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the words did not effect a cure. This is only the excuse of physicians; because
whatever cannot be cured by sympathetic words, can much less be cured by any
doctor's craft or cunning: I could name at any time that Catholic priest whose
horse was cured with mere words; and I could also give the name of the man who
did it. I knew the priest well; he formerly resided in Westmoreland county. If
it was desired, I could also name a Reformed preacher who cured several persons
of the fever, merely by writing them some tickets for that purpose; and even the
names of those persons I could mention. This preacher formerly resided in Berks
county. If men but use out of this book what they actually need, they surely
commit no sin; yet woe unto those who are guilty that anyone loses his life in
consequence of mortification, or loses a limb, or the sight of the eye! Woe unto
those who misconstrue there things at the moment of danger, or who follow the
ill advice of any preacher who might teach them not to
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mind what the Lord says in the fiftieth Psalm. "Call upon me in the day of
trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me." Woe unto those who, in
obeying the directions of a preacher, neglect using any means offered by this
book against mortification, or inflammation, or the wheal. I am willing to
follow the preacher in all reasonable things, yet when I am in danger and he
advises me not to use any prescriptions found in this book, in such a case I
shall not obey him. And woe also unto those who use the name of the Lord in vain
and for trifling purposes.
I have given many proofs of the usefulness of this book, and I could yet do it
at any time. I sell my books publicly, and not secretly, as other mystical books
are sold. I am willing that my books should be seen by everybody, and I shall
not secrete or hide myself from any preacher. I, Hohman, too, have some
knowledge of the Scriptures, and I know when to pray and call unto the Lord for
assistance. The publication of books (provided they are useful and morally
right) is not prohibited in the United States, as is the case in other countries
where kings and despots hold tyrannical sway over the people. I place myself
upon the broad platform of the liberty of the press and of conscience, in regard
to this useful book, and it shall ever be my most heartfelt desire that all men
might have an opportunity of using it to their good, in the name of Jesus.
Given at Rosenthal, near Reading, Berks county, Penn., on the 31st day of July,
in the year of our Lord, 1819.
JOHN GEORGE HOHMAN.
Author and original publisher of this book.
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TESTIMONIALS
Which go to show at any time, that I, Hohman, have successfully applied the
prescriptions of this book.
BENJAMIN STOUDT, the Son of a Lutheran schoolmaster, at Reading, suffered
dreadfully from a wheal in the eye. In a little more than 24 hours this eye was
as sound as the other one, by the aid I rendered him with the help of God, in
the year 1817.
HENRY JORGER, residing in Reading, brought to me a boy who suffered extreme
pain, caused by a wheal in the eye, in the year 1814. In a little more than 24
hours, I, with the help of God, have healed him.
JOHN BAYER, son of Jacob Bayer, now living near Reading, had an ulcer on his
leg, which gave him great pain. I attended him, and in a short time the leg was