The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-05-09
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
SESSIONS OF. CHRISTIAN
HEALING MISSION

Saturday is. generally an off day;
everybody is busy with preparations
for Sunday. Notwithstanding this
fast large congregations, both morn
ing and evening, were in their usual
seats to receive instruction from Mr..
Henry c. Blandford.
He laid great stress on everything
that will advance or develop a child or
an adult physically, mentally and
spiritually in the are of living better
and taking better care of themselves.
"Mother love is beautiful and divine,
but it will not prevent an infant from
dying because of ignorance of the
laws of hygiene" he said. The study
of child welfare is engaging the at
tention of the world today.
"God has an ideal for US and wishes
US to grow up to it." he emphasized.
Mr.. Blandford also in one of his
strongest lectures Sunday morning
again repeated that we should seek
and learn and be true to that to which
all come to know to be truth. Elim-
mate all else that is unnecessary in
order to become more efficient III
knowledge and power which is given
to US in the study of God in nature,
all the sciences and the relative values
to individuals and to mankind, so that
we may become masters of ourselves.
Jesu sthe master of all masters is the
example to emulate. He illustrated
what could be done with electricity or
fire if used or controlled, and what
destruction to life the same things
would be Through ignorance of their
power or law.
Mr.. Blandford gave beautiful in
depreciation of the symbolic ceremo-
nies of water, bread and wine. The
full, deeper, spiritual meaning. He
spoke of the improved, modern meth
eds in everything that will develop
one physically, mentally and spirit
ually. No one knows where the line
begins between the physical and the
mental. "Men. generally speaking,
love darkness rather than light" he
continued. "This is the condemnation.
Jesus said, 4 am the way, the truth
and the light; no man cometh unto the
Father except through me- This is the
channel through which the door Is
opened to improvement, intelligence
and power" Mr.. Blandford stressed
that Jesus is the Great Physician VINO
invites whosover viii to come. This
includes all conditions of mankind, the
entire human race. Christ gave indi-
vidual training and healing. This we
learn from the study of the gospel IN
his miracle cures. "The power of the
church in the awakening to this long
Neglected command to heal both body
and soul rests upon the individual,
he stressed, Shut the corporate power
of the church will accomplish more
than the individual"
"Verily believe the works / do ye
SHAH uOs Se1lu OCSuSs
viduals led the masses in Christ's day
as well as in this day. Jesus was a
man of action and he wants people to
follow hi sexample and ikewide do
things.
Space forbids giving even a meager
outline of his last four lectures The
combined ceremony of laying on OF
hands and the administration of the
holy communion Sunday morning was
most impressive and many availed
themselves of the opportunity.
Mr.. Blandford VIII remain three
days longer. Wednesday evening VIII
close his mission work in Ocala- After
his departure the work viii be carried
on by the church and prayer circles