The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-05-13

shove -ales sre really remarkable.
ATtvr ON PEoPLF.-Mr. M. n. De-
pauw tells us that at the prayer meeting
at Givens' Church last Sunday, there
we're D. persons, Eve Of whom averaged
so years Of age. They were, Mr.. John
Yeiler, 81; Mr. John Yeirsr, e; Mr.. james
Grow, 81, Mr. Zsch Hughes, g. and Mr.
J. L. Dawson, ST., Is. They are all ac-
tive, and attend church a. regula rly almost
a. In their younger DAYS.
Piss CoIrAor Farm CURE-last week
We published the rnmor that Miss Julia
Buckner had been restored to health by
prayer and faith The following dated at
the Pink Cottage, fully corroboraies II:
Eihor EafeFiar Jsuyaai
bel ia daty, a. yell as pleasure, 10 aeknosl J.
e,ige TO the pnbllc the wonderful loving kindness
Of my heavsniy Father To- he.toving health upon
me, in ansser 10 prayer through faith. To Him
b. 40 The glory. I have been To- uretchei health
or The last nur years, irom Dyspepsia and other
chronic diseasss aud nos issl hsvs been healed
sfthsm al. JuLiA BvcgSEs,
ofCamp KnoI. Green Co, Ky.
Miss Bnckner, who l. an educated and
intelligent young lady, LEFT for home We'd
ne-day, praising the Lord for his wonder.
ful goodness.
ArnE MANY NEARs-GilmOr, snd
Niece, who murdered one James Mills,
or some other man, in Pulaski county six
teen year ago, and after robbing him,
dumped his remains in a sink hole, are at
last TO atone in a partial degree for the
crime. They elected 10 be tried under
the Law in force at the time Of the murder,
which punished that oaense by death, aud
manslaughter by ten years in the Peniten-
tiary, and il !. we'll they did, a. We learn
that could they have sent them up for life
the jury would have done so; but being in
doubt b. To whether Mills va. the real
man killed, they gave the prisoners the ben
eft il, and lei them % with ten year, II
is rather singular verdict bat the best,
everything considered. The jury were all
Lincoln men and were a. follows J II.
Rout, Wm. Burton, J.. H. Read, ". ).
Hooker, James Paxton, H. r. Goode, A.
X. Denny, j. l.. Tanner, J. D. Kelley, -
y. liussung, Wm. Well and d $ Jones.
oSI G. ;. Reppert. Of iu.IonyiIls. a
peripaletic pedagogue, seeks to bring him.
self into cheap notoriety by denouncins, in
the Csurio. ,Iow7,ai, the Pink Cottage Faith
Cure A. IAN outgrowth Of ignorance,
nauseous to enlightened reason, and bale
ful in It's influence" II would not he
necessary in this community. where the
said p p. is known, to pay any attention
TO his article, but since the Coarisr-Jowaai
has seen 1T TO advertise him. We can not
refrain from noticing II to some extent.
In the first place, the Professor" lives in
eight miles o! the Faith Cure, and he
could have easily spared the time from hi.
large % school TO have gone there and
found GU, the real state Of affair, instead
Of coloring distorted reports. lie would
have found instead Of an institution Of
great dimensions and pretentions" a
plain little cottage painted in pins. pre-
sided over by good, unostentatious uo-
man, Who having, a. she firmly believes,
been restored to health by prayer and
faith, has devoted her life to the service Of
the Lord, and instead Of taking her ease,
as she might do, has assumed the charge
Of half dozen or more inyalids for whom
she labors aud prays both day aud night.
For this she charges nothing, not even
for their board, bat leaves the Lord to
provide, and he has done 30 in most en-.
coursging manner She does not claim
that she can cure any body She Is an
humble and devoted Christian woman, and
only pra,s IL II be Ills will, for relief
to the sufferers. She reads and eHpounds
the Scriptures to them and encourages
them to ask believing that thsy shall re.
ceive Educated and refined, she makes
no boast Of any supernatural power. She
does not take the Bible and pick out what
promises she will believe, but accepts
them all literally She has made no ef.
fort to advertise herself or the Pink Cot.
iage. We have visited her, other news
paper men have visited her, and touched
by her deep piety aud genuine earnest
Ness, have simply stated facts as they
appear to everybody who will take the
time 10 get them. We are not the "cham-
pion Of the new departure in the sense
that the Professor" charges, but II there Is
any good in il, and We believe there Il, VI
are neither ashamed nor afraid to tell il
Neither is the Faith Cure "a protege Of
Mr.. Barnes He has nothing whatever tc
do with il, save to pray for her who man
ages il, and give il rent free to aid her il
her noble work. II Is useless to attempt
10 cry il down as the Hustonyille oroakel
titles 10 do. II il is Of the Lord il vii
withstand the attacks Of all such so-callet
Christians, otherwise il will fall Of itself
Il can do no harm, and II il does no goo,
in the way Of saving bodies, il will a,
much good in drawing souls nearer 4
Christ Il lily becomes such man a
Bro. keppert 10 attack so good a one a
Rev, George o. Barnes, a man who Is dahl
doing more 10 elevate mankind than an,
other in the State, and he will lnd tina
all such attacks will but revert to his owI
disadvantage. But the concluding para
graph Of the remarkable article, / e, th
urouosfffon that q oss. -, iii 4.g,.l