, 1875-10-03
THE PEOPLE or FAITH.

moven tho Now York World to search out the
healer, Miss Mosman, at Ocean Grove anu Inc
respH is TINS told in letter rom that point IN
tho World Of the Goth:
fca t,,e iuppo.ol cure uf tho unfortunate legs OF
The Raw aIr. Plat towards tho c2isago o. Mss aos
N fes sts strong or ranf .ans down over one
o<rn al down tfson the white sand. In which Miss
Mos1nah lives With friend. on whom sne Is sa'o 70
Wjth tvo 1isiturs. men, engaged in animated con-
.nrsaon land men take up sst dsal o. room T,ae t
r. Is,t aCome IT," said niisa Mosnaan, "we are only
talking about the thinea Of tho Kingdom"
Miss Mosnlan slightly deaf, bends forward to e.. hear
about IS years Ole, woman of ordinary height Wta
body refined away until there is just enough els OF
II to keep in her soul wtn pae: ne cr hn,r i let
black and combcd behind her ears into 10" knot nat
With none Of the plainness and t2htuess which arc
supposed to belong to Women "ao "a 5sn' r y Is
gray debeKs guiltless Of frn underskirt hanging
in araaht folds from waist to ham around yer neex
IA naiu linen collar, fastened BY neither BOW nor
brooch, and sho wears little black alpaes sack,
for the September air is cool There u about
her an sir Of Eest na san.s a
Inn Ter appearauce movements and surrounding
toLs whatever she may say or 40 Of anytnlng saas
might appear fl another ridiculous ur even hcongra
qua Moreu7er Sue 1. q woman Of refinement, ch!ta-
ystipn-a latly and 1t s understood, = member Of .
WEALTHY vel II 1sny n1to,t,r q Sst
the healing gifts Of their rcl4siye.
SEa comes oyer to the comfortable though home
made lounge and ia anxious to know II Mr. Platt
repre- represented thst i she who lad cured him r.
:. Iou know that in myself have no power" on
being assured a NJ rat had pte H.. nG5 rn a.
duly answered, she gave in substance the came SC
count as he Of the incident,
Hnaye you any other patients 2"
Patients! Oh no, l have no PATIENTS" she replied
Bit you know what mean"
49, ICE E1ctv rhafC a
couldn't 1t go that way. Yes people are coming TO
mo Ill the t11nr, and cannot remember half Of the
them. II the Lord has need OF me He brings them
back to ruy mind, and those pray Tor. Sotnetunes
He meets in them and receive the eVueuee tnas
they ure he.l.d and again He does not; but have
nching to do with ths results, only pray, He takes
csrs uf thu reBtn AMI in answer to question con-
eernag one she va pa fG she eee osag sag
son some % minutes tie one thing which impressed itself
most fully was the desire Of Miss Mosman 70 dlscalm
all personal agency in the reputed cures.
Ii the meantime the two men Wa1ed moro earnest,
the insisting on his absolutely slnless eona.aon,
barber in "Ro1no1a" would call "cAye OF hortens
brs1nbes" large in shiny black clothes though
necstie had q religious significance. The other,
round-faced and rosy, endeavoEing 70 show that
SO long his opponsnt did no. divide hs oods VIII
tue poor he had yet stain upon him, and both with
Bibles open were exchanging texts with great read-
uesa This brought the question down to the mate,
still be FREQ from sin, when 11iss Mosman said:
At one time was living on but very l:tie, and I
was nld that butter Was 7ary unhealthy, and assed
the Lord ard he told n1e to eat no more On! was
very hard, for was then reduced to bread and
used te try hard to pray 1t down. ana pray It o1~n
and occasionally would take nsts sst OF % 1tte
could not endure it, But did foz sir months. though
It The end Of that time found myself very weak and
stesd Of being unhealthy, was healthy. And indeed
hare found that variety Of wholesome food is better
swell used to drink tea and eoee," said the dark
man under his uustacEe, "but when would talk to
others about giving up whisky aud tobacco they would
mud, Oh, b. how lie Lord has blessed mo in 1t =
Miss Mosman said sadly: ~ have to drink warm s1a.
water md drinking It in cup ,s and saaeef I'm often
Don't YOU tsink, Miss Mosrhan, if you you would
try you could AXE Il cold and avoid even tho appear
anco Of evil? " said tho dark mau auxiously.
Miss Mosman shook her head: mo. I always
thought pure cold water should be the Christian :
drink but cannot use it. for have tried very ha5a 70
days having pretty good dinner but Yesterday the
Lord told not to make fire; SO told ny aunt,
niok Kidney Saturday, and cooked 1t so 1t would ouiy
need warming up. But it Was no use; AL she sAid
didn't any more effect on me than that cnaiE 50
she 1nRte the fire., and her and my wife had the nd
ner. aud eat only slice Of broad and that bread
vas lust Is swee. to ne,n he added rhapeodtcally.
How did oa ss It s 'ee Ba aosd ho yet
HHow did know II was the Lord?" ne Starred MP
SURPRISED at such itouc question. Wh5. Ae sola
me-" .-.
he laughed ptyingls. "Wby, by the wttneas Of tho
Spirit"
He opened tho Bible, and read to the effect that the
! sheep should know the shepherds voice
| ayes but how? Nfss Mosu1an thought the LORD
told her not to est butter and then afterwards Ahe
learned that she ought to eat It,"
| .Yes" {Misz hos1nAn to the detense}, " tho LORD
did that for my discipline, and BE dd nothing that
could test 1ny obedience ore than IN depriE1ng me Of
butter He might have takan ny friends or my hcaNh
but &c only took my butter and though It Was Tery
hard for my fnah, yet such spiritual gain sa received
| far more than compensated. That is tho way he
trains us to do Hs will, that MAY be ready for
Ills service whenever He calls" she ad1ed gently
With her deafness not having caught Just tae point
But to bring it back to your particular case HOW
did you hnowit truly the voice OF tbs Lord tell
| Ing you not to make that fire ?"
nnv raen And here the dark man created diversion
aoanst bracelets and ear-rings and the discussion
ragged over tho Corinthi.u women vefsus the Amsrt'
can aud texts few fast and furious, though 1t was
still the very sweetness OF controversy for these peo
Die discuss with tho temper Of the truly sauctled
Under ordinary circumstances Miss 'Mosmans trial oi
the butter and the dark rn&ns kidney would appear
equally udic1ouA but such Ia Miss Mosma1s personal
influence that while the man WIS irreetshbly tunny
Nss Mos1nan seemed TO be dropping apples of gold II
pictures Of silver in the most natural sort OF way and
though really toned down to allow for tho unteeing
medium Of type, such conversations arc not tnrequen
| at Ocean Grove.