Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-12
DIVINEHEALERS MEET.
A Man Who Suffered Severely With
Palsy and the Grip Says
HE WAS CURED By FAITH ALONE.
Ms Fenton Tells How Her Enemies We're
Swiftly Punished.
ONE WOMAN sTRIs sKEN WITH BLINDNESS

The divine healersy under the Leadership
of B. f. Hitchcock, II Emlenton, Pa, ant
Mrs. T. Fenton, of harpsyilIe, Pa, hold
meetings every A afternoon and even
ing at tho land cottage in the
wood, =, of Wylie avenue
; at the south endN -,oal.b a. ob;r
AIieE INC iiary. The meet
river west of the penitenN shas.
ings are held on the porch - .
ers sit about on chairs in tht mhon NJ
There were about 40 my Ia - ho
there yesterday afternoon, ras MA
Hitchcock told how he had be- "a N.Y.
lieve in divine healing. He uis
never went to school, was rails
dist and he is now 65 years old. a pe-Cn
tells that he is an Englishman. He said
that "a years ago he was stricken with palsy
while working in mine, had to be carried
home, and for q years could not walk with
ont a crutch or cane. Three years ago he
went 10 a camp meeting where divine heal
ing was preached As he hobbled away he
stopped, leaned against a tree and prayed to
be cured He was cured and had not used
cane since.
Cured of the Grip by Faith.
After that he grew lukewarm for a time.
he said, and in December, 1890, was taken
i'll with the grip, so that his death was ex-
pected. On New Years day he believed
that his last moment had come, and, being
left alone for awhile, he began to pray
Then he heard the voice of God, as clear as
l. ha
TO serve me all the rest OF your days, / Will
raise you up" The promise was made,
Mr.. Hitchcock arose from his bed well and
he has from that day devoted himself to
preaching the gospel, the power of divine
healing and full sanctifcation. He read
texts yesterday from the New Testament
TO support his claim that believers should
have the power to heal the sick,
Mr.. Hitchcock said he expected young
man who had been cured OF paralysis to be
present, but he was not. He said that by his
PRAYERS two persons in Pittsburg had been
miraculously cured OF the grip. They be-
came we'll and arose from their beds at the
very time that he was praying for them in
q distant place. He gave the names of
Mrs. Anderson, of Fulton street. and IN.
Howser, superintendent of the Open Door
Mission, on Fourth avenue.
Mr. Hitchcock was followed by Mrs. E
Fenton. She said that God took care of
her and punished all who tried to injure
her To support this claim she told three
stories
Her Enemies Severely Punished.
Some time ago, when she was holding di-
vine healing meetings in Ohio, a woman
told talsehoods about her. ~ went and
told God about it, she said, "and 1 asked
Him why He let that woman do such
things He struck that woman blind, and
she has never seen anything since. 1 could
have told her why she went blind. Then
there was a man who tried to break
up our meetings l went and told God
about him, and the man was stricken with
paralysis and fell out of his buggy. 1 could
have told him who did it Up in Clarion
county there was q young man dying of
dropsy. / went to pray with him, to heal
him, but he would not let me. Then said
TO him, Before you die you will see the
devil in the flesh He died two davs after
ward, and Just before he died he screamed
out, I see the room full of devils He
died screaming and holding to the bed to
keep the devils from dragging him away"
Mrs. Fenton then pointed to reporter
and said Take care what you write about
Ile. Look out. The Lord is with me, and
if you write falsehoods you will be pun
ished
There were afterward short talks by men
and women present, and the exercises all
through were enlivened with sacred songs