Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-06-21


over the country were the evidence ex
amincd by the Episcopal Commission
on Healing, among the prominent
members of which were Bishop Man
ming OF New York, and Bishop Boyd
Vincent OF Ohio.
The report of the comm ssion adopt
ca by the Episcopal General CONVEX
ton in Portland in September last con
tanned this statement: I'VE believe
that the body no less than the soul of
man was included in the work of re-
demption; that the restoration of har
mony of mans mind and will with
the divine will often bring with it the
restoration OF the body. that the full
power of the church's corporate inter-
cession in this connection has been too
little realized and that confidence in
the efficacy OF prayer for restoration
OF health has not been sufficiently en-
couraged. Here then is the first great
need of the church today in the reviv-
al of her ministry OF healing
Also see Paul RAIDERS group now.
rs disease healed through prayer?"
| asked Paul RAIDER.
I'VE have thousands of our Chris
tian and Missionary Alliance members
who bear witness that it is" he replied.
None of us has the least objection
to the use Of medicine. Only in my
own family when anyone is i'll there
is but one doctor we will have. We
run for the Great Physician"
SO popular are the Christian and
Missionary Alliance tenets becoming
today that in town after town the lit
tie Alliance church can no longer con-
tain the people that crowd to hear its
evangelists. The Target hall that can
be hired is required.
FRANCIS BOSWORTH'S
CALL
Out onto this platform his eD~c'
Francis F. Bosworth. Born O: III
in Nebraska, he had risen to be bank
teller and city clerk in Fitzgerald,
Georgia, before he came to the pas
torate of little church i'll Dallas, Tex.
Some years ago the Lord spake unto
him calling him to a larger field. He
drew back protesting How should he
with no college or theological train
ing, dare to lift his voice among the
learned preachers in great cities? But
the call was insistent. At last, he says,
the Lord commanded 1T is healing
you must teach, with prayer and an
ointing"
But O Lord he protested, what
if none of them should get well?"
That, replied the Lord, is my bus
mess, Yours is to pray and anoint.'
Aftera weeks struggle on his knees
before the throne he capitulated: "A1l
right Lord, even though they all should
die as fast as | pour the oil upon
tn M
But they haven't There are now lit
Ni"iS 'iiouodluS WHO assert that they
have been healed of divers diseases
through Francis Bosworth's ministra-
tons. In Miami Florida; Toronto.
Canada; Toledo, Detroit St. Pau,
Pittsburgh, Chicago and many smaller
cities where his great revivals have
been held during the past two Years.
his name has become a household
word, spoken with reverence and af-
lection.
If you ask Francis Bosworth Does
Prayer cure?' he shows you There
are some 1000 concrete cases that he
may cite as evidence. Have YOU heard
the story of John Sproul? 1t has been
told all over the United States and
has now been translated into foreign
languages to be told in Europe Nav
or f. V. Babcock of Pittsburgh, where
1t occurred is kept busy answering in
qulrles from all over the world. Until
saw John Sproul" he says, 81 didn't
believe in miracles. Now | do. His
spiritual healing has actually occurred.
You can't get away from it."
John Sprouts Story
Here is the story as John Sproul
himself and Mayor Babcock OF Pitts
burgh, and Mr. Bosworth, the evangel-
'st, vouch for it; John w. Sproul, an
American soldier from Pittsburgh. fe1.
III the terrific drive at Chateau-Thier
rv and was carried off the battlefield
to hospital. There were iniuhr;es
from which he never recovered The
gas had affected his lungs and bronch
iai tubes. His voice was gone and he
was from the day of the battle unable
10 speak above whisper. They op-
Grated on him at Bar-e- Due. There
were more operations here in America
some fourteen in all from Bar-Ie duc
TO Albuquerque and San Francisco
But all the skill of all the army SIR
geons was of no avail. John Sproul re
ceiVed certificate of total disability
from the army hospital at Carlisle. Pa
l his was afterward augmented bv the
decision rendered at Mt Alto Hospital
Washington, where he was detained
under observation for ten days to make
perfectly sure before he was again
dismissed as totally disabled and grant
ed pension by the United States
Government.
This pension had been secured thru