Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-16
MOTHERS SEEK AID
FOR SICK BABIES
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followed by a boy about Is using
crutches also.
AS the invalids and cripples
many suffering from pain for years,
walked by they formed a pitiful
spectacle of the awful ravages of
disease. The sympathy shown for
each other was remarkable, and at
no time was there any disorder or
any attempt to push or crowd.
Afflicted Are Patient
Each afflicted person waited pa
tlently for the caIl to go into the
church, and then to step up to the
chancel rail and kneel
Several childre cried during the
first hour of the mission, but Mr..
Hickson, unmindful of them. went
from one to another, praying first
with the sick and then with the rel
ative accompanying the person who
came for help. Little children knelt
at the rail with their parents and
some of the children prayed with
their parents.
One man was carried in from the
front of the church. He had been
brought from a hospital in the city.
His wife walked back of him, car
rying his crutches. Mr.. Hickson
prayed for him for n few minutes
and he was taken out again.
Girl Is Carried In
One young girl was carried in, and
because of the crowds, had been
placed just back of the organ. Her
sister stood beside her, patiently
waiting to have the young girl car
ried forward. Mr.. Hickson learned
of them, and slipped out to them.
In prayer he asked by Thy power,
o God, help and heal this suffering
servant of Thine The elder sister
stood with bowed head, praying
silently and sobbing. A few minutes
later they left.
During the morning Alfred c..
Kuschwa, organist at the church.
again played many of the old hymns.
AS some of them were being played
on the large pipe organ many were
seen praying and in tears. What
a Friend We Have in Jesus" NEAR
er My God to Thee" "It Is Well
With My Soul" Just AS Am" and
MY Jesus as Thou Wilt were some
of the familiar favorites.
Gan See to Read
Before the opening of the mission
this morning the Rev. Floyd Apple
ton asked all who could to kneel in
prayer. During these few minutes
the organ chimes were played
softly.
One of the cIergymen, suffering
from the loss of the sight of one eye,
was at the mission yesterday. To-
day he said that he was able to see
print with the eye and believed he
would be able TO use it to read.
Clergy Join in Prayers
To-day the Rev. w. NJ. Gamble,
Marheim; the Rev. II. Bridgeman,
Camp Hill; the Rev. c. e. B. Robin
son, the Rev. J. Fredrik Virgin,
the Rev. Rollin A. Sawyer, the Rev.
Henry a. Post, the Rev. Willoughby
Parchment and the Rev. +. T. Cady,
of Tyrone, were among the clergy
assisting at the mission.
OF these, the Rev. Mr.. Gamble and
the Rev. Mr.. Bridgeman assisted at
the chancel rail. praying with Mr..
Hickson for the restoration of health
to the persons who were i'll.
Faces Marked With Pain
AS at yesterdays misSior, old and
young. rich and poor, all came with
the hope of receiving help through
the prayer of the great faith healer.
Faces told of terrible years of pain,
some of them drawn and worn from
the merciless torture of disease.
Many persons walked into the
church, apparently in good health,
but one glance at the faces showed
the evidence of some affliction which
had caused much misery. The
scene was one of hundreds of per-
sons, all coming to be helped
through faith and prayer, looking
forward eagerly to the moment when
they would be called to go to the
chancel and have the healer inter
cede for them, and in the eyes OF
many cleaned the hope of restored
health.
Come For Many Miles
In their ears sounded the words
of the man to whom they came:
pray for others, forget yourself.
The greatest happiness in the world
is to ease a suffering soul. Don't be
ashamed to pray and don't be afraid
to do It. Pray for others. 1t is a
sure way to get Gods blessing for
yourself"
Leaves For Pittsburgh
or the hundreds who came to st.
Stephens Church again to-day,
many were from cities in other parts
of the State, some coming hundreds
of miles.
This afternoon Mr.. Hickson
planned to leave for Pittsburgh.
Tomorrow he will open a four-day
healing mission in the Trinity
Church in that city, conducting
services tomorrow, Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday.
Free of Pain
At least five persons are known to
have been helped by Mr.. Dickson
yesterday during the healing mis-
sion. About 500 came to him for
help and it is believed that many
of these have been relieved and some
of them cured.
One man who had been victim
of neuritis for seven years came in
the morning and shortly before noon
was kneeling in prayer with Mr..
Hickson. In the afternoon he came
back about $50 o'clock and said that
for the first time in years he suffer-
ed no pain. He had been using
canes to support himself when walk
ing and he told the healer and
clergymen in the vestryroom that
he would soon discard them. His
weakened condition due to years
of pain and suffering prevented him
from walking without them but he
told Mr.. Hickson that it was the first
relief he had enjoyed in many
months. He said he had undergone
thirty-eight special treatments from
one physician and had been attend
ed by number of other doctors, but
none had helped him.
Ministers Astonished
Two other women, their bodies
bent over by rheumatic pains. came
fn tho baaIar and nra ya6 with him