SPIRITUAL HEALING

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10726, 25 October 1928, Page 5

SPIRITUAL HEALING

RECOMMENDED BY WORLDFAMOUS SURGEONS. SHOULD CO-OPERATE WITH MEDICAL SCIENCE, VALUE CANNOT LONGER, BE ' QUESTIONED, United Press Assn by El. Tel. Copyrlghl (United Service.) (Received Oct. 24, 5.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 23; Sponsored by a special commission after six years’ study, the * recommendation that the Protestant Episcopal Church should give faith healing its official recognition, to-day held a .place on the calendar of the Church Convention for early consideration. Dr. Charles Mayo, the famous Rochester surgeon, Dr Howard Johnston, of San Francisco, Dr Sinclair Bowen, of Washington; and the Right Rev. Theodore Reese, Bishop of Southern Ohio, signed the report enclosing the recommendation, in which it is declared that

Christian healing has passed beyond the stage of experiment, and its value cannot be questioned. We ask the convention thankfully to, recognise the deepening of the spiritual life of the Church which has come through the growing recognition of the healing power of Cod. We have) come to three conclusions: — (1) That spiritual healing has become the belief and the practise of a large and increasing number of persons, f (2) That its-value cannot longer be questioned. (3) That while faith in any supposed remedy produces some effect vital faith in Cod, as revealed in Christ, is followed by results which are more sure and more lasting, and more evidently of a spiritual character. We recommend that the faith healing be conducted in co-opera-tion with medical science and practice.