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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1451, 8 January 1887, Page 3

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A Mr T. G. Wi«, tii so th Dimd ■, writeH as follows with refer n a o th* 1 fp.kh-"' talinj? of which we reprin j d a-> acoi'Uttt m our fast iaiae :— Sir, — I was much struck on Monday night at the testimony naeetirg at the Garrison Hall to not'oa tlm the few persons who testified were w men, and nil with one complaint — pains m their logs or tore lags. Now, Sir, I wish to show m a f*w word? that Mr Dowie doeß not heal by faith m Jeßos, but by magnetism, Bonw ♦im"> bUic9 m Mel^ourna there lKed a Profeo" r Fnme (a phrenologist), who uann 'n travel about and hl>e a hall at thn dff rent places where he lectured ; and viter some feats H moemorism being performed, he would invite any of the *.udieooe> who were Bfflioted tt go to the platfotm and ho would heal them I hove ne-n them go to him on t^o crutohes. or with two bUoLb or one ciutoh or stick. He won'd a«>k thpm how : on^ they had been afflicted, and then he won'd rub down wiih his hands the'r arms and laps and they would walk back to their Beats without cm! eh or Btlok and without pain. Now that is animal maynotiflm, and that, h wha* Mr Dojrfe doRB f >r pains m the logs ; only Mr JTumft digged 01 and Is to enter, and did nit tell them he must teach them for r. week or a fottnij>bt to prepare them for It.

Mr Dowie s*ru»n up a"d down the platform atd saya 20 timea ovar he does not charge anything It is truo that ho does •:ot do pc directly, but iniireotly ho oha'goo threa timoa instfßd of ono'), for he teaches you three t'm?s a day and collects money at each teaching, ro thxt instead of paying one sixpence to f n«e«" tho public pay three (or shillings) bs it happens I have known him have people f r a fortnight putting money m the p'nte three times a di»y for that time, and then do nothing; for them.

Now, Sir. 1 will give you one or two proofs to show that Mr Dowle oinnot h.»a' by faith. There was a dear lit-le child brought to him, deaf and dumb, about five or six years old. Tie kept tho xnothar m cuspe^se a fortnight, and nev r did anything for it. Why ? because magnetism could not do anything for th * child Another young man, deaf arid dumb tho same pb tha dear child, and he could not do anything there, for the same reason, although they were putting money m the plate three times a day fer a fortnight Then there was a man with a bad head ; they were all the same — they could not be healed with magnetism, but were not told so until the last.

Now, Sir, I think I have shown you thrt Mr Dowie does not heal by faith, or the castes he left undone would bava been hoaled — I am, b*c,,