Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-12-06
A FAITH CURE DOCTOR.
NEW THEORIES WORKING CHANGES
IN The CURE OF DISEASES.
Faith Cure Establishment and Its
Found-r- An Interesting History.
Curing by Divine sympathy.
f"rmer Things Passing Away.


pace in the practice of medicine and that is
to give no drugs except when absolutely
ne,,-sary. In the city Of New York the day
ofdo>ing for supposititious or slight ailments,
has paS-i away among our best physicians,
and MANY Of them a n. too conscientious even
Ia prescribe bread pills for fancied maladies.
People who are really i'll and tho.e who only
think they are. naturally reach out to what
ever and whoever promises an alienation OF
their >ufferin.ss, and since doctors themselves
have t-gun 10 admit that theirs is not an eK-
act science. and that drugs are mainly an ex-
pertinent. it Is easy tn understand that the
sick are going to the other extreme, that of
having no regular doctor at all, but are plac-
ing themselves in the hands Of tho~s who
claim Ia cure by faith Hence "Fa tn Cure
institutions arr springing up all o' II the me
;ropoliS and truly miraculous are the instan-
isneou> cur,S >aid 10 have been efected by
their principals.
pne Of tn. longest in existen here and
best known Of the faith cure establishments
was founded by Mrs Anna J. Johnson. She
Is n handsome woman of middle height, web
made, with an abundance OF soft shining
white hair. which would indicate that she l.
past middle age. but her face still hears trace
of youth and her brilliant black eyes form
striking and lovely contrast {" her l"'ari'
complexion and siivery tr'sss~. Above all
her expression il one Of calmneSs peace. sod
hanlgnity.
Aware Of the difficulties Of starting any en-
terpriSe without capital In this modern Rabel,
Il. y.
had commenced and how Progressed. - that
pow she Is the poSsessos Of a fin. double h"use
fronting Central Park, on one of the moSt
desirable corners OF Fifty-uinth street. She
replied:
u began nv career as a business woman
away hack in the tifties in Cincinnati being
the first Of my sex to open a restaurant three
l ran il successfully for several wears and
made money Hearing the glow ing accounts
of the growing city Of Chicag" I removed
there from Cincinnati. and lelier. WAS the
first woman Their, also TO successfully compete
with men in the business Of Il re.taursteur. |
made a large fortune, the greater portion q
which wss SIuandered hy nv husband
After twenty wears of labor and Clo-~A stten
tion to business. | one da, found myself upon
the point Of financial ruin. To save the rem
uauf of NV means for my children. | placed
II unres-rveily in the hands Of certain men.
whom trus,esi and who from their standing
/ had reason to think were above temptation
Il was mistaken. Taking advantage OF
nv unlimited confidence they set about de-
frauding me. even my own lawyer joining in
the conspiracy to rob me Of all | had left.
How prayed God TO open nv understand
tnS so that could see what hes, Ia do in
the midst Of these surrounding difficulties.
Finding l had no earthly rriress | told my
lawyer that would appeal to God against
him He replied that Cod did not practice
NV in Chicago
Il found to nv cost that He did not.
Ny attorney foreclo-ed mortgage upon
nv home. which covered all my effects.
and which had been placei in his hands to
protect me | was sold out. and thus was
taken from me the only means of support
1 had for nry-elf and children ! WAS quite
calm during the sale-or rather the wiiful
and unprinciplei disposition OF my property
Iwas 50 wrought up by NV troubles that when
al was over | fell into a trance, in which |
WnS conscious of everything that WIS going
On. but could neither move nor SPEAK. nor
rive any signs Of consciousness. and for
ewenty-six hours four of our hest physicians
found it impossible to determine whether |
was alive or dead When l regained power
70 open nv eyes If SEEMED ss though had
returned from the dead In that trance |
felt that nv soul was born into Christ's
kingdom
From that time forth lived in such holy
communion with Him that desired solitude
and being without home or III. m.snS OF
doing business any more withdrew from
the world with my children providing for
our simple wants by dispcsing Of articles Of
Sewelry and dress. and thus l lived until
tho 9Th of October, the date of the great fire
In Chicago A short time previously II had
come to me that I would GO into a trance
during that night, and desiring 10 protec;
myself against being buried alive, | sent foI
q doctor and explained TO him INV expert
snces when in a previous trance gave him
money to defrsy any expense he might he
put TO. and obtained from him a pronis.
that he would take care of me until regaIne,l
consciousness told my children not 10 t,e
alarmed about me- and al the usual hour
thrt horrible night We retired tn bed Later
on my little ones were awakened hv tho cry
of fire and the commotion Of the people IL
the house hurrying to escape.
Finding il impossible to arou>s NV
Young son ran for a doctor who said:
George. your mother is gone. get a car
riage as quick as you can. The fire i now
Wells street and is coming this way rap
idlv We have no time 10 io~e.
/ WAS perfectly conscious, hut utterly belp
less They rolled ma in blanket, and a
CORPSE, apparently, they carried me out and
laid ME nn the sidewalk by the curhstone
while the frightened people were rushing and
crowding past from the fire One woman
in all her haste 10 escape. still had the heaTr
TO stop and enclaiming. Poor woman" psi
lowed my head upon her hand till they wer.
ready TO put me into the carriage Ssemingly
dead, was carried from one house To annth
er by the good DR. Peck, the fire drove
lis out until the terrible experiences Of thai
historic time We're over. All that time hac
the appearance and helplessness of death
Like the majority of the people m the de
vastated city, was now bereft of everything
but my children, who clunS 10 me through all
managed TO make my way east Snl tbs
world looked bright to me | was joyful ever
In nv trials which each day brought me, al
though as Vet did not understand how
was to go forth in the service OF my master
Twas soon TO learn. In the same poor abod,
with I.5yself woman lay dying She wa
pronounced beyond cure by the doofrrs, and
they had left her Her husband came 10 rnS
room and requested me to watch with hel
while he went out a little while. When