Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-11-22
THE PRAYER-CURE AGAIN.
Some Remarkable Cases in Indiana.
Especial to the Cincinnati Gazette.1

Especial to the Cincinnati Gazette.1
NEW ALBANY, Nov. 13.-The Gu
zctte'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. f. Church
as Il member of the Indiana Conference
in 1870, and is now serving his second
year in the pastorate of the M. f. 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 first-class position in his Con-
ference. He is a religionist of remarka-
bic faith, believing God will do any
thing Cor 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 young
lady of spotless character and excellent
social position. She has thorough ed
ucation, and few equals among anna
teurs us an elocutionist For Il long
time this accomplished young lady was
afflicted with disease that defied 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 rs his pastoral re-
lations made his duty, and in these she
was urged to importune God in prayer
ioi tHtb IClicl HlculCstl Shul cOuiu nOJ
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
Immediately arose from her bed, and
has ever since been entirely free from
pain and as lively in physical and mental
energy as at any time previous to her
aflliction. She says that she attributes
hp,. suI1an y,r,nb TO
Notwithstanding to prayer, simply
acquaintances.
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
able and well authenticated cases that
have come under his personal observa-
ton through the same agency-caseS
wherein the patients had been given
over by physicians to die, and yet were
suddenly 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-
terian Church, is quite us remarkable as
that of Miss Knuckles. For months she
had been prostrated, and her physicians
toll lcl Ilo Shlll save
and she must die. She sent for the
pastor, the Rev. W. p. McNara of
Bloomington, that he might pray with
her. Both prayed with great fervency
for her recovery, and sin that self-same
hour she was healed" So astonishing
was this cure that it was given to the
public in pamphlet form, causing great
excitement, inasmuch as all the parties
were well known, and of the highest re-
spectability.
Another, and as apparently mirac-
ulous case of healing in Monroe Coun-
ty, was that of the wife of the Rev. Mr..
Kennedy, of the M. E. Church. Her
physicians told her they could do no
more for her, and that whatever affairs
she desired to arrange had better be at
tended to, us she could not possibly long
survive. In her emergency she sought
Divine aid through prayer, and was
speedily healed.
"These cases." said the gentleman
| who related them to the Gazette corre
spondent, 'sare rs well authenticated as
any fact ever established. They can
neither be gainsayed nor ridiculed out
of actual occurrence by the incredulous.
They are of personal knowledge to
nearly every citizen of Monroe County.
How else can you account for these
miraculous healings except by the Divine
| interpOsition in answer to the prayers of
the afflicted onesp"