FAITH-HEALING
THE HICKSON MISSION IN AUSTRALIA. (Rec. April 10, 5.5 p.m.) Sydneyi April 10. ■ X The town of Goulbum is at present overcrowded with sick qnd impotent':folk awaiting Mr. Hickson, the Eng-” lish faith-healer. At the opening of . the mission 1200 patients in all de-?..;', grees of impotency, with their relatives ... and attendants, invaded tho place. Hotels and boarding-houses are packed - to the utmost. Many private homes. _ have been opened, but the visitors; y overflow them, and some are dwelling in tents. Various churches are combining in preparing: the patients for Mr. Hickson’s ministrations. Following upon the missions in Tasmania and Victoria, which it is claimed resulted in a number of cures, public Press contention continues to rage round Mr. Hickson’s healing powers. Air. Hick- _ son declares it as easy for him to heal organic diseases like cancer as anything else.—Press Assn. (Rec. April 11. 0.5 a.m.) Sydney, April 10. The Hickson mission has opened at Goulbourn Cathedral, which was crowded with sufferers, but the Press and public were not admitted. No sudden cures ' aro reported.—Press’ Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 174, 11 April 1923, Page 7
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177FAITH-HEALING Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 174, 11 April 1923, Page 7
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