New-York daily tribune., 1859-07-06
of shsiing palsy, from which the patient hsd been
suffering some reven weeks.
Rufus b. Newton Of Saratoga Springs has cured

OF snasmg palsy, nom which the patent naa oeen
suffering some reven weeks.
Rufus b. Newton Of Saratoga Springs has cured
Consumption and spinal disease of eight years
standing" heart disease and paralysis of the left
side;" dyspepsia, female weakness aud spinal dis
ease, "abscess on the right jaw, hip disease and
fever sore;" " heart disease, pressure on the brain
and nervous derangernsnt," "sn sccuts lung diff
Guilty" caucer," blindness of one eye and psr-
tal blindness Of the other" bronchitis and catarrh
c. c. York OF Boston has cured rheumatism OF
four years standing, when Of the legs was drawn
up, and the hands drawn out of shape; deafness,
headache and vomiting; a person VINO for two years
had los. her speech; external tumor, which had
been growing two years; rheumatic-ieveri tooth
ache; a scrofulous tumor and cancer.
John Scott of No. 50 Bond street, New-York, was
originally pilot on Mississippi steamer, but for
row over five years has been used as healing medi-
um in ST. Louis Louisville Cincinnati, Columbus and
Cleveland, and in this city since February 1885, He
is now receiving at bis house from 40 10 100 patients
day, and is working many strange cures, principally
by imposition of hands.
In this WAY he has cured an arm Of physician,
poisoned in a diss.cting ROOM rheumatism, inhsmma'
tory and chronic, even where the limbs were drawn
up and dls.orted total blindness club foot from
buth; feyers, particularly scarlet and yellow fever
small pox even after breaking out; choers, OF which
he has cured hundreds and never failed paralysis,
where, owing to age, the cure was slow and hard
neuralgia; displaced and broken bones; insanity;
children dumb from buth epileptic fits; issue of
blood from pose, mouth and womb; ruptures; falling
of the womb; piles; dyspepsia; scrofala; cancers
sometimes by absorption, sometimes by removing
them from the body, and restored whered limbs.
And all this repeat by simply laying on his hands,
exc. pt in one case Of insanity where being at dis
tarce from the patient, he offered large sum to
visit him. but he refused, saying, Go home, he will
be well by Thursday" and he was
These are few of the many cases of healing by
lsyir Q on of hands which are known among US. To
detail more or to spread out the evidence which
have in my possession would exceed my limits. But
this is enough to show the existence Of the phenome-
non low of old
Now. what is the inference to be drawn from these
things
Iprefer answering the question in the language of
the earlier well of the later fathers OF the Chris
tian Church.
Tertullian appeals TO the power Of the Christians
over those possessed Of devils as matter OF fact aud
proof of the truth of Christianity.
Origen claims that the signs, wonders, and various
miraculous powers which followed Christ, were all
: ooufrmations of His dignity" and he says, None
can doubt that the Apostles performed miracles and
that God gave testimony to their discourses by
signs, wonders, and various powers Our blessed
Savior abundantly discovered that His power was
nothing less than of God by the frequent and lncon
"testible miracles which He wrought even in the
"presence of the Jews but which they tried to evade
on the plea that they were done by ths aid OF the
devil" He says: Christianity is not indebted,
"ether for ts origin progress, to human influence,
" but 10 God, who has manifested Himself by means
Of various miracles founding His religion thereon
Arnobius asks was lie mortal and one of us,
at whose voice sickness and disease fled away
"whose presence the race Of demons, hid in the
bodies of mep, could not endure who caused the
lame to run whose light touch stayed the issue OF
blood, restored the withered hsud, and gave eyes
" even to those born blndl Who healed
hundreds vexed with divers diseasesl"
Eusebus says, observe his knowledge, his wisdom,
his miraculous works, surely the matter is divine and
such as exceeds all human endeavors
Chrysostom says The Apostles did not introduce
or spread the Gospel by force of arms wealth, but
their words simple in themselves, were sustained by
miracles. In procaimng a crucifed Redeemer they
produced miraculous works, and subjugsted all the
earth.
Augustine adduces the miracles of Jesus as being
more unusual events and he uumerates nong them,
the sick healed strength restored to the lame,
sight to the blind, hearing TO the deaf, sc.
Paley in his Evidences of Christianity, appeals to
the miracles for proof; and Bolton, in his work the
same subject, says: IAN parties agree in allowing
that miracle if it can be proved authentic, Is one
of the strongest evidences any cause can possess.
Now, when we reflect that healing the sick is one
of the miracles referred to by all these champions of
Christianity may we not ask what there is to change
the character Of the evidence when applied to Spirit
uali,ml j. w. EDaosDs.
Nelc York June q, 1889
P.S.-In the copy OF TIE TRIBUsE which contains
my last paper, there is an announcement that Gen.
TaDmadge, MIS-. Hatch, myself and hers are
engaged TO attend Spiritualist Convention at
Plymouth in August. Now, considering that GEN
T. has been dead over ten years though Coz. T. is
still livirp and tina, neither Mrs H. nor ever heard
of the Convention till il was thus announced, it is
quite probable that this Mt a mistake