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those employed by the ordinary school
OF therapeutics.
That healing has occurred whel
Christian Science treatment has beel
applied after all other means hav
failed, is now quite generally conceded
but the manner in which this healin,
is accomplished is so far from being
understood, that there is still a grea
reluctance on the part of many to avail
themselves of it. and some still ques
ton its possibility.
This however can be truthfully
said of the healings which are chroni.
cled in the Scriptures, especially in
the New Testament, where the spir.
itual means of healing Is plainly re.
ferred to and advocated and where
many instances of healing are specif.
cally named. This scriptural method
of healing both sin and disease, was
proved to be far superior to all others
by Christ Jesus. 1t is a healing and
saving power which must be searched
for and found along very different
lines from those generally followed
since it is above and apart from all
that is material.
"In Exodus 05:26) we read, 81 am
the Lord that healeth thee" In Psalms
Q03:3) God is referred to as He who
healeth all thy Diseases" and again
007:20, 'He sent his word, and heal
ed them" In Isaiah (45:22) God is
described as saying, Look unto me,
and be We saved" While Christ Jesus
said: Come unto me, all We that labor
and are heavy laden, and l will give
shall follow them that believe; In my
name shall they cast ont devils; they
shall speak with new tongues; They
shall take up serpents; and off they
drink any deadly thing, it shall not
hurt them; they shall lay hands on
the sick, and they shall recover" mark
1917 and 49,.
These citations show that mankind
should look to spiritual source for
healing power instead of to drugs.
Had God created drugs and given them
healing power, Christ Jesus, who came
to show us the way of salvation, would
certainly have used them himself and
recommended them to others. But this
he did not do, although he must have
known enough to use them had they
been divinely provided. His success
in healing proves that he fully under
stood healing art which has no re
course to material means
Recorded Instances Of Healing.
1.-The Scriptures of both the Old and
New Testament recount many cases of |
healing, for example-that of the wild
ow's son by Elijah q Kings 1917 tt |
24, Elishas raising of the Shunam
mites child QI Kings 4:1S to 80, his
healing of Naamans leprosy Gil Kings
81 to 14.
every many instances of the healing
of physical disease by Christ Jesus are
recorded. and notably these: The
healing of paralysis Guke 5:1S to 29)
Of leprosy Uuke 1911 to 19), of de
rormity duke 1871 to 10. of blind
ness Matt 9:27 to 81, of fever Quke
l.3S and 800, of dropsy Uuke l4:2 te
n of hemorrhage Matt. 9:20 to 22) |.
If violent insanity Mark 81 to 2O,
md of epilepsy Mark 9:14 to 20.
rhe Gospels also record Jairuss
laughter duke 8:41 to So, the wi /.
lows son duke I'LL to 15), and Laz-
rms. after he had been dead four ]
lays John Iii to 4D.
Iany cases are also recorded at hav- l
ne been healed by the disciples and {
" some of Jesus followers who were
ot his personal students. In Acts {
5:12) we read, And by the hands of t
he apostles were many signs and won
ers wrought" Peter healed man
ame from birth (Acts 3:2 to 81, heal
d the multitudes Acts SIS and 16), +
called Aeneas of paralysis (Acts 1892 !,
, $50, raised Dorcas acts 9:36 to 4D. +
AMI healed a cripple (Acts 1873 to 100 :
called Publius' father of fever and. a
emorrhage (Acts 2S:S and 81, raised @
to life after his accident I
cts 20:9 to 12), healed himself of i
,e sting of a poisonous serpent (Acts il
2.3 to g.. Philip. who lake Paul was 7
Of Jesus personal student, healed in g
nifty. paralysis, and lameness (Acts +
6 and y. S
The seventy are reported as having Il
turned to Jesus to tell of their heal a
q work, saying "even the devils are Il
Inject unto us through thy name"
luke 1917 to 20). Il
..These cases show Enthusiastically a
at Christian healing was effected III
: spiritual and not material MEANS Il
ey teach that we should look not to D.
after but to divine Mind for the heal n
q mower which was utilized by Christ n
sus and his disciples. In the case q
congenital blindness healed by u
sus John 800 there was evidently al
healing virtue in the clay and spit bt
nor in the water of the pool Sloan, a
|. if there had been these universally pl
ailable means would be in use today
the cure of such cases. Contem to
ooue eecu1ar writer's and histor- he
FER RI this healing work of the alb
rIv Christians as having continued m
mt three hundred years. WI
irituaI Healing Not Generally Ad- III
mitted. e,
0ro he consistent all professed be. ia
vers in the Bible must needs recog- ar
o the fact of spiritual healing, and in
the vast majority do not believe in
practically, many do not even admit
70 be true historically, while physi- -,
scientists as a body deni its posi- W.
ity. III
Some admit that these events may ~
70 happened at that time under some a. a.
,nown supernatural influence but ~,
lare that they are impossible now. ~. ny
e is neither logical nor reasonable iis
if the power of God is "the same :
terday, and today, and forever" and VI ~
healing took place then, it can - ~
o Mace now, since every divine law pay
order must be immutable, and we =