Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-06

AAtS. VI, d. w a III
tie woman in a white dress, walked
back and forth upon the platform in
the auditorium of the old Baptist
Tabernacle on Luckie street, talking
earnestly about Christ. Behind her
sat row of converts, swaying in
their seats as the spirit moved them,
some crying convulsively others
moaning and wildly waving their
hands
The auditorium was filed with peo-
pie. They sat forward in their seats,
quiet, save here and there person
moaned and cried.
Into the auditorium came an old
woman, with snow white hair and
faltering. BY the hand she led her
daughter. For seven years the young
woman had been almost blind, able to
DO little more than distinguish dark
an was Mrs. Mar Z T. Whitson, and
her daughter was Mrs. E. L. Aler. OF
No. 121 South Pryor street.
Blind Woman Treated.
Mrs Etter stopped speaking sud
denly. She raised ner hand. The
Shouting and moaning diminished to
soft, cooling sound; the swayins
bodies on the platform moved more
rapidly Mrs. Etter raised both hands.
the soft music of a piano fioated out
into the auditorium.
The crowd burst forth into song.
Men and women ieaped to their feet,
crying and shouting. Then the music
ceased Mrs. Etter stepped forward
TO the edge of the platform and eX-
Blended her arms.
2 Let the blind and the lame and
the halt come forward" she shouted.
81 will heal them through the power
Nof God!"
Mrs Etter placed chair on the
platform. Through the press of peo-
pie Mrs. Whitson led her blind daugh-
ter up the steps of the platform.
My daughter" she said; "she is
blind
Mrs. Aler sank, trembling, into the
chair. The mother moved to one side
and stood, nervously clasping and I'M
clasping her hands. Mrs. Etter smiled
and stood beside the blind woman, ca
ressing her forehead with a soothing
hand
Religious Fervor Rises.
The other hand she moved rapidly
across the eyes that stared vacantly.
up and down the body, pressing and
rubbing She raised Mrs. Aler's hands
above her head and clasped them to-
eether. then moved them rapidly
back and forth
shout! Glory! Glory"
The blind woman moaned and cried
Mrs Etter bent closer, her hands
knowing over the blind woman's head
Men dropped to their knees and
prayed; women moaned in a frenzy
of religious fervor.
Get out! Get out, The demon of
darkness is going! It's going! Glory!
,The light is coming! The glory of
God is filling your soul. You can
SEE"
Mrs. Etter stepped to one side, Mrs
Aler raised her head. Her eyes grew
hesitatingly. She stepped forward.
tears streaming down her face.
''Why-why-wfy can SEE!
Look l see the light"
Mrs Whitson pushed her way
through the crowd, and touched her
daughter timidIy on the shoulder
"Can you see me?"
Other Cures Effected.
The daughter placed her hand Won
derlngly on her mothers head.
sTts-it's-it's mother. | can see
YOU all over! Why, mother. YOU
you-you have white hair"
She left the church with her moth
er, walking alone.
That is Just one of a hundred mi
raculous cures that Mrs. Etter has
effected during the three weeks she
has been holding a "PentecOstal re-
vival' at the old Tabernacle under
the auspices of a committee of la
dies, headed by Mrs. L. n. Harris
and several members of the Gideons,
who are looking after the finances of
the revival.
The church is most always filled
when she breaches, and people have
come from neighboring States to have
her cure their ills. Men have entered
the church in wheeled chairs and have
left pushing the chairs before them;
women have been carried into the
church on stretchers, and have left
Walking happily
Crippled Child Walks.
A Georgian reporter spent three
hours at one of Mrs Etter's meetings
He saw Mrs. Aler cured of the blind
hess which she and her mother say
has been with her for seven years;
and he saw scores of other people
sent away. claiming that they were
free from every vestige of pain.
Four year old Nellie May Dial, who
lives with the family of Mrs. NJ j.
Baird at No. 1873 jefferson street, was