"FAITH CURES."

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17701, 1 March 1923, Page 12

"FAITH CURES."

♦ MR HICKSON IN AUSTRALIA. (imoU Otia OTOT COREESPONDENT.) ' SYDNEY, February 22. Remarkable recoveries have been reported as a result of the spiritual healing mission conducted in. Tasmania by Mr J. M. Hickson, the visiting faith | healer. S I Mr Hickson was about to begin the ' service when he was urgently ! oagged ! to" minister to a young woman who had ! been wneeied to tue cnurch, but at tne moment was lying and ! in agony oil the ground. On the ioilotvuig uay ui-ti iaay walked. to tue uuarcii and was aiuong tut) hearers. One man showed how ne couiu move mm beiici a leg tuat hau been suit lor \eaio. a gin, lor yeaxs, gave ner laniiiy a great shock when sue wameu iiH-o tue iiouae. neaps ot testimonials were volunteereu, and one h«ara such tilings as: '' 1 esteruay J. was ssone deal; io-aay I nave neara my; baoy s voice." "today i L,oi up for me hi'st tune lor years tree. Horn pain." "1 leit the heaiiug go righo to t"e diseased part, aud now 1 am conndent that i am whole, and that the operation I feared will not be needed, and with it an -1 am so gloriously ■ happy. A dumo Tnnri has begun to speak, and a cripple walks upstairs alter years, of helplessness. Reports continue to arrive from South A hVir-a a£ to the miraculous cures carried out there. One of the cases : quoted was that of two blind natives who walked 40 miles to hod Mr Hickson. They were treated in the customary manner—by tne laying on of hands and prayer for the relief of their affliction —and were cured of their blindness. Another case was that of a child who. was dumb, and who, after was able to speak. An elderly European was cured of dropsy and paralysis of the arm.