SCEPTICISM.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7550, 25 September 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)

SCEPTICISM.

Scepticism is a deplomble thing, especially when it leaves the mind on a stormy soa without anuhor or hoj.e of haven. It does not probably prevail any more in these days than it did in tho past, but we he*r moro of it because of the publicity; given by the secular press. Some minds aro «o constituted that they cannot accept anything without proof, and yet thoy do not necessarily demand that the proof shall have the stamp of highost authority. They recogniso merit for itself, aud accept it gladly, knowing that eventually it must gain gi>ner»l recognition. Tho legal and medical professions, as well as tho ecclesiastical, are slow to adopt what may conflct with their notions of self-interest and right. New ideas aro almost always disturbing, but eventually thoy become a«siinilated, and aro warmly commended. The case of Rev. J. Wheatley, a talented clergyman of North Ipswich, Queensland, suggests these observations,' Ho got into a desperate condition, which thoroughly unfitted him for ministeriul work. His mind, sympathising with his body, bocamo very much doprcssod. As the mind U, so tho thoughts are. He finally put himself under tho caro of the host London specialists. For several years ho pursued tho over-fleeting phantom, but at last they told him that his caso was beyond amendment. Still more thoroughly depressed, ho grew ' aooptical to a degree, and believed himself doomed. Providentially, however, ho had hi* attention drawn to a widelyroporlod moans of restoration in cases liko his own, and reluctantly began its uso. To uso his own words : - " About two years ago I began to bo troubled with a very serious complaint, which tho doctors described as chronic disease of the kidneys nnd bladder— tho result of scarlet fever. My doctor had a consultation with two of tho leading physicians in England— ono was tho senior consulting physician of Guy's Hospital, London. I abo consulted Boveral other?, and thoy plainly told

me that medical science had no remedy for my complaint, and that another Engliih winter would finish mo. At that time my water Contained a large per centage of albumen and renal tube casts. I came to Australia to avoid the damp climate of England, and was beginuing to despair of all hopo when my attention was called to Dean Qunn's manly and straightforward testimony to the value of Warnor's safe cure. I gave it a trial, and the result is satisfactory indeed, for I am now better, than I have been for years, and am able to do my work with perfect ease.' I havo : also witnosscd its remarkable healing virtues in one very bad caso of kidney disease in my parish. -(Signed),. J. "WiiEvrLTSY, Incumbent of North Ipswich, Queensland, formerly Curate of St. Mary Magdalen, Torquay, Devon, England. It is only fair to remark, though it may be unusual for papers editorially to do so, that Warner's snfo cure is the remedy that saved. Mr Whoatley's life, to which ho hears ever willing testimony. And when we sec it publicly endorsed by such eminent persons of quality aa the Bight Rev. Bishop Edward Wilson, of Catiada, the Rev. lticharJ Brown, of Tarraville, Victoria, tho Her. Faiher Kiely, of Yass, N.S.W., E. Henry Davis, Missionary, of Kobs, Japan, the Eov. Thomas J. Byrant, of 1,. Myrtle - place,. London - road, .Bognor, Sussex, the Rev. James Brierly, M.A., Congleton, and others equally wellknown, wo unhesitatingly commend it to the favor of our readers.