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Truth desecrated

If hypocrisy, stolidity, inhumanity, or vice finds its way into the chambers of disease through the would-be healer, it would, if it were possible, convert into a den of thieves the temple of the Holy Ghost, - the patient's spiritual power to resuscitate him- self. The unchristian practitioner is not giving to mind or body the joy and strength of Truth. The poor suf- fering heart needs its rightful nutriment, such as peace,


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patience in tribulation, and a priceless sense of the dear Father's loving-kindness.