REVIVAL FIRE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 549, 5 June 1933, Page 4

REVIVAL FIRE

DALLIMORE MlSSIhy \ EVANGBLIgT HOLDS ME»-T,v ' • IN MAJESTIC ^ THEATRE NOT PLEASEDWlj'H ;!0I0;Vl j - There was an attendanee nf ofn ■each of the "Revival Pire» 50 condpcted by Mr. A. H. 1 the Majestic Theatre at the last week. The number Was 1 0Se«f below the expectations of th'A?6Ver' list for he several times rpf0 ?e- 1 the fact that his visit to RotonfV® cost £35 and there was littl 1 prospect of adequate materiai8 °f j pense for the outlav. But i, re.co®' 3 would feel amply rewarded if hT^i ed but one soul. "e 8am. 1 In his address on Friday rdsUv 1 Dalhmore touched a ponuki l M He said th'e present distress wa/,? ! ly of human origm. The worldl! I of joint as long as food J?] comforts of life were withhKjl the poor and needy. 1 The churches were severeh „„v . I ed. Of what nse, he aJtafel stitufcions that depended I onaintenance on jmnble saJeaandZI cheap expedients. Ministers S 1 men who had proved f aithless- hL 1 had side-tracked the flpck of Si They denied the cardinal t^'l Scrjpture; not one in 100,000 unJI stood anything ahout healingwi or gave the Bible a literal interprf I tion, They united with' doctors aSi the Dallimore mission becauSl mission "had the goods" and H making nothing out of them. W "Ybur-come on- this platform fJ healmg," said the speaher, the operating table, .there are m1 heavy fees to pay; you have po nJm cmes or nursing expenses to worni you. Relying on the promises' jfl God's Word we aref ahle to cure tkfl most malignant diseases; nothin?kl too difficult." g l|

. Cures Claimed I Mr. Dallimore then referred to >1 number of cures that he stated M been instantly achieved and befcrefl which medical skill had proved po/H less. His work was entirely disinter-9 ested and when accused of mercenaij* motives it was a "dirty miseraM lie." He was glad not to be mistakesfl for a minister but for "the plain |fl plug that I am." ■ Churches failed because of thfl "camouflaged empty dead prayers" of-fl fered from their pulpits. LaymenalH pired to honourable rank in t« churches because it reflected favom-'fl ably in their husinesses— that and po-9 thing more. Rotorua had not ]iappil;fl impressed him. Desolation was ten on the faces of the people the business premises partook of tkfl same characteristic: H A Positive Speaker S Speculation has heen rifeastothH secret of Mr. Dallimore's influena Those who heai'd him on and Friday evening were left in xB doubt regarding the source of lii^| power. His voice vihrates with viction; not a shadow of uncertaipif^B falls on any of his utterances. speaks as ia man who has tesid|H every experience and this positivenes^H is driven h'ome to the minds of hearers. The addresses were frequeni^H ly punctuated hy the emphatic tion and answer: "Is this true? course it's true!" He does not moral courage, and if he thinks rebuke his audience h'e does so is^H

language incapahle of being mi® derstood. A woman who went on % platform for healing fell heavily io the floor thougli with'out injary. : section of the audience tittered. I?. Dallimore stepped quickly to the fropt of the platform. "You pagans, y®. pagans," he shouted, "Itwasnotilp fool" — pointing to himself — "that iid that: it was Jesus; and you fk aughed will get hell in th'e end, Nrf will anyone laugh again," he (lero» ed. No one ventured*' About a dozti at each service went on to the p$ form for healing including seven! paralysed and crippled Maori yotP A feW quiet words to each', thepJ dramatie impassioned prayer fohof ed hy anointing on the foreheadfts a jar held hy Mrs. Dallimore. Wl the exception of the paralysed subject fell backwards to he cW hy attendants and placed gentlyj th'e floor while a period of fi'OW®* five to ten minutes of absolote ® consciousness followed,