DAY BY DAY.

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DAY BY DAY.

To-morrow will witness the opening of the Christian Heal-

The Mission of Healing.

ing Mission in Hamilton. It is an event to which many sufferers' in all parts of tho

'south Auckland district have been looking with hope and confidence. They have been buoyed" up with the reports that have reached them from other lands, where incidents which can only be described as miraculous arc vouched for by prelates and priests of the Anglican Church, and by ministers of other denominations, whoso-'veracity cannot be impugned. ' We have heard of paralytic, deaf, blind and dumb people being placed in possession of normal faculties. The ages of the patients have ranged from babyhood to octogenarians, and the records are strongly reminiscent of the early days of the Christian Church. These things are manifest. But there have arisen critics, who, while not denying the authenticity of the remarkable things that have occurred, refer to the large percentage of disappointed persons who have sought physical relief and failed to And it. There are, unfortunately, many such, and time alone can supply the test as to whether they have received substantial benefit in other directions. This is admittedly a problem. Mr Hickson and thoso associated wilh him aver, however, that the ministry of healing is the direct intervention of the Almighty, working along lines plainly and definitely set down in the Scriptures, and if the conditions are complied with results are assured, though results may not be exactly what is sought. One thing, however, stands out prominently. The missioner is endowed with a talent which he is exercising for the benefit of suffering humanity, and if only a small proportion of those who present themselves for treatment receive the relief sought, the mission surely is well worth while for their sakes. If Mr Hickson, knowing he possessed such a remarkable gift, refrained from exercising it to the full, his most uncompromising critics would probably be found amongst those who now so assiduously seek to minimise his mission.