Faith-healing and Christian Science / by Alice Feilding.

  • Feilding, Alice.
Date:
1899
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    the 4 Friends/ or Quakers as they are more commonly called, likewise laid claim to these original gifts of the Spirit, and the founder of the sect, George Fox, wrought many faith- cures which are narrated in his Journal. 4 Many great and wonderful things were wrought by the heavenly power in those days,’ we are told, 4 for the Lord laid bare His omni- potent arm, and manifested His power to the astonishment of many, by the healing virtue whereof many have been delivered from great infirmities.’ The following references from the Index of the Journal will best instance Fox’s reputed powers : 4 Miracles wrought by the power of God—the lame made whole—the diseased restored—speaks to a sick man in Maryland who was raised up by the Lord’s power— prays the Lord to rebuke J. C.’s infirmity, and the Lord, by His power, soon gave him ease.’ Our next great Puritan movement, the Methodists of last century, also records scattered and occasional instances of miraculous inter- position. Wesley himself firmly believed in