The Portland daily press., 1898-08-22

attend prayer meeting.
Mrs. Lydia Smith of Boston was the
next witness for God. She said she had
been afflicted with combination OF
troubles. After trying in vain to get
relief through human agency. she Threw
Holy Spirit, and her health was restored.
Three years ago she was bitten by a cat
and blood poisoning set in. She cecllned
to receive medical aid, but kept PRAYING
for strength and the wound was healed.
Samuel 9. WEIGH of Waldoboro, Me-,
sestlh , that twenty years ago ne YES YES
cured, by faith, of typhoid fever. Last fall
be WAS to have been operated on at the
Ma1ne General hospital, for the removal
| OF tumor in the stomach, but he de-
oided not to go. He PRAYED for Divine
help and received relief.
II have not been fully restored to
health" he added. ~ am in rather a
bad condition today. and I came here to
be anointed and seek full restoration"
'sThis meeting is for testimonies Of
healing; not for testimonies of people who
are still Sick suggested DIR. Mcbride,
and then added: But we will do all we
can to help you. Who will be the next to
testifyP"
| f, T.. Bower of Cleveland, o., took the
platform and said: "Four years ago 1
was cured by Divine power of severe
| throat trouble, a stomach trouble and
BAD CASE OF FOOLIsHNESs."
Shouts Of "Praise the Lord greeted
| this brief testimony
Mrs Cutter of Santa Barbara, Cal i,
testified that she had been cured OF total
paralysis. The scars made by an opera
| tion prior to her placing her body In
Gods keeping have been completely
eradicated.
| Mrs Margaret Drummond OF Winter
street, Dorchester, Mass. testified at COR
siderable length. becoming SO enthusiastic
| in her exhortation that the conductor or
the meeting cut short her story. The sub
stance OF her testimony was that as re-
suit of broken leg she had for many
years been cripple, one leg being an
| inch shorter than the other. Yesterday on
these grounds she awoke praying, ana
she continued to pray that eSod wouio
cure her lameness. He not only computed
with her request, but heightened the de-
fective limb to correspond with the other,
| and she has since been able to Walk aDouG
| the grounds without the aid or crutcn
or cane 10 convince the audience OF ner
sincerity, she climbed and descended Ghe
stairs leading to the platform. Her walk
| ing was somewhat hating. but she seemed
| to have no trouble in getting about.
Charles B. Jenness of Newmarket, ~
| H., said the Lord had cured him OF
paralysis
B. p. Campbell of Ware had been
ruptured while shoeing colt. lie wore
a truss many years, but after taxing uou
| for his healer he threw away the truss,
"swung out on the promises went into
| his hayfie,d and helped harvest % tons of
| hay. He said the Devil bad repeatedly
| tried to get him to wear the truss again,
| but one day the Lord said to him: III
you put that thing on again 1t VII! looK
as If you were trying to prove me a nar.
bell, "tnat would never wear truss
again, even if 1t killed me to leave it off.
Today / stand before you as sound as any
| man on these grounds, and / thank GOD
for his power to heal the body as well as
save the SOUL"
The Rev. David ". Myland, pastor of
the Central street church, Cleveland, o.,
and one of the members of the male
quartette in attendance at the Christian
Alliance meetings, was introduced to the
audience as having been especially
favored of God. His story was, in brief.
as follows: While pastor of church at
New London, O., he met with an aoci-
dent. His spine was fractured, three
ri BIS broken and after struggling against
misfortune he was taken to his country
home to die. His body became totally
paralyzed. He was SO near death that
preparations were being made for his
| funeral. He was taken to Christian
Alliance campmeeting, prayed over,
| anointed, and before the day of his
amounting was over he walked through
| the camp meeting grounds He went
| back home restored to health, continued
his ministerial studies and has since
been preaching and praising the Divine
Healer. Six years ago he was
POISONED BY ARSENIC
but placing full reliance in God. he re-
covered without the help Of human
hands.
The Rev. Mr.. Bales of Chicago testified
| to having been cured of eczema and
hereditary headaches. His wife also
claimed to have been cured of illness on
several occasions through her faith in
God.
Mrs S. B. Pennell of Westbrook was
cured of liver trouble and stomach trouble
and added that she can now eat as good
a meal as anybody.
Mrs. Davis of Boston said she had
been cripple and confined to the use
OF crutohes twelve years. The Lord re-
stored her the use of her limbs. He also
removed two fbroid tumors of nine years
growth. Four years ago she was cured
of arsenioaI poisoning, and of water
around the heart. She had not been at
tended by doctor or taken drop of
medicine in twelve years
Laura Hayes of Atlanta, Ga. said the
lOTu udQ AOftloQ ucT VI s0tCiO AVlnoI
rhages.
The Rev. Mr.. Todd of South Carolina
had recovered from severe throat trouble
through Divine intervention.
Mrs. Julia C. Wood of Salem said that
five months ago by prayer and faith in
the power Of God to heal she was relieved
of a cancer of the face. Not even scar
is left today.
DIR, Mcbride asked how many others in
the audience, who had not given their
testimony, had been healed by the Lord.
About % women and several men stood
IN and in turn stated the diseases OF
which they had been cured. They mon
toned deafness, sunstroke, nervous pros
tration, heart trouble, erysipelas, paraly.
sis. rheumatism, bronchitis, spinal
trouble, neuralgia, consumption, dyspep.
STA. cancer of the stomach, gall stones
and tumors. One man testified that he
had been bothered by wart on the back
of his neck, and in answer to his prayer
the Lord removed it. He gave this testi
mony, he said, to illustrate that the Great
Healer is willing to attend to little things
as we'll as to cure serious ills.
1t has been customary, in former years,
TO follow the testimonies with series of
questions and answers but today DR..
Si,,peor ca id there would not be time for