The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-04-28
A Miracle Explained.

\ case Of remarkable cure came Cn-
der my observation III Manchester,
Mas. about $50, while | was pastor
q tie Baptis, church ia that place.
There waa q worthy man a-d w!ie IL
the church - the name of Day. II y
had an Interesting and bright boy tea
or twelve years Of age. He came Into
the house oae day from school and play.
crying from pain ia his hip aud leg
The family physician, having been
called II. poke Of the case as a serious
one, and directed the patient 10 be kept
ia bed, aud quiet a. posi- ole. Day at
ter day. AID week after week, he
called, applied his various remedies,
aud took special pains 20 keep the liz
sufferer quiet aad still The Ies WAS
drawn up. aud daily grew more and
more rigid The doctor exhausted all
his skill, but with no relief The
family were in deep afiliction. aud the
church and neighbors expressed their
kind sympathies. The physician re-
commende !, as last resort, that the
little sufferer be taken 10 the Mclean
Hospital IN Boston, where he might be
tAa anu ti''1tAStt hEth ~ VIC
best trained surgeons ia the country
+ With much pray ertul solicltude and
j with tender hands be was conveyed to
I the hos pitai The doctors placed him,
( poised OH one foot. on u table, held up
and carefully examined tue contracted
and somewhat witEered limb. The
doctor conducting the examination at
Ia st said Cant you stralghten your
leg. boy - No. sir Well. you
can try. Now will bear down. and at
the same time you will do all you can
10 put the foot down on the table. "
The doctor gently pulled downward by
the ankle with one hand, aud rubbed
the muscles with the other, aud the
foot wa. brought to the table. Can t
You stand on this foot how. boy -
NO, sir" Well, you can try" The
feet were spread, and the boy was soon
able 10 stand on both leg.
squarely. Now, boy. SAID the
doctor again, can't yoa step
along a little. NO. Sir Well.
you can try" aud with little steady
ing. he soon took one step. and theL
another, and 80 on. and in "A few min
utes was able 10 walk back AID forth
un the table freely. The doctor then
said to the anxious and wondering ia
ther, Take THIS by home; there is
nothing the matter with him bat the
contraction and stiifcuing OF the mus
clts, growing out ot confinement and
the want OF action" The boy took his
fathers hand and walked Through the
street with agility When the cars
came in at night, l was uear the depot,
anxious II know the result of the hos
pital examination. and what was my
surprise aud Joy 10 sec the lame boy
lopelessly afflicted. aS the physician
said with hip-compialnt-step on t.
the platform, aud tun up the street viii.
tho agility Of II young antelope.
Now this would have been is first rate
case. IN the ght bands, 10 make II mod.
crn mlr.clc OF The boy VAS lame aud
had been Tor months and could not b~,
saspect,d ot any design 10 deceive. lle
had been all the time under the treat
mcnt u an educated physician. and the
doctor had pronounced the case hope
i,S~, chrome iamencS~, and the family
aud tho whole community ConCurrcd III
the diagnosis Had the hospital opera
'or been u Catholic priest and bad he
la.un operations by washing the limit
IA holy water. amounting II with holy
oil, and then commenced manipulatioA-
with u cruciiix AMI prayer 10 the
blessed Virgin. the miracle would have
stood complete. and no dissenting NOR
tai could have exposed the deception
SO had the case been handled by a Nor
mon elder. or Sp,tltutli,tic medium,
the phenomenon would have been equal
y inoNplio,blc, and the wonder would
have been claimed as supernatural In
dor$emcnt Of these systems OF delusIou
Bat the honest doctor solved the prob
lem al once. aud pronounced IT ii case oi
je.udcd imagination cured III me
mont by letting the light of truth it
upon deluded mind.-P Il. k"s~}' in
fhs Il fai. Waschast4