, 1877-02-08
4 NOTE FROM DIR. MITCHELL.

~ IHE fsHdf9f HV 4hS Tribune.
CHICAGO, Feb. IA rcpul ter frum The TR1B.
uNE called ontuc tllsattcinoUn anl VIC had s.,ria
talk together regarding tho cnsc III AIrH. itut,.
crtson nfIl her sudden cure.
so1,a rrfcrcnc9 was l1'a'io to the statement O!
l)r: Allen, tint The wnEl,all In Ills opinion VII
"sl,Anlinlng,' while aho was ut st. Ltlku's Hos.
pitul III l9tSi, and to thc tnrt tlut the Rev. III.
Locke seems, III that statement Of Dr.. Aliens,
to ba quoted as l!avng tho same uistntou.
expressed a .inult us tn the Rev. III. I.ecle's
having aceilsc'l her 6t such deliberate tnlIDs.
turc. tlo not wish tic reporter, II he makes
any allusEon to that part uf MY rcsuarks, u
!1ake E,e npPear to ray TINT Dr. AlIe, ,a.l Il:
thought thcro s1i,st be somewhere d n,1sn,ulcr.
standing. My ruason Tor thinking tI.at Dr
Locke hcver meant 10 ,lakD s.ici a,i accusation
ngainst Mrs: Robertson IL, llIat tho resl.lrn.
!l'ysISian u. "; Liks's llesptnl lIad sal'l to ITO
tirc'y h0l!tst, but YictiM, Ut iIysturcal llIu.
sions. Tint, presume, therefore, Is nll d.
Locke intended to soy tu llr. Alien. 1t may b
tle correct theory o. to iler illnrss In January
lSi0.
But her fnil from tho strcct-cars wa
long uttrr thls. It lid not uctllr until Aue,,st
1SlH. Thut sho WAS "shamnlI,lr' FROM that
tin. tntil July, W, four ycars after Sl,o Ind
received Acr iiuncy lrnn tho Railroad Company
successfully dcre!sing tllc Intelligent men aid
women Of our Church who visited her daily, Ut
nlHlost unilY, ut I'll Ulrs. for thu four years u
Iter tess1gnee here. Is to me Incredible. 'rhe'a
Hil7 WD tDJEEk 4UE HutlS v pIOlUuBCti ItnQohtuEdi
anil frun a1l that know Of her character, ls,h
from those wl'n siattcd ller hero daily mud fru!a
those WHO were we'll acquainted with her in her
llurno In New Yurk, lEY lcltcf IL that surh an
imposturo cannot be attributed to her fur :
ulOMeHt.
That si,o is Under any illusion rcsnccilng the
sudden md complete character Of her cure, !
tun't myself brlluvu; Lho facts wera too tnp!a
aud too large to s.o ,l,rrcly ilnagfncd But " 10
that. presume tlIat stall receive inflammation
R0Au frHrN titbf Wlthr&Anx linn 1ltIraalf
With the knowledge hayc at prrscut Of afrA
ilobcrtson's ease, I conclude ti.at the wst
nrlthcr dccetylng others Hur decclying hcrtrt
~ tu tho ilain iacth Of her lung fcehlct,css ana
slc was only suffering from Ayssertcal |ara|I'
s!s. Very likely. do not pretend tu KNOW.
II kept les crippled and spetrhless fof seven
years, however, and was beyo,nl nlellral control
willis engaged III The net ot prayer. III ine Il
seems entirely reasonable aud acriptura! y
believe tiiat a!c was eurcd through divine In
tcrpost'oa 70 Gcr bcllaif' given ~ answer to let
resemblance 10 The ra!si1ly of Lazarus from lhs
lrml, after he had been four days In the rraFa
All Go1's interpretations In t,ehaif u his Chldsea
ar9 not miracle.' tsosi can unswer prayer, W
II Is the tcaehlng OF tho ijlble, Us i understand
II, tllat GoA cam suspend what a1e termed ths
laws Of Nature, Of that liz can net above them
and Independently Of them, but It Is also trls
that llo spn aet throug'! them. and in acsori.
a1ca win then1-th0t he can llse them to help
aud deliyer ills suffering children when tlIef
pray. II this Ia dentG.i, tllcn let no Ot,e who
denies II, crcn when Ills child lies ut the poiat
Of death or whch hc Is restored, gye thanks 70
o0 '0F answered prayer AR9!n R9n1s ssFy 1es{ t{1y
p.s, II 1t will be any less trouble u you,
you may print my letter. My FIRST thought VII
only " secure correct report.