The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-22

they gather and pray for him. They
say one OF these workers left for
Paterson penniless, but when they
prayed stranger came up to the
.raveler and gave him 81. The Jump
.rs cite numerous cases In which they
lave prayed themselves into" shoes,
informs and food with no trouble at
all.
Last week." to quote Bridwell, I'VE
mad 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
Is In smaller amounts from day to
\ lay" GH -fiN
New York Can Wait.
New York-"the purple woman Of
i}abylon'--wil, not hear their prayers
Tor 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. a
When a person Is III they pour oil
IN his or her body and pray-that is
all, they say. The body is anointed be-
cause people mentioned in the Bible
did 1t. 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-
.'ngly 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. prayer meeting was called.
which number OF persons importuned
lie Lord for her immediate relief. While
"e were assembled the victory came; our
lister began to praise the Lord and
| ,laimed deliverance. Suddenly she start
I'd to shouting uproarlously and, turning
about We saw piece of glass In her
hand that had been dislodged from her
throat She had endeavored a number Of
| times before to get II out without avail.
Since then she has been all right. and
;estifies that miracle was wrought In
| Ter 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 G. Long of Somerville,
! county physician of Somerset county,
which the settlement Is located. A
allure to do so is punishable with a
dne OF $500. The county physician
must Investigate the cause Of death,
and II he finds It was due to neglect,
abuse, or violence, he refers the case
| 20 one of the coroners of the county.
| At the Office Of the prosecuting at
torney of Somerset county 1t was said
that II person should die without
medical attendance and after no other
treatment than the pouring Of oil and
.,rayer the persons involved could be
held for criminal negligence and an
Indictment for manslaughter would
probably follow.
The first death at Zarephath of
snlch County Physician Long has
knowledge occurred last February. A
nan In the community fell from the
'oof OF a barn and was fatally In.
lured. A doctor was hastily summon.
ID from Bound Brook. but could not
save his life. The body was buried on
the farm--the first In a plot OF
ground set aside by the Jumpers for
their graveyard. No other deaths had
b'en 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
place to keep her in the settlement
Dr. Long was notified and had her
sent to the Somerset County Insane
asylum.
As the siste, ccntinued her conver'