What is It?

Southland Times, Issue 11654, 7 February 1891, Page 4

What is It?

THE INFLUENCE THAT SOMETIMES GUIDES US AGAINST OUR WILL. " No, I do not believe in ghosts/ said an old lady of great experience, " but I do believe in the ministration of spirits." This is not the age noi the country in which the supernatural flourishes. Interest centres about the practical. Haunted houses are rented without great ditlieulty, if the landlord is willing to knock oil' a portion of the rent. There are ninny, however, who will admit the exertion at times of so. ne peculiar influence swaying our actions. \\ c are led to do things we should not do of our own volition —the wisdom of which we do not ai'prcuue until afterwards ; then we wonder huvv we came to do them. We arc forced to learn that worldly wisdom is not always that which guides into the wisest coui-ms. In this practical age, results are what people are looking utter. They believe in wh.it thi-y see; t) U ' "evidence of tilings not seen " is to be weighed in the future. \\ hen a man is sick he wants to get well ; he cues little what medical method is employed if it cures. Rat if it does not cure he soon begins to doubt the skill of the physician, and inquire into his methods of medication. A happy thing it is sometimes if some influence induces investigation before it is too late. Mr E. W. Edmondson, of Melbourne, writes, "21st October, 1890: — "During the past If! years I have been ailing periodically from a serious affection of the kidneys, and in latter years my complaint became more acute, so that I was frequently seized with stabbing pains in the back. I had often prolonged headaches, the result of lher disorder. For years I thus suffered, and I thought this disorder of the kidneys and liver would bring about a more serious disease. Finally I tried the effect of Warner's sate cure, and not until then did I experience any amelioration in my condition. The use of this medicine speedily wrought a great change, and four bottles effected a complete cure." Note what Mr Henry Warwick, of Lonsdale street, Melbourne' says : — " 30th October, 1890— For some years I have been suffering from frequent attacks of gravel, often with unbearable pain in the back and right side, and my digestive organs were also out of order. In addition I was afflicted with congestion of the liver and periodical headaches of a severe nature. My suffering was quickly removed when resorting to Warner's safe cure, of which 1 took four bottles, when the acute pains in the right side, caused by the congestion of the liver, ceased, while my kidneys were restored to healthy action."