The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-10
HEALING BY TOUCH
Schlatter Touched the
Audience for a
Quarter a Head.
APPARENT CURES.
Faith Necessary and All
Incurables Seem to
Be Faithless.

"Schlatter," or DR.. Charles Mclean,
who is according to his own statements,
a living counterpart of Jesus Christ,
held forth in Horticultural hall yester-
day afternoon and last evening and ac-
cording to the testimony of 10 people
over whom he prayed, he worked cures
that have been thought impossible by
doctors in many cases for over Is years.
"Schlatter," as he calls himself, is
certainly man of more than ordinary
appearance and would command atten-
ton even if he did not claim to have
powers by which he can heal the lame,
the blind, the halt, the insane and raise
the dead to life, and as he stood on the
platform yesterday afternoon in Horti-
cultural hall, his discourse, which was
not made up of long flights into oratory,
was listened to with considerable atten
ton by his audience.
AS starter, the majority of the peo-
pie who went to the hall did so with
the intention of seeing him work his
supposed miraculous cures free Of
charge, but they We're doomed to dis
appointment, for they were stopped by
a ticket taker who quietly informed
them that the price of admission was %
and 80 cents, and accordingly many put
down the necessary amount to get in
While others thought better of quarter
of dollar and went away.
He opened with a prayer and then
told of his reasons for charging admis-
sion, which he claimed was merely to
detray expenses, and in the evening to
prove his statements he refused to ac-
cept bill which was offered to him by
woman who testified that she had
certainly been greatly benefited by his
prayers in her behalf
After a long sermon on the doings of
Jesus Christ while on the earth in
bringing back to life the dead and cur
ing the blind, the lame and the halt,
he called on all the people in the hall
who believed in faith cures, to raise
their right hands.
Out of the 200 people who had paid
the price of admission, about 80 raised
their hands. and he called on all who
were believers in the faith and were
afflicted to come forward to the front
seats. About 20 responded, and the
divine healer" proceeded to pick out
those whom he thought were believers,
by using, as he stated himself, the
power which God had given him to tell
whether or not a person was sincere.
Several people who were deaf in both
ears We're not believers, according to
Schlatter, and he ordered them out of
the front rows of seats which were re-
served entirely for the elect, and then
he proceeded to work his cures.
The first person to come up for ex-
animation was Barnabas Dean of
Whitinsville, He complained of a
nervous disease of long standing.
"Schlatter" brought him up on the
stage and placed him in a chair with
his back to the audience. After feel
ing of his pulse, he placed his hands
on Mr.. Deans head and prayed over
him for about five minutes, At the
close of the prayer, Mr.. Dean got up
and told the healer that he felt better
and was certain that he had been bene-
fitted.
The next subject was E. ]. Russell
of Brookfield. He was troubled with
liver complaint. "Schlatter" asked
him several questions in regard to his
faith, and after the same ceremony,
Mr.. Russell felt that he was better.
Frank Prentice of q Benefit street
was the next. He told "Schlatter" that
he was in the last stages of consump-
ton and had been given up by the
medical fraternity.
His lungs and stomach were affected.
"Schlatter' took his pulse and an
nounced to audience that it was 40,
which, according to medical men, is
very high. Prentice was seated with
his back to the audience and the healer
spent longer time in prayer over him
and at the close Mr.. Prentice got up
and walked to his seat while "Schlat-
ter" announced that he was cured and
would again grow strong.
Edward r. Small, Is fainter street,
Worcester suffering from a rupture;
P. F. Simondon of West Boylston,
deaf in one ear; Nj Robespiere of
West Auburn, with stomach trouble,
and P. d. Penfield, also suffering from
stomach trouble. all came up in turn,
and thought they were benefited by the
application of the healer's hands and
his prayers.
Robert c. Steele of Millbury was the
last subject at the afternoon session.
He complained of being deaf in one ear.
He said he was benefited by the per-
Torrance. but one of the audience dis
turbed the usual quietness of the as
sembly by trying to whisper in his ear
for tip on the cure, and finally had
to give it up.
After the healing process, "Schlat-
ter" closed with a benediction some
thing after the following; MAY the
blessing of heaven be given to the
mayor of Worcester, the chief of police,
all the newspaper men, the hard-work-
ing clerks in stores, and all the hard
working people, and may they be
helped to go their ways without mo-
lestation.' He announced that the
people of New England, "and especially
this town. were slow in coming for
ward and would suffer thereby for not
taking advantage of his good work
He would not think ii amiss if the peo-
pie Of the city hired hall where he
could carry on his healing free of
charge, ana then he would never take
a cent from any Cne.
At the evening session he again
called to mind the manner in which
God had inspired him and asked if any
dead person had been brought to the
hall. He was certain that if the rela-
tives of any dead person had faith
their dead could be brought back to
life. No dead bodies We're brought to
the hall, however, and he again asked
all believers to hold up t. lir hands.
About 70 people paid the admission
fee for the evening performance, and
out of that number 10 thought they had
faith, and they wanted to be cured.
He called them to the front row of
seats again, and proceeded to single
out the people who did not have
faith.
Among the number were two men
who could not hear word, and he i'm
relegated them to the rear
because of lack of faith. The first per-