The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-04-14
Response to Prayer.

week contains the following remarkable
story of healing alledged to be due to
prayer. Mr.. Henry F. Thurston, who
vouches for it, is the stepson of the lady
who was cured, and is endorsed by the
Rev. G. E. Libby as gentleman of char
acter and good standing and member of
the Free Baptish Church in Rockport:
In the spring of 1880, Mrs. Sylvia
Thurston, while returning home from
church, stepped into a hole in the road,
and was thrown to the ground with such
violence that her back was severely in
jured and the bones of her ankle and
foot were wrenched out of joint. The
injury sustained by the foot was so great
that it was almost impossible to replace
the bones in any kind of position. For
two months she suffered intensely from
fever brought on by the injuries to her
back, and it was three months be-
fore she could sit up. Bnt when
she had recovered from the fever
she was unable to walk save
by the aid of crutches. The broken leg
was useless, and never ceased to pain
her. It was swollen from the toes to the
knee, and was colored dark purple.
The circulation was almost stopre l. and
the leg and foot became cold. The foot
was bent out of position SO that only the
toes touched the floor. The family
physician exhausted his skill upon it,
and after several months ceased to doctor
it, believing that only higher power
could heal it. Instead Of medicine, he
resorted to prayer. At last Mrs. Thurs
ton herself ceased to work with it, and
she too commenced to pray for it's resto-
ration. One doctor said it must be cut
off, or it would mortify, or else wither
away and die. If the limb was cut off
he desired to purchase it for scientific
purposes. About this time she was
taken sick with diphtheria, and her step
son came from Rockland to take care of
her. One day he was telling her of
lame man down East who was healed by
the prayers of Fred Mckinney.
evangelist, from Portland. Both
at once determined to offer
prayer for the restoration of
the impotent limb, and both kept their
determination. That night the foot was
30 bad that even the drawing of a sheet
over it gave her intense pain. In the
morning the foot, ankle, and leg were in
all things like the other, and as strong.
Several hours afterward as her son went
to her bedside to give her the medicine
the thought flashed upon him: If God
healed the foot can He not also cure her
of this disease? So he did not give her
the medicine, but went and kneeled
down at q sofa in front of her bed and
there silently prayed: 80 Lord! make
her every whit whole" Immediately his
mother, though looking at him when he
knelt, dropped off to sleep and dreamed
that the room was full of people, all ex-
claiming: You are made every whit
WHOLE" In short time she awOke, and :,
in attempting to tell her dream, found
that she was indeed every whit whole.
That morning she rose up and dressed
herself, and on the following Sabbath
attended church.
HENRY F. THURsToN.
Mr.. Seebohm, q recent traveller in ST.
IBERIA, says that "birds go to the Arctic
regions to breed, not by thousands but
by millions" And he tells us that the
cause of this migration is the search af-
ter food, which is there provided for
them with lavish prodigality. "Seed or
fruit eating birds find an immediate and
abundant supply Of cranberries, crow
berries, and other ground fruit which
have remained frozen during the long
winter, and are accessible the moment
the snow has melted; while insect-eat-
ing birds have only to open their mouths
to fill them with mosquitoes"
A fathers pride: A colored man who
is pretty we'll off has had his son educa-
ted for the ministry. Last Sunday the
Galveston Blue-Light Colored Taberna-
Gle was crowded to hear the young man
preach his first sermon. 1t was a splen-
did effort and the father of the young
exhorter was as happy as clam in thirty
feet of water. The day after he was asked
by friend how he liked his sons SER
mon. "How does l like i'll Why dat
ar boy breaches like de berry debbel his
self"
A large train OF evils always follow
from Indigestion, and the best cure for
that disease is to use Rose Pills. One
each night will cure the most obstinate
case. l. Blumauer Il Co., agents, Port
land.
Postoffice Candy Store, leading candy
house of Portland. St,ict attention paid
to orders by mail, wholesale or retail.
Fifth and Morrison, opposite postotfice.
The bes' place in Oregon to get hat is
Of Woods, the Halter, l43 First st.. Odd
Fellows Temple. Spring styles are just
out. Send your orders along. The latest
sty les, finest goods sold cheaper than any.