They are all miraculous,
and the same power was granted to the apostles--"power against unclean
spirits, to cast them out, to heal all manner of sickness and all manner
of disease." And more than this, not only the blind received their
sight, the lame walked, the lepers were cleansed, the deaf heard, but
even the dead were raised up. No question of the mandate. He who went
about doing good was a physician of the body as well as of the soul, and
could the rich promises of the Gospel have been fulfilled, there would
have been no need of a new dispensation of science. It may be because
the children of this world have never been able to accept its hard
sayings--the insistence upon poverty, upon humility, upon peace that
Christianity has lost touch no less with the practice than with the
principles of its Founder. Yet, all through the centuries, the Church
has never wholly abandoned the claim to apostolic healing; nor is there
any reason why she should. To the miraculous there should be no
time limit--only conditions have changed and nowadays to have a
mountain-moving faith is not easy. Still, the possession is cherished,
and it adds enormously to the spice and variety of life to know that men
of great intelligence, for example, my good friend, Dr.
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