Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1893 — THE MICHIGAN “MESSIAH.” [ARTICLE]

THE MICHIGAN “MESSIAH.”

He Tried to Walk the Water, but "Slo*hed” Around Like » Common Mortal. Thornton Carter, a faith healer, who has for some time been exciting comment andmaking proselytes iu Michigan, claiming to be a Messiah, on Friday, at Coloma, endeavored to give a practical exhibition of his supernatural powers. He promised his faithful followers that he would walk on the waters, and, in company with a man by whom he bad just been baptised, he sailed hito Lake Michigan twenty feet In a boat and started to walk back by faith, which failed to overcome the laws of gravitation, and he was summarily “ducked.” to the great consternation of his followers and amusement of unbelievers.