| Show HEALING BY BI F FAITH AITU The religious woe world at pre present ent has haa to face to-face face a phenomenon for tor which Its Ita th theories orles offer after no adequate explanation Reference is ie made to a 9 growing orao- orao tice of ot healing bealing by means meaDS of ot faith faith and aDd prayer Prominent among the leaders of this movement is the Rev Bev John Jolin Alex Dowie Dowle who last lut year opened a chapel in Chicago to which accord ing according to to o accounts great i umbers umber 11 pie daily U d-U many of whom hom are oWe of ot various diseases disease d ea i DP and and j def ft te ties IP t 1 I i f Be Dowie Doi I Is a Dati native of Bd Scotland and was wa educated in hi that city elty He labored for tor a time as a aVator Vator or in Australia Finally be became be bt became came me convinced that he wax was wrong In selling lUng the word of God for tor u II stipulated yearly salary and re resigned Ined bi his nis position to take up Independent labor among the masses of the people In the capacity of an n evangelist living by faith he be was led to establish the lobe International Divine Healing association and his bill work has bas attracted much attention A leading religious journal of this country try In commenting upon the evi evidences dences deuces of ot the manifestations of ot the power of ot faith takes the view that healing by miraculous power is 18 no longer lODger needed in this age when the health of ot human buman beings can safely be entrusted to the skill of physicians and Dd ad asserts that most mOlt of ot the cases oases of cures by prayer are illusions The ground taken t ken is II that In io many instances ailments depend largely on the imagination and where re that Is II the case faith away a cure CUle otherwise it Is im- im imPotent Potent Without being prepared to pass pasa any Judgment upon the nature of ot the work conducted by Rev Dowie Dowse it is III evident that his hie critic is wrong In assuming that healing by Divine power is a feature ture of ot the past only It is II not true miraculous that miraculous power was given to the first ret witnesses of our Lord only for tor the purpose of ot establishing their authority as Divine messengers me to an Idolatrous world nor is 18 it true rue rue that that power Wa was to io be withdrawn with the uni- uni universal uni universal versal vereal acceptance of ot Power OVer sickness and over spiritual evil in influences G to which all diseases probably ate u due If It the first cause mould i be found was bestowed upon the servants of the Lord for the benefit of ot th the be- be believers be believers lievers juat just as well as for tor the con conviction lc- lc Von Ion of or unbelievers vers Thus the ap- ap application ap application application of ot the atoning work of Christ on man maD for saw and purification includes body and soul Surely He hath borne our grieta and aDd carried our sorrows and aDd with wiSh His stripes we are healed is 18 the tOe prophetic prop u declaration declaration expressive of the ot oY t the tb e atonement when re- re ed In faith This gift gUt Is 18 perma- perma permanent perma permanent nent nent because the gifts and calling of God aDd Godare ar are without repentance When the Church in this age aae was established the promises were received d that healing powers power should follow those who believed and thousands can testify tesI testify fy to this as a tact faor It is no longera longer a theory but an actual experience or ot the th Saints of ot God that the power of the Priesthood has been besen b ea r to the th Church One evidence of this fact Is the recurrence of what may be called diabolical counterfeits so common In this use aft It was intimated by the Ibe Divine Spirit from the beginning that the end of ot the dispensation atlon would be characterized by the e establishment of communication with sed seducing cing spirits ot of various kinds Hence we under uDder understand understand stand tand that the Divine power was to be manifested also for otherwise there would oe no inducement for the adver adver- sary aary ary to put forth special efforts 0 of manifesting bin bis power One who is isled led by the Spirit of the Lurd Lord however discerns between the genuine miracle and aDd the counterfeit count he be accepts tb the former with heart white whiM the thet ct t eI latter ean not ml mislead blew b bira i into b beliefs and practices practice contrary oo to the will of God I r |
