Renfro's Sudden Affliction After Challenging God

“Mr. Renfro said he would believe in God if he could, “but,” he continued, “I read a good deal of Ingersoll’s writings and am unable to have faith. If God would demonstrate Himself to me in some way—for instance, if He should strike me deaf and dumb and blind—I might admit His existence.” The account goes on to say that one of the young men was about to reply to the argument when he noticed Renfro turn pale. The next moment the skeptic threw his arms out before him as if warding off a blow, and convulsively placed his hands before his face. An instant later he fell forward, off his chair and to the floor. Dr. O. G. Draper, 205 East Chicage avenue, found that Renfro had become deaf. — Millennial Star 66:27”