The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-22

Seattle June -. 1925
TO the Editor: Ny attention has just
o@sD called 20 a notice ot our ministers
meeting Of Monday, June 3. in your waltz
able paper. / regret that any notice ot
our meeting should be made public, as i
places some OF the brethren il false
attitude
/ gave my paper on Divine Healing"
as requested. I was no, surprised al d.
yerstty of opinion. would like 20 see the
man VINO could mama the subject. doctrine
or even duty about which al The minis
tiers OF the city. or even the editors would
be fully agreed. Some people are born
protesting and kicking. ard grow Up that
way, and enter all the prof sssions and
call!ngs Of life. no marvel Ii some % them
found their Way into the ministry. III
my other reply. / gave eight questions,
taken from the paper. 10 help in the dis
cusS-oa, which | DO not repeat The
points which seam 10 trouble soma OF he
brethren, as stated by your correspondent,
are:
First-"Divine healing included in the
atonemeni. This ali The paper says, CIV
ing these texts: Isaiah lii45; Matthew
Whit. The paper says nothing about
how. SO or This statement - denied.
The burden of proof lies with the OBJ
jector. and when the Theological tree is
shaken | Will * on hand 10 pick up the
'possunns.
Second-Arother brother. your CORE
S>ondent says. has great difficulty in see
Ing how. with my view, a physician had
any place IL Christian family. Let US
See what the paper says: Luke. tho physi-
clan wrote the Book OF the Acts report-
ing many cases OF divine healing: dtd not
regard divine healing as antaSonist.c 20
MS profession There - ample roam
FOR the medical profession outside the
limitations OF divine healing amid the I'M
converted and unbeliev:ng. Beside this
the medical profession has lis sphere with
IL the circle Of divine healing. They are
not antagonistc: the one operating on the
plane of natural Jaw. the other on The SUI
peynaturaI; the one us.ag calornel. the
other the word of God. both effecting
cures on the line OF aC.liatjon." etc.
Where = the mystery with such a plain
statement as that The Christian physi-
clan goes into a Christian family That
may ana can be a case of divine healing.
An ntidel physician. Ii there be such a
monster, goes into a Christian family.
The cure in this case cannot. humanity
speaking. be divine. and yet may be by
an overriding Providence. The Christian
man can claim healing for himself and
family. many Of them as are true be-
levers. because healing of body and soul
is included III the atonemsGt, and gets Il.
This is divine healing pure and simple.
body in the atonement. and no marvel he
remains "a stranger TO 4. / have Tot met
q physician who objects 10 divine heal
ing; glad when they hear Of cases cured
whom they did not succeed with.
Your correspondent has a few of the
brethren on the fence, watching the wind
In its blowing ere they jump, which is not
fair Another brother objects strongly 10
my view, because 'as matter Of fact.
the cases described N the Bible were those
OF rebels and unbe levers" Is This true?
How startling the discovery! That they
Were rebels, as all men are by nature, no
one doubts: but were they rebels, in a
state OF rebellion, on the day they came
10 Jesus for healing? Did He heal them
as rebels or as believers? Was Jesus ever
known 10 pardon an impenitent sinner or
TO heal an unbeliev!ng invalid? | DO not
think your correspondent intended to place
his brethren in attitudes inconsistent with
their own teaching. Misunderstanding
and misconceptions are common and
should not be rushed into public Print.
DONALD ROSS.