Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-03-20
CURIOUS CURES.
A Grand Stampede Of the Afflicted
and Credulous.
To the Services Of an Imported layer-on-
of-Hands and Prayer Cure
Practitioner in the Brook
yn Institute.
A MASSACHUSETTS CASE IN POINT.

NEW York. March 19.-Men and children
leaning on crutches, women blind ana
deaf, and Others subject to all the ills that
flesh is heir to, aocked to the services Oh
the Apostolic church, Brooklyn institute,
last evening, seeking faith cures by the
laying on of hands by the Rev. DIR. 8. ".
Monck, who recently came from England
where he says the nobility attended his
ministrations, and claims that he was
great favorite with Queen Victoria. In his
remarks he introduced numerous passs
ages of Scripture, beginning at
Genesis and concluding with st.
Mark, to prove that in all ages OF
world diseases have been cured by faith
and laying on Of hands. Faith he SAID, Is
gift aud if one has it not he must ask for II
and power to heal the sick will be granted.
II man had no faith and was not healed
he should not be surprised If he was not
healed, as the Lord reserves his healing ior
some other time, when the heart was fuller
of faith. When the first twenty patients
had been arranged upon the platform and
a season of secret prayer had been INDUCED
in, Mr.. Monck arose and was met by child
seven years of age, who was suffering from
swollen glands The little fellows neck
was even with his cheeks and he appeared
to be
SIN the name of Jesus, who loved the little
ones, lay my hands on you and bid the
swelling to disappear" said the preacher,
pressing his hands on the child's neck aud
drawing them quickly away. How DO
you feel now," he asked. Ever so much
better" responded the boys mother; The
swelling has been reduced one-halt," and
this cure was SAID to be visible to all who
were near the platform. A stout woman
came next and complained of bad sight In
one of her eyes. The motion was similar
on the part of Monck as in the
case Of the boy, and the ex.
clsmation OF the lady was
Thank God, can see the entire congre-
CATION. could not do so when | came
here. | am completely cured" The
woman continues her thanks at length aud
said: ut is wonderful. Ny name is Mrs.
Daley, and reside at 65l Classon avenue,
Brooklyn" A young man who said he
was suffering from kidney troubles, ex-
claimed as Monck withdrew his hands,
THE pain has all left my back" The next
patient was a pale, respectable looking
woman apparently seventy years old, who
complained of deafness in one ear. The
preacher pressed his fingers IN her ears,
then blew into them, and in the name OF
Christ ordered
The Hearing 10 Return.
Stepping back fully twenty feet he said in
whisper: How do you feel now"
Much better. ! can hear even whisper"
Then came cases Of catarrh, malarial fever,
bronchitis and pains in the chest, which
were disposed Of in a manner satisfactory
to the patients, when stout lady, suffer
ing terribly from shortnesS Of breath, pre-
sented herself. In less than minute she
was able TO draw long breath her pain she
said was all gone, and she handed
TO Monck bottle of medicine her regular
physician had prescribed, praying the
Lord would bless it. Monck returned
it, remarklng, my friends, the doctors, we
are not your foes. Your medicines have
done good" The most remarkable case
was that Of an old woman who declared
that she had been deaf for forty years. AS
soon as Mr.. Monck's fingers had been with
drawn from her ears her eyes frightened,
her face lighted and she rejOiced in fact
that she could distinctly hear every word
spoken, even in low whisper. Monck
touched fully one hundred handkerchiefS
for the benefit of absent sick, and at II p
NJ. withdrew to a room in an entirely eI-
hausted condition. A good many believe
that electricity and magnetism contained
in Monck's hands account for the cures.