The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-05-26
WANTS WORK

STA. A month ago he was a hopeless
cripple. Crippled in body and mind,
just hoping, longing each day that he
away from it all Tuesday afternoon
he came leaping into the Office Of Pau
per Commissioner Jacob Saftig. 81
want to get job and earn money to
pay my taxes and lot of other
things" he told the commissioner. SAT-
tig looked at the man. He looked
again. whats the matter, john" he
called to him, but he noticed that tae
man did not carry the customary
crutches. I'm cured" the man shout
ed back tg the commissioner and he
simply bubbfed over with the wonder
full story4of his conversion to religious
belief .snd his cure from disease. mo,
this isn't thestory Of diseased mind"
said THE Commissioner, "it's the story
of "a man! who has been remarkably
cured from what we thought was an in
durable disease. He says that he found
Jesus and that he was cured. We
know he was cured that he is a new
man with1gssmie instead of dragging
about the$streets We do not know
he process by which lie reached this
happy STATE 5Ut we are happy with
him"
Believed Helpless Cripple.
Morris has lived in Kenosha for
years. He was an employee of the Sim
mons Company and more than a year
ago he was struck with an iron bar by
a fellow workman. He was badly in
iured and for monons he was under
the care of physicians eve had con-
sidered his condition such as to make
him a perpetual care upon the city,"
said Commissioner Saftig. He appear
ed to have a disease similar to loco
motor ataxia which proved battling to
physicians. He walked on crutches
and it was not an uncommon sight to
see him dragging himself int
city hall. He became known to the po-
lice officers and others about the city
Offices. The change in his condition
started four months ago when he be-
gan to attend services at the Penta-
costal mission over on Newell street.
He became greatly interested in the
work of the mission "For four months
I prayed in Russian but | did not get
a great deal of help" he told the offc-
ers Tuesday afternoon. "Then I began
to pray in English and I found nv
strength coming back. 7 gave up the
clutches sometime ago"
Healing Comes Suddenly.
According to the story related the
man had walked to the mission with a
cane still broken in health and spirit.
Il was praying when I began to SILVER
and shake and it appeared that some
thing Just fell off me- I saw Jesus and
know that he healed me-" was the
way the man described it to the Off
GERS. The old haunted look was gone.
He appeared we'll and strong and de-
clared that he was able to work. "I
want to get work now and get nv taxes
paid" he told one of the officials and
he insisted that he would be able to
get work and take care of his family.
"The most remarkable case we have
ever seen" was the comment Of the
officials. "The man is cured. A month
ago we were employing two doctors IN
an effort to help him. Maybe It IA
faith-mavbe it was the prayer but
whatever it was, the man is cured and
is going to be real contributing
member Of society again"
Nothing in regard to the case has
been given out by the people in charge
of the Pentacostal mission. The whole
story IS the story Of an old worn out
body made newly prayer and faith.