The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-05-11
THE HEALING MISSION

TUESDAY morning MI Dldno1Oru III
terpreted the meaning of the latter
part of the Lords Prayer, the model
prayer and prefaced his remarks
about the value of preparation. 1t is
most important in everything in life.
Great artists In music will spend
years in study in order to be prepar-
ed to give one hour of pleasure or en-
tertainment. A great surgeon Will
spend years in specialization IN order
to shorten the time of an operation.
The shorter the time the less danger
and the greater benefit to be derived
by his patient So also must more
time be spent on that which precedes
our petitions in prayer. No matter
how much we give we receive mucn
more than we give. heaped up and
running over. at is more blessed 10
give than to receive" "He that loseth
his life shall gain it." There are IN the
earth and sea great wealth of values
not yet used, and the question is to
know how to obtain them 50 as TO
give them to the human race. Think
of the immensely and generosity of
God. No man lives or dies unto him.
self. The specialization of the indI-
vidual and the specialization of the
family is the specialization of the ma
ton, he said.
"Give US this day our daily bread"
means the recognition of God in the
bread of yesterday and all that is 70
follow. How can one get his bread
alone He must think of the collec-
tive power and God in that power and
the many different hands and pro-
cesses it passes through from the
sowing of the wheat to the making of
the berad; and of the energies of the
body to maintain that body, which in
itself is said to contain 80 billions Of
cells, ten billions of which are in the
brain. When we pray for bread we
must pray for digestion of bread. 1t
takes 80 per cent of the energy of the
body to keep up the activities of di-
gestion which builds up the muscles
and tissues of the body. There should
be no Indigestion, which is an inter
ference with the laws of nature and
prevents the proper functioning of
the organs and a clear conception of
the truth.
Mr.. Blandford stressed the impor-
lance of home keeping from a n.y.
gienic standpoint to the proper rela-
tionship of the members of the fam
lily. Oft times ones worst enemies
are those of his own household. Man
does not live by bread alone, means
that the spiritual, the highest plane OF
thinking is necessary for the com
/ pleteness, the all-rounding of the in.
Idiividual.
u Mr.. Blandford gave the analysis OF
and the difference between restraint
and freedom, which gives that fine
balance to the human life. He said il
you prayed for one hour and thought
differently the rest of the week, you
would get the answer to your think,
ing. He illustrated by saying if you
eat a certain kind of food and pray
for it not to make you sick and thinl
all the time that it will make yor
sick, then it surely will. Learn Il
control your thinking, then you viii
have the power to control your body
and your nervous system.
Forgive US our trespasses as W.
forgive those who trespass agains
US" is often the stumbling block Il
many. We will have to follow
Christ's example in this, Mr.. Bland
ford said. What oil is to machiner,
and machinery cannot run without oil
the church is that and more to tn,
people. So many helpful things ar
said in his lectures it is impossible Il
mention even a suggestion of half O
them. A verbatim report would mea,
much to the community. Reporter.