The Milner-Stephen Wonderful Cures.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4372, 8 January 1883, Page 2

The Milner-Stephen Wonderful Cures.

(Pee Peess Association.)

Wellington, Sunday

Mr Milner Stephen yesterday afternoon gave an exhibition of Iris power to care. The Athenseum Hall was kindly lent for the occasion, and was crowded to excess. It is estimated that fully 700 persons were present, among them being the Hod. Thomas Dick, Dr Keywortb, and Mr Hutchison. No charge was made for admission to the hall, or to those who received treatment. On ascending the stage, Mr Stephen said it was the first opportunity in New Zealand that he had had of lecturing, and he wished to make a few explanations- as to the power with which he had been gifted by the Almighty. He had for a long period earnestly prayed to God to give him power to do some wonderful or great work before he died, and this wish had now been fulfilled. He was formerly a barrister of these colonies, and it was while he was on the circuit in New South Wales that he suddenly became aware that the power had been bestowed. It occurred in thisgmanner : Mr Stephen was at the house of a gentleman in Sydney who had been deaf for two years, when the thought came to the former that he could cure him, and at once he set about to carry out the idea, being successfulin restoring hearing after a third treatment. He read several extracts from Australian newspapers of cures that he had effected, and also an affidavitt of the medical officer of Sfcl George's, Melbourne, as to his [Mr Stephen's) ability to cure cancer. He mentioned several other wonderful cures he had effected, the principal of which was one from total blindness of a woman in Sydney, who had been given up by her medical advisers as incurable, and that of lengthening a young lady's leg seven inches. She had suffered from hip disease, and this had drawn up the leg. After his passing his hands down the i thigh the hip commenced to grow—two ! inches on the first occasion, three inches on the second, and then to its naturallength. The fact of his being endowed with this wonderful power had reached all quarters of the globe, and only a short time back he received a letter from a lady in Germany asking him to send to her some of his power to cure her husband. He denied that his cures were only temporary, and contended that they were even more permanent than those of doctors. About 30 cases were treated by Mr Stephen yesterday, those suffering pain being the first-taken. A lady was the first to appear, suffering from rheumatic fever, disease of the lungs, and pains in her legs. Mr Stephens made certain passes about the legs, and breathing on a piece of red flannel, placed it on the parts affected, when the sufferer ap peared to be considerably relieved. Her husband was then treated for epileptic fits, and after having had his head stroked he was told that he might have one more fit, but that would be the last. Another old lady, who had been suffering from rheu* matism, called down the blessing of the, Almighty for having been relieved from pain. Four or five cases of long standing deafness were then treated witli varying success. The larger number of the cases of deafness were the result of cold, after an attack of the measles. The next case was one that can fairly be said to be wonderful, and Mr Stephen was loudly cheered on the result. This was a young girl named Dora Hathaway, about 5 yoars of age, the daughter of a resident at Masterton. She had suffered from paralysis, which rendered it necessary for her to be carried about. Mr Stephen took the child on his knees, and after stroking her legs for a couple of minutes ho put her down and she ran across to her father. This was the most successful case during the day. A case of partial blindness was acted upon, but it was not successful, although the patient stated he could see innumerable bubbles of light. A woman i who had been deaf for 20 years was treated, so that she could hear the tick of a watch. A lad suffering from asthma was relieved and could breathe ' freely, A man named Ironmonger, who had lost the sight of one eye, had it improved, and a lad about nine years old, named Upham, partially blind, stated that ho could sco the people around him. Mr Stephen also treated, with more or lesa success, a number of other cases, comprising pains in the head and chest, deafness, rheumatism, injury to the spine, paralysis, blindness, spinal contortion, bent knee, sciatica, and gout. Mr Stephen, in his treatment, uses only a silver tube, through which he breathes on to the various parts of the body, red flannel, wadding, and magnetised oil. A bottle of magnetised oil or water was presented to each patient when leaving the hail. Another exhibition of a similar nature will be given next Saturday.