The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-11-02
CmRlsT,s POWER.
A Remarkable Case of Sick
ness, Conversion and EEap-
tism.

About year ago there moved to this city
from the State of Kansas Mr.. Martin,
bringing with him two sons and one invalid
daughter They occupied q comfortable
house on the lake front during the winter
months, bat little, however, was known of
them and their condition, except that Mr..
Martin had moved here with the belief that
his invalid daughter. who had not walked
for more THAI a year might again be restored
to health During the month of February
last, while the revival meeting was going on
In the Baptist church In this place, some
Que mentioned the name of Miss Luna
Martin, the invalid young lady on the lake
front, who could not come out to church,
and proposed TO visit her in her home No
sooner suggested than done. She was visited
by number of the ladies and Elders R. W.
Merrill aud W. NJ. Thompson. 1t was re-
marked by all who visited her that she wore
beautiful face and seemed perfectly re-
signed to her condition. These Visits during
this meeting were beneficial alike to her and
| to her visitors They were cOnsoling to her,
and Il was suggestive to them that each
should thank God for their conditions in life
and be resigned to 1t. These Christian PEG
| pie prayed for and with her but saw no
| visible results at that time. Her health con-
1
| longer, until she, after having been two years
an Invalid, had almost despared OF ever re
| covering. She had during this time lost l.
mother, brotherin-law and niece In Kansas,
/ and she prayed to God herself earnestly that
4 he would either restore her again TO health
/ or take her from this world to the world be-
/ ycnd the gfhye, where there are no inYallds,
no sorrow, no pain.
1 According TO her statement to Ed G. B.
| Rogers, pastor Of the First Baptist church,
after this she felt relieved In her mind. but
saw no peTeeptible change In her condition.
She had now reached the climax, had
given her case up to the Great Physician,
and was calmly and quietly awaiting His
disposition. About this time her father was
| told BY some one to carry her to the hospital
In New Orleans, and after making numerous
enquiries Of his friends and consulting as to
what was best he carried her to the hospital
| sometime about the latter part of June OF
first of July. She was placed In ward In
the hospital under the treatment Of Chris
tian physician, where she remained about
two months, when her father brought her
back 10 this city. While ia the hospital she
was visited by ED. Merrill and others She
began to improve shortly after her arrival
there, snd when she left the hospital she wss
able TO walk across the room. When she re
turned here she was able, when her friends
! called on her, TO meet them at the Door.
She continued to Improve, and last week abe
found herself able to walk to the Methodist
church, where q revival Of religion was going
/ on, conducted BY Elders r. II. Burnett aud
u. vi. MullgeYs
i on last Sunday night she walked a distance
Of nearly four blocks to the Baptist church,
Il the first time she had ever been IN 81, pre-.
scented herself for membership, was baptized
aud received into ahe church, After the
baptism had been administered she went
i home, and on being Intercepted since as 10
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