The following is a testimony of the father of my old pastor, as my pastor told it to me:
His father was a full blooded Chippewa Indian from London, Ontario, Canada who served in the armed forces of Canada in World War One. He returned from France with life-threatening lung problems caused by C
rine gas inhaled during his military duty in France. The seriousness of his condition made him very despondent and while walking the streets of London, Ontario, Canada feeling sorry for himself, he heard music coming from a building on Dumbas Street. Wanting to know what it was about he went inside to investigate. It was a revival service. His only previous religious background was what his parents had taught him according to old beliefs of the Chippewa tribe.
He went into that Christian revival meeting during which he repented of his sins. Shortly thereafter in March of 1919 he was baptized in the very cold Thames River in Ontario. A short time later he returned to see his physician, Dr. [name omitted purposely], who showed him the latest X-Rays of his lungs.
The doctor said, "When I first took X-Rays, one of your lungs had been completely destroyed by the gas and the other lung was severely damaged. Today the X-Ray shows you have two new lungs, and I don't understand it!"
The newly converted and now healed man was soon singing gospel songs on a Canadian street corner. Across the street a Salvation Army group including [name purposely omitted] was also singing. Those two young people met there on the street and were later married. They became the parents of my old pastor, now aged 96 years.
That healed Canadian Indian soon became a preacher/teacher of the gospel himself working in Canada and the United States. And while he never claimed a gift of healing himself, he gained a reputation among those who attended his meetings as "the Indian Healer". Many people would come to his meetings to prayed for...and quite a number them receive what anyone would call miraculous healings from God.
Give God the glory!
His father was a full blooded Chippewa Indian from London, Ontario, Canada who served in the armed forces of Canada in World War One. He returned from France with life-threatening lung problems caused by C
rine gas inhaled during his military duty in France. The seriousness of his condition made him very despondent and while walking the streets of London, Ontario, Canada feeling sorry for himself, he heard music coming from a building on Dumbas Street. Wanting to know what it was about he went inside to investigate. It was a revival service. His only previous religious background was what his parents had taught him according to old beliefs of the Chippewa tribe. He went into that Christian revival meeting during which he repented of his sins. Shortly thereafter in March of 1919 he was baptized in the very cold Thames River in Ontario. A short time later he returned to see his physician, Dr. [name omitted purposely], who showed him the latest X-Rays of his lungs.
The doctor said, "When I first took X-Rays, one of your lungs had been completely destroyed by the gas and the other lung was severely damaged. Today the X-Ray shows you have two new lungs, and I don't understand it!"
The newly converted and now healed man was soon singing gospel songs on a Canadian street corner. Across the street a Salvation Army group including [name purposely omitted] was also singing. Those two young people met there on the street and were later married. They became the parents of my old pastor, now aged 96 years.
That healed Canadian Indian soon became a preacher/teacher of the gospel himself working in Canada and the United States. And while he never claimed a gift of healing himself, he gained a reputation among those who attended his meetings as "the Indian Healer". Many people would come to his meetings to prayed for...and quite a number them receive what anyone would call miraculous healings from God.
Give God the glory!
