The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-19

.SASt u hACIOus ulSlTlCb D0eulelQ-luSC
about what the Five Points was in New
York city in former years As no one else
would take it. | said would try it, and did.
All were surprised at my success. Icontinued
my work IN Sheffield until, on account of
| III health, l was sent TO Hull. Some
| time after this at my sisters house l met
Mr.. Cooke. He was a devoted Christian
man. class leader in the church. was in
comfortable circumstances; owned two lead
mines, and bad shares in a third. Mr..
Cooke was several years older than myself,
but from the first day OF my second visit
to my sisters house ne began to pay atten-
ton to me. He said to my sister, Mrs.
Lees, that young woman will be my
WIFE. Don't you remember a dream
told you | had some time ago? Well, it is
she saw in my dream He had
not seen me at the time of his dream. He
dreamed that young woman came to the
village, that he offered her his hand in mar
rlage, but that she would not consent to be
married except from her fathers house and
the parish church in Sheffield. He said.
this Is she, but do not tell her my dream,
nor did hear iu until We were married.
I'm January, 1S47, my dear husband.
after repeated losses in business, decided to
come TO New York, and on Aug. 10, two
years later,.he died.nl
Having heard that Mrs. Cooke was sup
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asked her to tell me some instances illus
trating her power. She answered: 81 am
not always able to feel the moving Of the
spirit but l can tell you of a number of
instances Of most positive conviction. In
1879 Mrs. Allen Jay of Indiana 10y this it
will be seen that Mrs Cooke is known Of by
Christians far and widel. came to see me.
She was in great distress. She had left her
son Edwin with a physician to be treated
V,o1 Ill,
that the lad would be a cripple for lie. We
talked together about him. told her that
the Lord had sometimes especially blessed
me in praying for cures. Then we had
prayer, during which | was greatly drawn
out to ask tdat this boy be cured Of his
disease. When the mother arose to 60, l
told her l Beloved her boy would be cured,
for l had felt the power Of God while at
prayer, and was assured that our petition
was answered. Some time after ward |
received a letter from that mother with the
tidings that the boy was we'll On July Z,
1881. | had q call from Edwin Jay, who was
on his way to college There is a singular
bond of sympathy between us. He vas
healed by my intercession. My heart goes
out after this youth, that he may be man
Of God, mighty in faith and prayer to the
pulling down Of the strongholds of Satan
for surely his life and strength were given to
ulul lOI bO4l1c bpeCldl puTDOo6. AUOIl6T
case of a woman who was very i'll, and whom
the doctor said must die, sent for me, and
said: Mrs. Cooke, do you think I am going
to die2 The doctors say | must, but can
not die. What! leave my husband and six
childrenl I tried to soothe her, but she
was very rebellious, and the utmost could
get that day was Come tomorrow and on
the morrow.still, come tomorrow The
mother tremblingly said to me. if only
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home and plead earnestly with the Lord
that be would arouse her. as she still would
not believe that she must die. l got the
ans wer and felt my prayer was heard.
told her mother and sisters that | knew she
would leave "a bright testimony when she
should be called, On the next Sabbath,
while we prayed together, she was seized
with conviction: her joy was great, she sat
up in the bed rejoicing. When her hus-
band tried to quiet her
she said: Would you have me
hide my joy and praise? Let the doctor
tell me now that | must die, and l shall
say amen She lived on for few weeks.
She had several of her dear children dedi-
Gated to God in baptism at her bedside.
Early one morning, while l sat holding her
hand, her husband brought her a cup OF
coffee. She could not drink it with him,
but looked up sweetly in his face and said :
NO,uedI, uOtAllLB LliOAo I'LL nC III LIN LIS ue"
wine in my Fathers kingdom AT noon
she died.
looked at this poor invalid as she lay
there under her soft white coverings, and l
thought of her birth on July 13, 1921, and
by that alone realized that on July Is last
she has lived 80 years, and more than half
of it on a bed her frame racked with pain,
for there is scarce wrinkle in her face, aud
her beautiful soft hair is not more threaded
with silver than an average age Of 40 gives.
What pain she has suffered has not left one
half the marks on her that have noted at
the opera when looked among the butter
flies of fashion.
There she lies; days, and weeks, and
months, and years, willing to go to her
Fathers call. or willing to stay and plead
his cause here.