THE GOSPEL OF HEALING by H. T. Whitney

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 25, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 43.

THE GOSPEL OF HEALING.

By H. T. Whitney

IN establishing the purest religion known to man, Christ gave divine sanction to healing, and coupled it so closely with the promulgation of the principles of Christianity that its use was only second to the proclamation of the Gospel. This high position and intimate relation with the founding of the Christian religion was practically lost sight of after the days of the apostles, and did not again come into prominence until near the middle period of modern missions. That such a potent agency, and evidently intended to be the handmaid of religion, should have been discontinued so early in the Christian era, is difficult to account for, unless it be attributed to a less degree of faith on the part of the followers of Christ.

As to the right, expediency, and sanction of medical work in connection with the propagation of Christianity, there need, therefore, be no question, as it has been made abundantly clear by the example and command of its Founder. The numerous references to healing, in the New Testament, show that Christ's reputation, while on earth, was enhanced quite as much through healing as in any other way. While the value of medical work in modern missions is abundantly proved and highly extolled, the arguments for medical missions are usually based upon their utility rather than as being really included in the divine command to go and disciple all nations.

—Dr. H. T. Whitney, Toochou, China.