The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-03-01
DIVINE HEALING MARVEL
Pastor Vowed Lcrd In Person
Cured Him of Cancer.
HOW He ENDURED AWFUL AGONY

Given Up After Twelve Years OF Suf-
fering, Rev. o. S. Eillegas of ZiOns-
VILE, Pa, Reappeared In Pulpit
and Told Of His Cure-Said No Man
Ia Healthter Than He Is Now.
Resuming his pulpit after a long ILL
ness, during which it was expected he
would die from cancer, the Rev. 0. S.
Uillegas, a reputable and highly re-
spected Mennonite minister of lions
vile, twelve miles from Allentown, Pa,
declared on a recent Sunday, according
to a dispatch from Allentown, Pa, to
the New York American, that he had
been cured by divine healing.
The preachers narrative related by
him from the pulpit, is dramatic sto-
~ of a divine miracle in the twentieth
century. His case had attracted wide
attention, since he had been given up
by the doctors as doomed to period
Of lingering, incurable agony and then
horrible death. His fate was regarded
as even worse than DR.. Harper's.
Here is his story as he told it to his
large congregation:
81 was healed of that terrible dis
ease, cancer, by personal action Of d.
vine Providence. | was afflicted for
twelve years. / had forty-two cancers
on my tongue, one on the inside Of
my lip, one eye was swollen shut and
my right ear was affected.
For years the devil tormented me
through the doctors. The physicians
said it was only a question of time
until would die. Then l gave them
up and prayed to God in person to
come to my relief He answered by
letting me know he would help me,
and in a few weeks he cured me.
Goods action in my behalf was as
great mil icle as any he ever per-
formed No man is more healthy than
I am now.
''The awful disease had taken fast
hold on me- The doctor did all he
could, and / gave him all the praise
possible, but his treatment was tor
ment for me-. | pitied my wife that
she had to BE- around me. I thought
would never talk again. / was half
dead.
81 tried 70 struggle through my
agony. / rolled on the floor. I did not
want any one TO talk in the house. No
me can for an instant realize what /
uttered. l wanted to die, since my
.orture was so great that I could not
cad the word Of God.
GsTrhos dna+Or C0f on Txr FRO Ho
lent me letter after letter and came
lfter me- He even threatened to have
ne arrested il I didn't let him finish his
treatment. I pleaded with him to let
lie alone
''I said 1 would put my case in the
ands of the Lord. / waited on the
ord. l repeated to him Matthew.
shth chapter, second and third verses:
"'And behold, there came leper and
vorshiped him, saying, lord, if thou
tilt, thou canst make me Clean" And
esus put forth his hand and touched
i'm, saying, II will; be thou Clean"
Ind Immediately his leprosy was
leansed.'
again and again 1 repeated the ap-
cal or the leper to the Lord. l got so
lose to the Lord that my spirit got
nto communication with MIN, and then
he Lord spoke to NE, saying:
acct up and be WELL
'sI declared to my wife: Il am going
way. I am going to preach again
''She thought was losing my mind.
ut I was SO happy that l at once be-
an to hop and skip. He healed my
ores and put living words into my
louth
81 was cured by healing divine. 1t is
sked, why are there so few healingsT
ecause Of the unbelief Of the people.
hey need faith"
The Rev. Mr.. Hillegas submitted him
If to the thorough inspection Of his
lditors, showing that no wounds and
1T few scars remained from the dis
sc, and to prove that he felt thor
lghIy we'll he also performed calls
enics in the pulpit.