THE PECULIAR PEOPLE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 138, 10 June 1905, Page 13

THE PECULIAR PEOPLE.

An inquest was held at. Canclug Town 03 1 April 4th oh the body oi* a k>-oU ; infant, the son of Henry and Pora Cock. members »f the sect knows a? tie Pc*~ail~? i People. Tne mother «f ti|e ch:l4 said sbe hart been, one of the Peculiar People ontj- a few week*. She h*d TziT3<-n----10-a&ly cured. Her child xa* takes iJ3 six weeks ago. She called in Brother Snotb--1 gate, and it get better. TL-p relief ia~tej . until last Saturday week, \rhen tie cilia ! had a fit. The Coroner: What did you! do t» cpi tat : child out of the fit'—Wo praj'ed «ver ir.a-d I after the Lord had raided mc from death £ I door and had been so kind to- us we could not call in a doctor. James Hartley Southgate. n-;e of tfce elders of the said he iras called iv when the child was thre*> we eks oSd. ac-i he laid hands on it "in the uaice of tie j Lord.' The Coroner: For what pcrp-»se? Witness: That the Lord mi cat deliver (it from its sufferings. I also auointed it, I and would not hare done that if I had j not thought the child was suSejin^. A Juror: Do yon do this gratajoasly. or are you paid for it? Witness: I am lite the Aposr}.. Paul freely I receive, and freely I give. The Juror: How do people know yr>t: aaTe ■ got some divine power?—l hare proud •by tie laying on of hands. I hare ~ *en tbe I Lord cure ail diseases. We -o t>y th-j Wold : of God. Dr. Ansus Kennedy said the r-aild dird J from wasting as the resnlt of injudicious 1 feeding. It would be hard to say if nisdii cal aid could have saved it. j The jury, after consultation, nconml « ! verdict in accordance with the medial j evidence, and said that the parents i» i their opinion deserved severe censure.