The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-02-07
AMERACUL0US A CURE.
Mrs. Robinson Tells the Story OF Her
Restoration to Health.
TFrom the Chicago Trihune.J

RESTORATION lO fhcAlth.
GFrom the Chicago Trlhuno.l
The Rev. Arthur Mitchell startled the
audience at the MONDAY prayer-meetinS last
Tuesday BY citing marvellous case OF an
swcr to prayer. That gentleman's story
was to the effect that q lady In this city. who
was afflicted with most severe stroke of
paralysis, had, in direct answer to her
PRAYERS, been made whole. Some natural
doubt, OF course, arose in many minds
not as to the gentleman's veracity, but
rather as to the idea that miracle should
happen in this nineteenth century, when
nearly everybody supposes, or did suppose
until then, that the age of miracles was past
and gone.
Mr.. Mitchell also stated to areporter for the
| Tribune that he would in due time tell where
to find the subject of this most marvellous
cure. and that he would then get the story
from her own lips. The only reason Mr..
Mitchell had for not disclosing the ladv's
name and residence at that time was that
she was at present suffering from the effects
| OF q fall on the ice received about two
months ago, and she was fearful that she
| would be made worse by the rush OF Curl
ositv-seekers who would probably flock to
| hear her story. The reporter heard yester-
last evening he called upon the lady shortly
after tea, and submits to the readers of the
Tribune
THE STATEMENT SHE HAD TO MAKE
as il came from her own lips. Out Of re-
spect to her expressed wish not to publish
the No. of her residence on State street, the
reporter simply states that her name is Mrs.
Janettc NJ. Robinson, and that she lives on
State street, not very far from Van Buren,
with her son, gentleman in the employ Of
one of the railroads in this city.
Mrs. Robinson was feeling quite we'll for
an invalid last evening, although she is
compelled to keep her bed. AS she pro-
gressed in the following narrative, and
gradually came to the crisis OF her story,
her face lit up with an expression OF the
most fervid religious zeal, and any one
could see that her thanks to God came deep
from her heart.
"I had FALL" said she, ''in August,
1867, while getting Oft Of street-car. The
result of this fall was a severe stroke OF
PARALYSIS, from which I suffered for seven
long years. My whole left side was para
lived, and my friends and physicians ad-
yised me to make q trip to the country to
see il that would have any influence on me.
EVERYTHING had been done that medical aid
and advice could suggest. DR.. ID. A. Col
ton was my attending physician, and he had
tor his counsel Drs. Shipman, Luddle, and
others. My jaws were set so tight that
they had to be pried open with a
cork about an eighth Of an inch thick, and
! all the food took I had to take in liquid
| form through a tube. Well, as my physi-
| clans said they could do no more for me, |
went East, as they advised me to do:
went to stay with some relatives at Riga,
n. Y, a small town near Rochester. My
general health gained, bit my paralysis did
not gain any. I kept about the same, being
obliged to get around with crutch and
cane. l got no better, and no worse,
and I didn't doctor any, as the physicians
said there was no use in 1t. But shortly
after my arrival there ! saw physl-
clan, DR.. Craig, thinking it was bare y pos
sible he might do something for ME; but ne
told me he could not, and he wouldn't
take my case in hand. He had examined
Inv Jaws, and said they never could be
opened, since they had become callous from
long disuse. He declared that there was no
physician who could help me, and / was as
one without hope. The extent of the pa
ralysis was such that when they stuck
needles in my flesh it bad no effect on me
whatever, and I wouldn't have known
they were doing it If hadn't seen
them. Well, it was getting on towards
the end OF the seventh year OF my
paralysis, when one day, the oath OF July,
,s7l-how we'll I remember It'll was feel
ing quite badly. knew | wasn't getting
any better, and began to think was just
entering upon the eighth year, and was
lust as I was before. was reading, [ re-
member, in the 21st chapter OF Matthew.
and I stopped at this verse: All things
whatsoever We ask and pray, BELIEVING, ye
shall receive" That is just as it reads. I
stopped right there, 1t struck me so forci-
bly-that passage did-that couldn't read
any more. thought
GOD JUST SAID THESE WORDS,
and laid hold on them. thought God
could help me. After read that passage
and studied on it, / then thought should
pray to God for help, because He says He
will give it; and thought that would
wrestle till morning in prayer, in imitation
| OF Jacob, to see what the Lord would do fol
me. prayed mentally that He might re-
STORE nv health, and made up my mind that
I would pray all night, as Jacob did, and
u,aybe would get the blessing before morn.
inc. After had decided on that point, Us
was sitting in the chair, felt strong Inn.
preston to kneel and pray. l was still pray.
ing in my mind, for I could not talk; but
didn't obey the first call. The impression,
however, became so strong the second
time-much stronger than the frst-to
kneel and pray that I thought 1t was cal
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. I said, Just as Samuel said, Lord,
here am I. What wilt Thou have me dog
Then prayed that the Lord might remove
my affiiction and restore me to health. All
this time / PRAYED IN my mind; but all OF
once the blessing came. ~
MY JAWS GAVE SUCH A SNAP,
and my tongue gave leap. My jaws snap
ped as though they had been broken, and so
loud that YOU could hear it in the nextrooml
These strange thrills wentall through me,
right down to my toes. The first thing
heard was the sound OF q voice In the room.
knew there was no one in it but myself, but
still heard ayo!ce. Iopened my eyes to see
who was in the room, and found I was all
alone. still heard the voice, aud put my
hand up and put it right in between my teeth,
and I found that it was indeed my oNnyoice,
and that was repeating the Lords Prayer
When felt that my prayer was answered,