The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-03-23
CURED BY FAITH.
tBemarkable Restoratign of Mig
IV 81 Maggie McPeek.
From B.rps,vills Erterprire.

BeMarkable ItegtOrattUn OF MISS
Y Maggie McPeek. 81
From B.rp..sill. Ertsrpri.s.
The case of Miss Maggie McPeek.
of BstnesviIIe, hss pot e3cited much -.
tention from the people, but the cIrcum.
stances Of her cure are Gel tainly remark
able, and worthy the attention Of all,
whether skel tics or believers. -
:, Miss McPeek resides alone on West
Church Street, is;a lady past middle lie,
and esrass her, living by making. hair
work for ladies. She is b devout chris
tian, walking humblv before God, and
m aking no parade of her religion. Last
summer she met With an, accident on the
.street, being knocked down by ! passing
buggy and her collar bone broken. She
survived the injury, hut her arm -wss ~
mort useless, hung stiff st the shoulder,
but IRON the. elbow to the hand the
nerves seemed to he injured and the
arm was in constant motion and could
not be held still only with great difficu!ts,
and was then verv painful. In this cen
dition Miss McPeek continued until the
middle of last December, when her arm
seemed to be growing worse, and being
q poor woman the prospect before her
seemed very gloomy indeed. Realizing
her entire helpiessness, she then cast her
burden upon the Lord and almost in
stantIv the pain disappeared and she was
able to use her arm, and since that time
has had no trouble with it. The con-
d ton of Miss McPeek Lefore and after
her restoration was and is thoroughly
understood by her friends and neigh.
bors, aSG iua her opinion a wonderful
cure. has been effect ID, which cannot be
accounted for by science. The story is
hest told in Miss McPeek's own words,
and Ia q conversation with an Enter
prise reporter: ~
81 wasahurt on the 14th Of last July,
when my collar bone was broken on, the
right side. My arm hurt me severely
altar the accident. and VII lie I had pray.
ed for divine aid, had not felt my en-.
tire heiples sness until in December, when
my arm seemed growing worse, and /
felt my utter helplessness, and that !
should he Obliged to ssk the help OF 9th
ers, as fs.'t I was u'tsrly unable to do
for myself. On the afternoon OF De-
cember 20. when all alone, / prayed as
never before that my arm should be re-
stored, and in a moment. as il we're, the
soreness left me, and felt that my bur
den had been lifted. The arm, up to
this time bad been verv painful, and ]
was unable to use it without severe snf-
fering. I was unable to sleep or eat !;
nv Whole, system being weakened by
suffering. told nobody. about the
change, hut went to rburch that night,
came home and went to bed, l,inSupon
the restored arm, and enjoyed a sleep
snch -ss had not. bad for months before,
and have never felt any pain since J"
Miss McPeek, Was asked how she
knew the Lord had ans wered her prayer,
and replied: Had been lying on the.
floor, with a rock. placed upon me. and
some one bad visited me end removed
the pressure, | could but give item
credit, snd go in this case God blessed
and cured me. I had done all could.
the doctor. had done all be could. and !
felt. that unless God helped me ! should
be burden to my friends. With me il
was not only 9 restoration to health, but
a rescue from poverty. ] remembered
the cure Of the withered arm In Scripture,
and thougbt.if the Lord had done such
things, he could also do them for me.
Since that night l have never experience
ed any trouble with my arm, am we'll
and happy, able to do my hair work and
duties as well as ever, and ]
give thanks to God for my restoration
to heath .t;.s-e s,.lss.i,
During this interesting narrative the
face of Miss McPeek was illuininated as
an inner, light, AMI che put her arm in
different pcs tions. without any difficulty,
and showed that she had ett:re use OF
that member. 1t is proper to add that
she is a'q q,iet woman. does not seek or
desire notorietv, and Id her story with
reluctance. Unlike most reported faith
cures; there was no interference by out.
81 ie parties, but her restoration came
solely, as she believes. in answer to an
earnest PRAYER from her own soul to the
Gyer Of sll Good.
10 this connection il may he proper
t. add that Miss McPeek's pastor, Rev.
5. L. Bi,kley, is firm believer in cure.
bv faith and prayer, and Is OF the opin-
ion that he Was restored to health few
wears ago BY divine aid. This winter
bis labor rs have been very severe. and
last week he was not able to attend to
his duties. Before the morning service
last Ssbbsti, he announced that be had
been PRAYING for restoration t, hea'ts
and bad been blessed. Strange to- say,
slt1ough just recovered from, illness,
Mr. Blnklev spoke dqriog, the mo ming
service with more yigori and elf q ,ence
than usual, i The only ,iuior mstior. Miss
McPeek had OF faith cures vas the tes-
timony horne by. Mr., Binkley in ble
public uttrances Her case Is peculiar.
because there was no effort on the par,
of anv one to make sensational cure.
and it was some time after the event that
anv one knew tbatsbe was trttar.>