The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-09-06

they gather and pray for him. They
| say one of these workers left for
Paterson penniless, but when they
| prayed a.stranger came up to the
| traveller and gave him So. 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, Eve
had no money with which to pur-
chase certain supplies and meet some
payments, but the Lord sent us in a
us in smaller amounts from day to
day."
New York Can Wait.
New York-"the purple woman of
Babylon" 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 i'll 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 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 were assembled the victory came; our
sister began to praise the Lord and
claimed deliverance. Suddenly she start
ed to shouting uproariously and, turning
about, we saw a piece of glass in her
hand that had been dislodged from her
| throat She had endeavored a number of
times before to get it out without avail.
Since then she has been all right, and
testifies that a miracle was wrought in
her behalf.
Conflict with States Laws.
These methods of treating disease
are in direct conflict with the laws of
New Jersey. When person dies in
DR.. William G. 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 $500. The county physician
must investigate the cause of death,
and if he finds it was due to neglect,
abuse, or violence, he refers the case
to one of the coroners of the county.
At the Office of the prosecuting at
torney of Somerset county it was said
that if a 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 an
indictment for manslaughter would
probably follow.
The first death at Zarephath of
which County Physician Long has
knowledge occurred last February. A
man in the community fell from the
roof of barn and was fatally in
jured. A doctor was hastily summon
ed from Bound Brook, but could not
save his life. The body was buried on
the farm-the first in plot of
ground set aside by the Jumpers for
their graveyard. No other deaths had
been reported from Zarephath, DR..
Long said.
In June last, when one of the
women in the community was seized
with religious insanity, there was no
olace to keep her in the settlement.
iJr. Long was notified and had her
sent to the Somerset County Insane
asylum.
as the sister continued her CONVEX