Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-27
TALKS HEALING BY PRAYER
Rev. Frank l. Joveland, Former
Omaha Pastor, Arouses Interest
by Sermon at Portland.
QUESTION WELL WORTH WHILE


Here is a question worth while II
the human body can be healed Of disease
by simple prayer and faith. VIC ought to
know t. II PRAYER IL to bring healing, I
declare to you that the Church Of Jesus
Christ has been criminal in tie negligence
tin the past and Christianity stands in
dictcd at the bar OF Justice"
This was the theme of sermon re-
Gently by Rev. Frank L. Loveland. for
MGR pastor Of the First Methodist church
here and now pastor Of the First Mctho-
dist church at Portland ore. according
to the report OF the Portland Oregonian.
"Church In New orbit"
In part he said: Are you conscious Of
the fact that within the last fifty years
all the many movements for relief and
bcttermcnt Of humanity have come up?
Things have happened that we never
dreamed Of before. The church Of Jesus
Christ has swung into a new orbit and
many things spring up that are almost
bewildcring II IA only by the grace OF
God that this has not resulted In another
wave Of intolerance. Among the many
strange new things are the so-called mod
orn ways of healing.
Christian Science has come and grown
by leaps and hounds There Is one thing,
BY the way. that Ia like 10 know about,
and that Is how do they raise so much
money with so little noise?
What does II all mean? What Is this
faith1
Studying Held worth while.
1T Is worth your while and mine 20
study and find out: not for the purpose
OF antaeonism, but for the purpose OF
understanding. Don't let us be like tho
people who are so narrow and whose
eyes are so close together that they
never can see but one thing
I'VE may discover there IL something
in this belief that dcmards more than
sneer and a EASING glance.
we know that sick people are easily
hoodwinked. People are wandering
everywhere In search Of health. The fear
in the nina OF the sick person makes
him q mark for the faker and the fanatic,
and because Of this Christian people
must study this question. Legislation
has taken ur as important tho matter OF
health. and we have our pure food laws
Public health, public morals and public
safety are subjects that must be consid-
cred in the pulpit. II Is worth while for
our religion to he big enough 10 get hold
Of Gods truth. no matter whence II
comes. An truth IL Gods truth.
Hope Held for Men Who Think.
am the Lord that healeth thee I
would we could all waken TO the truth OF
this statement. / would We could all use
our intelligence TO the advancement OF
the public veal When "A mans faith is
rooted in reason. no will have a good
reason for his faith. I'd rather have
thinking infidelity than blind credulity.
There's hope for for the man who thinks.
Il say unto you, Il Ia God who heals.
Don't go off on n tangent, doctors;
Tou may apply allopathy, homeopathy
or any other opathy you like. or you
may use the surgeons knife. but re-
member that these are only instrument
taiitIes that clear the way for God TO
heal All healing, whether OF the body or
the soul. Is divine.
ut isn't the method OF baptism or
ritual that saves; Il is God. The great
mistake of the past has been in tho
church as we'll az elsewhere. We have
had eXaltation OF method above the high
moral attitude OF principle. I remember
the day when men OF various denomina-
tons hated each other. Even now there
are some Methodists. Baptists. Presby-
terians and others. ] have no doubt, that
think the Christian Scientists will go to
hell.
THE Christian church Is beginning to
feel that something has been lost out of
Christianity. Did Jesus heal the Hiek2 lie
did
"In the beginning Christianity was
meant for all humanity as whole, but
Rs time went on unfortunately something
was dropped out. We have been SO busy
putting up partitions between the various
denominations and have lost sight of
important things
TThe christian church has got to pay
less attention to modes OF baptism and
isms and all get on a plane where we
can deal with humanity as mighty
whole.
Something of Value Offered
Trhe Christian Science church has been
growing and taking our members be-
cause II offers something OF value that
can be cashed now, In freedom from d.
sease. The church OF Jesus Christ should
have been doing that all these years.