John Hartley Miraculously Healed After a Severe Railway Crushing Accident

“On the first of October last, a brother, by the name of John Hartley, had the misfortune to receive a severe crush between the buffers of a railway engine and some carriages, forming a train running from Colne to Manchester, on the East Lancashire line of railway, where he had been employed for some time as a servant. The accident took place at the Burnley station, on the platform of which there happened to be a doctor. As a matter of course, he was called into the porters’ room to see the young man; he said it was impossible that the man would not live long; he would recommend that he be taken home as soon as possible, for he might die on the station. Accordingly he was taken home by the next train to Accrington, where he arrived ten minutes before three in the afternoon. He was then taken home by three of the porters, and immediately put to bed, where he was subjected to a process of fomentation. The pain of body under which he laboured was intense; his speech was gone, but he frequently intimated, by signs, his desire to be prayed for, About half-past six in the evening, four of the Elders, whose names are hereinafter mentioned, called and proceeded to anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord, and laid their hands upon his head, after which they proved to a demonstration, that there is power in the ordinances of the Gospel, when legally administered. He was healed instantly, and was ready for his work the following morning. — Millennial Star 14:7”