Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-11
MONCK'S MIRACLES.
Conflicting Views About Brooklyn
Faith Cures. :
PUzzLINs ALL THE DOCTORS.
For Want of Better Name the Medica
Fraternity Aseribe the Curative
Power to Animal Magnetism
The Pulpit in Rage.


smile" said Mrs. John Levin, "when faith
cures are talked about, but in my case the
cure was speedy and permanent. l was
great sufferer from peritonitis, and after
severe attacks l was laid up for six or eight
months. So acute was the suffering ana 20
terrible the agony that / was forced to
adopt heroic remedies. Ny family ,physl,
clan, Dr. Arnold, said that my troubles haa
left me in solid condition, and then perl
tonitis set in. l could not bear the slight
est lar, and required assistance TO leave nay
room or TO get into my carriage. MY ply
sician advised my removal to the eonn-
try, and my husband removed TO Fiat
bush. About eighties months ago called
on Rev. DR.. Monck, and he laid his hands
upon me in the name OF Christ, and IN
short time was entirely cured. since that
time | have had no return OF the symptoms
and to day lam perfectly healthy woman.
DR.. Arnold had ordered me to apply sl1
blisters, and when he called upon me, the
day after had visited DR.. Monck, was
dressed and was in the parlor, carrying
salyer which contained pitcher OF drink
ing water. He was almost
TransGxed with Surprise,
for he fully expected to find me in my
bedcbamber. In my ease, my faith was
equal to DR.. Monck's. / had been great
sufferer: and believing it was Gods will
that l should so suffer, l proved my falth
by my endurance without repining.,
"T6en you believe that faith in the sub.
ject is necessary to cure by laying on OF
hands,"
speedy under such circumstances, but 1t IS
not absolutely necessary. have seen men
A,k
case of an Infidel and scotfer who called
upon DR.. Monck. The latter said 10 him:
NV Master can do all things, and he COM
manded the disease to depart. The man
had dead limb, and instantly he recov-
cred and is to-day we'll man.
Does your husband join you in your be-
lief in faith cures?
"He does, for he was cured of Brights
disease and from asthma, from which he
had been sufferer for years"
Mr. Levin is connected with the hrm OF
Campbell & Thayer, on Front street, near
Main street, Brooklyn, and resides at Flat
bush. When asked what other remarkable
cures by laying on of hands she bad wit
messed, Mrs. Levin instanced John Furman,
| e clerk in the Brooklyn Court House, and
who resides at New Utrecht. He had long
| been a sufferer from lumbago, and had not
been able to stoop for years. He was only
treated once, and was
Perfectly Well.
| His sister.in law was a great sufferer from
cancer in the breast. She no longer feels
any pain, and the spots on her body have
disappeared.
Can you name other remarkable cures?"
"Yes; Mrs. Gotf 60 years old, was para.
lyzed. i laid my hands on her in the name
Of Jesus, and she ran through my parlors
and has been we'll ever since"
Mrs. Goff resides at No. 2S9 Cumberland
| street, Brooklyn, and corroborates the
statement in every particular. Mr.. Hop.
| per, who works at Vauderveer's Hotel,
Ceney Island, declares that he was fully
las, and Edward Hall, a fruit dealer at No.
l6l West street, this city, insists that he
was cured of deafness of fifteen years stand
| ing Mrs. Searle, who resides in the OS-
borne flats, it is said, was not only cured Of
| deep-seated disease, but is now exercising
the same power among the sick poor.
Mrs. FOllen Bebee, whose husband is an
artist in the Garfield building in Brooklyn,
| told the reporter that she was permanently
cured of bronchial and lung troubles by
| faith. She was great sufferer, and her
recovery was speedy and permanent, and
now she declares she is in perfect health.
That man, Monck, possesses more ms G.
netism than any person l have ever met" d"
said Dr. Sinclair Smith, "and when he
places his hands upon you they feel as if
Scores of Needles
were puncturing your flesh. l do not be-
| lieve in the faith cure business, however"
Did he cure you Of Deafness"
81 caught severe cold on the steamer
| coming from Europe, and when | met him
~. It, d.,
| tol, | was suffering from q headaahe and
earache. de placed his hand on the I'M ur-
| ed parts, and the pain certainly left me. |
held one end of long rod and he the 9TH
er and Felt strong priCking sensation.
For want of better name l call it animal
msgnetism.'
Did he cure Mrs Naylor OF tumor?"
when Mrs Naylor first met DR.. Monck,
| she was great sufferer. Atterward the
swelling went down. She is now under the
treatment of DR.. Cullis the faith cure ply
| sician of Boston, and she has become very
religious. She is out day End night labor
| ing for one of the midnight missions, and
| is one Of the most active women in New
| York. She told me the other day that in
| stead of having fear of ,death from her
| disease as heretofore, she was fully prepar-
| ed for death, and ii no longer worried her"
How do medical men regard Mr.
MonCk'"
"Fayorably as az adjunct, the same as
they do
The Swedish Cure
and the kneadng of muscles II DR..
Monck should study anatomy, pathology
and physiology so as TO be able to diagnose
| diseases, and readily discover the differ
ence between bronchial and lung affection,
he would rank high as specialist, and be
very successful. Whether his treatment is
| animal magnetism or play upon the fancy
| of his patients, he certainly does good
when he makes them believe they are bet
ter, as confidence and self reliance are
wonderful factors in the sick ROOM"
Mrs Wilson, whose child was said to be
cured of scald head, was severe ly repri.
manded by her pastor, Rev. Mr.. Reed of the
| Nostrand Avenue Methodist Church in
Brooklyn, and that divine preached sever
| al caustic sermons on the subject OF alleged
faith cures. The subject nearly created a
schism in the church. Rev. George T.
Pentecost ceased his Sabbath afternoon
Gospel meetings at the Brooklyn Academy
| OF Music because DR.. Monck was given the
! building for last Sunday evening. He
says that his people, who have worshiped
| ford to be Unidentified in the remotest
degree with the Monck movement, which
he terms
The Devils Work.
Over three thousand men and women
crowded the Brooklyn Academy OF Music
Sunday night, to hear the REV. +. Mouck,
l.. l.. ID +. A. S." who advertises himself
as the Teaching and Healing Pastor"
| preach, and to see him heal sick persons.
Hundreds were turned away from the doors
before half past seven o'clock, when he
opened the meeting. He is an English.
man with q long, dark beard and nous.
| tache, and hair that falls to his shoulders.
Persons were called Oh by the doctor
to testify to his cures of ailments by
| the laying on of hands. A young
woman, who said she was Miss Jack
son, stood on the stage apd said
she was cured Of gastric fever. Mrs. Cough,
who said she lived at 2S9 Cumberland street,
declared that she had been cured of rheum.
atism and paralysis. A man who said he
wss Stephen Hansen, of 3S6 Jay street,
told how the Doctor ad cured his wife of a
fever when she was on her deathbe by the
use Of handkerchief which the Doctor had
given him. The Doctor exslained these
handkerchiefs, which he gives away to
some and sells to others. Some, he said
as high rs ten dollars piece, were render
al effacfiva hy his t0uchinp th6m and