The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-06-12
HEALED BY FAITH.
An Old Lady of Greenville Claims to Have
Been Cured Of rheumatism Of Twenty
Years Standing by Two Females Evan
gelistS.

An Old Lady Of fGreenville Claimst to Have
Been Cured Of Rheumatism Of Twenty
Years Standing by Two Females Evan
gelists.
..Is there any truth in it," II don't
believe word of it, and such ejacula-
tionS We're heard on the streets when the
alleged healing of an old woman at the
meetings of the lady evangelists Monday
afternoon was mentioned. No one be-
lcved such thing could happen, and
most people expressed themselves as OPP
posed to such meetings, and believed
I'LL reports of healing "bosh," as they
called it.
To determine the truth or falsity of
the alleged healing, a Greenville NeWs
reporter devoted some time yesterday to
an investigation and gives the readers OF
the .Ne1rs just what he has seen and
heard, and leaves il to them to judge of
the matter as best they can.
He first saw the evangeliSts themselves
and endcavored to pump" them, but
they answered that the best plan to find
out would be to be present at the after
noon meeting when the old woman would
be there and get from her own lips a
statement of what happened. He at
tended the meeting, at which were pres
ent about eight or ten people, including
the reporter aud evanseliS1S. Prayer,
singing, reading Of chapters from the
Bible aid exhortatioDs from the two
ladies constituted the programme OF the
services. The eXhortations were delivered
in a calm manner and all the words were
directed in the same way-to belief IN
the power of healing by faith in the
Lord. Instances were cited and names
and places given OF people who had been
healed by firm belief in the power OF
God to accomplish those things. There
was no one present who appeared anx-
iouS to test the assertions of the evan
seiiSts, aud as the old woman was not at
the meeting, the reporter left. He dis.
covered by inquirjng that her name was
Mary Ann Hall, and that she lived near
the fair grounds.
To that part OF the city he directed
his steps, and by more questioning found
the place. In a little alley running
North from Echois street, in the forks
of Buncombe and Rutherford streets,
was a cottage with four rooms. In one
OF the rooms was an old-faShioned spin
ming wheel and a small amount of fur
niture. \ Young woman standing IN
the front door said that mother is IN
the back yard" The reporter walked
around the house and saw sitting on
the curbing of well the object of his
search. She is short and stout, about
sixty wears Of age and wore pair
of spectacles that had slipped down
nearly to the end of her nose. Taking
seat beside her, the reporter
proceeded to ask series of ques-
tons which the old lady answered IN
Il matter-of-fact way, displaying not
great deal of earneStneSS, but
telling in detail what occurred.
Monday evening"" she said II went
down street. I had heard of these wo-
man folks, and as I had been ailing for
more than twenty years with rheu-
natism l wanted to see if | could be
healed. l hobbled down with my stick
and found the place and went in. The
women prayed for me aud rubbed my
arms with their hands and before |
Snew it l too knelt down, trick that I
had not done in fifteen years. When |
finished praying I get up and could
move my arms above my head. My left
ear had been deaf for many years. l
heard out of it as good as out OF the
other"
How did you feel when this change
took place? 2"
Il felt like something had popped and
broke loose. It was so queer, and /
shouted for Joy. When l went home |
did not need my stick, and the pain IN
my back had gone. suffered with It
every day, but to-day ii is well. | am
we'll all over except little remaining
sris7=.;;aa-- is7=.;;aa--aE -arms and limOs---But- l
don't mind that" she said, as she
Strengthened her arms above her head as
an evidence of what she had said.
There is little pain in my left leg yet,
and | wanted to 90 down this evening
and get the ladies to rub it and cure it,
too. but it looked so much like rain /
didn't 60"
'.Do you feel as if you had been per
manently healed"
s.YeS, know l have; when I could
not raise my a: ms to wash my face, and
now can do it easy. The Bible says:
ASK and you shall receive, and know
the Lord was good to me-"
Npmb bers of people have stated posi-
lively that the old woman was a de-
crepit Invalid and never walked without
the assistance Of staff until the day
before yesterday. If the story is cor
rect, and if she was in the feeble condl-
ton previous to her alleged healing, and
her story carries the evidence of truth
with it, there is every indication that a
change has taken place. Whether it
was wrought by Divine power or mag
netism or imagination is a matter tc be
decided as the reader is inclined to be-
lieve