The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-12-04
THE PRAYER.CURE AGAIN.
Some Remarkable Cases in Indiana.
Especial to the Cincinnati Gazette.l

Especial to the Cincinnati Gazette
New ALBANY, Nov. 13.-The Ga
zette's Southern Indiana correspondent,
having had his attention called repeat
edly to some very remarkable cases of
healing of the sick that have occurred in
Monroe County, Indiana, yesterday in
terviewed prominent and intelligent,
citizen of Bloomington, the county seat
of that county, and the site of the In
diana State University. The town of
Bloomington is one of some pretensions
in literary matters and scholarly and So
cial refinement, and the intelligence of
its citizens is much above the average of
country towns.
The Rev. John w. Webb entered the
travelling connection of the NJ. E. Church
as member of the Indiana Conference
in 1870, and is now serving his second
year in the pastorate of the M. E. Church
at Bloomington. He is a gentleman of
superior abilities, graduate of the lead
ing college of the West, jealous. elo-
quent, and scholarly preacher, and oc-
cupies a first-class position in his Con-
ference. He is religionist of remarka-
BILE faith, believing God will do any
thing for the true believer that may be
asked of Him in faith, {" nothing waver-
ing or doubting," either in temporal or
spiritual matters. In other words, he
believes prayer is all powerful to
bring down upon the sincere Christian
every blessing he or she may require.
And with all this there is not a single
spark of fanaticism, as this term is gen
orally understood, in the Rev. John w.
Webb. On the contrary, he is exceed
ingly liberal, though always earnest and
powerful in his sermons.
Miss Ella Knuckles is the daughter of
Mr.. John Knuckles, an old and respected
engineer on the Louisville, New Albany
& Chicago Railroad. She is a young
lady of spotless character and excellent
social position. She has thorough ed
ucation, and few equals among anna
tours as an elocutionist. For long
time this accomplished young lady was
afflicted with a disease that defed the
remedies of the most skillful physicians,
and she was given up to die, or, if not
to die, to live life of torturing pain
from her supposed incurable malady.
In this condition the Rev. j. w. Webb
paid her such visits as his pastoral re-
lations made his duty, and in these she
was urged to importune God in prayer
for that relief medical skill could not
afford. She did SO, and was joined in
her petitions by Mr.. Webb. Suddenly,
and with no other agency than these
prayers, her illness was healed, and she
arose from her bed, and
has ever since been entirely free from
pain and as livelyin physical and mental
energy as at any time previous to her
aifiiction. She says that she attributes
her sudden-it is not too much to say
Notwithstanding to prayer, simply
and solely, and so do her relatives and
This case is so well known, and the
cure is so absolutely remarkable, as to
cause great excitement in Bloomington.
Mr.. Webb relates other equally remark
lble and well authenticated cases that
nave come under his personal observa-
ion through the same agency-cases
wherein the patients had been given
'ver by physicians to die, and yet were
healed in answer to their i'm
fortunate prayers to God.
In Monroe County, the case of Miss
Strong, a member of the United Presby-
erian Church, is quite as remarkable as
hat of Miss knuckles. For months she
lad been Frustrated, and her physicians
old her no human skill could save her,
md she must die. She sent for the
'astor, the Rev. W. P. McNara of
bloomington, that he might pray with
Ter. Both prayed with great fervency
or her recovery, and Gin that self-same
our she was healed" So astonishing
vas this cure that it was given to the
ublic in pamphlet form, causing great
xcitement, inasmuch as all the parties
Tere well known, and of the highest re-
probability.
Another, and as apparently mirac-
lous case of healing in Monroe Coun-
7, was that of the wife of the Rev. Mr..
.ennedy, of the M. E. Church. Her
hysicians told her they could do no
lore for her, and that whatever affairs
ne desired to arrange had better be at
ended to, as she could not possibly long
lrvive. In her emergency she sought
ivine aid through prayer, and was
oeedily healed
"These cases." said the gentleman
no related them to the Gazette CORE
"are as well authenticated as ,
ny fact ever established. They can ,
either be gainsayed nor ridiculed out
actual occurrence by the incredulous. 5
hey are of personal knowledge to
Early every citizen of Monroe County.
ow else can you account for these
iraculous healings except by the Divine
terposition in answer to the prayers of