The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-03-24
A MODERN MIRACLE.
A Convert Cured OF His 1nhrmities and
Sees Heaven and He'll.

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Rev. R. G. Motor, presiding elder OF
the Methodist church, writes to the Ar
hngton Record of a modern miracle,
fully equalling the healing of the ieper
by Jesus, as related in the Gospel.
Dallas Dampman, veteran of the late
war, had LOST portion of his right hip
bone by musket ball, leaving deep in
denton in the flesh after its healing, the
skin adhering closely to the bone and
presenting purplish and infamed ap-
pearance. His left hip was struck by a
piece of shell. which carried away part
of the bone, six inches or more in
length. Another musket shot passed
through his left arm and still another
across both feet. From these wounds he
suffered almost continual pain, and at
times he could not sleep. A portion of
the time he used crutches, but generally
cane. Was addicted to drink and
never took any interest in religious
matters, only to curse the idea of there
being burning hell, and seldom if ever
attending church. Some two weeks be-
fore his conversion he heard a sermon
by Rev. Frank Adkins, at Liberty school
house which awakened him. At first he
sought to drown his convictions by
drink, but after becoming sober began
to pray, attended the meetings at
Mile schoolhouse, conducted Iby Rev. F.
"A. Parrish, and was converted the sec
ond evening. Immediately he passed
into what is known as the trance state,
where ne remained for three hours and
forty minutes. This was on Saturday
night, February 10Th. Sunday night he
was suffering so severely that he could
not sleep. but was in close communion
with the Lord Jesus. About 2 O'Clock
he asked the Lord, whose presence he
was cognizant of, if he would not heal
him and free him from his suffering.
The Lord answered, 'I will; but do not
ask, too much.'' Immediately thrill
ing sensation, beginning in the upper
portion of his body and passing down to
the very tips of his extremities, relieved
him of every pain, after which he soon
fell into quiet sleep.
On awakening the next morning he
thought of his healing, then sprang out
of bed as nimbly as if he had never been
crippled, and with no need of crutches or
cane. Since that time he has frequently
passed into the trance state, in which
condition he enters the habitation of
the redeemed, meets and communicates
with such friends and comrades as are
there, and numerous others; listens to
there songs and is thrilled with the
music which rejoices the spirits of the
''just made perfect" He has also gone
down into the depths of hell, seen hum
dreds whom he knew here, besides in
Vulnerable he never saw, their anguish,
heard there walls, beheld the rain of
fire and smoke of their torment, and
smelled the fume of birthstone and felt
the heat of the burning lake of fire.
The wounded parts are now perfectly
healthful in appearance, the skin is
loose and natural, and the indentions in
the flesh are beginning to fill out; and
no pain has returned since his healing.
Mr.. Dampman is an uneducated man in
the main, being only able to read and
write, and never read word in the
Bible until since his conversion, and yet
his visions are in full accord with the
Word, while its experimental portions
are as readily apprehended and realized
by him as the most spiritual Christians
in the church, and his zeal, spirit,
Christian life and work are in perfect