Omaha daily bee., 1895-01-18
NEWS FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS
Faith Healer Buck Interesting Crowds
Nightly at 0verton's Mission.
SIGHT OF THE BLIND RESTORED
Feature of the Entertainment that Failed
to Attract the Audience Toward the
Pearly Realms to the Disap-
pointment of the Elder.

Elder Buck, the faith healer is filling
overtons mission each night with a crowd
Of curiosity seekers, together with few
who seem to believe sincerely in his powers
as a medicine man. The speaking in
meetn' is interspersed with enthusiastic
singing and interjections such as Amen"
and Praise the Lord" One Of the features
of the Wednesday night meeting was the
singing Of what he termed The New Song"
He opened the bible at random and hit that
part of Revelations which tells Of a strange
song which should be taught to a chosen
144,O0O, and which no one else could learn.
Now" said he, "i'll show you a veri-
fication of that prophecy right now. Here's
my little girl. She's only years old, and
she has never been taught to sing. I'm
going to sing, and the Holy Spirit will put
the words and music into my mouth. I
never have sung this tune before, and
| never shall be able to sing 1t again, but this
little girl will sing it right along with me-
because the Holy Spirit will teach it to her
as she goes along"
The elder placed two chairs side by side
| on the platform, one for himself and the
other for his daughter who kept her eyes
| glued on his face for the next fifteen min
utes. The song commenced, and lasted for
about a quarter of an hour, accompanied by
| clapping of hands by the singer. 1t was
| several points shy on melody, but in volume
| 1t lacked nothing Every now and then
| the singers voice would strike high G and
| break into several thousand flinders in a
| genuine Wagnerlan smash-up, but the singer
| would stick the pieces together on the next
| note. and go on as though nothing had hap
| pened. There was apparently no attempt at
| a tune. The little girl in the meantime, was
assduously trying to keep up with the pro-
| mai n
| tones above or two below her father, and
| finally the end came.
Now isn't that wonderful?' said the
| elder. "As told you before this little girl
has never heard that tune and this is the
| first time she ever sang in public, but you
| heard for yourself how she did 1t. And
that is the kind of song we're going to
have in the New Jerusalem. How many of
you want to go to heaven and hear that kind
of song? All of you get up"
| Nobody got up excepting an old lady down
in front and grinning boy in the back seat,
whose musical ears were below the average.
| The rest were all content to hear the new
song on this side the River Jordan.
Elder Buck had been trying to heal pa
tients during the day. at 81 per heal, and
one man who had been blind had been re-
| stored to sight. Get up and tell us all
about it, sister," he called out to an old
lady, the wife of the man who had been so
miraculously blessed.
my husband has been so blind that some
times he couldn't see anything, but now he
can see things across the room," said she.
II went up to him and said: Husband, stick
your finger in my eye, so that l can see what
wonders the Lord has worked for you,' and
he came up to me, and he stuck his finger
right in my eye, without missing the mark
or having to feel around for it. Praise the
Lord"
How old is your husband, sister?" said
| the elder
| "Oh, he's a hundred" said the woman,
| 'and he can use his legs better, and he can
hear better, and he can talk better, and he
can do everything better. Praise the Lord.