The Portland daily press., 1897-08-09


but he found Him great physician also.
Ever since 1 gave my heart to God, ="
said he, ''the devil has been trying to get
revenge by attacking my body, but Christ
is able to heal every i'll.
A Portland man who next addressed
the audience said that on the occasion
of recent visit to Massachusetts, he had
an attack of fever and chills. His RENE
| dy which proved very effective was to go
to the nearest church and preach a red
hot gospel sermon. That drove the devil
and the sickness away.
The audience several times loudly ap-
plauded during the testimony
of Mrs. Mary Page of Manchester,
N. H., aged 70, whose loud "hallelujah'
penetrated the farthermost parts of the
camp ground. She said she had been
once paralyzed and had chronic dyspepsia.
The Lord healed her and gave her a new
voice. "The devil has visited all sorts
of diseases upon me-, she continued,
stbut God has healed them all. have had
most everything, but haven't yet had an
attack of the q. grip. l guess the devil
didn t. have grips enough to go around
/ a L IL.
devil did succeed in throwing me down
once, and in the fall the bone of my right
arm was split. l went to dear sister
| who knew how to pray and that arm W as
straightway healed, without doctor
help or so much as bandage upon it. "
Mrs. Bates of Fabyans, N. Y, testified
| regarding theE healing of her husband of
deafness and her self of an attack of the
grip. Not long ago she sprained her
ankle took the wound to the Lord in
prayer and she was instantly healed.
Miss Hayes of Newburyport was healed
| of sore throat and her mother of blood
poisoning, through the medium of prayer.
| w. j. Pearson of East Alden, N. J ,ex-
perienced d complete restoration to health
after being Amounted in Christian
| Alliance meeting.
Mrs. Sarah Pridham of Manchester,
n H, said that during sickness last
fall she took opiates enough to kill four
strong men, but got no relief. The lay
| ing on of hands and prayer brought the
desired restoration.
! Two women testified to having been
cured of Bright's disease, and another of
acute sciatic rheumatism. NJ. e. Pennell
of Westbrook had Inflammation of the
stomach and secured relief at the hands
OF the Great Physician.
| Mrs. NJ. p. Blanchard of Haverhill,
Mass, said she was under the care of
doctors nine years. Three years ago she
| was healed through divine power, After
recovering her health she asked God to
strengthen her eyesight SO she could more
easily read His holy word, and He an
swered her plea and she has had no use
for glasses since.
"For five years 1 was mentally de-.
ranged" declared Mrs. j. R. Towle of
Northwood, N H., and four and one-half
years of that time was shut up
VAN INSANE HOSPITAL.
Perhaps some of you here realize what
that means. Christ restored my reason
in answer to prayer, and stand before
| you now clothed and in my right mind. -
A cure of pneumonia was testified to
by Mrs L. P. Church of Bangor, and
Mrs. I. NJ. Lincoln of Portland told OF
her cure from serious attack of dyspep.
STA. NJ. G. Hutchinson of Portland had
been cured of paralysis and Mrs. Mary
Yates of Minneapolis from q spinal
trouble. Cancer and jaundice were the
troubles Mrs. Mary E. French OF Boston
had been relieved of. and Miss Annie L.
Bracket testified to her complete recov
cry from neuralgia. Sc. Peck of Brock
ton and W. d. Barrett of Fitchburg
Mass, also added testimony of wonder
full cures through divine intervention.
The time for closing the meeting hay
ing arrived, Dr.. Wilson asked severa
general questions of the audience. Nine
persons by standing gave testimony thai
they had been cured OF cancer, five con
sumption, six spinal troubles, eleven OF
chronic dyspepsia and its kindred di
seases and six had had fractured bones
set and healed by the Lord without medi
cal intervention,
Hundreds focked to the Tabernacle il
season to be on hand for the amounting
service, but all of the spectators were
asked to leave, and the beginning of tht
ceremony was deferred till the invitation
had been complied with.
After a brief session of prayer, DR.
Simpson asked these questions:
care you fully persuaded that you have
the right, through the atonement o.
Jesus, to ask God to heal your bodies, an(
trust Him to do sop
"Are you full fellowship with God, Sc
that there is. so far as you know, nothing
to hinder your prayer being answered."
"a Do you now believe and take Chris
and ask Him to undertake your case ant
count on Him as real healer?'
| These questions being answered in thu
affirmative by all the applicants, the
elders passed among them, applied the
Amounting oil on the foreheads of the
candidates, accompanying that ceremony
with brief prayer.
Then brief message of advice was de-
livered by the leader and the meeting
closed with prayer by Rev. DIR. Peck
"Be prepared to come to the meeting
tomorrow morning and give your testi
monies,o was the parting message OF DIR
Simpson. After the service several an
nounced that their ills had left them dur
ing the amounting service.
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