The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-05-26
DISCOVERS LOST
ART OF HEALING
Episcopal Priest Claims To
Perform Miracles
BEFORE ALTAR Of HIS CHURCH
In Los Angeles Buried Mus
ty Volumes Reveal An.
cient Secret.
REcroR's WIFE ASSISTS WORK
lBy Gertrude NJ. Price.)

most powerful unused force In this
world to-day, greater than electric
ity, or even gravitation, is the pow
err of prayer. THE Rev. Baker p.
Lee.
Rivaling the miraculous cures of
Lourdes in France or st. Anne de
Beauprey in Quebeck, and reviving
an ancient rite of the Church of
England, the Rev. Baker p. Lee
pastor of fashionable Christ Church
of this city, declares that hundreds
of the halt, the lame and the blind
are being healed of their ills by the
laying on of hands and anointment
with sacred oils, which he admins
tiers.
This is the first time in the his
tory of America that a healing SER
vice has been introduced INTO an,
Episcopal church. 1t was brought
back from England by DR.. Lee and
his wife, who, on their recent trip
abroad, discovered it in a leafiet
among many church publications in
large London publishing house.
"This ceremony of healing is
nothing new" said the Rev. Baker
P. Lee. 1T is merely revival of
an ancient custom of the church
and it will be found in the very lat
est revised prayer book.
ITO any student of church his
tory and of the New Testament, it
is unnecessary to explain it's origin,
custom and efIlcaciousness through
the centuries of the Christian era.
We are told to preach and heal that
greater things than these shall we
do because l go unto My Father.
Again. All power is given Me in
heaven and earth And the dis
tinct authority for the service of
amounting with oil and laying on of
hands is given in st. James v. a.
is any sick among you? Let him
call for the elders of the church !;
and let them pray over him. anoint-
ing him with oil in the name of the
Lord
please make it clearly under
stood" emphasized the divine, "that
l am not effecting the cures, but
that the rite of the laying on OF
hands and anointment with the sa-
cred oils is being done by me, as a
priest of the church, in the name OF
Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
1.-THE cry of the world to-day. in
spite of a seeming materialism and
worship Of the golden calf, is for
healing, not only bodily healing, but
deeper still, that spiritual peace
poise and power that only comes
from Gods presence in the soul. The
Universal Holy Catholic Church OF
Christ including every branch that
names His name, must answer the
cry of the starving millions. They
are asking for food and We feed
tucIl vi pdihtcu NiduuS.
"A priest of the church has nc
more right to withhold the anoint'
ment of oil and the healing of sick
to people who come for 1t, than he
has the sacrament.
THE age of miracles has never
passed. Never was there greater
evidence than in the scientific and
mechanical miracles that we see al
about us. The Wireless telegraph
is but the commercialism of spir'
itual fact, that when our hearts ant
minds are in tune with the great
wireless love and power of God. We
can give and receive the message
that will answer every need.
II have believed in divine healine
forty years. Indeed. I have applied
It with marked success. privately
and sporadically. only because o.
the seeming unbelief Of the church
But now. as an humble priest o.
Gods Holy Catholic Church. l fee
that this apostolic gift of healing
should be practiced and used IL
every parish. NfN
II believe that we have relightet
candle that will not be again ex
tinguished."
DR.. Lees wife objects to discus
sing her part In the remarkably
work her husband is doing for thu
benefit of humanity because womeI
of the Episcopal Church never pusi
themselves forward. Mrs. Lee spok'
hesitatingly when questioned.
She stated, however. that she an'
her husband We're together wher
they found the ancient and almos
forgotten rite OF healing. while on |
recent trip to England. 1--WE wer'
looking over books and publication