Evening journal., 1922-08-29
EPISCOP PALIANS
near SPLIT.
Faith Healing Threatens TO
Cause Fight in Church
- Convention
INVESTIGATORS
WILL REPORT

NEW YORK, Aug. ga move
hent focused at present in Grace
Church. Tenth street and Broadway
where meetings for spiritual heal
Ing have been conducted ever since
Names Moore Hickson was here three
Years ago. will come into national
promgnence with the presentation
at the forthcoming general conven-
tlon of the Episcopal Church in
Portland ore, of the report OF a
commission unique in the annals OF
rthe church.
For the last three years the Joint
Commission 10 Consider the Fuller
Recognition of the Ministry Of Heal
Ing has been engaged in an investi-
CATION OF the subject. Now It is
), ready TO present its findings for the
vote OF the convention. Bitter op-
position is expected in quarters
where psycho-therapeutics in re-
ngion is regarded with suspicion.
One OF the aims of the conmissian.
It Is understood, is TO bring about a
closer alliance of the clergy and
physicians.
In this connection. a report that
Grace Church is to open a clinic
for the treatment Of functional ner-
Eous disorders could not be verified
yesterday iln Fheabsence of DR..
Charles L. Slattery. rector OF the
parish. The Rev. Eason Cross. Gu
rate Of Grace Church. denied knowl-
edge of any such project, although
he dwelt enthusiastically on the
Tuesday afternoon meetings which
have been held ever since Mr.. Hick
son. commonly known as "the heal
err" left New York. Several cures
have been reported as a result Of the
meeting. he intimated.
The laying on Of hands" Is prac-
ticed with prayer at these services.
They are largely attended by persons
IN physical or mental distress and by
the relatives Of cripples and invallds
who are too Ill to appear in person.
Their names are sent up TO the altar
on slips Of paper. The officiating
clergyman reads them out praying
for the individual cases. There IS
silent prayer and a chapter on heal
ing IS read. Finally. each one
kneels at the chancel rail while the
clergyman lays his hand on the
bowed head and prays with specific
reference to the case. for strength
OF mind, soul and body"
This is about as far as any Episco-
pal Church has gone on the ques-
ton OF faith healing, except where
church doors have been opened 20
the professional healer, as in the
case of Trinity. which entertained
Mr.. Hickson when he was here.
Bishop Manning, who was then rec
tor OF Trinity and really launched
Mr.. HicksOn in New York, Is known
TO feel sympathetically on the sub
ject. He Is a prominent member
OF the commission which is 10 bring
in its findings at the convention in
Portland. other members are the
Rt. Rev. Boyd Vincent. Bishop of
Southern Ohio. chairman; the Rt.
Rev Phillip NJ. Rhinelander Bishop
of Pennsylvania; the Rev. Arthur 3.
Klnsilving. DID. rector Of st. Paui's,
Baltimore; the Rev. z. b. T. Phil |
lips. DID, st. Louis. No; Joseph G. |
Minot, George +. Henry. LID, and |
F. S. Edmonds. The three laymen |
on the committee represent educa-
tional and legal interests.
An indication OF the bitter feeling /
which will be encountered in some |
quarters II the findings OF the COM
mission are radical and the con-
We ltion approx them. may be gath
ere from ar editorial in a current
issue OF ''r4e Churchman," official /
organ OF the Episcopal Church.
which intimates that "it would be an
almost irreparable calamity II the