Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-14
PARALLEL CASES.

= dispatch from Detroit some days
aEo told OF a remarkable case u heal
ing by means II faith ana prayer.
ihicily. the facts AZ related are these.
Three months ago l,c,. g. ~. Holden.
a baptist minister. was injured by an
accident aud suffered cxcfuclatlnE pain.
The doctors seemed unable 10 help him.
HIS friends were praying for his re-
covcry. Al the time this well known
passage In the Eplntic ~ James was In
the mind OF the patlenls
is any sick among youf Lot him
call Tor the elders uf the church. aud
let them pray over him. amounting him
. WITH OIL w tho name OF the Lord. Aud
thu pfn1fr OF faith shall save the sick
nhi the Lord shall raise him up
Iairct, v. II. 10.
Finally he decided 10 call a confer
cncc of bis co.laborcrs. and II they had
faith. 10 tert this promise. They came.
The patient relates his experience IN
follows;
"opcninE my bible at this passage In
The kpiHtle of james, I read II ~ them.
DO you believe ihaif' asked them.
Aftcr an earnest conference one and
all declared that they could see no other
erai construction"
Then, brethren said I. let ~ do
Just what God tells ~ 10 do, Let Us
take Him az Ills word
They ala "a. They followed out 10
the letter N" instructions given thcrc.
and then they prayed
II was tho most glorious prayer
meeting ever attended. and when
liruiher Harlow. my aged assistant,
suddenly aruse and In the name 81
Christ hadc me rise aud walk. the adj &.
Juratlnn came npqn me like shock
''hui the thought flashed across mos
Do ti' I arose, I walked nearly TO the
door and hnrh. | suffered no pnin. {
got ~ and droaacl and seated myself
IN this chair. where you see me now.
| have felt NO pain since"
Assuming this statement Ia be cor.
rect, the experience ~ the aged Clergy.
man h remarkable evidence N the
Willingness Of the Almighty To answer
prayer and 10 fulhll tho promises
found In Sacred Writ Tho Incident Il
well worth recording.
liut here IL a parallel Years ago an
earnest youth found himself In tho
midst ~ religious strife. eagerly look
Ing for truth. To him spiritual dark
ness covered the earth In the distress
Of his soul he. too. found wonderful
promise In tho Epistlc of James;
''lf any NJ you lack wisdom. let him
ask NJ Uod, that giNcth tn Nh men IN.
| crafty, aud uphraidoth not. and %
shall be- given him"
This burst upon his mind ns a lash
Of sunlight and he determined to hnng
/ the promise Co Il test, So one morning
In tho early spring NJ ls20 he went into
the woods alone. There was none to
whom he would conhdc hls perpleyitles
iiut be- poured out his soul in prayer
Then the Almighty proved true Zoo is
| promise. As he prayed. tho helycua
wor opened ana pillar OF light up.
poarci. Gradually Il descended and
rcst,d upon him, then his Dyes were
opened 10 one 81 the most glorious
visions ever yorchaaved 10 mnn. and
the Lord spoke 10 him, giving him tho
information for which he had been
praying 20 fcrvently. Faith had Pre-.
vailed aH in the days Of Old
Tho world 10 willing TO accept the tcs.
umouy NJ Rcy. Holden as 10 his mir
aculous healing NJ "a physical sickness
In answer to prayer why should IN,
same world refuse 10 accept thu testl,
mouy of Joseph the Prophet. us ID
the vision given In answer 60 hli
prayers9 The Church of Jesus Christ
OF Lattor-day Saints Is an abldlna
monument 10 tho truth Of the initial
revelation Of this dlspcnsation.