Faith Healing.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 March 1923, Page 4

Faith Healing.

IHI.M.W i AT HULK BISHOPS L AN. SYDNEY. .Man h '. Till- lii'st serious eliureh -et-l aek I■ i i in’ tailh-hea ling mission ~1 Mr -L W. 11 iek son . ■ I whose success i emarka ble stories have i erne from Tasmania aml A'ieimi.i. has been caused by ti e utterance o. !)■• O' La n ell. Roman ( aUr be | I lishi.p of Rat burst. | Retd-ring to the "alleged cures by a eerlain fail b-lmaiine' cxperi , at piesent in Australia." ih" Bishop said iii.il it was well-known t Ini'. I here were many kinds ol illness that '-'.ere mlimatelV eolilieeted with mmital comiioils |oriiis 111 paralysis, like ihlliibii, deafness, hfindliess. ami lameness. e\isted childly on account ol mental persuasion. People could hardly reali-e Imw mill'll this was tlie ease. Dunn:the war several eases ol the kind had ~,'dirreil from 'itell-shoek and overs| ;,iii. where mi phv-ieal iniui'y had I.ceil .iiseovere.L "Even ap ift In dieal assistance. healing and curing bv suggest inn an soiiiet i ines carried on." Bishop (I Far roll a.l,led. "For l his a certain e ! - mosphere has to lie erealed. 1 lie -nlierei' are To be persuaded that others like themselves have heeli cured. llm names, dates, and medical testimony of j IJ-torv of the sickness or ils pre-si-nt emiditioii are never material. I*, rsiiasioii I hat ot hers have been cured. ai.,| i: - : ; i they a iso will ! e eiired, is llm chief thing, and sensation propaganda is oil ell very etfe't ive. AH thi' pr<paraiui'v Work help- to dispose the minds m certain classes of sufferers from liysteiia. and oilier diseases m which the mind plays an impor(:i'i ; pari. "Now. with regal'd to the curing m such persons by natural means, wlmtliei !,v suggestion nr otherwise. I am not i oiieei'iied. Nor would I think it neecssar\ io speak m thi- matter except for .me ciieMliistaliew. \A lieu this sort "I curing i- mixed up with non-Cntfcdii religious worship. Idr it my duty to toll Mill clearly and distinctly—and I am addressing my own llock only—tint such is forbidden bv ibe law "I the Church. A'on are quite aware of this. And. therefore, in regard to this function of alleged faith-heeling, it is well that von should know that you would act - 111 fully and in violation of the law of the ( liiireh. and give scandal to your hr,a |,er bv t akiitg part in it. "Nor is it likely Ibid Divine hell' V..,,1,1,1 be given to people who would the restoration ol health liy lor* l.iddmi means. I am sure that D'i-<-!ear intimation will sot at re-t nin doubt in U ■ minds of rear CaiLo'b prop!,.'.’’