The herald., 1896-02-07
Was the. Marvellous Cure of c. A.
Blanchard, Santa Rosa Cripple,
Pronounced Incurable by the
Physicians Of Two
Hospitals
Permanently Cured by the Boy
Wizard of the Magnetic In
stitute, Corner Third
and Broadway

When the disciples expressed astonish-
ment at the miracles performed by Christ
He gently admonshed them not to marvel
at His strange work of curing the blind,
lame, halt, lepers and other forms of in.
firmities by "the laying on of hands," and
promised them commission to perform
"greater works than these" As at the
present day whenever a person strangely
endowed with skill to perform miracu-
lous works appears in a community multi
tudes follow him about from place to place,
each one trying TO devise an explanation of
the incomprehensibility some attributing
1t to one thing, some another, each one
widely differing in his theory, yet nearly
all agreeing that it is due to some secreted
mechanical appliance, while the few WISE
ly determine that they do not know nor
can they comprehend, so in the days OF
our Savior thousands flocked to hear Him
and watch Him in His sacred works. Some
denounced Him as a fakir, some said He
was q wine-bibber and habitually intoxi-
Gated: but only the few believed that He
was supernaturally gifted, and they alone
were benefited by His new and strange
methods of restoring the afflicted to health
and strength.
Though daily associated with our Lord in
the flesh and witnessing the wonderful
demonstrations of his faculty to heal by
simply applying his hands to the bodies of
those afflicted with disease, the disciples
were in much doubt as to the source of his
power, and made bold to question him
about it. His gentle rebuke was, "Marvel
not" and doubtless added, "Be not impa-
tient to fathom the incomprehensible," for
''greater things than these shall ye do"
Notwithstanding the effort of theologians
from the earliest times to conine the
prophecy of Christ of the diffusion of his
power to his disciples only, in every age we
find some few who have astonished the
world by equally marvellous effects, with
the one exception of raising the dead.
Today the people of Los Angeles and vi
cinity are held spellbound by the appear
ance of a parsonage in their midst as
strange and complex in his works and wis
dom as he who wrought miracles nearly
1900 years ago and promised to bestow
his occult power on others.
Has his promise and prophecy been full
filled? We think so. The Boy Wizard is
q living evidence of this claim and will
stand an enduring monument of its fulfill
ment. All over the Pacific coast wherever
he has visited the blind, the deaf, the lame,
halt, the palsed and the paralytc have
"been made WHOLE" and even some have
been snatched from the very jaws of death
and the mouth of the grave and given back
to loving friends restored to perfect health,
as if by an omnipotent power.
Hundreds of testimonials sworn to by
reputable persons have been published in
the press of the state in verification of
this statement, and hundreds. aye thous-
ands, more who have been given a new
lease of life by his magnetic touch are will
ing to testify to his power. The following
is a sample of the many hundreds of testi
monia!s in possession of the Pacific Coast
Magnetic Institute:
SANTA Rosa. CAL, Dec. 81, 1895.
I, C. A. Blanchard, formerly of San
h,f Of al
that the statement am about to make is
startling in its nature. and that the results
obtained in my case after treatment by the
Boy Wizard have been miraculous almost
beyond belief.
know that in my changed condition my
friends have passed me on the street with
out recognizing in the strong, robust man
the cripple they had known over two years.
rub my eyes to see that am not dream
ing, and am made happy by the conscious
ness that it is reality. Knowing all this,
state the following to the world of
afflicted humanity.
Two years ago last August, laid low by
rheumatism and a complication of other
diseases diagnosed as nervous prostration,
incipient Bright's disease. impotency, dis
eases of the bladder, spinal trouble and
various other afilictions which rendered me
complete physical wreck, l sought
refuge and aid in the Santa Clara county
nOSpltal, where L renamed tUree mOntnS.
l was operated on and treated by the
physicians in charge without avail
and was told that could not get we'll, and
would only find rest in paralytic's grave.
/ then came TO Santa Rosa, a helpless Grip
pie. Hopeless and discouraged, went TO
the Sonoma county hospital, where for one
year and seven months hobbled around
on crutches and canes.
NO RELIEF, NO CURE. NO HOPE
On the 14th day of December, 1898,
commenced treatment with the Boy Wiz
ard, and from the moment he placed his
magnetic hands upon my spine have not
felt the need of crutch or cane. Today
walk erect, man happy in health and
hope.
Words are vain and empty, and fail TO
express my gratitude that the Boy Wizard
came to Santa Rosa and cured me of my
affiiction, as think of the pain, suffering
bitter despair and hopelessness of my for
mer condition, while today declare that I
am the happest man in Sonoma county.
G. A. BLANCHARD.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
2lst day of December, 1895.
W. S. DAVIS,
Notary public in and for Scnoma county,
Cal.
The Pacific Coast Magnetic Institute
is permanently located in Los Angeles.
at CORNER THIRD AND BROADWAY.
having leased the second floor of that els.