The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1890-12-05

I"Wny, tns darling N Rettlng well: Tic
fever has broken. See vne perspiration
on his foreheadG Did any of you give
him any new kind of incidence" mo-"
Is the answer. The boy turns on his
pillow, his delirium gone, and asks for
something to eat and says: Where's
father" Oh, he has gone up to Cana
to get young doctor of about 81 years
of age But no doctor is needed now
In this house at Capernaum. The peo-
pie look at the sun dial to find what
time of the day 1t is. and see it is just
past noon and o'clock. Then they
start out and meet the returning father,
and as soon as they come within speak
ing distance they shout at tile top OF
their voices, Your boy is getting
wellr' us it possible" says the father,
when did the change for the better
take placer" lone o'clock" is the an
swer. Why" says the courtier, that
Is Just the hour that Jesus said to me.
Thy son liveth.' One o'clock"
AS they gather at the evening meal
what gladness on all the countenances
in that home at Capernauml The
mother, Joanna, has not had sleep for
many nights, and she now falls off into
delightful slumber. The father, Chuza,
the Herodian courtier, worn out with
anxiety as we'll as by the rapid journey
to and from Cana, is soon in restful un
consciousness. Joanna was Christian
before, but warrant she was more of
Christian afterward. Did the father
Chuza accept the Christ who had cured
his boy2 Is there in all the earth a
parent SO ungrateful for the GONZALES
cence or restoration of an imperiled
child as not to go into room and
kneel do wn and make surrender to the
almighty love that came to the rescue9
ACCEPT THE DOCTRINE.
Do not mix up this case with the an.
cry discussions about Christian science.
but accept the doctrine, as old as the
Bible, that God does answer prayer for
the sick. That Capernaum boy was
not the only illustration of the fact that
prayer is mightier than typhoid fever.
And there is not doctor of large prac-
tice but has come into the sick room of
some hopeless case and, in a cheerful
manner if he were Christian, or with
bewildered manner if he were a
skeptic, said: well. what have you
been doing with this patient? What
have you been giving him? The pulse
is better. The crisis is past After all.
l think he will get WE'LL" Prayer will
yet be acknowledged in the worlds ma,
terra medica, and the cry is just as APP
propriate now as when Chuza, the
courtier from Capernaum, uttered in
Christ's hearing, Come down ere my
child die" If the prayer be not an
swered in the way we wish, it is because
God has something better for the child
than earthly recovery, and there are
thousands of men and women now
alive in answer to fathers and mothers
prayers, myself one of the multitude.
For l have heard my parents tell
how, when at three years of age scafsst
fever seemed to have done it's full work
on lie, and the physicians had said
there was no more use of their coming
and they had left few simple direc
lions to make the remaining hours
peaceful. and according to the custom
in those times in country places. the
neighbors had already come in and
Io CHI ho
denly frightened and the prayer
Come down ere my child die!" was
answered in recovery that has not
been followed by a moments sickness
from that time to this.
The mightiest agency in the universe
is prayer. and it turns even the AL
mighty 1t decides the destinjes of in
dividuals families and nations Dur
ing our sad civil war Il gentleman was
a guest at the White House in Wash
ington, and he gives this incident. He
says: II had been spending three
weeks in the White House with Mr.
Lincoln as his guest. One night-it
was just after the battle of Bull Run
l was restless and could not sleep.
was repeating the part which was to
take in public performance. The
hour was past midnight. Indeed, it
was coming near to the dawn when !
heard low tones proceeding from a pri
vate room where the president slept.
The door was partly open. | instinct
lively walked in, and there saw sight
which I shall never forget. It was the
president kneeling before an open Bible.
The light was turned low in the
room. His back was turned toward
me; for moment | was silent as
stood looking in amazement and won.
der Then he cried out in tones so
pitiful and sorrowful ''Oh, thou God
that heard Solomon in the night, when
he prayed for wisdom, hear mel
cannot lead this people, cannot guide
the affairs of this nation without thy
help. am poor and weak and sinful.
Oh, God, who didst hear Solomon when
he cried for wisdom, hear NE and save
the nation" You see we don't need