Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-04
DIVINE HEALING
CLAIMED At
TABERNACLE
Woman Evangelist Credited With
Working Many Marvellous
Cures.
Continued From Page I.


the halt come forward" she shouted
= will heal them through the power
Of Cod"
Mrs Etter placed a 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
fessing 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-
sether then moved them rapidly
back and forth
Shout Glory. Glory!"
The blind woman moaned and cried
Mrs. Etter bent closer, her hands
moving 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 filing your soul! You can
SEE"
Mrs. Etter stepped to one side Mrs
Aer raised her head. Her eyes grew
bright; the lips dropped and opened,
hesitatingly She stepped forward
tears streaming down her face
Why why-Why-l can SEE!
Look | see the light"
Mrs Whitson pushed her way
through the crowd, and touched her
daughter timidiS on the shoulder
Can you see me-"
Other Cures Effected.
The daughter placed her hand Won
6eringly on her mothers head
"It's-it's-it's mother. ! can see
you all over! Why, mother, YOU
Nou-you have white HART"
She left the church with her moth
er. walking alone.
That is Just one of a hundred mi
raculous cures that Mrs Ettel has
effected during the three weeks she
has been holding a "Pentecostal re-
vival al 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 : most always filled
When she breaches and people have
come from ueighboring 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. Etters meetings
He saw Mrs Aler cured Of the blind
ness which she and her mother say
las been with her for seven years;
and ne 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
carried 10 the platform by Mary
Baird, Mary said the child had soft
ened bones, ana for the past two years
Las not walked The child was placed
on the 1oor and told 10 walk She
struggled and cried-but she couldn't
walk
She was treated by Mrs Etter-
and then she walked out into the back
YARD of the church grounds with
new spaper man, and played hide
and go seek with him, She said
nothing hurt her any more
Rheum atism Driven Out
John Born, 20 years old. of No 209
Echo street, came to the platform
II said he had suffered with stom
aCh trouble. heart trouble AND rheu-