and who will reward every one according to his work.

These explanations will show that your old methods of reasoning were wrong, that your senses have partaken of, and united with teachings or ideas of unsound doctrine which is of the world, and which you accepted for truth, but which you now find were not truth, that is, that you were united with the world (materiality), “carried about with every wind of doctrine." After knowing the truth your senses will become detached from the temporal understanding, and a new spiritual thought will arise in the soul and unite it with that which is true, unchangeable and eternal. These are sound doctrines; and when your senses become attached to them they will bring your life or soul to Truth, and thus will you do the will of the Father. In this continual unity or working in union or oneness with God (Truth), you will realize that the things you once thought much of have become as

of no value, that they are only the shadow of things to come, so much greater is the understanding of God compared with the understanding of man, and realize the saying "For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Now this work of healing is not brought to pass through beliefs, opinions, doctrines, religion, will-power, sympathy, influence, physiology, mythology, sleight of hand, materia medica, clairvoyance, manipulation, pantheism, spiritualism, idealism, mesmerism or any other ism; neither through any imagination, either on the part of the patient or practitioner, but it is accomplished through the practitioner's spiritual understanding of the infinite Truth (God). As the understanding of mathematics, music,

etc., must be perceived by the soul through the study and practice of its rules, so the understanding of the infinite Truth (God) must be perceived by the soul through the study and practice of its rules, that is, the spiritual understanding must be fulfilled in us; and to the extent we perceive it and apply it, do we bring out the work or demonstration which is the healing. He who perceives this spiritual understanding must know that it is of God, and must realize that that which he had formerly considered a knowledge of God, was a temporal, material understanding or beliefs and opinions of man, which had their origin with Adam, and have increased in strength and been taught to each generation for truth, and falsely called "Theology." He who has the true understanding and is able to demonstrate it, realizes that it is of the same Truth (God) that spake to our fathers, the prophets, and which Jesus, the Christ, declared unto his disciples. This same God is made

known and realized again through the spiritual, not the material, understanding of the words of Jesus and the disciples, as given us in the scriptures, which also declare that "A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord" (Jesus) "for a generation.” “They shall come and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.”

The following testimonials are given to show the reader a few of the many works that have been done through this "Old Theology."

BRIDGEWATER, MASS., Sept. 2, 1884.

DR. E. J. ARENS,

33 Union Park, Boston, Mass.

Dear Sir,

For more than eighteen months I had

been a sufferer from that terrible disease rheumatism — which has baffled the skill of our best physicians to a great extent, for all time.

Having tried several physicians, some of whom would afford me temporary relief; having read of hundreds of cures in papers and books, while enduring the pain and suffering incident to that dread disease, I was tempted to expend dollar after dollar, but without avail. My cour

age, strength, time and money exhausted, there seemed nothing left to me but to suffer and patiently await the inevitable end. I had despaired of any relief, when I heard of you and your method of treatment of the disease from which I had experienced so much suffering. I took fresh courage, and on the fourth day of August last I made an effort to see you, being obliged at the time to crawl upon my hands and knees into the carriage which conveyed me to our depot. When I arrived at your office and stated my case, I was told that I could be cured.

On that day I took my first treatment at your hands. After the fourth treatment I found that I was feeling better; and now, after the thirteenth treatment, my rheumatism is entirely gone, and I am happy to say that your treatment in my case has been truly successful and satisfactory.

I have not felt so well for a year; and my advice to all who have the rheumatism in any form is, to consult Dr. Arens and be cured. I shall be pleased to give further particulars regarding my case to any one calling on me or writing.

ALFRED HALL.

CHARLESTOWN, MASS., Sept. 1, 1884.

DR. E. J. ARENS.

Dear Sir,

I am more than happy to testify to the

benefit I have received through your treatment. In