FAITH HEALING

Hokitika Guardian, 17 December 1932, Page 6

FAITH HEALING

EVANGELIST QUOTES CASE,

THREAT TO INTERRUPTERS. AUCKLAND, December 13. There was a large attendance at St .1 amos’ Theatre last evening, when a mission meeting was conducted by Mr A. 11. Dailimme. The evangelist read extracts from several letters testifying to healing and other benefits received, and m seme cases the writers responded io a request to stand and make themselves known.

Air Daiumore told of a. widow in Van. ouver whose only son died of dou.no pneumonia. On returning to i.is room the mother found the boy “sitting on the edge of the bed hauling on his trousers. Two days afterares he went off to the mountains 100 per cent healed.” Mr Dailimoro claimed to have known them both well.

The speaker madii no reference to the report cf the committee 0 f inquiry into his work, hut claimed that “the power” had come in exactly the game way in the historic revivals of Wesley, Charles Finney, General Booth and Evan Roberts.

At the close of his address members of the audience crowded on to the stage for more than half au hour, and with but few exceptions fell to the floor under his touch. Not a few tiny children were included among the “patients.” “This laddie had a cataract over the left eye. Praise the Lord. The Lord has touched him,” said the preacher as a boy fell. Slight applause from the gallery when people did not fall down annoyed the evangelist considerably. “Power may fall up there, friends” he called out. “You just wait a while. You may have, to come down her with cancer vet yourself. God is listening.” Several men on the platform testified to having given up smoking under the influence of the mission, hut the most remarkable statement made by Mr Dailimoro concerned a woman whom l:e brought forward on the stage. He said she had been gored b;,"| a bull through the arm and side 13 years ago. Tumours formed and after seven operations “organs had been cut away until she was practically next door to empty,” Her heart had practically collapsed, her eyesight was defective, and on arm was shortened. Now both amis were the same length and she was completely healed from head to foot.

A girl on the ground floor fell down between the seats, and several times gave vent to strange shoutings in an unintelligible tongue. The service closed as usual with the singing of the Doxolog.v, while there still remained on the platform a number of figures some of them twitching spasmodically.

MR DALLLMORE’S MISSION.

AUCKLAND, December 15

Auckland City Council, in response to a deputation, has removed its ban on the use of the Town Hall on Sundays by Mr Dallimore’s faith healing mission.