Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-01
A Pennsylvania Preacher De-
clares The Lord in Person
Cured His Cancer
HE ENDURED AWFUL AGONY
Given UP to Die After Twelve Years
of Suffering, louisville, Pa, Minister
Returns to His Pulpit to Preach tho
Gospel and Tell Of His Miraculous
Cure.


would die from cancer, the Rev. o. s.
Hillegas, reputable and highly re-
spected Mennonite minister of lions
vile, twelve miles from Allentown, Pa.,
declared on recent Sunday, according
to 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-
nv of 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 congregations:
II was healed Of that terrible dis
ease, cancer, by personal action Of oil
vine Providence / was afflicted for
twelve years. l 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 question of time
until l would die. Then 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 miracle 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 l gave him all the praise
possible, but his treatment was tor
ment for me. pitied my wife that
she had to be around me. / thought l
would never talk again. I was half
dead.
II tried to struggle through my
agony. rolled on the floor. 1 did not
want any one to talk in the house. No
one can for an instant realize what l
suffered. l wanted to die, since my
torture was SO great that could not
read the word Of God.
1.-THE doctor got on my track. He
sent me letter after letter and came
after me. He even threatened to have
me arrested if didn't let him finish his
treatment. I pleaded with him to let
me alone.
81 said would put my case In the
hands Of the Lord waited on the
Lord. 1 repeated to him Matthew,
eighth chapter, second and third verses:
"'And behold, there came leper and
worshiped him, saying, Lord, if thou
wilt, thou canst make me clean" And
Jesus put forth his hand and touched
him, saying, II WILL be thou clean"
And Immediately his leprosy was
cleansed.'
again and again ! repeated the APP
peal of the leper to the Lord. got so
close to the Lord that my spirit got
into communication with him. and then
the Lord spoke to me, saying:
"'Get up and be Well
II declared to my wife: I am going
away. am going to preach again.
"She thoaght was losing my mind,
but was SO happy that at once be-
gan to hop and skip. He healed my
sores and put living words into my
mouth.
II was cured by healing divine. It is
asked, why are there so few healings? 2
Because of the unbenef of the people.
They need faith"
The Rev. Mr.. Hillegas submitted him.
self to the thorough inspection Of his
auditors, showing that no wounds and
but few scars remained from the dis
ease, and to prove that he felt thor
oughly we'll he also performed calls
thenics in the mint