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1952
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1216 POUNDS
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Then when their tent was erected on t h e It was on t h e night of January 10, 1949
Orange Blossom Trail in Orlando, I attended t h a t God instantly healed my body, while
the meeting and was prayed for t h a t I
might lose a g r e a t deal of weight, a s I Sis. Huffstutler w a s preaching and praying
for t h e sick i n Pine Bluff, Ark. She did not
WEIGHED 555 POUNDS THEN. God an- even pray f o r me, only looked at me and
swered, and since ‘ t h a t night, only six said, “Brother, God has already healed you!”
months a g o I HAVE LOST 429 POUNDS. I took one leap in t h e air, and when I hit
I do believe i t was t h e prayers of God’s the floor, I was perfectly and completely
servants, Bro. and Sis. McKay and other whole.
friends who prayed on my .behalf t h a t I
have lost all this excess fat. I have not 1-walk better than I had in all my life,
felt one moment of ill effects i n ibsing this and have better health t h a n ever.
tremendous amount in such a short”,kime‘. Mr. Neal Thomas
Since my husband and I found t h e Lord 120 W. 14th St.
in t h e McKay meeting we a r e happy in Pine Bluff, Ark.
Jesus. This miracle is of God, and I have
testified in many public gatherings and on INDIANA MAN WALKS I
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”DOLLY DIMPLES GEYER” Mrs. “Dolly Dimples” Geyer (Pictured on cover with P. M. G r e e n )
As she appeared in t h e circus until last Box 21, Lockhart, Florida This testimony is t o certify t h a t I had a
May, weighing 555 pounds. (See front back injury i n October, 1950 and was in a
body cast from March 12 to May 16, 1951.
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Crippled Taain‘man When the body c a s t was removed in Indian-
apolis, t h e bone specialist immediately put
Qiscards Crutc
a leather-covered steel brace on my body
and I had,to wear i t every day from May 16
Brace is%Meeting
until t h e night of October 22nd when Broth-
er Green from Tampa, Fla. prayed for my
healing in t h e Assembly of God Church,
On January 16, 1943 I was crippled in a Bedford, Indiana. Since t h a t night I have
train accident. Being a railroad man, I was not had the steel brace on, although the
sent to the Cotton Belt Hospital at Texar- doctors told me t h a t I would never be able
kana, Ark., where the doctors told me there to walk again without it.
was no hope. I spent time there and in James Johnston,
Campbell Clinic in Memphis trying every- 1815 W e s t 16th. St.,
thing I knew but all the best specialists said Redford, Ind.
RICHARD J E F F E R Y
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Glad Tidings Temple
Feb. 1'7-Mar. 2 Pittsburgh, Kansas
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not to faint.” In giv- the Holy Spirit, we pray in the Name of
the Lord Jesus Christ, asking God to open i Oscar Capers, 709 Hood St., Waco, Texas..
ing to Christians the
the windows of heaven and pour out on 1 Rudy Cerullo, 1848 E. Orleans, Philadelphia, Pa.
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privilege of prayer, Jack ‘Coe, Bolt 8596, Dallas, Texas.
He p l a c e d i n o u r this poor old thirsty, sin-weary world a
hands the most power- mighty8deluge of the Heavenly rain of .James W. Drush, Box 11157, Houston, Texas.
ful weapon against His Spirit, convicting men a n d women
of sin, convicting Christians of ptayer- 1 David du Plessis, Box 342, Glenbrook, Conn.
the forces of evil. The
great tragedy of this lessness, of dearth of power, of dearth of
faith-
1 Clifton Erickson, 302 N. Emerson, Wenatchee,
Wash.
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hour is that so few avail themselves of Velmer Gardner, Route 3, Box 272E, Springfield,
that weapon at ‘all, and fewer use it Mo.
effectively. Samuel’ said, “. . . God forbid that I W. V. Grant, 711 N. Main, Malvern, Ark.
Our Lord said: “He- that believeth on should SIN AGAINST THE LORD IN Philip N. Green, Box 471, Port Tampa City, Fla.
me, the works that I do shall he do also; CEASING TO PRAY FOR YOU.” 1 Sam.
and greater works than these shall h e do, 12:23. This when the people had sinned. Vernon Griggs, Box 205, Hamilton, Mont.
because I go unto my Father. And what- How many of God’s own children are L. D. Hall, Box 697, Grants Pass, Oregon.
soever ve shall ask i n mv’name. that will sinning against the Lord by ceasing to Dale Hanson, Box 795, Tacoma, Washington.
I do, that the Father may be dorihed i n pray for those w h o have sinned, for those H. E. Hardt, 467 Penn Ave., York, Penna.
who have failed God; for those’w h o have Wilbur A. Henry, 1905 Delta Waters Rd., Med-
1 I N MY NAME, I WILL D O IT.” John fallen by the wayside! ford, Oregon.
14~12-14. Tommy Hicks, Lancaster, Calif.
Paul said; “Praying always with all R. W. Holmes, Box 3213, Temple, Texas.
In a world gone mad over money, prayer and supplication in the Spirit . . . 4 Harold Horton, 18910 Wormer, Detroit, Mich.
power and pleasure, the child of God for all saints; and for me that utterance
wrings his hands helplessly and moans
“signs of the last days-it’s too bad, but
may be given unto me, that I may open
my mouth boldly .. 1
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Fern Huffstutler, 1151 No. Cheyenne, Tulsa, Okla.
Jackson, 802 S. Kings Highway, Sikeston,
Missouri.
what can I do?”, when the one thing h e How many of God’s own children are U. S. Jaeger, Box 511, Mirror Lake, Wash.
not only can do, but is commanded to do
is left undone.
“Men ought always to piay.” W e read
sinning against the Lord by failing to pray
f o r God’s preachers, ministers, teachers,
leaders today. , .
:. 0. L. Jaggers, Dexter, Mo.
Ferdie C. Jay, Route 4, Wenatchee, Wash.
Richard Jeffery, 6590 Hessel Road, Sebastopal,
of Elijah and his power with God and Let us early in this New Year pledge Calif.
marvel at his faith and forget the one ourselves anew to God that we will pray! Thea F. Jones, Box 451, Cleveland, Tenn.
thing recorded in God’s book regarding Earnestly, fervently we will petition God Louis Kaplan, 224 N. Chicago St., Los Angeles,
Elijah that is not only a challenge but for our brothers and sisters in Christ, for 53, Calif.
a rebuke to us: “Elijah was ‘a man sub- our fellow-laborers in the Gospel, for S. W. Karol, Box 61, Linden, N. J.
ject to like passions as we are’ A N D HE “those i n authority” and for the lost! Orrin Kingsriter, Paynesville, Rlinn.
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Herbert H. Leonard, Box 1372, Waco, Texas.
Gordon Lindsay, c / o Voice of Healing, Shreve-
T H E VOICE O F HEALING ’ . THE VOICE OF HEALING port, La.
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ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS Louise Nankivell, 900 N. Karlov Ave., Chicago,
Gordon Lindsay Jack Moore Entered as second-class matter January 6, 1949 111.
at Shreveport, Louisiana Thomas 11. Neal, 711 Alabama, Beaumont, Texas.
TVH is in the process of enlarging its cor- Wilbur Ogilvie, Rt. 4, Box 190a, Turlock, Calif.
poration. F r o m its associates there will be T. L. Osborn, Box 4231, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
added several more ,directors. This informa- March, 1952 Volume 4, No..12 Everett B. Parrott, Box 788, Portland 7, Ore.
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sactions are completed. Fla.
Please notify us of’ change of address, giving . Raymond T. Richey, Box 2115, Houston, Texas.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS both old and new addresses. Address all mail to: Oral Roberts, Box 2187, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
A. A. Allen GayJe Jackson THE VOICE, OF HEALING . L. C. Robie, Union Springs, N. Y.
F. F. Bosworth 0. L. Jaggers Howard Rusthoi, Box 647-M, Pasadena, Calif.
William Branham Harvey McAlister Shreveport, Louisiana A. M. Selness, Revere, N. D.
Jack Coe Louise Nankivell Roy Stewait, 6th and Mitchell, Clovis, New Mex.
Clifton Erickson Wilbur Ogilvie J. E. Stiles, Box 3147, Burbank, Calif.
Velmer Gardner T. L. Osborn NOTICE Abraham Tannenbaum, Box 81, Mt. Joy, Penna.
W. V. Grant A. C. Valdez. .Tr. Glenn Thompson, Box 447, Paragould, Ark.
Dale Hanson Richard Vinyard In order t o ,bring THE VOICE OF HEALING William D. Upshaw, 2524 14th St., Santa Monica,
1-1.E. Hardt Mildred Wicks into existence and subsequently maintain it as a sub- Calif.
Fern Huffstutler Doyle Zachary stantial business, the editor and co-editor agreed t o A. C. Yaldez, Jr., 3817 Central, Phoenix, Ariz.
,Raymond T. Richey give freely of their time and substance, for which they Richard R. Vinyard, 7817 W. 81st St., Overland
would accept no remuneration. This condition still Parh, Kansas.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS exists, and .will continue t o be the policy of the b’iliiam A. Ward, Box 675, Tulsa, Okla.
Donald Gee David du Ples:;is corporation. Neither receives payment in any form for Mildred Wicks, Box 7334, Dallas, Texas.
Howard Rusthoi services rendered t o this cause. Dolle Zachary, Box 333, Greenville, S. C.
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TWELVE DALLAS PASTORS SPONSOR
JAGGERS REVIVAL Millions Now Under the
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Pentecostal stir.”
The Lord met the faith of t h e people and
from t h e first night t o t h e very l a s t t h e
fire fell. No two meetings were alike.
Everyone w a s scripturally and spiritually
led. Great numbers were saved, healed and
filled with t h e Spirit. Many nights there
was no healing line and people were prayed
f o r en-masse.
Many miracles were witnessed - a little
boy whose leg was three and one-half inches
shorter t h a n t h e other was healed. His leg
grew normal. His mother related t h e story
of how God had appeared t o him in a dream
and showed him t h a t he.would be healed
before he was thirteen years of age. J u s t
a few days prior t o his thirteenth birthday
God wonderfully healed him. Many, many
others were marvelously healed by God’s
power-it i s humanly impossible t o write
or tell all t h a t the Great Physician did.
The ministry of Sister Wicks w a s g r e a t e r
and more powerful than ever. Never have
we heard anyone with a greater anointing
t o preach t h e Word t h a n rested upon Sis-
t e r Wicks.
The Gifts of t h e Spirit were manifested in
a scriptural a n d powerful manner through-
out the revival. Mrs. Chloe Sroder rejoices as she holds up Janet Derryberry has wonderfully hfaled
One noticeable thing w a s t h e g r e a t hun- the, crutches which had held her up. God of tuberculosis in Sister Wicks’ St. Louis cam-
ger of the denominational people who at-
tended. Surely this was a Book of Acts miraculously healed bet: instantly 0 f . a broken paign. X-rays showed her- lungs to be per-
revival throughout. foot. X-rays were floof of ‘the break. fectly well.
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Johnny had been in a brace from the time
he was fourteen months of age due to tuber-
culosis of the spine, caused by a fall he re-
ceived a t the age of seven months. It was
necessary for him t o remain in the brace
twenty-four hours a day. There he was
dressed and fed, played and slept.
campaign conducted in Austin by Rev. Mil-
t Johnny was three and a ‘half years of age. He had never \ ::$~ ~ ~ s w a , ” , ::::
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walked! Instantly he walked through the power of Jesus Christ! of its nature that I have witnessed in the
eleven years t h a t I. have lived here. Rev.
S the Ft. Worth meeting! NOW, six months later,
This W ~ in ~ Wicks’ sincere, fervent, logical and dramatic
manner in preaching the Word ranks her
Johnny is running and playing and living a normal life. as tops as a preacher.”
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COE-REVIVALSTIRS S INGFlELD, MO. Although the revival with Brother Coe
began in icy, cold weather, many braved the
elements to come out,
and Jesus of Nazareth
was present to save
and to heal sick bod-
The Lord has proven to thousands of Monday, January 21, was a special “stretcher ies. When the weath-
Springiieldians, and to those in surrounding case night.” The people shouted and wept as er changed for the
communities that H e helpless invalids arose, healed by the power of better, *e crowds in-
is the same Jesus to- God! Deaf mutes heard and spoke again, creased until the Mos-
day as H e was yester- < cripples walked normally, braces, crutches and que was packed. ’‘
The entire town of j
day.
W e dismissed the I
i canes were discarded as the healing virtue
flowed. Sinners came to Christ and many re- Springfield has been
mid-week services at ceived the Holy Ghost. W e can certainly say, stirred by the moving
our church in order “God hath visited His people.”
of the Holy Spirit,
to permit our people and many have been
Jack West, Pastor saved and healed by
to rea0 the benefit of Southside Assembly of God the power of God.
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the meeting. Springfield, Mo.
This revival awak- G. A. Green, Pastor
I Northside Assembly of God
ened Springfield and
communities for miles During the revival Springfield, Mo. .
around. T h e great in Springfield by Bro-
number who experi- ther Coe, souls were Night after night, Brother Coe was mightily
enced healing miracles, together with those anointed to p r e a c h
saved, believers filled the Gospel of deliver- 1
who were saved and baptized with the Holy with the Holy Ghost
Spirit will be a ringing testimonyithroughout ance for both soul
the countless ages. and sick bodies were and body. He declar-
John W. Acker healed by the power ed sin black and re- ’
Full Gospel Church of God. pentance necessary! It I
Rogersville, Mo. Our church receiv- was a privileg2 for
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visitation and Holy Ghost revival. ings, from this cam-
In our recent meet- of the H o l y J S p i r i t ’
paign. nightly as H e swept
ing with Jack Coe we E. I. Moore, Pastor
were thrilled again down to heal t h e
and again as the pow- Westport Assembly of God lame, make the blind
er of God was mani- Springfield, Mo. see, cause cancers and
fested a m o n g t h e tumors to disappear before our eyes.
throngs filling t h e Don B. Coleman, Pastor
The Salvation-Divine Healing meetings at Elim Springs Assembly ,ofGod
Shrine Mosque. Many the Shrine Mosque i n Springfield were of
hundreds were libe- Fairgrove, Mo.
untold blessing to us.[
rated from the bond- Only eternity will re- A
age of sin. Many were veal the full measure During the meeting
delivered from hab- o f benefit to our with Brother Coe, our
its of long-standing. church and others in entire church was stir-
Literally h u n d reds the Springfield area. red to believe God.
wept, s h o u t e d a n d Faith in God has ris- N o t only have many
praised God as sick bodies were healed. Our en to a new high and been healed, but peo-
own church has been so changed spiritually
that it will never be the same. Thank God
for Pentecost in its fullness.
lay m e m b e r s have
been encouraged to ~inrd
6 ple for whom we had
prayed much were
saved and others fill- \ .
John J. Paproski, Pastor
‘ Eastside Assembly -of God a direct result of theii
’ Springfield, Mo.
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“And they were all amazed at the meeting. upon our services. -I,
mighty power of God.” Luke 9:43. These
words lived in the revival God sent to Spring- ’ Don L. Bond, Pastor A. Edward Strong, Pastor
field under the Holy Ghost anointed ministry Mt. Sinai Assembly-of God Lighthouse Assembly of God
of Brother Coe. Rogersville, Mo. Springfield, Mo.
On January third, Evangelist Jack Coe and As a local Pastor, and Instructor at Central T h e SDirit of God was present in the open-
his party began meetings in the Shrine Mosque Bible Institute, I sincerely wish to express my ing songof the first service of the revival with
i 4 Springfield, Missouri. At this writing, feeling that the coming of Jack Coe t o Spring- Brother Coe here in Springfield. Brother Coe
scarcely two weeks later, we have seen glorious field is one of the greatest blessings we have called for all who had cancer and tumor to
things. Scores have been saved, many have witnessed. come forward for prayer. It was in this service
been baptized in the Holy Ghost. Miracles of that the lady with cancer of the throat was
Not only have we seen the Hand of God healed. Also, deaf ears were unstopped and
healing .have caused the building to be crowd- in the healing of the sick, but the soul-stirr-
ed t o the doors. Cancers, tumors, ruptures, cripples were healed. W e left the auditorium
ing messages resulted i n many conversions that night praising God for the victdry we
goiters and many other terrible afflictions have and has also produced a new depth of con-
disappeared in answer t o prayer. knew was ahead.
secration in the lives of the Christians. Every The entire city of Springfield was stirred
Members of denominations .other than Pen- Pentecostal church in this area has increased byqhis revival and many were saved and
tecostal groups were invited t o personally wit- and improved in many ways. filed with the Holy Spirit. Pastors of certain
ness the healing power of Christ. Several nominal churches warned their congregations
Methodist and Baptist ladies were asked to 0. Cope Budge
Central Bible Institute to stay away from this meeting, but they only
verify the presence of a large tumor on a lady Springfield, Mo. stirred the curiosity of these people to come
in the heding line. After prayer, they were and see what God was doing and learn that
asked to check again. The look of astonishment H e is the same today.
on their faces, as they bore witness to the
healing power of God, would be difficult to Springfield, Missouri, “The Queen City of J.L. Schaffer, Pastor
describe. the Ozarks,” has recently been ‘crowned with Glad Tidings Assembly of God
a great revival. Springfield, Mo.
The pastors of this area have invited Evan-
gelist Coe and his party to return with their Tears flowed, hearts melted and shouts
tent for a great meeting during the coming ascended as crutches, canes, braces and hearing I t was a glorious privilege for our church
summer. aids were discarded. Others arose from their to cooperate with Brother Coe in the revival
Emil A. Balliet, Pastor cots and walked for the first time in months. here in Springfield.
Central Assembly of God I praise God for the vindication of His
Springfield, Mo. Jesus truly manifested His power in our W o r d among us with signs following and the
midst by saving souls, reclaiming backsliders reaffirming of our precious Pentecostal faith.
and baptizing believers with the Holy Ghost. Pauline B. Mastries, Pastor
Northeast Assembly of God
/Pa& Kpp W!ited.. . .
W . 0. Cox, Pastor
Springfield, Mo. Springfield, Mo.
Inspired by Wm. Brunkaaa’ aut the people and told them t h a t they
.were healed. There were those who stepped
out o f their wheel chairs and walked, some
f o r the first time in many years. There
Reported by Julius Stadsklev were the deaf and dumb who smiled and
made vocal sounds as they were able to
hear f o r the first time in their life. There
T HE greatest religious meetings ever held in South Africa were conducted
by William Branham and his party during the months of October, Novem-
ber and December, 1951. This was t h e unanimous conviction of every per-
were the little children who could not under-
stand it all but who-were now able t o walk
a s they had.never been able t o do before.
son I spoke to pertaining to these meetings. Upon speaking to ministers, Truly this was a great day o f spiritual
missionaries, public officials and others who were interested in the spiritual, awakening in the ,city of Durban. Accord-
ing t o the police force fifty-five t o sixty
social and moral welfare of the people, we were assured that the effects of thousand people had come to hear the Gos-
these meetings would be felt for years to come. pel in addition to twenty- to twenty-five
thousand who had been turned away from
Hundreds o f thousands gathered together . 30,000 DECISIONS IN ONE DAY the gates for lack of rnom in the lareest and
out in the open, in halls, showgrounds, an finest race-course in South Africa. God had
airplane hangar and even a t a race-course Before Brother Branham came to the spoken t o the hearts o f thousands ‘and had
in search of God. Tens of thousands have afternoon meeting, Brother E r n B a x t e r de- caused them t o come out to hear the Gos-
thanked God for their ,healing. Some were livered a message, in his eloquent style, ex- pel and receive healing f o r both soul and
instantly healed, others received healing plaining God’s wonderful plan of personal body.
gradually. Some, having f e l t the touch of salvation, a f t e r which h e asked those who
God, could testify as to the time and place. wanted to become Christians to stand. They OUTSTANDING MIRACLES
It i s impossible to list the various ways stood by the thousands. Everywhere peo- ’ When I came home a friend called me
people received their healings. There were ple rose t o their feet. Those in sections f o r up a c d asked m e to tell him about the most
the cases o f those who g o t up to go home the Europeans and non-Europeans alike outstanding miracle. I told him that i t was
and found their ailments gone. F o r others showed a g r e a t desire to accept Jesus Christ difficult to do this because there had been
their healing was completed on the streets, a s their Savior and Lord. Brother B a x t e r so many. However, I related to him the
in cars, buses and taxis. And then there turned to us who were sitting on the plat- most impressive healing that took place
were those who went home believing, and form a s i f to say, “They must have mis- the first night Brother Branham was there
realizkd a s they were checked by a doctor, understood me. There couldn’t be all these a s well as the outstanding one from the
that their faith had not ,been in vain. thousands who want to become Christians.” last evening. The miracle from this first
A f t e r explaining the importance o f their service which I would like to report to you
500,000 PEOPLE HEAR BRANHRM step he again asked those who wanted t o i s pertaining to a young nian sixteen years
Those whd accompanied William Branham become Christians to wave their hands. 03 age. The newspaper carried an article
t o South Africa were W. J. E r n B a x t e r , Such a sight ‘ w e had never seen before. which told the story., Rather than re-tell
manager o f the party, F. F. Bosworth, a During .the three services of that day it the story in m y words I am enclosing a
dean in the Divine Healing ministry, Billy was estimated by the local pastors t h a t photographic copy of the newspaper article.
Paul, son o f Brother Branham, and myself. over thirty thousand stood t o accept Jesus The healing from the last service which I
During the ten weeks stay, meetings were Christ a s their Lord and Savior. shall always remember was t h a t of a blind
conducted in eleven of the leading cities Before the afternoon service started, re- lady. Brother Branham had seen a vision
with a total o f over one hundred and twen-
ty services and a combined attendance of IThe folEowClzg was clipped from Sovth Af&ca.n Newspaper
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assured t h a t H e is able and eager t o do the
same f o r all. As we read reports corning in writes Rev. J. B. Woolums, Pastor, Luzerne Assembly of God, and Campaign Chairman
from other campaigns, we realize that He The of the entire wyoming valley able to kneel for seven years, and could
is working in a way which this generation of northeastern Pennsylvania were enveloped hardly travel steps. The pain was con-
has not before witnessed. L e t US all pray in wonder and amazement at the great crowds, stant. But the night she was prayed for
and believe God SO t h a t the work of God signs, miracles, and wonders that accompanied she walked home like a new person and
may not be hindered, and that we.might the Richard R. Vinyard Salvation-Divine RAN up the porch steps. All pain and
Healing Campaign in the great tent cathedral stiffness left instantly. Another lady suf-
be partakers of the great revivals which this past summer-six weeks of one of the fering with arthritis so badly it was neces-
are now beginning t o spring forth in vari- greatest spiritual awakenings elver to come to sary for her to use a walker, was prayed
ous parts of the world. this area. One man, a nominal church member for and has not used it since the night
and worker for many years, said all he wanted she received her healing. One woman was .
to do was cry as he sat in the services and healed of cancer of the breast. These are
-- watched God performing His mighty opera- only a few examples of the many types
of healings that took place, as more than
”South Africa Has
tions in the hearts and lives of the people.
ONLY A FAKE? 1,000 passed through the prayer line.
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Rev. Gardner h a s p a s t o r e d
three churches, spent many years
on the evangelistic field and for
nine years was president of the
Northwest Bible College Alumni
FRACTURED SPINE BOUND 12 YEARS WITH Association in Seattle, Washing-
HEALED. . . T. B. OF THE SPINE ton.
I had a very serious operation on my spine I am writing io tell you how God won- He is the author of four books
and the doctors said I would have t o go derfully touched my body after you prayed and has traveled in 47 states and
through another one, as the operation had for me in Cincinnati, Ohio, .last June. I three foreign countries to pro-
fractured my spine. I was prayed for in the had T. B. o f the spine and could not’walk
around for 1 2 years. I weighed 1 2 0 lbs.
,claim the message of Bible deliv- c
0 one could understand the tremen- true enough to God to prodaim the whole fested for the others, and should she not like-
truth of God. wise be healed?
Ndous hold that the revelation of Jesus
as a present-day Healer took on my life, W e took our brother who was dying to a No words of mine could convey to another
Healing Home in Chicago. Prayer was offered soul the cry that was in my heart, and the
and what it meant to me, unless they UU- for him, with the laying on of hands,’ and flame of hatred for death and sickness that
derstood my environment. he received an instant healing. He arose the Spirit of God stirred within me. The
from his dying cot and w d k e d foorrr ‘miles, very wrath of God seemed to posses my
I was one of sixteen children. Our returned to his home and took e partnership heart. W e called on God, after telephoning
parents were strong, vigorous, healthy in our father‘s business, a well man. and telegraphing believing friends for assist-
people. My mother died at the age of ance in prayer. I rebuked the power of death
75, my father still lives and is 77. Our Book-of-the-Month: in the Name of Jesus.Christ. In less than an
hour we rejoiced to see the evidence of re-
Before my knowledge and experience of the‘ turning life. She was thoroughly healed, and
Lord as our healer we buried eight members
of the family. A strange train of sickness,
Sketches From The five days later she came to father’s home and
joined the family at Christmas dinner.
resulting in death, had followed the family,
and for thirty-two years some member of the
LIFE ANN MINISTRY M y wife, who had been slowly dying for
years, and suffering untold agonies, was the
family was an invalid. The home was never
without Ehe shadow of sickness during all
OF JOHN G. LAKE. last of the four to receive G o d s healing touch.
this long period. When I think back over my But, oh, ere God’s power came upon her, I
SOME CHAPTERS: realized as I never had before the character
boyhood and young manhood there comes t o Personal Memories of John G. Lake
my mind remembrances like a nightmare of of consecration God was asking, and that a
Lake in South Africa Christian should give t o God. Day by day
sickness, doctors, nurses, hospitals, hearses, Letwaba Meets Lake
funerals, graveyards and tombstones, a sorrow- death silently stole over her, until the final
Lake’s Reply to Bulgin hours had come. A brother minister was
ing household, broken-hearted mother and Ministry of Healing and Miracles
grief-stricken father, struggling to forget the present. H e went and stood by her bedside, and
Jesus the Triumphant One returning to me with tears in his eyes, said,
sorrows of the past, in order to assist the
living members of the family who needed Price $1.00 “Come and walk.” And together we strolled
their love and care. out into the moonlight. H e said to me
At the time Christ was reveded to us as Great joy and a marvelous hope sprang u p “Brother Lake, be reconciled to the will of
in our hearts. A real manifestation of the God,” meaning by that as most all ministers
our healer, my brother, who had been an in- do, “Be reconciled to let your wife, die.” I
valid for 22 years, and upon whom father healing power of God was before us. Quickly thought of my babies. I thought of her whom
had spent a fortune for unavailing medical as- we arranged to take our sister with her five I loved as my own soul, and a flame burned
sistance, was dying. H e bled incessantly from cancers to the same healing home, carrying in my heart. I felt as if God had been in-
his kidneys, and was kept alive through as- her on a stretcher. She was taken into the sulted by such ? suggestion. Yet I had many
similation of blood-creating foods almost as healing meeting. Within her soul she said, things to learn.
fast as it flowed from his person. I’ve never “Others may be healed because they are good.
known any other man to suffer so extremely I have not been a true Christian like others. In the midst of my soul storm I returned
and so long as he did. They may be healed because of their &oodness, to my home, picked my Bible from the mantel-
A sister, 34 years of age, was then dying but I fear healing is not for me.” It seemed piece, threw it on the table. And if ever God
caused a man’s Bible to open to a message
with five cancers in her left breast, having more than her soul ,could grasp.
been ’operated on five times at Harper’s hos- After listening from her cot to the preach- that his soul needed, surely H e did then for
me: T h e Book. opened ‘at the tenth chapter
pital, Detroit, Michigan, by Dr. Karstens, a ing and teaching of the Word of God on of Acts, and my eyes fell on the 38th verse,
German surgeon of repute, and turned away healing through Jesus Christ, hope sprang which reads: “Jesus Christ, anointed by God
to die. There was a large core cancer, and after up in her soul. She was prayed for and hands
of the Holy Ghost, ,who went abous doing
the operation four other heads developed were laid on her. As the prayer of faith arose good, and heding d l that were oppressed of
-five in all. to God, the power of God descended upon
the DEVIL; f o r God was with him.”
Another sister lay dying of an issue of her, thrilling her being., Her pain instrcntly,
blood. Gradually day by day her life blood uanished. The swelling disappeared gradually. Like a flash from the blue these words
flowed away until she was in the very throes The large core cancer turned black, amd in a pierced my heart. “Oppressed of the devil!”
of death.) f e w dws fell out. The r m d l w ones disap- Then God was not the author of the sickness,
I had married and established my own home. peared. The mutilated breast began to regrgw and the people whom Jesus healed had not
Very soon after our marriage the same train und becume a perfect breast again. been made sick by God! Hastily taking a re-
of conditions that had followed my fafher’s How our hearts thrilled! Words cannot tell ference to another portion o f the Word, I
family appeared in mine. My wife became this story. A new faith sprang up within us. read again from the words of Jesus in Luke
an invalid from heart disease and tuberculosis. If God could heal our dying brother and our 13: “Ought sot this woman .... wboh
She would lose her heart action and lapse dying sister, and cause cancers to disappear, SATAN HATH BOUND, lo, these eighteen
into unconsciousness. Sometimes I would find H e could heal anything or anybody. years, be loosed from this bond.7’ Once again
her lying unconscious on the floor, having Our sister with the issue of blood began to Jesus attributed sickness to ;he deuil. What a
been suddenly stricken, sometimes in her bed. look up to God for her healing. She and her faith sprang up in my heart, and what a flame
Stronger and stronger stimulants became neces- husband were devout Christians, but though of intelligence concerning the Word of God
sary in order ‘to revive the action of the heart, they prayed for a time, prayer seemed un- and the ministry of Jesus went over my soul.
until finaUy we were using nitro-glycerine answered, until one night I received a tele- I was seeing as never before why Jesus healed
tablets in a final heroic effort to stimulate heart phone call saying that if I wished to see her the sick. H e was doing the will of His Father,
action. After these heart spells she would in life I must come to her bedside at once. and in doing His Pather’s will was destroying
remain in a semi-paralytic state for weeks, On arriving I found that death was already the works of the devil. (Hebrews 2:14).
the result of over-stimulation, the physicians upon her. She had passed into unconsciousness. In my soul I said, “This work of the devil,
said. The body was cold. No pulsation was dis- this destruction of my wife’s life, in the Name
But in the midst of the deepest dark- cernible. Our parents knelt ‘by her bedside of Jesus Cbrist shall cease, for Chriit died rmd
ness, when baffled physicians stood Himself took otir injiwnities and bear our
weeping, and her husband knelt at the foot sickness.”
back and acknowledged their inability of the bed in sorrow. Her baby lay in his
to help, when the cloud of darkness and crib. W e decided on 9 5 0 A.M. as an hour when
death was again hovering over the family, A great cry to God, such as had never come prayer should be offered for her recovery,
suddenly the light of God broke through from my soul before, went up. She must not and again I telephoned and telegraphed friends
into our soul, through the message of die. She could not die. I would not have it. to join me in prayer at that hour. A t 9:30 I I
one Godly minister great enough and Had not God’s . healing power -been mani- (Continued on page 19) I
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Others came to our home. They said: “Since By Gordon Lindsay. in Collaboration
God has healed you, surely He will heal us. With Jack Coe
Pray for us.” W e were forced into it. God
answered, and many were healed. Many years Amazing, Dramatic, .Faith-Inspiring
have passed since then, but no day has gone
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Rev. Fransen after hearing the Word preached and con- bone in his neck. H e is still going without the brace.
fessed that after being a member of a church Another young man had both feet and ankles swollen,
and when Brother Leonard prayed for him, the
ORTONA, FLA. for 40 years she found that she wasn’t saved. swelling left immediately. A n elderly Methodist lady
She gave her heart to the Lord and was was healed o f a bad mouth ailment. H e r gums were
MICHAEL MASTRO CONDUCTS GREAT healed of an enlarged heart that d e c t e d her swollen and raw, but God healed her. A lady who
WINTER CAMP MEETING had been paralyzed for 35 years was able to move
stomach. Ten doctors had examined her and her feet and wiggle her toes, and circulation was
Brother Michael Mastro conducted services kept her alive with injections, etc. The follow- restored after prayer. Others were healed of internal
in his tent at Ortona, Fla., for the winter camp ing morning after prayer she had a hearty trouble.
Rev. W. A. Edwards ’
meetinn from December 18 through the New breakfast of bacon and eggs and walked 1s Pastor, Calvary Assembly of God
Year Watch Night Service. The same group blocks that day, something she had been un- Waco. Texas LI
of people that followed him from Ft. Myers able to d o for years.
to La Belle, Lake Placid, and Naples, gath-
ered in from the surrounding country to give
Another group came from North Carolina;
one woman who for years couldn’t kneel be-
SAN ANGELO, TEX.. . . R. B. Park
him whole-hearted support here in this small cause of stiff joints in her knees was healed, Rev. Russell B. Park, of San Antonio, Texas was
dace. Ortona is even more humble than Azuza after which she knelt and wept for what the invited to San Angelo Texas, by four Pentecostal
Street, but the same God that met them there Churches for a .city-widk Salvation-Divine healing re-
Lord had done. vival in the City Auditorium here. San ’Angelo saw
poured out His blessings and guidance here, Many have been healed in their seats as the the Biblical operations o f the HolybSpirit under the
breaking u p the stony heart to flow with Word was preached. The blind saw; the deaf hand o f Brother Park in the healing ministry. One
copious tears, arresting the attention of the lady, w h o had been deaf for 25 years due to a gun
heard; and the lame walked. going off’close to her ear and bursting her eardrum,
hardened sinner, bringing the backslider back, On one of our smallest nights over twenty had her hearing and eardrum completely restored
baptizing the seekers, blessing the saints, im- when Brother Park prayed for her. Also a man who
parting‘ the gifts severally as He wills, and arose and testified of being delivered by the had sun spots from looking at the sun with the.naked
power of God. W e thank the Lord for what eye, while the sun was in an eclipse was healed when
feeding all on the heavenly manna, for Broth- He has done in our midst and for our (Brother Brother Park prayed for him. Therd were many other ,
er Mastro preaches Christ. There was a heal- remarkable healings of such ailments as arthritis,
ing service each night, and God healed sick Karol. deafness, rheumatism, etc.
souls and sick bodies simultaneously. W e wel- The Voice of Healing has proved a bless- Along with the healing ministry, Brother Park has
ing to our foreign element in this vicinity. a sound salvation appeal, and many were saved.
come any who will preach Christ and Him
crucified, the Author and Finisher of our faith. Pastor R. M. Stawinski , Rev. Carl Wilson
Pastor, Bethel Temple
Lonnie Williams 1347 N. Damen Ave. 811 Caddo
Camp Pastor Chicago 22, Illinois San Angelo, Texas
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