DOCTORS AND SPIRITUAL HEALING

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22194, 10 September 1937, Page 7

DOCTORS AND SPIRITUAL HEALING

to the rniTo* oi th« pbxss. Sir,—Here is an extract from th« London “Morning Post”: Sir Henrj Brackenbury is the man whom New Zealand doctors have invited to thp Dominion to give them some advice on the treatment of disease. It looks as if the medical men here are going to be shown the part that the mind play: in the production of disease. It is said that “No man is a prophel in his own country.” This is true. Bul as long as the truth is accepted, il matters not—Yours, etc. M. G. DAVIES. September 9. 1937. The extract from the "Morning Post’ reads as follows: “The conclusions of the Methodist Committee on spiritual healing, including Sii Henry Brackenbury and other medica. members, reported in the ‘Morning Post yesterday, calls attention to the growing Interest being taken by many doctors ir this borderland between religion anc medical science. “Recent developments Include the foundation of ‘The Guild of Pastoral PsychoTherapy,’ which, it is stated, hopes to secure co-operation between ministers ol religion and doctors in the treatment o: the sick. Two women doctors are members of the executive committee. Lord Herder. it will be recalled, lately withdrew from the list of supporters. "At the same time, a committee of doctors under the leadership of the Archbishop of York, is planning to establisl an experimental clinic at Hackney Wicl where psychological treatment will bt given. Here treatment will be entirely iv the hands of doctors, although the under lying idea Is co-operation between the twi professions. , . .. "Three doctors are also regular visitor: to Milton Abbey. Dorset, which wa: opened a year ago by the Rev. Join Halliard as England’s first spiritual heal ing centre. • ■ - "Emphasising that he. had endeayourec in his work to get behind the spirit o ‘denomlnationalism,’ Mr Halliard yesterda; told a ‘Morning Post’ representative; “ ‘We have been working at Milton Abbe: for about 12 months, and the results hav< surpassed our hopes, chiefly because ou;

hopes are never entirely free from the infirmity of human limitations.’ “In Wales scores of people claim to have been healed of their infirmities by Pastor George Jeffreys, principal of the Ellm Foursquare Gospel Alliance, who has conducted several revival campaigns. He began life as a shop assistant, and has established a college at Clapham Park, London, where teachert and pastors are trained. , . “Faith-healing services are also heia each week in a wooden church in Bootle. The minister is the Rev. A. Anderson Brown, of the Bethel Evangelistic Society.