Ghosts or Gospels. The Methods of Spiritualism in Healing Compared with the Methods of Christ.
Boonton, NJ: The Nazarene Press, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Small Octavo. vi + 132pp. Blue cloth w/ gilt title, etc, to spine, and title, author, and rules blind-stamped to cover; bibliography & review. A guide to Christian spiritual healing, by Revd. Henry Wilson, who founded an American branch of the healing group the Society of the Nazarene in 1920. The Society of the Nazarene was begun by a mixed group of clergy and laity in England in 1914 and was sponsored by William Temple who later became Archbishop of Canterbury Cuthbert Bardsley, Bishop of Coventry, and others. It was officially endorsed as the healing organisation of the Anglican Communion by the Lambeth Conference of Anglican Bishops in 1926. Contents: Healing and Spirit "Control"; Healed Through a Message; The Gift Fully Consecrated; The Seamy Side of Spiritualism; Haunted bodies and Haunted houses; "The Unseen Doctor"; The Teachings of Jesus; True Spiritual Communication; Guidance for Students; Bibliography and Review. Cloth a bit darkened at spine, small crease to cloth of front boards, head of spine a little frayed, Points a little rubbed, page edges browned, old NYC bookshop sticker on front pastedown. Otherwise a tight, unmarked VG+ copy. Item #22367
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