, 1873-11-30
Tho Cs'so OF Mrs. ghcrmnn. az Told
Iy h1er 1austnntt--A Night Visions.
A Red- d-Isiil&toI1 Invalid Hoattfou to

aye Oh ~. IAon, one 6anbath, IT tho invitation
tho eabbath. h.hchool. Tho leshon wns concerning
pcscr's Walking upon tho water. His words, ~
ho WIS sinking, Lord. savo me,",went as =
dagger to hor lieNrt. She then mid thors ro-
luton, mud hho was made exceedingly happy In
] Tie Divine love. She was noyor very robust, bat
retained usually good health till her sixteenth
year, when, through m injury received BY
sEsseas''Ga fos .pns mi ssa.. a tn? Tho fG1Rs sas
yeara later. by fatl down ilight Of stairs, and
few months after that hor constitution received
fnrthor sEook. Immediately after tho injury
lngly dlstreasngs scls and nervous headache, which
continued all through these yoars, as often, on
an average, aa onco In two weeks In timo hor
whole system hocarne aorlonsly deranged. Her
times, rl1o WAS somewhat mentally doranged
and moro than ono physicinn EXPRESSED tho fear
that tho caBo would reault permanent insanity.
boedea all this. tho year before her health bcgau
dlslocatod ono Of hcr knoos 50 injuring tho
ligaments that allo wns nnablo to walk for Weeks
Withont tho mid Of crutches; and ever ainco
It has boon. in considerable degree, weak and
atif.
On Sept. 10, 1872, through aererc cold. she
took her bed, whore Blle lay, except when lifted
| from It, til tho night Of Aug. 27 last. Sho
wss wholly unable to walk step, or e7cn to
! stand; nor could she DO raised to fully upright
posture. She could sit up but few minutes at
best medical nkill that no could avail ourselves
Of wa8 employed. Only temporary reliaf could
be obtained. Tho spine grow worse, in spite Of
| evcry surgical appliance, tho nervous prostra-
lowing two or three wceks she waa especially
helploas, tho services Of two being renuired to
| lift her on and of tho bed.
| Thla was her condition, as accurately IS I can
uas in more than usual dogroo 81 pain. Is to
the state OF hcr mind, ller reaaon was, at this
/ tiMo, 40 far aa VIC could zoe, unclouded. Sho
fhad, until within q faw mouths, usually kept up
| good courage that eho would Moss,lrably
/ recover. But tho conviction had boon growing
upon her, aud never seemed 10 clear Is thsb
nlght, thnt her lot for life was to be tlnt Of
led-r!ddcn, suffering invalid. Then. Bho had re-
| comfy heou mado tho subject of some very 1in-
charitable remarks which had como 10 hor oarH.
aud which wore very cruDl, giving hcr great
pain. In this atato Of body aud mind sho waa
left for tho night, between and 10 o'clock, her
husband sleeping i'll IN adioiuing room. within
call. It Sas tho night Of Wednesday, Aug. n,
that MY wife retired for her nights rest, feeling
that she nustharo moro grace to bear these cruel
speeches, aud to oo perfectly submissive to alt
! Gods will She asked for this grace. She vert
over the ground Of entire conservation she was
onabied to fool to submit entirely to tho divine
will. Aa she felt thus, eho felt TINT Jesus saved
even her. 1t was then that sho began to be cou-
sclous OF u real proBcnce. She know It was
Jesus: He seemed to stand ut tho foot Of her
bed, though recognized only by the inner senses,
sad a NJ % hers sfp'ssoGfy GVs{ R o Mh naRs s
have sueh presence with mo, it would be joyful
to lin hero aud suffer-" Then, Chriat's promise
to send tho comforter to llis disciples to abide
With tl.cn forever, occurred to hor. She asked
out =. Lord, IL shou wilt. thou cnnst maize mo
cleanl" mud instantly hor prayer was heard, and
there came tho responao: - I will; lie thou
clean;" and instantly sle felt sensation Iko
that Of nn electric shock.
Promise after promise Of Holy Writ vas
brought before her mind es vyid1y aa though
printed in lctters Of light. such as: g Then will
! 1spllnHlo clean water upon yon," etc. III the
what lave y done, that tho Lord should so bless
me Z" Tho answer wau: II, even I, am Ho that
blotteth out thy transgresaions for my own
enkc." sho thought But why bloss. such o
sinner M 2" This mnn recelyeth ginners,"
was tho reply. -,
:, Up to this time, the thought OF having any
thing done for her body had not croaaod her
mind. Dut nov came tho question: "should
you bc willing to bo raised up; and work for tho
Lord 4; 7" And this thought Of being raised up
rs nacans uHet, which might resnlt in gradual
recovery. Whenever, in the pnst, the thought
had been euSgeated to hor, by others, Of boiug
healed IL answsr to prayer, she had ropollod
able, or that 1t had been done for others but
sho said "a II is not for snc.' She had not tho
least fifth that any Buch thing would evor DO
donc Tor her.
to ussent to. She was willing to be a bed-rid.lon
invalid; but, to get up, nnd laoo the storms, aud
trin!s, and vo1ations Of everyday 1ife,--yhe
nhrank from it. But aic finally thought: "Yes,
Lord, BY Thy help wouhll;"' and then the pros.
enco draw noar, and whispered: ''Dclioyest
tl1ou that nm nbo to do this?" She reasoned,
aa tho question MRS repeated many times; GAIL
pnwor lB given to Hin in heayon and on earth;
H. IL tho same yesterday, to-day and forever"
ner intellect was convinced, aud her whole
heart, divinely heipod, believed, and She said:
" Lord, do belicyo; i1olp my unboef." At
onco, Il Sensation, RI q warm breath, waB forci-
l.ly breatlcd upon ler face, followed by thrill
all through her frame, like q current from q
this mon,ant, worry acyoro,-a strengthen
ing and inyiyorating her Wholo body. All !
thla ti1no a!o Ind lain niotionloss. Now
sl,o raised Que hand and tlon tho othor, WITH
to got cithor one to hor lead. without tho holp
Of the otl.or. Tlion ale turucd in tho bed, with
almost no otfort-conling over ~ like cotk,"aa
slla oxproascd It. At this point Blo rang tho
room, when eho kald: ''Do you not fssl that |
there Is q a!ronG Influence in tho room?" Upon
my al,aworsnE in tho negative, sto aaid "Thore
III III =, tl,e saTor III hero, at work upon mo-"
t Mle ,edl1; t9se nttesa.ees woro passing hor lips
n'hy know that Tho Son Of Man bait, s.ill !
power On earth to forgive sins, arise nud |
walk" Bllo Of onco arose from the bod, and |
easily. and without grin, Haso littlo hurt in |
l'er feet aud nnlcs. walked a!ono several times
aoross tho room. This was about / o'clock Of |
the morning Of ThnrRday. Aug. 28, up to which |
t1ne she 1satl not closed her eyos slnce rotiring
to 9od Tor TIE night. Attora simc. sl,e lay down
ena slept TIL near u then rose aud dressed hor-
self, and Walked out to brcaAfast, |
Two n,ontho llavo eince passed away. Sho ro-
MainA FREQ from diaease, with ,increauing !
atrougth. She ,tlutta constant regt Of soal IL |
Jesus. Aapailcd by tho adversary, sho cor |
stAntly holds by faith. Meanwhile, the Lord ia
giving ler work to do n public aud private |
lalor for souls. and with her pon, in answer to |
sooren Of lettors Of inquiry. trhoy ask, !" Is |
Gil this that wo llusr true 7'' / n1swor, tile
taota arc exactly ',au I llavo hero stated.
Bo'no nlny Bny that tho experience of !
that night WAS but tho ,halluouation Of
u disordered Imagination, but tho fact OF the
euro remains; al aluo that OF tho spinal traug-
formation. Eaucho7 Il huH 1nnn tfona-wl,at