in their train, we see that there may exist sicknesses that are not amenable to medical treatment only. These are among the ills that the British Medical Journal has told us cannot be cured by pills and potions alone.
Dr. Jane Walker writes pertinently on this, under the heading of 'The Relationship of Priest and Doctor to Patient.' As she points out, when a character has to be remoulded, it is the priest rather than the doctor who can best help the patient.
'A true and philosophic religion raises the mind above incidental emotionalism and gives stability,' says Dr. Hyslop: this is the stand-*point adopted by all the eminent theologians who have written for this book.
Mental and physical pain is part of the evil in the world. It makes a great difference, however—it may be all the difference between sickness and health—whether we allow trouble to break down our self-control and weaken our will, or whether we face it boldly with a supreme serenity of spirit, strong in a knowledge of greater things.
