f Thundorf, 70
years of age, who had long been pronounced incurable of
paralysis, which kept his hand clenched, and who had not
left his room for many years, has been perfectly cured.
Eight days after his cure he paid me a visit, rejoicing
in the happiness of being able to walk freely.

"A man, of about 50, named Bramdel, caused himself to be
carried by six men from Carlstadt to the Court at
Stauffenburg. His arms and legs were utterly paralyzed,
hanging like those of a dead man, and his face was of a
corpse-like pallor. On the prayer of the Prince he was
instantly cured, rose to his feet, and walked perfectly,
to the profound astonishment of all present.

"A student of Burglauer, near Murmerstadt, had lost for
two years the use of his legs; he was brought in a
carriage, and though he was only partially relieved by
the first and second prayer of the Prince, at the third
he found himself perfectly well.

"These cures are real and they are permanent. If any one
would excite doubts of the genuineness of the cases
operated by Prince Hohenlohe, it is only necessary to
come hither and consult a thousand other eye and ear
witnesses like myself. Every one is ready to give all
possible information about them."[196]

The Mormons, under the leadership of Joseph Smith, Jr. (1805-1844),
were healing the sick about the time that Prince Hohenlohe was
performing his miracles on the other side of the water. Smith was born
in Sharon, Vermont. The Mormon Church (The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints) was founded in 1830 in Palmyra, New York, and moved
from there to Kirkland, Ohio; Independence, Missouri; Nauvoo,
Illinois; and thence to Utah. Smith was successively first elder,
prophet, seer, and revelator. The year the church was founded Smith
began his healing career as an exorcist, casting the devil out of
Newel Knight in Colesville, New York. Following this, there was a firm
belief in demoniacal possession, and exorcism was practised by both
Smith and his followers, principally by means of command. This
exorcism led up to faith healing.

Smith's maternal uncle, Jason Mack, was a firm believer in healing by
prayer and practised it; later, the Oneida Community of Perfectionists
in western New York cured by faith; both of these facts would be known
to the founder of Mormonism. After adopting faith healing he soon
became proficient in the art. Numerous well-attested cures wer