Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-04-24
SPIRITUAL HEALING
IS DISCUSSED BY
DR.. {. |. HOUSE
M. e. CHURCH SPEAKER GIVES
MAsTERLY ADDRESS AT sERv.
ICES LAST NIGHT--ExPlAlN
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MENTAL
AND SPIRITUAL HEALING.

Dr. +. l.. House gave a strong and
mastery address last night on Spiri
! tual Healing. He showed the differ
ence between mental healing and
/ spiritual healing One is based upon
the subconscious mine treatment, the
other through the spirit mind treat.
hlent He said in part.
II we had once been told thai a
/ wcrm OF the dust could change into
q beautiful butterfly we could not
baye believed 1t also that the human
voice could be projected hundreds OF
miles over q wire We would have
been incredulous, but why should we
that there is such a thing as spiritual
dealing? Christ said His disciples
should heal and gave them that com
mission and through them that same
commission 20 the church. But some
how the church has lost sight of the
great truth
But now ii is in he minds of the
people, and there are more articles
and books written on this subject
than amy other. But in connection
with this there has grown up some
most insane practices, which have
brought grea; harm. Simple medical
healing Is a dangerous thing. Mental
healing today Is leading people away
| from the truths of scripture II enc
Is being led by the spirit he has
tho potential powers Of bodily heal
ing
Spiritual healing is God working
in man When Christ died on .he
cross. He paid the penalty which rests
upon my body AS we'll as upon my
soul. Some of you say that He does
not do this, then, at all times. Well
it is appointed to man once to die,
though the promise is that we shall
come to an old age, like q full shock
OF corn in its season to come into
the presence Of God
Not without reason it is written:
II am the God that healeth thee, =
The healer is the one who makes
known the way of healing. There
are some un n5afe giyers who claim
that they themselves do the healing,
We have put a ban on healing in
the church in these modern days and
people have actually had 20 leave the
churches in order to proclaim that
they have been thus healed.
Many new cults have arisen some
Of them far from being Biblical. al
! though somewhat remedial
Coming to Spiritual Healing he
, said. 1t is God that heals. and we
must be careful 20 give Him the
credit. The practitioner is channel
or communication There are some
who may have this gift in greater de.
gree than others. but all who are
! spiritual may have the ability to
heal Spiritual Healing does not
, deny the reality Of the disease or
sin. but recognizes that :hey are facts
Of experience which have to be dealt
with The objects Of experience are
facts which have 10 be reckoned with
and to which we have to adjust Or
selves in order to live. The order Of
external nature is something We can
not ignore and the ode of physical
dependence is something we cannot
escape.
We may say that disease and pain
are not realities. meaning thereby
that they are not substances, We
can also say the sin, evil, death, are
not real and as substantive fact,
Of course II is true. Or we might say
with certain pantheiStic philosophers
that the finite is not real meaning
that over against the infinite sub.
stance finite things are transitory or
dependent But all these statements
are mentarphysical and have no bear
ing upon the reality Of experience.
Pain is not real as u thing but ii Is
81 condition, nevertheless from which
we suffer Death Is only an event,
but still It is appointed unto all men
once to die. 1t is plain that these
/ things remain. whatever name we
give them Hunger may DC an II.
lusion, but the only way to appease
! It is to use another illusion known
ae food So with colds and divers
ether unpleasant facts, they may be
! illusions, but they will not disappear
unless we use other illusions known
rs shelter, clothing, warmth aud the
like.
Tonight the subject is Christ the
! Conscious Mind of God" and is said
TO be the greatest lecture Of the