, 1881-10-23

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which are us follows: Mrs. Hattie Silappee,
wife Of DR.. ". 4. Shappce, homeopathic
physician of this city, had been confined to
| her bed for over year and a half with
chronic Internal complication Of female dis
eases. She had hot been able to sit up. llor TO
st2,ld up or take {: step l1naided during tilat
time. Tier sister, Miss Carrie Close, had been
almost similarly affected for about four Years.
Three wears ago she c:,nlc 10 reside with l>r.
Shappce- She had previously. been pro-
,lornced inc1,rabIe by soiue of tile best
physicians in Pennsylvania and New York
For three years she had not stood Oil her
feet ut all-could not bear her own weight
and had not taken !. step. They had lnetli-
cal attendance by eminent physicians Of
Dayton. Springfield, Cincinnati, and Clere-
land, but alt without benefit. Dr. Silappcc
says he hail about given np that any hlhlan
i,strl,.ncnta1i1y would avail i'll restoring
tlle;n 1u health. Wien it is remembered that
the nnctnr is Il comparative: stranger III
Nen., that he or his wife had no relatives
reslhns there, ai,d that he l';t'l IT, depend ;ll
the time o,l Hired help, and that frequently
If all nncer1ain character. and THESE tW"
hetlri.l.icn wulucn nll Ills hands. it will l,e
Known ti1at lie h:ut rather more Ut IL burden
upon lllll than suS. l,lcn would feti lhe lltt-
tl..rtakiry. III February or March last both
tic ladies ,Npt:ritncth the blessing Ut s:ilc-
ii!ie:,tu Shortly after tilit. iii order 10
provide social .alnl 1igin1ls privileges. :of
which these lahies were deprived: SOME nlcn-
berS Of the First Methodist Church coiil-
nlenceti It,'.Iil.y Weekly Friday cse:lli.
s'rayrrinet'tings ut Dr. :sha;,pets. For so'nc
weeks ;nlSl II seems that, both have hc.al
given faith IL believe that they shun'sl l".
cured Ut their intirlnitlrs They claimed
tod's promise. and fe,: confident that lie
woul.l io, disappoll, ,lle!n: Last Friday
mnrnn1. between and y o'clorS, at family
worship. Mrs. Shapia:e says she felt It's If the
command :tlr To- ilt.r t. 0f her netl ami
Enerl; Size uadc the effort ia faith; aud
found she l.atl the strength To do So Wl.iln
llpe!lng she felt ::> it commanded to arise
:,fni walk after praytr.. She made the eiinri
III faith. anl found strength u walk atrs'Ss
the iot''l. III The afternoon. about :: O'Clock.
Miss, Close felt th:t si:yns'll "oMlt b. b.
he'l, knrlt- and asked Divine help. got
up an,l walked across the rut.tl, ti!ou.lt
>ii" had not walked : step before fur
three years. In tho evening, when the
ing. they found the ladies NJ and dressed ana
in tilt, uar!or to "nj"y tl,.+ meeting. They
passed. :,roltnd the r.'um and shook HANDS
wi;Is.;sfl present ii may we'll b" supposed
IT, have hrs'n i pleasant ;sl1t joyous laett!n2,
when these WHO had 81, often i,een rtine:E-
smre;l in the prayers uf their friends were
fousiu comparatively curcdf from long illness
Tl,t,sc present 1T the meeting were tile lseH:
+. i. Wells aud wife, George Gnwdy and
wife, Mr.. Fulton. Mrs. l'aubcr, Mrs. Croy,
Nal.'y, Mr.. buckles ST., Mary 1;lcl;!e>. :.nA
perhaps others. Sabbath morning Miss
close wen:to tll.. First N. L. Church, walked
:i:1:titl up two flights IF steps 10 ciss-laeet-
ice III the afternoon Mrs. Ss.appee attended
general class at the same place and stood
and spoke for fifteen minutes. Since that re-
Friday the evidences Of complete
:.,:d permanent recovery multiply: Miss Close
meal since. and Mis-. SIappee is gaining
Strength wonderfully fast Their limbs, |
which had become shrunkel,, have greatly |
": had the pleasure Of risitin: |
the ladl;s "Wednesday afternoon. Found
them both dressed to receive company, ami |
met them III Dr. Sf'appee's l'arlor, where we
them for half all hour. They |
are boti, very desrous of having their rtstt'r;l-
ton credited to. God. through faith. They
aud put songs in their mouths, and aficrwa:t |
rave them to believe that through faith their
ndiIy diseases sllnn!l be cured. they say |
others may think is thcy. please. but they
know that it WAS tod WHO healed them. Mrs.
slappec says she found great conifOrt all tile
line in the two following verses:
Isaiah, viii. V. and -iifty-c-th chapter: t
Then shall thy li:- break forth the tuurt,-
n1*, aud thy: health shall spring forth speedily.
snd the glory OF the Lord snail be thy reward"
.Ianlts N:-. Y. :nd fifth chapter: "Tile prayer
If faith s''al! save the sick. and the Lord shall
'ajse him up
Both ladies seem so 0veri0ycd that they |
.ann0t repress continual thanksgiving fur |
heir wonderful deliycrlnce from the bower
II disease, and DR.. Shapltec says there has
been Il complete transformation
II their structural troubles. He says lie is
1aable to acvount for it in any natural way,
srd lit the fllll1ess Of his heart can only eN-
,3aim: ''One thing l know. whereas they
Nerc lame, now they walk, thanks be to God."