Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-03-02

9lQ the S0CUHQ COIuiH6 VI Iiins Ooii cs-AN
prepare His way"
Il am the voice of one crying in tn
| wilderness, saying: Prepare ye tht
way of the Lord; make his patti
straight"
'For me thou hast searched long ard
to-day, through great tribulation and
| suffering have been guided to thet
that thy soul may rejoice and that thor
shouldst minister unto me as thor
wouldst minister unto the Son. and
that thy mission might at length be
accomplished"
mo mortal hath revealed it unto
thee. Men scott at the prophet OF thu
| Son who cometh unto his own. In ot1.
er times he came unto his own and his
own received him not. They stoned
his prophets of old and in these late.
days they have deriGed his messange.
whom He hath sent before his face a.
the voice of one crying in the wilder
ness, saying, Prepare We the way Of the
Lord; make His path straight.
81 suffer much. Bring water that
may lave my limb which an accid9l'
hath injured. Oh. hasten. hasten;
suffer-"
behold. oh Mother Of the Son, az.
thv servant and only thine till He te
come, when l Will be His servant frs:
and in being ais servant | shall be also
thine. Let me therefore hear thy com,
mands that | may obey; only, till He
be come, 1 may not leave thee"
Bring water"
hot
pitcher which was full of water and al
ner bidding slowly poured the cooling
element upon her tortured limb. Her
relief was great and when the pitcher
was empty she sent him to refill it. Up
on his return she said:
This foot is Wrenched from its place
and the pain is almost more than car
bear. Do you understand surgery?'
Her pain and her anxiety were sc
great that she forget to maintain hei
sacred forms Of speech, but the PropA-
ct did not notice the fact.
The Father will give me knoWledGI
IS | require"
You must carefully exert the great
strength Ec has given you IS | dircct
Take hold upon this foot thus" anc
she fixed his hands upon the heel aLt
over the instep, and pull upon it wits
all your power, straight away, till it j.
replaced. Mind me lot if | should CRY
out or faint; for l know not if | shall
lie able to endure it"
Even as thou wilt, shall it be; 70:
the Father hath sent thee to me to.
care IS thou shalt require.
Sue placed her uninjuTed foot firmly
against the lOot-board Of The bed arc
laid hold upon the hoad-rail TisI
both hands. Then, nerving herself f.
the agony, she babe him pull. H.
touch was torture to her, yet he wa
tender and reyerent and pulled IS She
lad instructed him; steadily, firmly
straight. When the strain was felt shs
screamed but maintained her position
PerspiratiOn gushed from every pore
and when the joint snapped into place
she tainted.
When she revived the Prophet We:
i.neeling in prayer at the altar. She
haGe him bring water and with Great
difficulty she sat up in her place and
hathed the swollen member. Then she
said:
Bring bandages that 1 may bind i;
Up"
There are none here. will pray tc
the Father and he will provide"
Again he knelt at the altar and
prayed. This time as a ccnfding child
asks a simple gift from an indulgeni
parent, he asked for linen wherewitn
to make bandages as the Chosen Virgin
might have need.
While the Prophet prayed Miss Stel-
Ia tore from one OF her muslin skirts as
much material as she required and
made bandages with which she tightly
bourd the injured limb.
Having concluded his prayer the
3TCnhet returned to Ter. Seeing tho
Dandages ne evlnced no surprise what
ever and said in the most matter-of'
fact manner:
"'Ask We and We shall receive nc
good thing will he withhold from them
thai ask him. Why do the sons Of
men refuse to learn that they should
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