CURED BY FAITH.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 269, 13 November 1928, Page 9

CURED BY FAITH.

A SILENT SINGER. CURSTS INTO SONG. "LITTLE PINK HANDKERCHIEF" REMARKABLE INCIDENT AT ' HAWERA MISSION. (By Telegraph—Special to "Star.") HAWERA, this day. Most people could hardly believe their ears at the Hawera Presbyterian Church to-day, when Mrs. A. J. Ching's rich contralto voice burst into song, yet it was true, and the singer's triumphant notes swelled above the choirs, to the amazement and delight of friends. The last time that Mrs. Ching attended St. John's Church previously, and that was about a fortnight ago, she was obliged to remain sadly silent." Try as she would her vocal chords would not respond. What i» More, modern doctors told her she would

never sing again. Three years, or more ago Mrs. Ching had been a richly tal-« ented singer. Faith has banished her impotence, and •with it the dictum of materialism. In that accomplishment lies a story. Tongues are talking in wonder. A handkerchief seems most irrelevant; yet the delirious desire of Mrs. Ching'e f-ister to possess "a little pink handkerchief" plays a strange part hi the story. Sickness and suffering for a long period has been the lot of Mrs. Cbing; to-day lier husband, family, and friende are delighted and amazed at the marked difference. Troubles accumulated about three years ago, when some aggravation of goitre resulted in Mrs. Ching losinjr lier sinking voice, while her ordinary speech was reduced to little more then vliisperirig. A severe form of influenza attacked Mrs. Chin? nbout three week? ngo. A telegram came advising that a Mster wee seriously ill. and Mrs. Chfnsr liflcl been unable to visit the sister in Wellington. A day or two later anotho tplegFam showed her sister to be «riti•ally ill. and Mrs. Ching decided to gc to Wellington despite her own illness.

In a low condition, Mrs. dung's sister had been hurried to the hospital for an urgent operation. Visits revealed that the patient desired "a pink handkerand that led to Mrs. Clung, still very weak, bunting the shops of Wellington for such an article. Pink borderings aJid colours were chosen in vain.

"A little pink handkerchief" was the delirious request, and nothing else would do. Search was continued by Mrs. Ching. While in New town an impulse beckoned the Hawera lady to enter a small shop, adn she instinctively did so. She found there the only pink handkerchiefs in tli* , city, as well as the way to possession of her own voice, long silent, her own health, and the recovery of her sister without the necessity for the impending operation.

The lady of the shop was attached to Pastor Jetferies' mission.of faith healing, and she told Mrs. Ching she believed 'she had come to the shop in answer to prayer. .She told Mrs. Ching that she and her sister would be cured.

A smiling lady at the mission door oi the Wellington Winter Show Building welcomed Mrs. Ching with a handshake, and told her she would be cured, as many had been praying for her. Mrs. Ching believed it thoroughly, and joined in the singing preceding the service of Pastor Jefferies. In a little while Mrs. Cbing suddenly and simply burst into song, justified her faith, and amazed her nearby companions, who heard her voice above the throng. The glad news was passed around "Cured by faith, without the laying on of hands." "I felt calm and composed," said Mrs. Ching, "and I was filled with joy. There was not a tremor in my voice or my whole body. As I sang from the stage at the request of Pastor Jefferies my voice filled the huge building, and everybody was delighted at the cure. We then sang " Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow. , I then addressed the gathering, telling them of my experiences amj sufferings.