Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-17
The Divine Art Of Healing

THE fact that large crowds OF diseased
people, many of them coming from
mote distances should have attended James
Moore HicksOn's healing mission TO this city
should not cause any surprise, nor should
any one marvel if cures should be announced
in the cases of some Of the afflicted as
suit Of his mission. The command of Christ
to His disciples was TO preach the gospel and
to heal the sick. In His person He
demonstrated unlimited power to heal, and
He assured His disciples, These things can
ye do and even greater" Indeed it was not
until the fourth century that the Christian
Church seems to have lost sight OF this power
as inseparable from the mission OF the
teachers 1t sent forth into the world. since
which time the healing art has gradually
been abandoned to the medical profession.
1t has been well said that sickness is sim
ply perverted energy or the scattering OF
vibratory forces, and the remedy lies in ones
ability to rcunite with Gods larmonies. This
may be accomplished Ivy the individual con-
corned. or with the aid of i healer. Sin,
sickness and poverty all express disease, or
Il lack OF ease, which results from being out
OF tune with the natural order of creation.
Disease is the result OF wrong vibrations.
and vibrations are-produced by feelings and
emotions. y receptive patient and a we'll
poised practitioner can make the connection
with cQuilibrating power very quickly; by
cstnblishing> the right condition and har-
nonious relation with Gods Infinite plan
which is ordained for perfect oppression
healing is speedily uccomp lished.
Health, therefore. Is matter OF proper
VIC, ourselves Individually, arc
supplied With abundance OF power, and
VIC need only rightly 10 appropriate 1t to
assume our own health. or, having allowed
1t 10 become impaired, TO restore It. The
forces OF nature always ready to fulfill
their purpose, and are waiting to yield them
selves to tho necessities OF the individual.
The healer has been compared, and very cor
rectly so, TO an electrician. The electrician
prepares the way for the flowing OF tho cleo
trio current. Similarly, the healer helps the
patient to establish right relations between
himself and Divine energy.
The power that the healer possesses is.
therefore, easy OF explanation He is in con-
troll OF himself and in perfect accord with
the highest radiations OF Divine mind; other
wise he has no intrinsic value as healer
as it is necessary for him TO establish a
perfect union with Gods concordant laws
before he can be Of service to the patient.
Whatever tends to generate equanmity Of
mind has healing efficiency. The individual
OF equable temperament, always looking at
the bright side of things, is usually his own
physician. Medical practitioners recognize
this truth and avail OF the power OF mental
suggestion to aid them in their practice.
Hence. the proverbial saying with respect to
the effective use OF bread pills in the treat
ment of certain classes OF patients whose
ailments are the result Of a mental tension
or OF a disturbed temperament, induced by
fear, superstition or anxiety. Both physi-
clans and healers recognize that Gods laws
operate only for good and both become ef-
fective instruments of curative power when
they establish right attitude on the part
OF their patients toward these laws. They
recognize that our lives should be affected
only by the sentient influences of good
Hence they seek to ward off whatever at
fects us adversely by inspiring in us faith
in the power OF good over evil, which atti-
tude, established and firmly held enables our
system In all Of its parts to function nor
mally and, therefore, healthily.