29. Spiritism in Brazil
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE SPIRITISM IN BRAZIL
These past months in Brazil we have gone through some interesting experiences, which I trust will be a help to others. We have what we call a “Macumba” Lover Spiritism here that is running away with this country. These spiritists will cast plagues on anyone for money. Their sessions are held in homes. Their plagues are thrown on Christians, as well as the ungodly. Just two weeks ago, a woman who practices this kind of thing went across the street to another woman I had led to the Lord about eight months ago, and accused her of saying bad things about her to her neighbor. The Christian did what she could to prove it was a false report by taking this neighbor with her to testify to the falsity of it. But the Macumba lady was furious and shook her fist and said, “You’ll suffer for this, you just see.” And it happened! Her 8-year-old boy began crying night and day with rheumatic pains in his legs. They swelled so badly the mother rushed him off to the doctor. The doctor prescribed medicine but the legs got worse. Then the father had a terrible fall and hurt his leg. When I saw the mother at the drugstore she looked just terrible. I went up to give her a customary Brazilian hug and she backed up and said, “Oh, Dona Cora, don’t touch me! I’m burning up with fever!” I asked if she would appreciate prayer in her home, as all this sickness wasn’t normal.
She invited me to come when I could, so I went the next morning. “I feel wicked in telling you about my neighbor,” she said, “but we have had no rest since she threw that plague on us.” We read the Word, prayed, and then broke the powers of this plague in the name of Jesus, pleading His precious blood. The mother told me two days later that her fever left right away, and the little boy had no rheumatic pains from that hour on. Praise His Holy name! I always teach them 1 John 1:7 and how to submit themselves to God, and then they can resist the Devil and he will flee from them (James 4:7).
Mrs. Carl Taylor Brazil, South America ~ end of chapter 29 ~ http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/