The daily tribune., 1905-03-13

hrihitI tNo ccate. neither shoes. nor
yet slaves; for the workman is
worthy of his meat. 4"
This commandment is unit II
Is not two commandments. There Is
in this language no warrant for any
attempt TO separate the commandme mt
by declaring that the part relating TO
preaching WAS to be psrpatuated, but
the part relating to healing the sick
was to be put aside. as having refer
ence only II the time in which, and
those TO whom. it was given After
his resurrection and just before his
ascension Jesus gave to the same
disciples to whom he gave his first
gIcat commandment Excepting Judas
lscariot, who had betrayed him.
final commandment. This constitutes
the last two verses OF the Book of
Matthew;
Go We therefore. and teach all
nations, baptizing them in the name
Of the Father. and of the Son. and Of
the Holy Ghost
Teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever | have commanded
you; and, 10. l am with you always,
even unto the end of the world. -
HEALING THE SICK IMPERATIVE
The language is broad and unquali-
fed. 1t comprehends all the com
mandments previously given to his
Disciples, and thus, of course, includes
ais first great commandment. Ac-
cording to Marks Gospel. he com
mands his disciples to preach this
gospel to every creature. " This is
a plain and unmistakable direction or
Instruction. Let me plainly ask
Whca was IT ever repealed, counter
m..nded, qualified, or changed in any
manner, by Jesus or anyone else of
those having biblical authority to
teach or preach? Where is the
record thereof? We declare, there
Gore, ON the most explicit biblical
authority, that the part of the great
commandment relating to healing the
sick was as imperative as that per
tanning to preaching. Healing sick
ness, is then, an essential and indis-
pensable part of Christ's gospel. No
right exists for the effort to put aside
Jesus commandment to heal the sick
and to heal according to his teachings
and his method of healing without
drags, surgery or any material rem
edies or appliances. The same divine
power that healed in Jesus, time
heals today, so far as it is understood
and practiced. There is but one
Truth, and that Truth is eternal, un-
changeable. The healing Christ
never withdrew himself from the
world. Jesus declared AS the solemn
and awful conclusion of his final com
mandment: And, 10, i am with
you always, even unto the end of the
world. "
APPEAL TO ALL GOOD PEOPLE.
May not, then, appeal to all good
people, of every belief or sect, to aid
us in spreading this healing and saw
ing gospel? May l not deeply,
earnestly, and in the most fraternal
spirit ask you to rejoice with us that
God in these latter days is sending
around the world mighty current of
healing truth, and may not ask you
to unite your voice with ours in
pleading for higher and more gen
eral recognition of God as all-power
and of all that is opposed to him as
baseless and impotent before his al
mightiness?
May ask if the day has gone by
when God should cease to be AL
mighty? When human error-sin-
should no longer be overcome and
destroyed? When sickness, sorrow,
misery and distress should no longer
be striven against until they are an
INITIATED? l ask, in all sincerity
and candor, has the healing and saw
ing Christ been withdrawn from hu-
man reach because there is no longer
sense, has the day of healing mira
cles passed because there is now no
necessity for them? As Christian
Scientists we maintain, however, that
divine healing is miraculous only as
it is not understood. All true heal
ing is Cone through the understanding
of ever-operative law.