Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-08-13
! CURING BY PRAYER.
Several Very Remarkable Cures E6setsd-
veritabIe Miracles In The Nine.
teenth Century. e

Several Very Remarkable Cures emecsed-
vertabIe Miracles In The Nine.
: teenth Century.
OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Me-, Aug. 6
old Orchard Ii full tonight and not
q few OF the thousands here have been
in attendance upon the camp and faith
meetings held during the past eight
daya The greatest wonder and Inter;
eat have centered In the faith meeklngs{
presided over by Dr.. Cullis, DE-. CulIi9
is WeilknowH es q iom0pathio ply
sician In regular practice, but besido
that,i adev0NtC Christian, and has taken
great interest In religious eKercbes tUr
many years. But it Is ofa comparative
ly recent period that he has held faith
meetings, at which prayers were deliver.
ed solely for the sick, and astonishing
cures effected. This Is the sixth conse-
cutive camp meeting held- at Old Or
cbard at which. faith meetings have
formed an important part. Previous TO
coming here, meetings were held 1t
birmingham, Mass, at which some
cures were effected by prayer. DR.. Gull
lis has preached but three sermons, but
has presided at the general meetings
every day. At two meetings he prayed
with $50 people. Previous to these
meetings preparatory meetings Were
held, wherein the doctor explained the
nature of the cures and the spirit in
which one must receive help, claiming
that the cures were effected solely by
divine influence and disclaiming any
power in himself to effect them. Be
fore praying with a person he talks brief
ly with each one, and then prays but q
few minutes. He has been praying
with the sick eight years, and when he
came here six years ago was followed by
almost o multitude Of people anxious TO
be prayed over, and all believing In the
efficacy of prayer. DR.. Culliswili not pray
with them unless they first say they be.
lieve God can cure them, and they trust
in Him alone to do 1t, Curing by pray
er Is In vogue in various parts OF the
world at the present time, aud has been
so for many years. At the present
time there are so people In different
parts of the world who are engaged
in ,r
PRAYING FOR THE SICK AND Az
FlIICTED,
and effecting these faith cures. Rev.
DIR. w. f.. Borden, an American now
located in London, has large faith
home. He prays for the sick and has
effected some wonderful cures. Rev.
Otto Stacknayer, at Harpwell, 'Switzer-
land, has one of the largest faith cure
establishments, devoted wholly to faith
cures. Karl Address, Prussian preach.
er now in London, has similar estab-
lishmeLt. Ethan Allen, at Springfield,
Mass, has prayed for the sick for over
4Oyears, and has accomplished some
wonderful cures. One ofthe most won
derfuI cures was that Of Mrs. Edward
Mix, ofConnectlcut, acolOred lady, VINO
was afflicted with consumption, and yet
was cured by the prayer Offered by DIR.
Allen. She then took up the work,
and for the past four years has been do
ing similar service for suffering hu-
mainly. One of the most prominent
faith cures in the world Is that OF
Samuel Zeller, at Mannadorf Switzer-
land, near Zurich. 1t was founded by
a Swiss named Doretha Trendel. This
institution was thoroughly examined by
that eminent German theologian,
Thobuck, whom Joseph Cook referred
to so frequently In his lectures, and by
him pronounced wonderful. DIR. GULL.
was fed to pray for the sick, as he re,
marks i'm the preface to his book, called
aFaith Curesn by his belief that the
promises In the Bible are absolutely true
and, If one prayed for what he wanted,
1t would be granted to him. He read
and pondered upon James ", ii, 10
He could discover no limitation In the
verses as to time, 80 he began to inquire
to see II he could find any one who hat
claimed that promise in modern times
He came across a report OF Doretha
Trendel's work I'm Switzerland
wherein she gives accounts OF cures II
answer to her prayers. So he became
CONFIRMED IN HIS BELIEF.
At that time he had under his care a.
physician \ lady patient, Mrs. Wheeler
afflicted with terrible tumor, for which
there was no cure but the knife, 30 fal
as he knew. He asked her to read
those verses In James, and then asked
her IL she could trust the Lord to cure
her. She said she could and would. He
prayed with her according to those
verses, and I'm day or two, previously
having been confined to her room, she
got I'D and walked about haif-mile,
and i'm less than two weeks the tumoi
disappeared and she entirely recovered.
She is now q missionary In India, sent
there by DIR. Cullis. Since that time
DIR. Cullis has prayed with any one
who will declare that they trust In God
alone. He has published two small
volumes of faith cures, containing let
tiers from persons who have been cured
through his prayers. These camp meet.
inps were not called for these faith cures,
but people followed DIR. Cults here and
he gave these two large meetings ior
their benefit. In these meetings he
prayed publicly and In q great many
asses individually, apart from the Others
IIesent. On the last day over 30 per.
tons-men and women Of various age.
stood up and testified 10 being cure
of physical ailments during these meet
ings, by praying alone. The most re.
markabIe and astonishing cure effected
during these meetings Is that Of Miss
Olive Head of Sumner, Me. For Il
years she has been hopeless invalid,
for 10 years she has not walked up stairs,
and for three years has had to be fed;
she was afflicted with spinal trouble,
chronic Inflammation and other com.
plications. She was brought to the
tabernacle in a padded rocking chair, 40
weak she could not hold up her head
from the back OF the chair. She was
Isspaciated and her voice was 30 weak
l1ilosbe could scarcelybe heard. She
go eabese meetings solely TO be
kthe SRggestiop of eRer9efic