Marshall County Republican., 1877-02-08
THE POWER OF PRAYER.
Wonderful Restoration of q Paralytic
Through it's Influence.

Wonderful Restoration of n Paralytic
Through it's influence.
The Chicago Tribune gives an ac-
count of lady, Mrs. Janette M. Robin
son, living in that city, who had for
years been in paralyzed condition
from the effects of fall, being restored
to full health and strength through the
medium of prayer. The lady was Wis
tied by a representative of the Tribune,
and the following is given as her story /:
The extent of the paralysis was such
that when they stuck needles in my flesh
it had no effect on me whatever, and /
wouldn't have known they were doing it
If / hadn't seen them. Well, it WAS
getting on towards the end of the sew
enth year of my paralysis, when one
day, the oath of July. 1S74-how well /
remember it IL was feeling quite badly.
1 knew 1 wasn't getting any better, and
/ began to think that was just enter
ing upon the eighth year, and I was
just as was before. was reading, /
remember, in the twenty first chapter of
Matthew, and stopped at this verse:
"All things whatsoever ye ask and pray,
believing, We shall receive" That is
just as it reads. 1 stopped right there.
1t struck me SO forcibly-that passage
did-that I couldn't read any more. /
thought God just said these words, and
1 laid hold ON them. / thought God
could help me. After / read that pas
sage and studied on it, then thought 1
should pray to God for help, because
He says He will give il and thought
1 would wrestle till morning in prayer,
in imitation of Jacob, to see what the
Lord would do for me. / prayed men,
tally that He might restore my health,
and I made up my mind that 1 would
pray all night, as Jacob did, and maybe
l would get the blessing before morn
ing. After had decided on that point,
as was sitting In the chair, felt such
strong impression to kneel and pray.
l was still praying in my mind, for i
could not talk, but 1 didn't obey the
first call. The impression, however, be-
came so strong the second time-much
stronger than the first-to kueel and
pray, that thought il was call from
God, just as Samuel was called. / felt
that God called me. ] never felt such
an impression before. / went to the !
foreside of the bed, took my crutch, and
pulled the pillows on the floor, and
kneeled down on them. / said Just as
Samuel said, (" Lord, here am L. What
wilt thou have me dot" Then prayed
that the Lord might remove my afflic.
ton and restore me 10 health. All
this time / prayed in my mind,
but all at once the blessing came.
My jaws gave such snap, and my
tongue gave leap. My jaws snapped as
though they had been broken, and SO
loud that you could hear il in the next
room. The strange thrill went all through |
me, right down TO my toes. The first |
thing heard was the sound of voice |
in the room. i knew there was no one |
in it but myself, but still heard voice.
/ opened my eyes to see who was in the |
room, and 1 found was all alone. still |
heard the voice, and 1 put my hand up |
and put il right in between my teeth, |
and found that it was indeed NV own |
voice, and that it was repeating the |
Lords prayer. When / felt that my
prayer was answered, remembered that
l was asking for the blessing, and il had
come. / felt that all the contracted
and the jaws and tongue gave
way, 80 that could talk and praise God
for his goodness to me. Every nerve
and muscle seemed to feel touched with
the divine power that impaired strength
md activity to every organ in my whole
system. 1t continued SO, and found /
,ould talk as well as ever. When / felt
hat the Lord had heard me, that my
message had reached His heavenly mind,
md had brought down the blessing, /
aid my head on the bed and wept for
10y as thought of what He had done
ior me. Then arose from my knees
md went across the room, almost to the
ioor of the next room, before felt that
had no crutch or cane to support me.
Finding that was alone, / stopped,
md saw that my hand. which had be- fore
this been turned in by the paralysis, as
we'll as my limb, was straight, andI could
open my hand freely, and / walked right
along into the other room to see the
woman that used to come in and see me.
She had been in little while before,
but had felt 40 badly that couldn't
talk 10 her. now walked in and called
her by name, and as soon as she saw me
she couldn't walk q step she was 80
perfectly overcome with wonder that she
couldn't move orspeak. She said to me,
what has happened to you9" and told
her to come and see what the Lord had |
done for me. She came in, and showed |
her my limb, my arm. my teeth, my |
tongue, and l could talk just as well as
she corRd. / frightened the woman so
much that she was just as still as ghost.
l then walked across the street to my
neighbors and told them what had hap
pened, repeating to them the Lords
prayer. They we're as much overcome
at hearing me speak as the woman had
been. And they all wept, just as L did,
for iov-