RATANA'S CURES

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10962, 26 July 1921, Page 4

RATANA'S CURES

MAORI SOLDIER DISCARDS CRUTCHES. A returned soldier undergoing treat* ment in the King George Hospital, Rotorua, writes to a Taumanmni friend as follows: ■ ‘(There is a most wonderful example of a Ratana core here: A Maori came in here three days.ago. He had been at Narrow Neck hospital for two years on crutches, with a crashed hip. He was due to leave here on Saturday for Narrow Neck, but he askej the Commandant’s permission to go to Orakei on Saturday to see Ratana, who asked him if he believed there was only one God, and if he repented his eins, etc. His answers being satisfactory, Ratana said: ‘ln the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, you are cured. Put away yoni_ crwfches.’ “He said a warm feeling like a hot wave went through him. He put away his crutches against the marquee, and then Ratana said, ‘Walk,’ and he took his first step, feeling very uncertain of himself, ndt having been off cratches for two years, bnt he took another step, and then walked as well as ever he did. “It all took place in under five minutes, and two days after I saw him . running like a hare. Isn’t it miraculous ? He has just come hack here to thoroughly regain his strength. The doctors here were very greatly interested.”