The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-09-12

they gather and pray for him. They
Paterson penniless, but when they
prayed a stranger came up to the
traveller and gave him 81. The Jump
ers cite numerous cases in which they
have prayed themselves into" shoes,
uniforms and food with no trouble at
all.
Last week" to quote Bridwell, I'VE
had no money with which to pur-
chase certain supplies and meet some
payments, but the Lord sent us in a
sufficient sum, and has been sending
us in smaller amounts from day to
day."
New York Can Walt.
New York-"the purple woman of
Babylon will not hear their prayers
for the present. They have no immedi-
ate plans for coming here as Elijah"
Dowie did. Their missionaries, how
ever, have already preached here as
they have in Paterson, Newark, New
Brunswick, Somerville, Bound Brook,
and Philadelphia.
When a person is ill they pour oil
on his or her body and pray-that is
all, they say. The body is anointed be-
cause people mentioned in the Bible
did it. Their idea of healing" by
prayer is made clear by this case re.
ported by Bridwell. He says:
The other day one of our sisters unwit-
tingly swallowed a piece of broken glass,
and another piece lodged in her throat.
Her condition became quite serious, and
we saw at once that God would have to
undertake. A prayer meeting was called,
in which number Of persons importuned
the Lord for her immediate relief. While
we We're assembled the victory came; our
sister began to praise the Lord and
clamed deliverance. Suddenly she start
ed to shouting uproariously and. turning
about we saw Il piece of glass in her
hand that had been dislodged from her
| throat She had endeavored a number of
times before to get 1t out without avaii
Since then she has been all right, and
testifies that miracle was wrought in
D., her behalf.
| Conflict with States Laws.
These methods of treating disease
are in direct conflict with the laws OF
| New Jersey. When a person dies in
! Weston the fact must be reported to
! DR.. William c. Long of Somerville
county physician of Somerset county
| in which the settlement is located. A
failure to do so is punishable with a
fine of $780, The county physician
must investigate the cause of death
and IL he finds 1t was due to neglect
| abuse, or violence, he refers the case
to one of the corouers of the county
At the office of the prosecuting at
torney of Somerset county it was said
that il person should die without
medical attendance and after no other
treatment than the pouring of oil and
prayer the persons involved could be
held for criminal negligence and al
indictment for manslaughter would
probably follow,
The first death at Zarephath Of
which County Physician Long has
knowledge occurred last February.
man in the community fell from tn.
roof of barn and was fatally in
iured. A doctor was hastily summon
ed from Bound Brook. hut could no
save his life The body was buried or
the farm-the first in a plot o
ground set aside by the Jumpers fol
their graveyard. No other deaths hat
been reported from Zarephath, DIR
Long said,
In June last. when one of th'
women in the community was seizeC
with religious insanity. there was nj
place to keep her in the settlement
DR.. Long was notified and had he
sent to the Somerset County Insane
asylum.
AS the sister continued her CONVEX