The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-03
HEALED THROUGH PRAYER.
These Who Have Tried the Faith Cure
For Bodily Ills.
Testimony Given I'm Rev. Mr.. sinDpsen's
Closing Conservation MeettDg OF tizo
Year-FhysiciaDs Present
and Listening.
INaK York Sun.l


at Rev. Albert b. Simpsons conservation in
the Grand Opera House building yesterday
afternoon prayed that the Lord would hear
the petition of all WHO were seeking Him
"for body or for SOUL" The meeting was
held in the large second-story room in the
southwest corner of the building which used
to be an office of the Erie Railroad Company.
That part of the aOor which Is outside OF the
counter is tiled, while the rest is of wood
The walls and ceiling are frescoed in gs0dy
fashion. few big chairs, heavily up
bolstered IN red velvet, remain. A large
number of very cheap, chairs of white wood
have been pat an for the use of the oengre-
CATION. Some 250 persons attended the
meeting yesterday afternoon. About three
quarters of them were womtn n, Iuiddte aged,
dressed in black, and apparently the wives
OF well to 90 men. There were lev young
women in the room. There was nothing
Characteristic of the few men who were pre-
sent.
Rev. Mr.. Simpson read the Biole
story Of Peters attempting TO walk on the
water. He said that the faith mUrIals need
is that which Peter lacked-a faith that
shall enable them to launch out Beyond the
natural into the supernatural wlthouta faint
doubt that the Supernatural will cJme TO
pass. The sick E:an who wants 10 be healed
must ask God to- cure him, and then must
act as though he had every strength 1t
will seem as though this is going TO cost
him a great effort, but il will cost him no
effort at all If he has the required faith.
"Peter was an old fisherman" said the
preacher. Why didn't he swim when he
found himself sinkiDg2 Because GOd
wouldn't let him swim. When q man
launches into the supernatural here is no
way of gaining his object by going back to
natura methods"
The preacher said it was a great comfort
to him To be able 10 prove the reality IF the
could see. The truth of the Bible could
never be demonstrated by tracing old manu-
scripts 10 their source. Every thing that had
ever been produced in that line was rub.
bish. But can say to the unbeliever." ne
went on, "'Mhat would convince you?-to
have proof of the supernatural cure of
hOI elcss case of consumption, or see a can
Ger witnered away2' Thank G0d l can take
unbelIevers to the homes of simple men and
women w1O have been thus cured, and then
say to them, 'Disbelieve now If you dare' F"
Just before the death of President Gar
field, the preacher said, when the country
had been praying for his recovery, he longed
to have somebody 60 to the sick mans bed
side and tell him tDat il he would give up
his d, ctors and have faith in God he would
get we'll. And | seemed TO hear Voice,
said Rev. Mr. Simpson, asking me. will
you gOP When the President died IT
seemed TO me that God was going to begin
healing men by thousands, 10 prove the
efficacy OF faith of the right kind"
Rev. Mr.. Simpson said that since these
meetings were btgun, a few months ago
there had been more than a hundred cases
within his knowledge of persons greatly
benefited by asking the Lord TO heal them,
and many ca>es OF perfect cure. The meet
ings through faith, he said. we're at first a
side effort; but the work had now come to
occupy the larger part of his time The
laying on OF hands was the most solemn re-
ligious Guty he had ever performed. At
such moments ieeilng If sUlemhiIy came
over him, such as he never EXPERIENCED at
other umes-not even when partaking of
the Lords supper. The present meeting,
Mr. Simpson said, was the last of the clos
ing year, and he would invite all who had
been cured or benefited through faith To
testify briefly. Before beginning they would
bow their heads in PRAY er for The spirit of
testimony.
Thirty persons arose and testified to either
having been cured through faith or having
been greatly benefited. twenty-five of the
thirty we're women. The majority of the
twenty-five acknowledged.
six months agu," said woman, 81 was
a mere wreck. l bad five distinct diseases
felt as II 1 wasn't tit To live, aud / know |
wasn't fit to die. When | went to visit nv
friends ( bad to take along my bottles of
medicine, and my implements to fight dis
ease. They would be surprised to zee me
now. i had one disease twelve years But
now l could wslk from here 10 Harlem
easier than i could have walk, d six or sevtn
blocks six months ago. For long time
had been unable to read without glasses.
bot my sight came to me in night, and
have mt used glasses sinna -
An aged man with patriarchsl beard said
that he had been curet of seven distinct
diseases, VI which one was rheumatic govt
A women said she had been cured of
heart disease of twenty five years standing.
A pleasant spoken woman of perhaps
malaria fever. 1 said: Lord. / am going
70 take You for medicine The fever ran
tweniy-one days, but got we'll. / had been
compelled 10 use eyeglasses, and / said
Lord, do you want me 10 look through a
glass 0arkly 10 read your wordp Ii | we're
in the De-ert of sahara and hadn't my
glasses with He should have to go without
reading my BlbleT Then / tried TO read
without my glasses. but If had been Offered
81 600 for every letter / couldn't have read
word. Then [ said: Lord, am not going
TO read your word with glasses That was
on The Attn Of July. Every day tried to
read without glasses. but couldn't. On the
9th took up nav Bible and read unasded by
glasses The letters came Out clear aud full,
and have never USED glasses since"
A man said that three months ago be lay
on his bed ia South Brooklyn with delirium
tremens and GDd had cured him.
A woman said that she was thought to be
dying OF consumption a year ago. bat God
had raised her up in answer 10 prayer.
Zone week ago today" said woman. "I
was sick with diphtberia. / prayed that
God would cure Be, and in fifteen minutes
i was better, and before morning the spots |
had disappeared from nay throat"
An Irish woman, who declared that she |
had been suffering with so many diseases |
that | couldn't ieii you all, ;" said that God |
had made her well in answer to prayer.
A young woman said she bad been bed. |
ridden for two years. she prayed for recov
cry. A thrill passed over her. and q voice
said Get up." She got up and her pain |
was all gone.
A man with bald head and gray beard |
said the best evidence be could give for the |
efficacy OF the faith cure was TO walk. He |
proceeded TO walk as he spoke. He was not |
80 limber as be might have been. but he |
said that it was q great thing for him to |
walk at all.
A woman said that five years ago God |
cured her of nervous dyspepsia. She wa
next attacked with heart disease-a failure |
of the valves to work. She was not afraid /
tStiie; so when the valves stopped she took |
IL very cOOllv and she Thought that III she