South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-05-07

Ano SXcltement In SOuthWes-
tern Virginia over the Miracle Worker.
Miller. the man wbo has some how
gostsn the credit Of performing many
remarkable cures in Scot county. has
established his headquarters for the
coming summer at the Red Sulphur
Springs In Roanoke county and is now
shere. Ills passsge from bis home to
h's new place seems TO have been an
ovation. When he arrived ct Salem, on
the way. the paper there says:
HE was the guest Of +. 1. Chapman,
at Lake Spring Hotel. On Satui day,
the people (many Of them from a dis
tsnce) came in crowds, and thronged
the botel by hundreds some, prompted
simply by curiosity TO see the miracle
worker. others seeking to be healed by
hsm. He rooms at Lake Spring were
thronged from morning till night with
the afiiicted-the lame, the blind. the
deaf, the rheumatic, the scrofulou,, con-
sumptives. paralytics and sufferers f:om
divers kinds Of diseases from this and
the adjoining counties of Craig. Bote-
sourt. Franklin ard Montgomery. Never
was such sight witnessed in this sec.
ton before, and never was there so great
q sensation created in so short time.
1t Is estimated that from sunrise TO
l o'clock in the afternoon upwards of
two thousand persons visited Lake
Spring"
A letter from Salem to the Abing-
don Standard says of his operations
there:
lie makes no charge and will not &C.
cept more than fifty or scyenty-fiye
cents. from any one, although I saw
some cast handful OF silver in his side
pockets. He has relieved some serious
cases since he arrived here, although he
has not time TO make any examinations.
and does not even ask the patient how
he is affi cted. lie is especially sue.
cessful in rheumatism anil all nervous
diseases.
II saw one oil man who could not
walk ut all when he came here, after
treatment. walk very well. | saw
number Of persons entirely relieved Of
all pain, with which they were suffering
severely when they arrived. do not
cay that all will be relieved. but 1 do
advise the afflicted to visit this remark
able nan, as he is now so accessible
Several hundred persons visited him
daily. but he cannot treat all. He went
to Bristol Saturday evening after his
wife. Many persons followed him there.
and returned with him Sunday morning.
He will make Roanoke Red Sulphur
Springs his home for tho summer. He
will 60 there Tuesday, 14th inst. There
ample accommodations will be furnish
cd for all. by Messrs Chapman, who
have already opened that popular water
-ing-place.
About one hundred persons will fol-
low him from this place Tomorrow
Go and see. for such things were never
before witnessed by Salem
The Salem Conservative interview
ed the healer and found out how he
came TO be one, and where he got Bibli.
cal authority:
HE says he has been healing in q
general way. for three years ; and that
he discovered his power TO heal 10y first
being taught by woman how to blow
out 6ro.' Inflammation from burns y
that he next learned how to stop blood
in the same manner. From this he be-
gan to search the Scriptures very care
fully AID found that they taught the
same. and being impressed with the be.
lief that he could On the principal do
more than blow out fire. OF .staunch
blood he tried his powers in secret
manner, no one knew anything Of his
action at the time. just what lie did
was not stated. but he claimed that he
was successful, and from that time, he
resolved to do what he could TO relieve
the suffering. He referred TO the fol-
lowing passages OF Scripture rs his
authority. saying that they point out
the source OF his power and the persons
upon whom such power is conferred
Mark XVI-12.15 inclusive l Corin-
thiars, the whole Of the XII, chapter.
Lille referred to the following passa.
ges Of Scripture as relating examples
OF the exercise of this power, ard chow
ing the fearful manner in which God
will deal with those who do not believe
in it: Acts: ILL., and Z, Matthew
XII-22-30, inclusive.
"He claims that his power 10 heal is
derived solely from God, and says that
without God he can do nothing. Says
he is minister and that he sometimes
breaches. lie is q Swedenborgian in
faith, and accepts and endorses The doc
tTines and Interpretation OF the Scrip
ture as set forth by Swcndenborg, so
fur as he understands them.
"For information concerning the al
legged cures he has effected he simply
referred us to all reliable persons whom
he has treated"