Healing evangelists

Just a reminder of the healing service tonight at Wilson park at 6:30. Healing has been a controversial matter for years, in secular as well as religious circles.
But, I found that years ago, another healer came through Arkansas City.
She was a nationally known evangelist.
AIMEE SEMPLE McPHERSON was a pentacostal preacher in the 1920s. She conducted massive healing services across the country and was a pioneer in the pentacostal style of preaching. She was controversial at the time, but her meetings drew thousands of people. She held meetings for a month in Wichita, in 1922, and many people were healed, including several from Arkansas City. People in Arkansas City were so impressed they invited her to come here.
It is estimated that 5,000 people crowded into Wilson Park to hear her speak and watch her heal people. It was reported in the newspaper that a storm was stopped by her prayer.
There were long reports about her in the local newspapers. There were reports about her meetings in Wichita, as well as reports about arranging for her visit, as well as a long report of the visit itself. A Traveler Sports Writer was healed.
This was in May of 1922
You can read the entire newspaper account here:
http://www.arkcityrevived.com/CHURCH/AIMEE_SEMPLE_McPHERSON.html

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An aside, the journalist in me marveled at the reporting. Certainly a different style. The detail was pretty amazing. Im no sure how many papers would print such a thing objectively today.
I do like the way papers were written back in the old days.
As Larry Norman once said. "sometimes i think we have advanced, but then i look at where we are."