Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-01-18
CURED BY PRAYER,
A Hedridden Lady In Cambridgeport
Restored TO Health.


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Another case Of alleged wonderful and
instantaneous cure through tho medium
Of prayer has recently occurred at Cam.
bridge, and whatever virtue, or power,
or efficacy there Is pertaining to prayers
for deliverance from sickness or pain,
the case in question is one in which the
persons Immediately interested do not
seek for reasons or causes, but simply
Judge from results. The case came under
the notice Of representative OF this
paper, and nm investigation followed.
Tho person who claims TO have been
cured by faith and prayer is an un.
married woman, Elizabeth Lambert,
thirty years old, who lives at Cambridge.
port, on Norfolk street. From state
ments mado by herself and hor mother,
the latter being member of the Har-
ward Street Methodist Church, 1t was
found that the daughter had been sick
with disease Of the spine and other
diseases for about seventeen years, and
that for the past seven years she had
been confined to her bed, entirely un-
able to walk, having mado repeated at
tcmpts with crutches and by other aids,
without avail. During tho time, as she
says, she has been under the care OF
physicians, who failed to afford her the
relief she desired, until about two years
ago, when she dismissed them and gave
up oil hope, lying in bed and suffering
great pain. From time to time, during
these two years, she, with the aid of her
relatives, has tried TO risefrom the bod and
found IL impossible, and within week Of
her cure she made repeated, unavail-
ing efforts. A short time ago, as she
says, she was reading an account from
slip cut from newspaper sent by a
friend) Of o woman who had been bed
ridden for many years, and for whom
many prayers had been offered, and
who, while number Of clergymen
were praying around her bed, arose
and walked, and became sound and well.
While she was reading the thought
came across her mind that she wonld
pray and ask that she might be healed,
and, with the full faith that her prayer
would be answered, she being alone, ut.
tered her prayer, beseeching that she
might walk at once. Then at once she
made an effort and, rs she snid, to her
surprise delight and wonder, she jumped
to the floor and went TO the door, call.
ing for mother, and oxclaimed; $500,
mother, can walk" The mother came
in at once from tho kitchen,
and her daughter told her
story. Since that time she has
been able to walk every day, has been
up and down stairs several times, and 10
free from pain. Within few days,
however, ska. fell while crossing the
room and injured one of her legs, but
she has continued to walk daily, though
In a limping manner. She says that
when she made her prayer she had full
faith 1t would be answered satisfactorily,
and that some time before, when her
arms were weak and powerlcss, she
prayed for strength and received it.
This is substantially the story sho tells,
and her mother vouches for the truth Of
it. II is well known that she has been
''bedridden" for years, and great suf-
ferer. The family believes that heaven
answered her prayer, and that her re-
storation to health was given her
through faith in divine power.