Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-08
.H|CKSON, HEALER, CURES
MANY IN BALTIMORE
Even Resurrection of Dead is No
More Impossible Now Than
in Christ's Time.
From Tho baltimore American Of April Is

From Tho baltimore American Of April -
Inspiring others 10 believe in the
power Of the Almighty ~ restore lbs
handiwork, that disease has marrcd, /
James Moore ilickson quiCkcned the I
faith Of over 900 afflicted persons yestcr-
day by the laying-on of hands al Grace /
and st Peters Protestant Episcopal /
Church. Again and again nc reiterated /
the fact that it vas not his power, but that /
1t was from Christ and that he merely 9e- /
gan The cure and that the patient must /
continue the cure by faith in the savior /
He said IN an interview between the mis- 1
sions that ne believed God could, if lie |
wilied give men the power today 10 bring 4
back the dead as the apostles did IN the /
first century Of the Christian church.
u have never been led by the Spirit 70
ask that however" he concluded, but J
am confident that what God has done, He
can repeat Remember II was neither
Peters nor Paul's power that restored he
dead They were bat instruments that
God used Surely, the Creator can re-
create, 4 Hc willcd it, restoring 10 life the
dead Just as easily as he could create
life
80 impressed have the Episcopal
clergymen Of the city become ia thc
curative power Of faith that, IN addition 70
the healing missions every Tuesday, "a
Grace and - Peters Church, Rev. Or
Arthur S. Huston will conduct healing
missions AZ Christ Church. s. Paul and
Chase streets, on Tuesday afternoons At ;
o clock. To accommodate the sufferers
that cannot 90 n the morning missions 80
Grace Church.
Hosts Of children were among The sup
plicants an the healing mission yesterday
nornihs~ in addition 10 the lame, blind
and sick of maturer years. In the after
noon Mr. Hickson prayed in an upper
room Of the church with about dozen Or
more men and women suffering from
serious mental disorders. and then went
INTO the main sanctuary, where he prayed
for the spirit Of healing tO begin IN ~
other folks who for various reasons, could
not attend the morning mission. 1t i ex-
pected that he will leave some tiTne TINS
morning for Philadelphia.
Yesterday he expressed deep satIsfac-
tinn that he had been instrumental in
helping 50 many people in Baltimore. al
though he enphatieally emphasized the
fart that in himself there vas no other
power save that which came from God.
II am glad. he said. for the $40 letters
sent to DR.. Almon r. Abbott from people
in Baltimore, telling Of partial or entire
cures, and rejoice 10 know that Christ IS
using me TO help carry On His healing
work
DR. Abbott said that it vas impossible
70 tell of cures that have becn wrought al
ms last visit, a. Mr. Hlckson only heglns
he cure and that the patient must con-
-lnue n faith % prOduce the cntne cure.
Il da Know however. he said, that
oIt IF the - people ! visited last week. al
though all had been helped spiritually by
Mr. HickSou on MS previous visit, only oi
were not helped physically, % attended
the services. but were not treated, - SAID
thev we're decidedly improved n help,
and sIx vere cured. among the 9iN vas
one with Bright disease. another Was
deaf. third one was q htiie cnIld pho had
never walked until brought 10 MIR Hlck-
son. The fourth was dumb until the healer
touched him. and ne fifth ana sixth we're
adults. one suffering from stomach
trouble and the other from some serious
nervous disorder
The child who h4d recovered rs speech
Mas Nitn : motner Yesterday among the
s.. x and the lttc fellow made 50 mucn
noise hat IL ea3 10 i3e earned 01t cl the
church Ii the crowd there was also AZ
emaciate8 little woman Who had been an
+ G =
e hs~ huI>s IN that tune Another Wo-
man suffering from 8 disease that had
stiffened her oints. knelt Tor the ilrst tame
+ m SIX months So hat Mr. HlckS0u might
isv RS hands pom her and pray Tor her re-
! covev
n the ,hrang there we're rot oliz
i BAlumorearS Iait many from surround
lnE cities. number having come from
Frederick ard one was even registered
from Flo-.da Tao women brought 3 little
j nos WITH broken hip. from one Of the
counties Gently MIR HlcASon took the
j httIc one IN his arms, asked how long the
hip had rceu broken. prayed over the
child and then advised the mother that
she take The baby immediately 70
physician - set the hIp The woman.
however insisted that she wanted faith.
and faith alone 20 remedy M persuasion
If MIR HIck>on 5 could induce her to 20 to
4 physician.
In an nlerN CIV tn4t ne gave Yesterday.
ae sad thai many sick people have onlv
faith enough 10 believe Il IS possible .o
receive from Christ patience e hear their
trials
rhe> ask only Tor that. he said. and
they receive resignation. Il they asked for
more and believed they would receive il.
more would be given them. Their health
would be restored, and they could be more
useful, not only to themselves bur 10
others. God does not send sickness, and ID
IS foolish 70 forego the fun blessings Of
health that God would give Tor the earnest
! asking.
DO you believe ha. mtercc,SiouS for
the sick silt exhaust the energies ot the
tntereessor. he MAS asked
'.NoJ Il il d spiritual tntcrCes>lon no
give mental heating. thai j. to concen-
trate ones attention upon the suffering,
willing INN health. NISgailzing meanwhile
Tie afflicted one Is one III perfect health,
requires mental effort and IS followed tn
exhaustion but spiritual healing n
/ different IRON mental healing Mcnta
healing may even ae practiced by au
/ atheist Spiritual healing must III prac-
tsecd IS believer il ChrJst 1t Is the
spiritual lifting TIP If thc suffering III ,ll
| then illness 90 thcDiNirc Healer, that thc
afflicted une MAY he bathcd with the lovc
| and healing spirit of CHRIST This hchs
both the intcrcessor and the one for whom
4 he intercedes.
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