The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-11-12
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der. vso claims 10 hs Q Dsstss
healer. RsekDosd hss Q esssoss vsss-
Tor. and one seo has created u,>A
sxeiisusrt sh over the ccsssry,
he arrived here ysssssday ssoa
New fosk. where he had bssa ses
several weeks. oakisg What be
claims usrs nsraoaloss esrss, AN
ply BY iayise os of kasas. He says
hs cane only ~ The srgsss sslis,ts-
ton OF nssy. vhe havisg hsard Of
his power. wrote 10 hin 10 s-os.
He 10 stopping ss Ne. 81? East Nar-
shall street.
In appeasaIce. sehraAsr 40
strange Locking ildivsdsai. asa d.
his makeup he Affects - eioss Q re-
semblanee - IN possibls % the con-
vennonai pictars Of Chr,ss. tAoasa
be makes no claims 10 bssne the
Son OF God. asserting oaly thai hs 10
&C enisary Of our Savsosr. asd 10,
through God-givsn poser. carrying
on hls work IN this world. He 10 .
man feet 8 inches In height, vs,ehs
l6o pounds, has . very svsrshy eoo-
plealop, large. blue- gray eyes, wears
u full beard and mous,Acke, which
have never been trimmed, and has
hair hangs dosn over hi. shoulders
IN neatly -combed ringleis. He Vas
% years old on the 18th Of las, July,
and he claims 20 have been engage a
ir the work Of healing sines be Vas
Is years OF age, asserting 60 bis
patch man. who called on him last
Night, that he had never failed 90
heal those whom be had touched.
HIS COSTUME
He received the reporter in his
room, and wore . long black robe Of
soft. wooleu material, which banrs
10 his feet, Just revealing Q large
pair OF shoes. Depending from ths
his robe were q number Of crucif1es
and across his breast he wore . siik
en- scarf, on Which IN embroidered a
silk the word "Divine- Hsalss. Sehra
der" The mans attire 10 neat, an,
gives him, with has calm feature
And long hair and beard, an apps or
ance strangely like the pictures thA
have been handed down from al
time as representing the Crucife,
One.
Schradcr, who appears TO DO ain
cere in what hs ssys, Vas born Il
Wisconsin, and for twelve years hs
: been travelling over the countr
making ali kinds Of marvellous cure.
: If the newspapers which he has vit
] him are to be relied upon. He say
: he is inspired by God, and 10 oni
D doing His work, and that hs ca
!. cure any lnfrmity, no matter no
D severe or of what duration. II
! method, he explains. 10 only to plas
his hands upon the patient, resiirl
i the right hand on the back of th
Q neck. He then prays for the o
d flicted one.
FORTY DAYS FAST.
a Schrader says he has never bes
a to school day in his life, . stat,
= ment that his very limited vocab,
h larry would render unnecsssary, q
s. though 4 cannot be said that I
|. does not display an average amou,
;. Of native intelligence. Once Q ,sa
a he says, he retircs from the sight
;. man, going generally up into Il
a mountains, whese he fasts for for,
n days and forty nights, during whis
q time nothing enters his stomach, as
v but few hours Of sleep are enjoys
. by him.
I, At this statement o look OF Il
N credulity must have appeared on q
! reporters face, for, the healer. q
= ticing il. said. "Thst il absolute
, true. And the time for my ne
n fast cannot be very far on, % il
n almost year since / last went
- He explained this statement by "a
,t ing that he had no control over I
A. movements, and when he Vas call
~ upon to fast he went, and whittier
=. would 60 he knew not. His fo<
"a steps were directed by God.
It WORK OF LOVE ONLY.
G. He says his work il purely ore
love, and he asks no fee for euril
at patients. He receives contrib
OF tions from those who chose 10 ri
him, but NO one 10 obligated TO a,
re- unless they feel 90 disposed.
rs In Schrader's room, when the
he porter called, upwards Of l,5O0 ],
'et iers from al parts Of the cor
At try, which his manager Was bus
r. engaged in opening, and almost
N, cry one Of them contained q hal
tn kerchief. The healer when ash
Sd about this, said that he could b,
I'm as well by blessing o hapdkerehi
to which Was to be applied aftsrwa1
ch to the affected parts, as he could
touching the sufferer, and, the
fore. he received . great ns
handkerchiefs. His mail, hs @
contains upward Of / 500 letters q
A day. 6chrsder said hs had 10 Il
j., how long he would remain in
M. city, but would stay here until
ian was called elsewhere. He will
OPP 90 ou: Of the house while here.