The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-04-08

il the Americap House. The sisters of
Mr. Pettis, hearing of the birth, sent
for. the physician again, and he ar
rived about nine o'clock in the even
ing, but was not admitted to the sick
room. Mr.. Pettis states that he went
, to his wife and asked her whether she
cared to have the physician, but that
she had replied: 81 would rather die
than be treated by the devil" and re-
{ The physician then treated the baby.
Mrs. Fred Dolman had previously tak"n
, and cared for the infant. The physi-
clan was very anxious to do what he
could for the mother, but was not adj
mitted.
Prayed and Sung Songs.
Rev. Newton prayed from time to
time, and sung spiritual songs, he says,
and his daughter also prayed and sang
spiritual songs. The father remained
with his daughter continually, and Mrs.
Deny was present, also, all of the
time. except for an hour in the even
ing.
In speaking of the matter, Mr.. Pettis
said: Il had doctor engaged, but
my wife said that she would take God
as her healer, 50 last Monday / told
the physician that he need not come.
My wife did not want doctor. When
; the doctor came shortly after eight
o'clock in the evening, | asked Mrs.
Pettis whether she wanted doctor,
and she replied that she did not. that
she preferred to trust in her father
prayers. She and her father were both
praying
Statement From Rev. Newton.
Il believe in the Apostolic Faith,
and | believe that my wife was saved
from hell by dying now. Nobody is to
blame but myself. If / had had the
faith that she had | would have saved
her. | did not know that she was dy
ing until she stopped breathing. When
her father came he helped me and
saved my boys life. My wife threw
her medicine out of the window.
IL kept away from my wife's bed
siGef on account of nv unbelief.
was not walking where | ought to
be, so my prayers might not have
helped her. | know that there is divine
healing, but God had purpose fo:
taking my wife. / am glad that she
is gone. as God wanted her. and
would not want her to come back
unless He sent her.
Mr.. Pettis remarked to Mrs. Aiken,
who was present at the conversation:
You wanted us to have Mrs. Denny,
so YOU rebuked us for having doc
tor"
No Man Should Be Around
Mrs. Aiken replied: God cid not
make man to be around in such IL
place as that" Continuing. Mrs.
Aiken said that her mother has been IL
midwife for many years and never
lost case before Addressing Mr..
Iettis, she said ''When your boy
was born i'll Canada | have heard that
the doctor said that if she had an
other child she would die anyway.
You disobeyed the will of God and
lave got the consequences"
Mr. Pettis said that when Rev. New
ton resigned from the church he came
out for the whole gospel. with the
holiness movement" He said that MS
wife had never been sickly. They hal
hn In H.,
Cn claims, ana he expected to return
April 10, but the death of his wife
may upset the plans. The family came
back from last summers stay in Can
ada last December.
Mr. Pettis' mother. Mrs. Mary r..
Pettis of Fairmont, arrived Thursday
night, and was quite indignant 10
think that no doctor was summoned.
Her daughters blamed Mrs. Aiken, and
were likewise indignant. There was
talk of their consulting the county at
tOrney.
Gave Burial Permit.
Coroner Kennedy and lady physi-
Clan visited the house Thursday morn
irg, ana Mr.. Kennedy dcclued to is
sue burial permit, and that no in
quest was necessary.
Rev. Newton, when asked why his
daughter died. replied that he Gid nos
know. He did not think that a doe
tor could have saved her He said
that doctor was not called because
lis daughter did not want one. He
had not tried to influence her one way
or the other. Her mental condition
was all right. She gradually grew
weak during the night. from continued
femorrhage. but he did not think thai
she was going to die until the last
moment. He thought that lack OF
faith on the part of someone near may
have had its effect previous to his
: daughters death.
When asked whether his rcngion
teaches that doctors are devils he sail
that it did not, and said that rot all
GoctOrs are devils, in his opinion. 81
do not teach any such thing as that
he said. In justifying the lack of
faith in physicians had by the Apps
to!ic faith. Rev Newton said that tie
only place in the Bible where physi-
T, clans are mentioned is where Asa,
king of Israel, resorted TO the physi-
clans and died He maintained tina
faith in God was all that was neces
sary to be healed physically or saved
Snirit u,lly