New-York tribune., 1922-09-09
acific Coast
Episcopalialls
Favor Healing
: S9
Dean Gresham, of San Fran
cisco, Reads Resolution
Urging IT'S Restoration i'm
Practice of the Church
Clerics' Salaries Raised
Pay Has Been Increased
More Than $4,000, 600;
2l5 Missionaries i'm Field
By Rev. DIR. E. c. Chorleu

ny kev. DIR. +. &. Chorley
PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. s.--The cues
ton of the relation of the Church to
spiritual healing was brought to the
attention of the Episcopal House of
Deputies this morning when Dean j.
Wilbur Gresham, of the Cathedral in
San francisco, presented memorial
from the Province of the Pacific which
reads as follows:
mat in view of the fact that our
Lord commanded his disciples not only
TO preach the gospel but also to heal
the sick, and that the power to exer-
else that ministry, while periodically
neglected in the history of the Church,
has never been surrendered or lost;
In view of the further fact that
this ministry under various forms is
receiving new impulse and meaning at
the present time, with vast possibilities
for the enrichment of the life of the
Church; this committee of the synod
OF the Province of the Pacific hereby
memorializes the general convention to
sne end that healing ministries in the
Church be fully safeguarded on the
one hand and reverently conserved on
the other, thus restoring Christian heal
ing to its ancient and rightful place
IN the faith and practice OF the Church
Ihls committee of the Province of the
Pacific therefore urges upon the general
convention the adoption 0f the follow
ing resolution:
Says Healing Is Divine
Resolved, That the Church urges
upon its clergy and laity the recogni-
ton of the following fundamental prin-
clples of Christian healing:
"1) That all healing, whether of
body, mind or spirit, is divine in it's
character, and is the resultant of the
life-giving spirit of God.
"(2) That distinctively Christian
healing is the manifestation of the life
through Christ, who hath life abiding
in Him ard who quickeneth whom He
will
"(3) That this life may operate in
directly through the healing agencies
revealed to man in the science of ma
terial medicine and surgery, or direct
ly in response to prayer and faith.
/ "(4) That these agencies are compile
mentary In their nature, the healing
life Of God operating in and through
them and lifting all processes of heal
ing W IHe pldUe OI Cne QlVlne.
"(5) That Jesus Christ, in the midst
of the sacraments and ministry of the
Church, the same yesterday and to-day
and forever, is the medium of contact
with that sealing and redeeming life,
forgiving the sin and healing the in
trinity of believers"
The memorial was referred to the
joint commission on healing, of which
Bishop Boyd Vincent Of Southern Ohio
is chairman.
Want Medical Corporation
Among the bishops and deputies there
Is strong feeling that the exercise by
the ministry of healing by the clergy
who have no knowledge of medicine
should be carefully safeguarded, and
there is a growing conviction that it
can only be safely carried out in close
cooperation with the medical profess
sion. 1t is expected that the report of
the commission, to be presented to the
House of Bishops early next week, will
precipitate sharp discussion.
The first of five joint sessions Of the
House of Bishops and the House of
Clerical anG Lay Deputies was held this
morning to consider the report of the
national executive council for the past
three years.
The president of the council, Bishop
Thomas F. Gallor, reported that 216
missionaries had been sent into the
field and the salaries of the clergy
have been increased by more than
s2,O0o,000.
Mr.. Lewis B. Franklin, of New York,
vice-president and treasurer of the
council, reported that the income of
the general work of the church for
the last two years was S7,170,605, and
that for the first time in many years
the income had exceeded the expendi-
lures by more than S350,000.
The estimate for maintenance of ex-
listing work is S12,000,000 and for New
York $S,000,0O0, making a total Of ap-
proximately' S21,000,o00. Of this
amount S1,O00,O00 is set aside for re-
ligious work in the state universities.