The record-union., 1895-01-31
Healed by Faitll.

Healed by Faith,
EDS. RECORD UNION: inclose an ac-
count of something which took place
near home that ought to be of interest to
the general public. You may publish
with my comments, in "Every body's
Column" if you please:
ION the evening of the Oath of June, as
L was returning home from meeting with
the other members of the family, the
wheels on one side of the vehicle dropped
suddenly into deep rut and | was
thrown to the ground, striking heavily
upon my left hip. Being badly hurt, it
was with difficulty that / was lifted in
and taken the remaining distance home
A physician was called who found that
the Lgaments of the hip were torn aud
the hip Joint badly sprained, besides
other Injuries. For some time | could
not bear to be turned Or lifed about in The
least. but gradually improved enough to
be lifted from my bed to sit up Short
time each day.
"One day feeling better than usual, I
sat up little too long, which made me
worse. After that 1 kept to my bed. L
began to get quite weak and had several
dreadful nervous spells. At times my
whole limb would became perfectly
numb and cold.
such was my condition until the
"Coh' "Aeu, az my request, on
Friday afternoon, August Sd, our pastor,
Rev. Charles Swithen bank, came over
and prayed with me, amounting me with
oil IN the name of the Lord, and [ was
healed. Glory TO God Oh, what
mighty Savior is ours I arose, dressed
and walked without the least assistance,
causing no pain in my hip whatever.
"On Sunday morning my sister and l
drove out TO the Wilson District to meet
ing, distance Of seven miles, and gave
the pilgrims a thorough surprise. l
went to church again in the evening,
which was about two miles from our
homo. Some said they could hardly be-
heye what their eyes beheId. To-day
nnds me well N body and soul.
'tLOREECE NJ. DENHAM.
"tlorln, Sacramento County,"
Many similar testimonies from living
witnesses could be cited, but when the
witness is unknown, people who are
skeptically inclined brush away the evil
dence with the remark that he or she, as
the case may be, is probably a crank or
an imaginative person, and that they
hrst magnihed the disease in their own
mind, aud then found evidence of a su-
pernatural cure III their recovery from it.
They assume that more obseryant
or more rational person could have ac-
counted for the reported miracle on
purely scientific principles.
And no doubt it is true that many of
the cases Of divine healing that are re-
ported can properly be referred partly to
Imagination, and partly to the influence
OF the mind upon the body; but that is
no reason for assuming that God had no
direct hand IN the matter, or that all
cases can in like manner De explained
away.
The case Of Miss Florence N. Denham.
Ior instance, cannot be explained away
by any such theory.
Again, there is not q SYLLABLE in the
New Testament TO support the popular
theory that the working of miracles
should and dIu cease with the Apostolic
age. On the contrary, we find our Lord
pFocialmlng IN the most emphatic Ian
guage the principal THAT nothing is i'm
possible 10 him that believetu. Mark TX.
D
He did not anywhere restrict this doc
trlne 10 the Apostles, but expressly
stated Il in form which includes ali be-
hevers, placing them all on exactly the
same footing. Mark Xi. ., II.
There seems to be indisputabIa evil
dence that God has in some cases even
commanded some of his servants to put
away all medicines, in order that their
cure without any effort of their own,
might bear witness before an unbeIieying
generation 10 the truth that God is not
under the dominion OF the laws OF nature
nor OF any other law. except the law OF
love, which Is written on his heart.
but The fact that God has given such 4
command 10 certain individuals does not
justify others, who have not themselves
received any direct command from God
IN making the experience of these indi-
YlduaIS rule Tor their lives and the lives
OF others. Neither does the fanaticism of
some OF the believers in divine bealinr
justify others IN rejecting the scriptural
doctrine that GOD can and Will answer
believing prayers, even if a miracle
should Oe necessary to the accomplish
meut of that object.
CHAS. SwITHENBANE.
Cosumnes, January 20, 1886.