The San Francisco call., 1898-06-30

She now reads at sight a line held before her eyes! Brother, did yo1 take the name and address?"
 And as it is with the blind, so 1t Is with the deaf.
 You're deaf, you say, Brother? Which ear is worse? The right ear? That means when you close the left ear you do not hear anything - you're totally deaf? This man Qoudly) is almost totally dcae Brother, let me place my hands on your ears. Dear Jesus! if 1t be Thy will restore the hearing to these ears"
 And the brother Francis removes his hands and approaches his lips TO the ears and in a whisper sharp as sword he hisses-"Can you hear what I say?"
 Yes, sir"
 "Totally deaf for-how many years ?-forty?-totally deaf for forty years. Can now hear a whis- per. Brother, did you take this name and address?"
 And be sure that the good believ- ing Brother has taken it! Be sure that it is read aloud and heard by the faithful! Be sure that when the unimaginative, the unconditional, the unresponsive, the difficult sub- jects come up they are dismissed quietly without this formality and chided for want of faith and urged to go home and into their closets and down on their knees, to ask grace and the faith that, had 1t been theirs, would certainly have made them whole! And be sure that of those who go to the gospel tent to be healed by the laying on of hands of the brother Francis. the greater number have that faith eternal in their hearts and, in the spiritual ex- altation of 1t, under his thrilling touch which darts like a flame into their nerves, under his forceful anil nal magnetism which sends the slug gish current of their blood flowing in great waves to their hearts, in the presence of his swaying will to which their lesser wills make glad obeisance, they see, they hear, they walk, they run, they jump, they do whatever he bids them do and call down Gods blessing on his name
 With the crippled, the paralyzed and the totally blind the Lord, even with the assistance of the brother Francis, needs more time to make a perfect cure. There is no reason given. The unbelieving are not told why God who works miracles should not do so at His pleasure. The serious cases are sent away comforted with promises. It is Sis ter! will see you tomorrow. Pray for help" And Come again, Broth CT, it is not the Lords wish that you be healed tonight. Pra. to Him.
 Yet even one of these incurables and believers may be tortured into illustrating the faith healer's power
 Dear child, dear little brother in Christ, what is your trouble? The hip? You do not walk at all? Only with canesi Give me your canes, dear child of God! Trust in Jesus Christ. Oh, Lord! May this child walk"
 They say that the prayers of the faithful are answered. In the con- gregation an old man prays with uplifted hands and head bowed upon his breast. His voice is heard even above the sonorous, drowning, praying voice of the brother Fran cis-"Dear Master! help this boy for his mothers sake!"
 Walk" commands the brother Francis.
 The enid looks for his canes, the friends who have helped him all through his little painful life. They are held from him. He looks for his father-for the arms which have carried him.
 "Try, son! Try in Christ's name!"
 The boy moves one, two, racking Co CT Francis hands him the canes.
 Praise be to God!" he says. 'The boy walks" ALICE RIX.