South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-11-08
SPIRITUAL AND
MENTAL HEALING
IS SERMON TOPIC
Dr.. House Rises to Defense of
Claims in Factors
of Faith.

Those who heard DIR. j.. T. House
the First II. r. church last night
ere thrilled by his eIOquence. and
deeply stirred by the force OF his
logic. and acute discernmeut He
gave his much anticipated lecture
upon Spiritual vs. Mental Healing"
Referring 20 the many unbelievable
achfevern ents in the way Of inven-
ton and discovery brought 10 pass
in the last few decades. the speaker
declared that the church should not
Toe startled by the affirmation that
men may be spiritually healed OF
their disease. Spiritual healing is
not new. 1t is as old as the records
OF mans relations with God. But
81 has long been considered as Tex
ira" on the Lords table, instead OF
regular" To save IL from it's in
clination 10 materialism. we must
lift healing up 20 the word OF God.
and up TO the saving OF the whole
man
Spiritualized mental power is our
greatest need today. Much OF the
healing OF today IS mental. It's pos
sibuities have led thousands astray
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ligiOus life is not Christian. The
need is OF teachers who, walking
with Christ. can demonstrate the
glory and saneness of spiritual
healing. Self-suficiency separates
man from the infinite source of
power. To do spiritual healing men
must live in the presence of the
Spirit. as veritable men OF God.
one OF the factors in this healing is
the reality OF disease. If healing is
real. the disease must be real. The
second factor IS God. To Him
should be given the honor for all
healing. What part does the human
healer play? He may be a guide. a
channel Of influence; a line OF com
mUnication; an arouser of faith and
confidence. enabling the patient to
take hold of God. The church has
been forgetting this part of her
work. And the world has judged
the church untitled to deal with the
actual needs OF men, for this very
reason.
Atmosphere of Faith.
Thousands have left the church
for other cults, that apear to create
IN atmosphere OF faith, hope. love.
cheerfulness and kindness, and that
utterly deny worry. fear, anger, hate
and criticism. But the church need
no longer stand dumb and helpless.
She may claim her Lords promise,
and carry the ministry of healing to
the slaves of habit, and TO the null
titude of the burdened of the earth.
And now, what is il. what does
the healing-whO does the healing?
The presence of God. the influence
of the healer. and also the higher
faculties of the soul in the patient.
Love. intuition. hope. vision and
faith are all mighty factors on the
patients part that make him CO.
laborcr with God i'm spiritual heal
ing As To the healers part-he
must be intensely sympathetic: he
must be human. He must go apart
I'm thought and enter deeply into
communion with God. Meanwhile
vibrations are given which touch
the patients life and heart The
sub-couscious mind is re-directed.
and there is a new attitude The
senses God. This is because thought
is vibration in the finest form. And
the two great spiritual thought cen
tcrs are the mind of God and the
mind OF man. With the mind Of
God and the mind OF the patient
vibrating together.-there results a
spiritualized healing, mentality And
spiritualized mentality brings to life
the restoring power OF God, the i'm.
finite healer
The greatest wonderland OF the
world is the memory. Here is our
richest treasure and help. Memory
is the cabinet OF the imagination.
the treasury OF the reason. the reg
istry of conscience and the council
chamber OF thought. Memory is rec
ognizing past knowledge; il is a
recalling or facts. words, faces. pic
turee and events that have been put
aside; it is kind Of photograph.
Series OF Cell Paths.
Modern psychologists believe
that memory is a series Of nerve
cell paths each Of which opens up
10 certain kinds OF recoIlections.
The marvels of memory are
great There nave been persons who
could recite entire books. and Ben
Johnson could repeat all he had
written and many volumes he had
read man IS measured by his
memory. No man is greater than his
memory; no man is less than his
memory No man can lift more than
his strength; no teacher can tell
more than she knows. SO no man
can go beyond his memory Our
travels our reading. our mast years.
ali should be in the storehouse Of
memory ready for use
Memory constitutes our identity
IN life. Apart from memory. every
mind would bee blank. waiting for
the next impression which would
he lost as soon as obtained Mem
CRY Is our sanctuary. il IS filled with
the warm feelings and romances Of
the soul what JOY iu retrospect,
What beautiful memories We have
I'm the past. How the old reyel in
them, How we can call up the
pleasures Of our past life And
memory contains Within itself. great
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