The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-11-18
SINGULAR REVIVAL scENEs.


New York star
Those who believe that tho age of
Miracles ig gone might hAVs bad their
faith rcciilied II they had attended the
Apostolic church ut the lronkl,n In.
stitutc lust night. Row. +. Mouck, l.
Ia. d. i. A. 3, WHO preached thure,
Processes to heal the sick by the laying
on OF hands. He took his text from
Ephesians, the words being; "He il
tho Savior Of the body" The preacher
elaborated the theory that atilne would
come when there would be no more
Sickness, millennium when tho body
as well M the mind would attain to a
state of perfection. He did mot fix any
particular date for this any more than
Darwin did for tho timo when u now
species should or could be- evolved
from existing species, but like the
great oyolutiouist, simply argued that
tho possibilities of development were
i'll that direction. at is absurd" he
said, AS well as uuchristian to resist
tho plain teschimgs of Jesus Christ.
They shall lay hands ON the sick, and
they shall recover" He went ON to
prove by philosophy, reason aud
Scripture, that the lion, the lamb and
the bear should at some distant date
hormoniae cordially.
AT the end of the sermon he re-
qucsted all who were sick and believed
in Jesus Christ, TO ascend tho platform.
Then he said those who did not be.
licye might also go up, us the Nozarine
had sometimes effected great cures up
on unbelievers through which he forced
them to believe. About two dozen
people went upon the plato m, nillict
ed with rheumatism, deafness, chronic
catarrh, kidney disease and dimness Of
sight. When the patients were ar
ranged on tho platform, Mr.. Monck
first offered mp u general prayer, and
then took hold Of the patients singly
in the mime Of Jesus Christ, making
passes like those Of mesmerizer over
the part or parts alI, c.ed, and authori.
lively commands the disease to impatt.
He told II nj ldle-aged lady, who
complained of dimness Of sight, to shut
her eyes. He then mnde passes over
them, thon touched the lids gently
with his hands, and prayed that clear
ness Of vision might be restored 10 her.
She then opened her eyes, and declared
she could see much better. A young
lady who had an affection of chronic
catarrh, complicated with deafness, of
several years duration, was then taken
in hand. The clergyman made passes
over her head and face, then
taking her nose gently between his
two hands, gave il a little pull, which
caused her to arch her swan like neck,
and commanded the calarrh to depart.
Then releasing the young lady's nasal
more ifffeSssiy tffsfn a" She did before.
Contracting the humeral muscles, she
raised her shoulders, drew long
inspiration. and answered promptly IN
the Affirmative. She showed symp-
toms Of being very deaf, however
The thaumainrgist thin proceeded
to operate upon her nuricular organs,
first by rubbing them with his hands,
and then blowing into the internal
ear. He next clasped her forehead
with his right hand, while his lett was
laid on the back Of her head, shaking
the head us il attempting TO stir up the
brains in some way that might com
mnnicate magnetic influence. What
ever may have been tho mode ofaction,
the elect was all that could be desired.
The Young lady claimed to be so far
restored as TO hear ordinary converse.
ton, and, after n few more passes and
a short prayer, she could distinctly
hear a low whisper at least so she
said.
The effects werc similar in most OF
the other cases, numbering about two
dozen in all.