Evening star., 1928-10-19

where it will be possible to raise per
sons from the dead was made by tn
! Right Rev. Nathaniel S. Thomas, for
merly Bishop of Wyoming. at mas
meeting of the Society of the Nazarent
at Trinity Diocesan Church last night.
| Bishop Thomas said the directions o
| Christ to the apostles directed them no.
only to heal the sick, but to raise tn
| dead. UP to the present, he SAID, tnl
latter injunction has remained pom
of mystery in the gospel. since 1t seemed
obvious that Jesus had directed mef
to do something which was utterly be-
, yond their powers.
A closer study of the miracles. he said
shows that ChriSt's method of healing
apparently did not presuppose any mys.
| terious power in the healer. He Woulo
say, "Thy faith hath made thee whole,
indicating that the healing power was
called forth from the individual ratnel
than from any outside source.
The miracle of the raising of Lazarus
he said, might be explained on TIT
same grounds-the faith being that o.
Martha rather than that of the deae
man.
Primal Power Still Unknown.
Bishop Thomas said that science
gradually is tracing the sources o.
power further into the unknown, bu
is still far from knowing the prlma
source. He illustrated this process bl
the recent discovery of coSmic rays by
Prof. r. A. Milliken.
Faith, he said, may have such al
inherent power that it is the dominan
controlling factor. capable even OF over
coming the physical fact of death. Ap
| parently the power of faith, he pointeC
out, has little to do with the mora
| or mental qualities of the individual
| who exercises it. Such biblical char
acters as Jacob and David he said
were precious rascals," the latter muir
dering another man in order to get hi:
wife, Yet their faith was such tha
they were able to accomplish feat:
which have kept their names alive
| while the good men and the intellectual
men of their times are forgotten.
Bishop Thomas made clear that he
was not predicting that raising the deao
was likely in the near future, but was
merely indicating that it was a distant
possibility.
DIR. Sinclair Bowen, Washington phy-
sician and a director of the Society OF
the NaZarene, spoke on the common fac
tor between religion and medicine.
THE rational practice of religion" he
said, brings in its train lack of worry
and haste. Religious faith lessons neu'
| rotic tendencies The same divine en-
ergy works on the body and on the SOU
| through pure air, medicines, thought:
and desires.
why we can't bring more doctors
| into intimate relation with the priest!
of the church can't understand. The
| church should teach health, although
Re o11iof ht,cfY1ncc IT chnill6 hf
able to offer all the total happiness o
the Gospel. Something seems to have
gone out of the life of the moderr
church from what I knew as a child
| The priests should spend more time IL
| the homes l am more and more con
vinced that doctors now have a cloSel
contact with families than anybody else
Persons speak to their physicians more
confidentially than to their pastors. MY
ratients often consult me about matters
it would be far better for them to speal
to their pastors about"
Pleads for Chaperons.
The church, DR.. Bowen said. should
instruct parents concerning the care oi
adolescents. Il plead" he said. "fol
the restoration of the chaperon for girls
between IA and 90. While the old
of date, I. as a doctor, find an increas-
ing need for them"
He declared that the church should
instruct persons in the responsibilities
of matrimony and sex hygiene ano
impress on men the evil of bringing
more children into the world than they
can possibly care for" Preventive re-
ligion, he said, has as great part tc
play as preventive medicine, but one
apparently has remained static while
the other has forged ahead, so tha
such scourges as yellow fever, typhoio
| fever and diphtheria have practically
been wiped from the earth. 1t woule
be a function of the church he said
to stop child labor in factories ant
| ameliorate the labor conditions o.
women. There should be in our Chris
| tian lives a Gate called Beautiful fol
/ the lame and the halt" he declared.
| It is the duty of the church, DR.
| Bowen declared, to take a firm stanc
against the increasing use of tobacco
| by women, which, If continued, will Sc
riously undermine health.
| A practical demonstration Of Chris
| tian healing methods was given a
| Trinity Church yesterday afternoon
under auspices of the Society of the
| Nazarene by the Rev. Robert B. H. Bel
of Denver and the Rev. Hollis w. Col
we'll of Harrisburg. Pa, who are repre-
sentatives of the Life Abundant move
ment, the methods of which differ IL
some basic principles from that of th'
| NaZarenes.
The service. conducted by Father Bel
and Father Colwell, was characterized
by a quiet dignity The element o
suggestion, both clergymen said frank
ly, was extremely important, although
both insisted that something NOR
fundamental was at work.
The actual laying on OF hands wa
preceded by an instruction talk ant
singing of hymns. Then approximate.
100 persons. the great majority of then
women. approached the altar rail- Or
the altar before them was a COLDER
cross banked with pink roses an,
above the cross was stained glass win
dow with representation of rcd
robed Christ laying his hands upon th
heads of children. The organist playel
soft. low music continuously.
First came Father Bell. The black
robed figure would approach the kneel
ing person and ask in a low. soothin
voice--usually no more than a barel
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