, 1877-03-11

Receive re the Holy Ghost, and they were ac-
compancd by warm breathing upon my face.
This was repeated several times Each new null
sation Of the Holy breath flowed deeper through
nv body, and Us It went all pain ceased. After
| little time was told by whisper from the
Presence r Presence is al appellation always
used By spiritualistsj to raise ny left arm, the
raise either arm without the aid of the other,
but now raised this easily and without pain
Then ! WAS told to raise the other,
which / did with equal ease. Then
over W like cork in water Then to ring the beli;
| I did So and my husband came In but nall
awake, aud lit the candle. I said, There is
strange influence in the ,:Ts room; the sarioris
here at work upon Mnen Inc words we're
people may know that the Son Of Man hath
power on earth still to forgive sin, rise up and
walk At once |, who had been bcdridden and
incapable Of stepping step for months, threw
bed upon nv feet, aud started to walk across
| the room. Her husband first thought she was
crazed, aud he sprang to help her, but she re-
fused aid, walked back md forth across the
room, and insisted Jesus had healed her. He
called up his son of IL years, and woman in
| the house, and they rejoiced together from to
] 3 O'Clock, when all retired. In the morning her
son came in, to find whether it was real or a
dream, when she sat up on the side OF the bed,
picked up and drew on her stockings, which she
and lifted the left foot upon the other Knee,
| and found it wholly restored. From that time
all her troub1cs-neuralgia, sick headache,
lack Of appetite, dyspepsia, costiycncss femi-
nine difficulties, Kidney diseases, etc.-entirely
left her." -.
On page 1S7 DR.. Patton gives IN account of
Mrs. Jane Pithy, Of this city, who is disabled
by palsy, and has received all her supplies BY
been b met. Each needed article was asked for
By name, until her hired girl (she could well
afford to keep half dozen, Roman Catholic,
was astounded at the constant answers given.
One morning, as Mrs. Pithy was rising from her
knees at family worship, the girl burst ont,
ssYou have forgotten to pray for coal, and ne
are entirely out.' So as she stood, she added a
petition tor the coal. About an hour after
wards the bell rang. She went to the door,
and there was load Of coai. She opened
the kitchen door and quietly said, s;The coal has
come,' when the girl clappcd her hands together
and with an exclamation OF astonishtncnt leapcd
from the floor. The coal was sent by Mr..
Shufellt, who knew nothing OF her want, aud
who meyer sent anything before, nor ever since.
1T was fortunate in his indiscrltninate chari-
ties he did not send it to Robert Law or back to
Newcastlc.]
On page ZIG the author says: st A letter now
Wis, communicates series OF facts as follows:
- Mr.. H, a man mighty in the Scriptures
and in prayer, said to Mi. D., "At one time
while In Baraboo We were reduced to great
shut up to God, and must carry our wants to
Him in srecial prayer We did so. About two
hours afterwards sent my sou to the Post
Office, and he returned With letter from En-
glana. I opened it and found five pound
Gts 81 @cs neGssa osS M bad tFaGsed oa se evss
200 the author gives authority for
the restoration at different times of two pen
knives. and also OF lost rubber shoe, Us the di-
rect result Of prayer. T have frequently found
last &nf1ht rnEa rttH had r7ef
prayed much cithcr,] He says on page gil:
= The poor who need employment or specific
supply, as, q hat, coat. or pair of shoes,
should tell the fact to their Heavenly Father;
But enough Of rccitations from Dr.. Patton's
book OF 40s pages, which Is filled with delinea-
tions Of direct answers to prnycr for temporal
supplies and truly remarkable answers for phys
ical healing, such as heart diseases, paralysis,
cancers, and consumption in the very last stages,
with night-sweats, feet swollen, and diarrhRa,
which were no barrier to a sudden transition to
perfect hcalth,-all authenticated by many clcr
gynlen in different parts of the country, well
as being Endorsed and recommended br other
clergymcn and some Of tho religious newspapers
of the day.
But among the co-workers and believers in
'n,odcrn miracles II I would like to add the
testimony of Elder Mccullough, who preached
Green street, this city), last Sabbath evening,
and OF tho many proofs he gave Of "modcrn
miracles" / will only give, in q condensed
statement two instances: ,.t one was OF Indy
Of Massachusetts, who consulted By
writing with seven Of the best physi-
clans in the City Of New York, all of whom
told her she was in the last stages OF consump-
very short time. She tinallyconcluded to throw
away all her medicines anl put her entire trust
in God and ask Him to neal her. She called tn
Mr.. McCulloush's brother, and another gentle
and before they were s!done speaking'' She felt
n conciousuess Of being healed, and tho next
Sabbath she walked six miles and preached, and
from that time forth was as well as ever. The
other case was that OF the Elders wife. She
was nigh unto death, given up by the physician
and all her friends. In q sInothercd whisper
she said to her husband she desired to have two
Methodist ministers sent for, who were attend
Ing camp-1nccting not far away, to come and
pray with her; he sent for them. When they
ran down while they were praying to sixty, and
it was with great difficulty her husband could
keep her in bed. She was wholly restored.
DR.. Mitchell no doubt had an ardent desire to
that He at this time would deign to do ANYTHING
His children desired Of Him, and hence told the I
story Of Mrs. Robinson by way Of encourage
ment, but he should have remembered that
only short time before Brother Moody
had told for the same reason the result |
of the cooperation OF those assembled With |
him in prayer for the restoration Of his own |
daughter, and that when they we're through |
praying lie took out Lis watch and felt of his |
daughters pulse and found she was much bet !
ter, but the next day she was much worse. and |
continued SO for long time. He never after
gave any testimonies Of that kind, and It Is not
probable that Dr. Mitchell will either, and am |
sorry lie could not hare, nfter halfway apollo
gizing, excusing, md confessing, let the case
rest there, but he must add in closing his letter
that, s1t IS not to be forgotten, however, that IT
the Creator chooses He can suspend law Of
Nature" The boy was wiser than he who ac
knowletlgctl to his mother that all things were
possible with God, but added God "never could
make 2-year-old calf in minute" All the
difference there is between the case Dr.. Mitchell
reported and those OF DR.. Patton and others
is, that the keen dissecting-knifc Of the
reporter got hold OF his subject, and
made bare the deception which, of course, would
be the fate OF all other cases, II opportunity
presented itself.
Only one more turn Of the wheel brings you
to the doemas of the 'slatter day saints'f other
wise called Second Adventist, they who believe
in preminneum Christ, whose theory is
founded on such texts Of Scripture as 's Behold
I come quickly" uttered by Christ nearly nine
teen hundred years ago. Among the advocates
Of this fanatical dogma within my day ito sav
nothing about those who have figured in ancient