The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-11-06
4 MoDERN sIIRAoLR.
A Young Lady Cured by Faith After Roing
an Invalid for Nearly Two Yeara.
BgGald C9famereial AdgeTtise,.


Mr.. o. K. Judd, for tho past twenty.
seven years in the American Express
Office, and who iesides at No. 26O Con-
hecticut street. From an account of the
case iwr;tten by thoy young ladyto friend
we take the following extracts :p ~
"On January 6, 1877, after gsadual
decline of health, was prostrated with
3ail attsck OF nervous fever, proceeding
from ~, spine, the result probably of a
severe fall on q stone sidewalk several
months before. My disease grew into
settled spine difficulty, 10 ecompNnied with
hypertesthesia of my spine, hips. knees
and ankles. So great was the sensitive
nessIof these portions of my body that Il
( was tmpossible for myself even TO touch
them however lightly, and We often had
to take means To prevent my clothes
touching them. The nerves in my spine
and large joints were so unnaturally alive
that they. felt as'if they were bare, and
the lslightest noise or lar III the room
would cause them to yibTate, giving me
great agony. suffered such Intense
pain in my head. that, I could scarcely
live. and sometimes could not even atir
my eyelida. I could not endure a rag OF
light, and my sense Of heariug was un9
naturally acute. We were obliged 10 ex-
clude everybody from the room exeent-
ing thnse,whc bad the carefof me. 4, be-
came more and more helpless. until
could not tarn over alone or move inysel i
particles in bed, though 4 helped myself
as long as twas in any way possible.
Every move had TO be made for inc with
the greatest cure. For eleven months ]
could not cit upiat all, but at,the end of
thatItime ! began TO improve slowly and
commenced sitting up q few moments
each day. continued to improve very
slowly until the following summer, when
1 whs. able to sit up partof the day.
though could not by my greatest exer.
tnns get able TO help myself any The
only way in which could be lifted from
the bed to the chair was by being l;fled
uHdef my arms, as could endure no
pressure on my spine. Owing to the
very warm weather at that lime, and TO
the fact ofmy over exerting rysel If when.
so weak, was taken Tery violently,
worse, and continhed To fail in spite of
everything that ,yss done for me. until
last February -(though / rallied n litaIe
the previous fall )a Last February 4 was
80 weak that itwas only by the greatest
effort that could speak even ina 'vyE,s.
per-, and sometimes I could only move
my lips. Often the exertion of Bpeaking'
one word in whisper would cause the
perpiration to start out all over me.
would lie for hours needing something
rather than ask for it, They brought me
an alphabet torn from n primer but
was too weak to move my finger from one.
letter to another; could take no solid
food whatever, and my weakness WINS SO
extreme that I could scarcely swallow
liquid food.s Often my nurse, after Civ
ing me spoonful'of nourisliment, would
have to wait several moments before div.
ing me another, as it exhausted me so 10
takeit: For several months had been
obliged TO ake,'pepsin' to aid digestion.
My disease had grown into blood con.
sumption, and my largest veins looked
like mere threads i was so cold that
nothing could keep me warm. and I was
etnaciated to o perfect shndow. Most Of
the time l. could only lie gasping for
breath, and suffered SO excrllciatinely.
even in my! sleep, that when | awcEa
wonld be perfectly exhausted was so
weak that the weight of my arms aud
limbs seemed to be dragging ME To
pieces, and this terrible strain was always
constant, My pulse could scarcely be
found, and l iwac not expected to live
from one day to the next. About thio
time Ee head .0fla .colored lady, Mrs.
Edward Mix, of Wolcottville, Conn. who
performed wonderful cures by the power
of prayer. At my. request, sister Eva
wroteE her q few lines, telling her that i
believed he. greet fa:.!:: might avail for
me If she would pray for my recovery.
On Taesday, February %, her answer
came, as follows: "A,
WoLCoTTvILLE, CoNN., Feb. PA, 1879,
--lk;ss Carrie Judd: I received q line
from your sister Eva, stating your case,
your disease and our faith. can en-.
courage you by the word of GDd, that
according TO your faith 40 be it unto Won.
and besides you have this promise "The
prayer of faith shall save the sick, and
the Lord shall faise him up." Whether
the person is present or absent, ifit ia, a
prayer of faith. it sis all the same. and
God has promised to raise up the sick
ones, and If they have committed sins to
forgive them. Now shis promise is to
You as if you were the only person living.
Now, If. you can claim that promise, i
have not the least doubt but what YOU
will be healed. You will first have to
lay aside all the medicine of every de.
scription. Use no remedies of any kind
for ANYTHING; lay aside trusting in the
arm Of flesh and lean wholly upon God
and His promises. When you receive
this letter 1. want you to begin 20 pray
for faith, and Wednesday afternoon the
female ,prayer-meefi:g is at our house.
We will make you a subject of prayer,
between the sours of three and four. 1
want you to pray for yourself and pray
believing. and then act firth. 1t makes
no difference how you feel, but get right
out of bed and begin TO walk by faith.
Strength will come disease will,depart
aud You will lie made whole. We read
in the Gospel: 'eThy faith hath made
thee whole.1 Write soon.
Yours in faith,
MRS. EDWARD MIX. i
"Mrs. Mix, you will perceive, quotes
several Bible promises, tuiI Iiu 20 pray
for faith, and directed me to leave oif ali
medicine, which, I did. She said that
on Wednesday, February %, the female
prayer-meetirg would bo held at her
hOnse, when they would make me sub.
ject,of prayer between the hours of g and
4. AT the time appointed, members OF
our family also offered up prayer, though
not in my room. / felt sudden and re-
markable increase of-faith, different from
anything which had ever experienced.
There was no excitement, bur ii feeling
of faith and confidence. Without the
least fear or hesifationI turned over and
raised up alone for the FIRST time III over
two years. by nurse, who had taken
csre of me for nearly q YER, was go af-
feetcd that slle burst foI.:i into prayers
and praises. Directly after, with, n little
support from Mrs. H.; I walked ttS my
chair. 1 had not borne any weight on
my feet Except as I.made unsuccessful
attempts 10 do so when so much better