Faith Healing.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 136, 14 May 1885, Page 3

Faith Healing.

Some faith-healing mrracles m connection with the Salvation Army aie reported ■from H«nley. Major PwifMin whe professes a power «f restoring the Ulind, the ileaf, and the lamp, held services iv the Ton tin Street Circus, .Hanky. Many thousands of peiwms attended, including ovei 100 invalid* of all agea,Kome.ofwluiiirwei«l«rinight to the circus m Bulh Chairs, being unable to use their limbs. AtW the ordinary service tv« .fnith.-hoaling ceremonial commenced. The major and his subalterns threw off their outer garments and docrndod into the arena. A lad who had linen a crippln from an early ajju wan first oprrated upon and while the Major vigorously rubbed the disabled lim»», hi* followers and tliu congregation, at the request of tht Major, engaged m prayer. They pmyod earnestly ami lonj{, and linally the lad was induced to rise and walk about a little. The Major amid me sjrpatesc excitement, pioclaimed that the Alniuybty had auswered their prayers. Before this -result was brought aiiout the Maj<>»\s followers had dispersed themselveH over the hall, the detachments vurronndiug one of the many who had come to.be healed. They prayed vigorously, »nd the sf-eue, which la-sted until midnight, was of a most exciting character. An old woman who represented that she had been deaf for fol ' tv vejU ' s ' stated tliafc slle Imd *e«niitied hw hearing, and a young woman* who went to the. building ■tone; deaf testified to her cure. Atiother young woman, a con6rmed invalid >ho wa-H taken to the circus m a Bath chair, was prayed for and finally stagg^ed to her feet and walked a yard or two, and a few moments afterwards another woman walked feebly »cros* the building, her Bath chair being hoile.l over tho heads of the people, the throng fthouttng " The Lord «<e praised aii.l making \ise. of ejaculations expressive of their astonishment. Several pevuntM ascended the platform and publicly trhiiued to their cine, nnd the conVe-jation joined m thanksri vinjr for ' bese miraculoua recoveries : — Bxjhangt'.