Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-10
THE PRAYER CURE.
Remarkable Things Accomplished by a
Battle Creek Lady.
Chicago Inter Ocean


BATTLE CREEK. MICH, July "a
city in the person of Mrs. Samuel
Worden, the wife of a laborer In one
of our shops. She Is possessed of n
very strong personal magnetic power,
or some similar unexplained phencm-
enon, by which she has accomplished
most wonderful things. An instance
of this has just come to public notice.
Her last operation was upon
u boot and shoe man by the
name of Maurice II. Neale, who for
many years past has been afflicted
with protuberance on one of his
wrists of the nature of a wen, or weep
ing sinew. The bunch was hard aud
about an inch high, being of the size
OLA large walnut. For years he has
tried every known remedy. but with
out the least benefit; indeed the
bunch seemed to grow larger and
harder. Recently he heard of the
wonderful power possessed by Mrs.
Worden, and she being in Mr.. Nea'e's
store one day he asked her to try her
power upon ii. She consented, and
laying her hands upon the wen,
prayed earnestly and fervently. This
was all, and Mr.. Neale was somewhat
skeptical of the result; but Judge OF
his surprise when In few DAYS the
wen was found to be not over half its
former size, and gradually disappear.
ing. Shortly after this she again APP
peared In the store, and Mr.. Neale
asked her TO repeat the operation AS
he was satisfied that the first one
had done considerable good. She did
80, and soon thereafter the bunch grad
ually disappeared, and his hand is as
smooth, strong and well as ever. Mr..
Neale regards 1T AS wonderful and
miraculous cure, and cannot under
stand 1t. Mrs. Worden is plain, un-
pretentious lady, and does not under.
stand the power she possesses herself.
She only knows that from
child she has possessed this
power of healing the sick by layingo on
one of her hands and praying. What
II Is, she does not know. nor does she
make business of curing people, only
having exercised the power for the re.
lief OF her friends. 1t Is certainly n
most wonderful power, and as she has
cured several chronic cases which
mediums have failed TO reach, there is
certainly something very strange and
remarkable about 1t that will bear in
vestigation. a correspondent of the
Inter Ocean interviewed Mrs. Worden
at her home. She was very modest in
regard to her power, and she said she
ala not desire any publicity in regard
10 the matter. She said she possessed
1t since she was IA wears of age. Her
mode OF cure Is to lay the hand upon
the diseased spot and pray, "Oh, Lord,
Il It be Thy will, please help aud cure
this person of his inflrmities," or some
similar prayer. She is an Adventist in
btiiei, and possessed Of great
faith, believing that the Lord
can accomplis Anything. When
the Lord does effect cure
through her, she says she can feel the
pains from the diseased person enter
her own system and remain a short
time and then disappear. She does
not believe in spirtualism, or any,
thing similar to 1t. She first found
her power by praying to have herself
cured when she was sick when she
was child, and has since practiced or
used her power To invoke PRAYER cures
upon her friends, and she effected
many wonderful cures where all med
zeal remedies had failed. all of which
she attributes to the Lord, and for
none OF which would she accept any
money. She is undoubtedly one Of
the most wonderful persons yet come
TO light. 'o