The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-07
WESLEY BELIEVED
|NHEAL|NG POWER.
Judge Hanna, in Christian Science
Address, Says He Practiced

There were few untitled seats at tho
Academy last night, when Judge Sep
tirnus ]. Hanna, Of Colorado SPRING,
| lcctured on Christian Science" He
spoke with the voice OF authority, for
! with the single exception Of Mrs. Mary
Baker G. Eddy. he is probably the most
eminent defender OF that faith. Hs
was introduced by Mayor Richardson
After paving high tribute to Mrs.
!. Eddy. based on personal knowledge or
! hor and her unfagging industry even
at the present day. Judge Hanna said:
! Il call your attention to a part Of
the New Testament which we consider
as fundamental Christian doctrine or
| teaching; And as ye go preach, say.
| ing the Kingdom OF heaven is at hand
! Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise
the dead. cast out devils: freely "a
have received. freely give
This commandment is unit. 1t is
! not two commandments. There Is IN
or subdivide it, Yet We have bee;
! taught to believe that the part relat-
| ing to preaching the gospel was to be
handed down TO all the nations of tho
| world. until the heather nations should
| be converted 10 the Christian religion.
/ But that the part relating TO healing
! the sick and doing the other works
I
! time of Jesus and His disciples. or.
| in yet other words. the Theoretical par,
| was TO be perpetnated. but the practt-
cal part the dong Of Of th das YORK 10 va ~
/ the past. Christian Scientists cannot
agree to this attempt 10 cut out. or
! make obsolete this part of tho great
4 commandment Had they no other
authority than this which have
/ quoted they would feel compelled "a
maintain that this commandment has
| not been fully complied with. and shall
/ not be tuiIy complied with until the
4 sick are healed and the other works
mentioned therein accomplished: in &C
cordance with the teachings and meth
DDS of the founder of the Christian
When we think of all the great
works that Jesus did during His earth N
stroyed all kinds OF sin. how lie
healed all manner OF sickness aud
:. disease. how He raised the dead-I say,
when we think OF this. we may well he
aston'shed at tho words which now
quote: Verify. verify. ] say unto y9n ,
that do shall he do also
Not written by Mrs. Eddy
because | go unto the Father. as
He here says, and 10. / am with yon
Away. even unto the end OF the world.
as He says at the close OF his final
, true, we must believe that the Christ
power and the Christ spirit were never
withdrawn from this world. Jesus
went unto the Father into better
understanding of the divine law, where
by He did His mighty works upon the
earth. and by virtue of which those
who believe on Him were to do not
only the works that He did, but great
err Here say. is Jesus great com
mandment to His disciples. Christian
Scientists are not Responsible Tor II;
Mrs. Eddy did not wrise it It s I, %,
, long ages before her birth, long. ages
I before the birth of any one claiming
the name of Christian Science to-day
are responsible. together. with all other
protesting Christians. for either ar-
cepting or rejecting these plain teach
inss. -. ~,
two hundred years after the Inaugural
ton of the Christian era. the sick We're
healed by the early Christians without
resort to material means or remedies
There are Instances of persons, some
of them well-known Romans high in
, official authority, who were healed OF
diseases pronounced incurable by the
then physicians, through the minstral
ton of the early Christians. The early
Christian fathers wrote eShaustiveiy
upon this subject. going into minute
, details as to the healing of the sick
: and the raising of the dead by the
early Christians.
Wesley Believed in Healing.
ut is matter Of church hst'ors s slso
Il |
in their earlier church life, We're be-
. lievers in the efficacy of prayer alone
+ to heal the sick. and practiced sucil
Y prayer This is true of the Waidenses;
a of the Moravians. OF the Huguenots, OF
I. the Friends or Quakers, of the Baptists.
, and of the Methodsts. According to
: the life OF Martin Luther. he was 2
r believer in the power OF prayer TO nea !
sickness. and more or less pracuced
!, III According to the life of John Wes-
: ley, the founder Of Methodisn1. he for
r many years was a firm believer IN tho
Y ! direct power of God to heal tho sick,
I through the efficacy of prayer. and
! practiced it not only for himsell but
h aAn instance is related where no
J. restored himself to health almost in,,-
: mediately from a severe fever which
had hung upon him for several days
: by asking Gods direct help. and by
y revolving in his mind and contemplate
: ing some of the very scriptural pas
G sages to which I have called Your att
i tention. 1t Is also matter Of record
q in connection with the. Methodist Epis-
o copal Church that when the blshons
g of that denomination are ordalned they
n are instructed. among other things, to
d heal the sick, not as educated physl-
icians nor With drugs and medicines
t but by virtue of their Office.