The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26
Mrs. Montgomery Tells
 of Her Healing.
DIAGNOSES BY DOCTORS
WAS SICK UNTO DEATH AND
 YET HAD FAITH.
When The Call Announced Her Sick ness She Says Thousands Com menced to Pray for Her
 Recovery.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call

sos Broadway, June 25.
 Mrs. Carrie Judd Montgomery has Plepared the following statement for The Oall' setting forth the truth about her recent miraculous healing;
 AS so many accounts of my recent miracu- tUus o healing have appeared in print feel con- sLHned to present the exact facts in the case, hhaiCn hl can be verified, if necessary, by num- Det oL reliable witnesses. There has been con- of r rSiss m the daily papers as to the nature UaI! U1 Ii! dlsease. am not sufficiently versed in Mleuleal science to know exactly what to call death.
 was first taken sick November 30, 1Ss7 with SesserS chlil and prostraton, followed by great innammation winch lasted for weeks. A med- Ial Ilend called 1t a severe attack of la grippe. ent pain and weakness in my back compelled me 10 lie down much of the time. My medical was affected, and that the grippe had struck 70 the sympathetic nerve centers, When a -ii1t1e stronger made erortS to walk, but with disastrous results The spine began to throb ana ana peat violently in its whole length and oi'Su . lo JeLk trlghtfully with each throb like a pump obstructed from some cause. After making an effort to walk the entire spine "T@Hid @ IaiIly seem to leap like galloping horses.
 W nile in this terrible condition lady phy- siclan from San Francisco Ia personal friend) saw me and had no human hope of my recov- cry. It was her opinion that 1 had iniamma- tlon ot the spinal cord. Another physician rom chicago thought I had tuberculosis of the spine. Two other physicians pronounced my disease spinal meningitis I took medi- clne but these physicians were all friends who LOOK an interest in my case.
 My appetite and digestion were suddenly re- stored on the day when Christian Alliance friends in Oakland were praying and fasting Tor me, so that after that I could digest food of a simple kind. Just before my healing my brain was in most terrible state. some of the tune so wild that could not understand what was being said to me and again as hot as though filled with coals of fire.
 During this illness l had the conviction that l should be raised up again in answer to prayer, ana my husband had unwavering faith that should be well again and resume my woTk LOT the Lord great deal of prayer hAb ba iS- tan Alliance friends, who set two different days 10 pray for me, and also by the Salva- in my behalf throughout the Pacific Coast Di- vision Many other friends were also praying
 Undoubtedly the Christian brother, MT. Fran cis, was sent to me by the Lord and he had marked improvement the next morning after he offered prayer for But while the Lord earnest cries of many hundreds who were pray Ing in great faith for my recovery, both on Of my dying condition stirred up even more IerVent wave of prayer, and letters poured in me in unwavering faith. In view of all these prayers offered by the members of the body Of Christ it seemed fitting that when the heal ing really God should so order it that l was communing alone with him in the si- mty voice h the dPtha Of y eoH assurng m me the work was done, This was between came to me in one sense unexpectedly AS great calm swept over my tortured brain there from my spine. There was no excitement. Many times had seemed on the. verge of in- sanity. My brain became natural and cool at once, and have been enabled to resume my literary labors with perfect ease.
 This seems the more remarkable when I member that during these past six months I have only been able to make two efforts in this direction and most of the time I could not read listen to reading. On the morning of my recovery l quietly told my friend who had the care of me that I healed. and a little later dressed alone and went into my hus bands room, where we praised God together, and then l went downstairs and through the house, where met my startled and delighted household.
 On the following Wednesday I rode six miles to Oakland and attended the Christian Ali ance Convention where I stood and gave my testimony. CARRIE JUDD MONTGOMERY.