A POINT OF CONTACT

The command of Christ Jesus to heal the sick is emphasized throughout the Gospels. By word and deed, by precept and practice, he showed the redemptive power of Christianity to be one with its healing power. His redemptive mission for mankind included a return to bodily strength and vigor. The phenomenal success of primitive Christianity was due to devoted disciples who went from city to city healing sickness and destroying sin.

The relationship of preaching to healing is the same as the relationship of theory to practice. A theory is of little value unless it is confirmed by proof. So it is with Christianity. "Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them" (Matt. 7:20).

Christendom has long neglected the art of spiritual healing, but a welcome awakening to this all-important mission is taking place. Recently in England the Convocation of Canterbury, presided over by the Archbishop of Canterbury, head of the Church of England, called the sympathetic attention of the church and the parish clergy to a need for the revival of spiritual healing. A joint committee was formed for this purpose by the Convocation with instructions to report the result of their findings.

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