement No. 5 n ds: “The health
officers of Mich., Mi re, Penn., New
Hamp., and other stat s in their official
bulletins have for year been denouncing
as preposterous and fra dulent the claim'*
made by the Pottum tereal Company.”
We dn not recall criticism except
from Mich., Penn., Mai s and S. Dakota.
The average reader night think that
the opinions expressed I the State Offi
cials are always correc but that con
clusion is not borne out jy facts.
As an illustration: ASdit thirteen years
ago the Dairy and Fo« Commission of
Michigan for some personal reason printed
a severe criticism on uj for making Pos
tum of Barley (accordig to his official
chemist) at market prii and selling too
high. He was shown tlere was never a
grain of barley used inPostum. His re
port was false and mislading. The gov
ernor dismissed him. *
We believe that most jof the state
BACHELORS 2 CENTS A POUND
M. Casey, Wealthy St. Louisan, Weigh
ing 267 Pounds, Is Bid In for
$5 as Prize;
St. Louis.—St. Louis bachelors are
worth less than 2 cents a pound, ac
cording to the market established at
the St. Vincent de Paul's church,
when 267-pound Martin Casey, the
wealthy head of a broom manufactur
ing concern, was bid in for $5 after
the young woman who had won him
as a prize in a church celebration re-
- officials are honest, and on the other
hand we are firmly convinced that some
of their conclusions cannot be substan
i tiated by facts in scientific research.
They never criticize the purity of our
foods, for so much we are thankful.
If our conclusions in regard tn it.a be
ing a brain food differ from theirs, and
we are both honest, they have rather the
advantage, because under the law they
can order us to eliminate from the pack
age any statement if it disagrees with
their opinion. Otherwise they would
Spasm No. 6 says: “The most dan
gerous thing in the wo: 1 for one threat
ened with appendicitis ; s ton eat any food
whatever. Notwithstandh a he knew that
danger, C. W. Post advertised Grape-Nuts
at fifteen cents a package for those so
threatened.”
This is intended to muddle the reader
into believing that we put out Grape-Nuts
as a cure for appendicitis.
Mr. Post, himself, has had probably as
wide experience as any other man in
America in the study and observation of
food as related to the digestive organs,
and we proved in Court by the physicians
and surgeons on the witness stand that
the predominating cause of appendicitis
is undigested food, and that it is neces
sary to quit eating food, and when the
body requires food again, use a pre-di
gested food, or at least one easy of diges
tion.
Dr. Ochsner in his work on appendicitis
refers directly to the use of the well
known pre-digested foods that can be
obtained on the market. He also brought
out the interesting fact that in “after
treatment” it is advantageous to take
on a pre-digested food.
The price of the package (referred to
by the weekly) is not known by us to
have any relation to the question.
Our advice to stop using indigestible
food in bowel troubles and to u«p Grape-
Nuts food has been a great blessing to
tens of thousands of people, and we hope
will continue to bless a good many more
in the succeeding years.
No. 7is a live wire. It refers to C. W.
lost and his studies and experience in
Suggestive Therapeutics.” or “Mental
Healing which further lead to a most
careful and systematic study of the ef
fect of the mind on the digestive and oth
er organs of the body.
?^ en< ?c C I c^n ’ cs in Europe and
fitted himself fcr a future career in which
he has become known as one of the food
experts of the world, fitted to judge both
irom the materia] as well as the mental
side of the question.
For about eight years previous to 1391 <
he was an invalid. In that year, after
being under the care of several well- ,
known physicians, he was quickly healed,
oy what to him was a curious and not ■
well-understood method. Sufficient to sav
pounds’ 11 ” 6 “ We ' nan ' wciKhin ß about 185
Thi, experience challenged his investi
gation into causes of disease and their
amelioration. Those studies and experi
ences developed a very profound rever
ence for a SujwemePower 'which direct!?
operates upon the human being, and this
reverence for the Infinite became to him
a form of reTigion which included honestv
of purpose towards his fellow-man. A
statement which will be indorsed by every
one who knows him closely.
• a public announcement
in detail of these facts, and the Postum
( ompany will cause that statement to be
published m newspapers and magazines
and $500,000.00 is asked as damages, and may the right man win.
clparlv f m ° ° f I . e§a L battle blows away, the facts will stand out
norfpJtlv d T be sor S° tten that Postum, Grape Nuts, and Post Toasties are
. t y have done good honest service to humanity for years, the testi
on the highest plane
"There’s a Reason”
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich.
fused to accept Llm. The winner of
the prize was Miss Dora Kohler of St.
Louis.
••Do you want to take him home
with you?” said Father Nugent, who
had charge of the affair.
“Really ’’ replied Miss Kohler, "he s
very nice, but I don’t think I want
him.”
••Very well, then, I’ll have to se
him to the highest bidder, and 11l
start the auction with a bid of $5.
As no one made a higher bld, Fath
er Nugent banded to Miss Kohler a
$5 bill in lieu of 267_po un ds of Casey. ;
in due time. We suggest the reader lock
for it.
Prevarication No. 8. “Post spends
nearly a million a year in advertising and
relies on that to keep out of the news
papers the dangerous nature of the fraud
he is perpetratin'-- on the public.”
Hie Postum C mpany does p?.y out up
va-ds of a mill.jn a year for trade an
nouncements. N wspaper men believe onr
cements truthful or they would not
pr it them. Large nrrabe:a of ne spa
per men use our produ ts.
wl,ether or : we them.
It may ha 1 e escaped notice that we
did not “br ‘ e” that particular weekly.
No. 9 **ates that the amount of the
verdict will “be devoted by the hveekly’
to pvnndir” f-nud.”
This is almost real humor.
We have two suits pending against the
“weekly,” total, $500,000.00.
We haven’t “devoted” the sum to any
particular purpose yet.
Item 10 is a “discovery” that wheat
bran is a part of Postum.
But the criticism neglected to mention
that for years every Postum package an
nounced in plain type that the outer cov
ering of wheat (bran), made part of the
beverage.
They ignorantly fell into a trap here,
not knowing enough of food value to know
that ‘Taka-Diastase” the article used by
physicians the world over for “starch in
digestion” is made from “wheat bran.”
So we use that part of the wheat berry
because it contains the element needed
to develop the valuable diastase in man
ufacture. Good Postum is impossible
without this part.
These self-apprinted critics do make
some laughable blunders through ignor
ance, but—be patient.
Item 11 is an illustration of the sguirm;
lntU‘ ir> d twisting of the sensational writer
delivering distorted matter to his read-
While on the witness stand Mr. Post
testified to his studies in Anatomy, Physi
ology, Dietetics and Psychology,—all re
lating to the preparation and digestion of
food. Asked to name authorities studied
be mentioned six or eight from memory,
and commented on some clinical expe
rience covering several years in annual
journeys to Europe.
Now notice the distortion. (Copy from
the printed criticism.)
. He (Post) pointed out a pile of books
m possession of his attorneys as the very
ones he had read.”
(Notice.—“the very ones he had read,”
leading the reader to believe that they
were the pnly ones.)
Did you consult the books from these
editions ?” was asked.
“From those and various editions,” an
swered Post.
The attorney “picked up book after
book from the pile and showed the title
pages to the jury,—all except two had
been published since 1905.”
This is an example of distortion and
false coloring to produce an unfavorable
impression.
Ctß i ß ? ? Ir -, 1W purposely intro
duced the latest editions that could be
obtained of prominent authorities to prove
by them the truth of his statements re-
Rardmg appendicitis and the analysis of
bra i E l a k° the - late9t conclusions in re
gard to the action of the digestive organs,
these works are:
Human Physiology, by Raymond.
I hysioiogical Chemistry, by Simon.
Bigestive Glands, by Pandtav.
Book of by Ochs-
What Was the Matter with Moses?
Percy—Miss Jane, dfc Moses have
the same after-dinner tomplaint my
papa’s got?
Miss Jane —Gracious le> p ercyl
Whatever do you mean, m- dear?
Percy—Well, it says her the Lord
gave Moses two tablets. —I’ppincott's
Magazine.
The Sculptor Philosopl. r
The sculptor had just fin3j, e( j th9
Apollo Belvedere.
“I am satisfied,” he cried “Every
man who passes thinks it Hka
. \
Pbysiological Chemistry, by Hamman
sten.
Biochemic System of Medicine, bj
Carey.
The “Weekly” carefully eliminates from
its printed account testimony regarding
the years of research and study by Mr,
Post in fitting himself for hia wp~'
would lead the reader of the d
article to believe that his ed
began since 1905.
Distortion No. 12 reports Mr. •«
a “dodging witness.”
*i-ii /ye iH'UUv ot
served in the head of one oi •is chid
critics. On the witness stand Mj Pest
looks quietly but very steadily, straight
to the eyes of the haggling, twisting
ver, trying by all his art to ask doui '>•
barreled questions and bull-doze and cc l
fuse a witness.
The “dodging” it seems consisted oi
replying, “I don’t know.”
Opposing counsel holds a book in his
hand while he queries,—
‘T want to know if there is a single
thing in your whole book here that, sug
gests any particular kind of food.” Then
followed some discussion between atto»
ncys.
When Mr. Post was allowed to reply,
he said, “I don’t know until I read th®
book over to see.”
This book, it turns out, was written by
Mr. Post seventeen .years ago and prob
ably has net been read carefully by him
in the last fifteen years. It would require
a remarkable memory to instantly say
“yes” or “no” as to what a book of 147
pages did or did not contain, without
reading it over, —but such conservative
end well balanced answers are construed
by sensation seekers to be “dodging.”
The attorney sought by every art to
impress the Jury with the fact that Mr.
Post’s belief in the power of Mind in
relation body branded him as un
reliable and worse.
The following is quoted from one o*
the questions:
(The lawyer reading from the book.)
“The writer of these pages desires to
Fay nothing of himself other than as a
simple instrument through which the Di
vine Principle chooses to manifest itself
by precept and example.
“Skill in mental practice is gained in
the same way as skill in any department
cf science—by observation, study, expe
rience and the ability to evolve correct
conclusions.
“Read carefully, thoughtfully no more
than twenty pages daily. Afterward seek
rn easy position where you will not be
disturbed. Relax every muscle. Close
your eyes, and go into the silence where
mind is plastic to the breathings of spirit
and where God talks to the Son. The
thoughts from Divine Universal Mind
come as winged angels and endow you
with a healing power. If you go into the
silence humble and trusting, you will come
cut enriched and greatly strengthened in
body by contact even for a shnrt time
with the Father of all life and all power.
You will feel refreshed in every way and
food taken will digest readily as the
stomach works smoothly when under the
influence of a Higher Power.”
“I ask you if you did not write that,
and if you did not believe it when you
wrote it.”
For a moment the Court Room was in
absolute silence.
Mr. Post slowly leaned forward over
the rail, pointed his finger at the Atty s
face to emphasize his reply and with eyes
that caused tho«e of the Attorney to drop
hq said, “Yes, I am proud to say I did.