Smith Wigglesworth

==Healing==
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There were numerous claims of divine healing during Wigglesworth's ministry.<ref>{{Cite book|title=God's Generals|last=Liardon|first=Roberts|date=1996|publisher=Whitaker House|isbn=978-0-88368-944-8|pages=204–205|language=en}}</ref> These include a woman healed of a tumor, a woman healed of tuberculosis, a wheelchair-confined woman walking, and many more.<ref>{{Cite book|title=God's Generals|last=Liardon|first=Roberts|date=1996|publisher=Whitaker House|isbn=978-0-88368-944-8|pages=204–224|language=en}}</ref> There were reports that people were raised from the dead, including his wife Polly.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OtoIAAAACAAJ|title=Real Smith Wigglesworth, The: The Life and Faith of the Legendary Evangelist|last=Cartwright|first=Desmond|date=2003-06-01|publisher=Baker Publishing Group|isbn=9780800793357|language=en}}</ref>

Many people said they were cured of cancer by Jesus Christ through him. Wigglesworth described cancer as "a living evil spirit", and insisted that many diseases were "Satanic in origin".<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e2RWZpOHfmoC|title=Wigglesworth: The Complete Story: A New Biography on the Apostle of Faith Smith Wigglesworth|last=Julian|first=Wilson|date=2004|publisher=Authentic Media|isbn=9781932805147|pages=120|language=en}}</ref> 

His methods often involved hitting, slapping, or punching the afflicted part of the body. On a number of occasions his approach to persons suffering from stomach complaints was to punch them in the stomach, sometimes with such force that it propelled them across the room. When challenged on this, his response was "I don't hit them, I hit the devil". 
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Responding to criticism over his method of praying for the sick, Wigglesworth stated: "You might think by the way I went about praying for the sick that I was sometimes unloving and rough, but oh, friends, you have no idea what I see behind the sickness and the one who is afflicted. I am not dealing with the person; I am dealing with the satanic forces that are binding the afflicted". {{cn|date=January 2023}}

On one occasion Wigglesworth declared to the sick "I'll only pray for you once, to pray twice is unbelief". The second night, a man approached the altar to receive prayer again and Wigglesworth, recognizing him, said "Didn't I pray for you last night? You are full of unbelief, get off this platform!"<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e2RWZpOHfmoC|title=Wigglesworth: The Complete Story: A New Biography on the Apostle of Faith Smith Wigglesworth|last=Julian|first=Wilson|date=2004|publisher=Authentic Media|isbn=9781932805147|pages=82–83|language=en}}</ref>

He died at the funeral of his close friend, Wilf Richardson, on 12 March 1947, at the age of 87.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shilling |first=Erik |date=2016-11-18 |title=The Unverifiable Legend of the Early-20th-Century Preacher Who Raised 14 People From the Dead |language=en-US |work=Slate |url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2016/11/the-unverifiable-legend-of-smith-wigglesworth-the-early-20th-century-preacher-who-raised-14-people-from-the-dead.html |access-date=2023-02-28 |issn=1091-2339}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Biography of Smith Wigglesworth |url=https://healingandrevival.com/BioSWigglesworth.htm |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=healingandrevival.com}}</ref>