The Rock Island Argus., 1884-12-05
CURED BY FAITH.
Miraculous eases of Healing by Appeal
ing to God.
Freerort Daily Bnlletin.

The bible tells us of many who were
healed suddenly and permanently of ter
rible diseaes. All that was required Of
them was to believe in God and his son
Jesus, Christ, and they were made whole
They were cured because of the faith in
the divine being and his power to heal
Such healings as those seem like mira
cles, the days of which according to com
mon belief are past. Yet in the face of
this theory we hear all about us of cures
by faith" in these days. The case of Miss
Addie Goodrich, Of this county, is famil>
lar to most people hereabouts, and now
We are permitted to record others, fully
as singular as hers if not more So There
was held at the Embury church yesterday
afternoon and evening, Nov 2Sth, Il
faith meeting" where the miraculous
cures of three persons were related by
themselves. These persons, all of Oak
Park, were Mr.. J. B. Webb, who is well
known to many in Freeport as having
sold the Encyclopedia Brittanica here
several years ago. Mrs. L. P. Foreman,
whose husband is travelling adjustcr for
thes Franklin fire insurance company, and
if also known in Freeport; and Mrs. Chas
Simmons, who is the daughter of Rev. F.
P. Cleveland, presiding elder of the
Methodist church in this district Her
husband is land commissioner of the Chi
cago d Northwestern railroad These
people came to FreepOrt on invitation of
Rev. Joseph Wardle, pastor of the EN-
bury church, that they might tell their
story to those who felt at all interested
Both meetings were conducted by Mr..
Webb. who has no more use for medical
skill rs he puts his whole trust IN the
Lord almighty as his healer. The after
noon meeting was opened at about three
o'clock. There was not large nttcn~
dance, but all present manifested deep
interest in the recitals made. After Mr..
Webb had talked for some time Mrs.
Foreman was asked to tell the story of
her aftiction and cure, which she did in
a straightforward, unpretentious manner
One year ago last October she was taken
very sick, and her disease brought on
blood poisoning in its worst form. Ev~
cry thing possible that medical skill could
do for her was done. She took all sorts
OF baths thought to be beneficial, and
travelled to various parts of the United
States in search of health, but instead of
getting better grew worse and worse un-
til she was confined to her bed. She could
not sit up, could not feed herself nor
take any solid food. Her left eye became
blind so that she could not see ANYTHING
with it and the right eye was in nearly as
bad condition. She believed that she
could not possibly live and was only
waiting for the end to come There was
not drop of pure blood in her body.
The disease affected her head so that she
was insane at times and in order to have
her head treated the doctor proposed that
1t be shaved. This was, however, not
done. She became so bad off that her
husband was telegraphed for and he came
home, not knowing whether he would
find her alive or not. Up to this time she
was still taking medicine, but it did her
no good. When her husband came he
said to her that they had done everything
else and proposed that they pray for her
recovery. She had up to this time been
trying to live the life of Christian, but
1t had not occurred to her that she could
pray to be healed. In accordance with her
husbands request they both prayed to-
gether that she might be healed. At the
close of their earnest supplication she
opened her eyes and to her great astonish