Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-05
FAITH IN PRAYER.
4 Party Of Dec0ut Mdidens, by Preay-
ronqement, StppIicats tho Deity on Be-
halt of a SlricIssn COnapaAioM.

T0nqemene, Supp%tc0re TIC Desey on BE-
halt Of a Slric1ssn Conapaniom.
TDispatch to Cleveland LEADER
ERIE, Pa, Jan. 2S.-"Hush! Step soft
ly!" The words were addressed to tht
Leader correspondent as he brusquely en-.
tered for the purpose of using the tele-
phone Around several instruments were
standing men with bated breath and
glistening eyes, straining to catch every
sound transmitted along the wire.
Silently advancing to an unoccupieC
+! transmitter he adjusted the instrument
and the following pathetic words, deliv-
cred in tones of exquisite sweetness, fell
upon his ear:
"Father, dear Heavenly Father, Who
hast promised to grant anything asked in
Thy dear Sons name, we, Thy children,
assembled around the bed of Thy child
ask Thee to raise her up once more. We
pray for manifestation of Thy love and
power, such as we have experienced be-
fore. Show o-day that Thou art the God
of the Bible, the God of miracles. AL
! earthly hope is past, and now we look to
Thee, believing that He who raised the
dead to life in the days of old can arrest
the hand of death which is touching Thy
dear daughter here.''
"A prayerful chorus of voices followed,
experimenting the appeal of the first
speaker, and terminating with sort of
"Amen'' from one apparently In great
anguish.
'!What is it?'' softly whispered the
Leader man.
Tie answer came from one who ap-
peared to be deeply affected: sit is Fora
Van Dyke. She is dying, and some young
ladies who have faith in miracles are in
voking the deity for one in her behalf.
Others in the city are praying for the
same miracles at this moment by precon-
certed arrangement, and it is believed the
result will be successful"
| The speaker spoke in whisper, as if
afraid of making the faintest sound to
break the sacred spell of that holy scene,
although the dying girl and the band Of
mlracle-believing maidens were fifteen
miles distant, in the village of Edinboro.
The voice came again:
80 God, even as Thy servant Elisha
called upon Thee to prove Thy existence,
and dumbfounded the nnbeliever, so do
we now call upon Thee to show this day
that Thou artGod. We have Thy prom
| Use for what we ask, and we rely upon it.
Hear us, o Lord! Hear US for Jesus sake!
Amen''
Had the genuine applicants at the
throne of the heavenly grace been less
occupied with their appeals to the Al.
mighty they might have heard the sounds
of deep, manly sobs frem the breasts of
those hardy listeners In Erie, fifteen miles
away. During an interval in the suppli-
cations the Leader correspondent learned
the following facts:
The young lady for whose restoration
the maldens were praying is Miss Fora
Van Dyke, daughter of w. HVan Dyke,
a citizen of high standing in the commu-
nifty. Miss Van Dyke, who is not yet 10
years old. is girl of surprising lowell
ness, finely educated, and possessing
many brilliant accomplishments About
year ago she was affianced to q young
student at the Normal university, and
their marriage was regarded as one Of
the events Of the near future. Soon after
her engamement she fell sick, and her
physicians detected the presence of ovar-
ian tumor This fearful disease deyel-
oped very rapidly, defying the skill of
the most eminent physicians, and at last
the fiat went forth that she must die, the
physicians pronouncing her case to be
hopeless.
About two weeks ago a friend men
toned to the afflicted family that he had
seen IN the Cleveland Leader some
months ago an account of young lady
in Erie being miraculously cured by pray
er-one of the suppliants being Miss Car
RE Judd, of Buffalo, whose alleged cure
by miracle caused so much wonderment
few years ago.
The case of the friend referred to was
that of Miss Mamie Leo, of this city, whose
bedridden condition, prayer combination
and sudden recovery were published in
the Leader at the time, Some Christian
young ladies conceived the idea of writ
ing Miss Leo and Miss Judd, with a view
to making arrangements for special ap-
peal to God around the bedside of the dy-
ing girl. Both ladies agreed, and the
meeting, of which the above invocations
formed a part of the proceedings, was ar
ranged. The prayers will continue until
midnight to- night, as this is the special
day set apart for the miracle-the praying
band firmly believing that it will take
place precisely as in the case of Miss Leo,
who, it is alleged, was healed on the very
| dav set apart several weeks before for the
united appeal to God.
! LATER--1:30 a ma telephone mes
srge from Edinboro states that midnight
! passed without the expected miracle, but
that Miss Van Dyke feels easier and is
trusting in the mercy Of God.