The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-11-22
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found in the smallest places. II is
where two or three are gathered tc-
gether in his name that this wonderful
work is done. This is the argument
that we have presented 20 men and
must present TO the world, knowing
that the one thing Of most interest for
you and me and all Gods chsldren is to
make these demonstrations speak for
themselves, and say TO every doubling
man and woman as Jesus said to John,
the lame do walk aud the blind do see.
i have taken great pains to investi-
gate the talk with the persons who
have been the objects Of some Of these
wonderful. cures, and to talk with the
person who has treated them, so that
] might be able TO say, I'm some sense,
that had a personal knowledge of the
cases. IL has been longing OF mine
to be able 10 go through, as nearly as
could, the whole catalogue Of human ills,
as they are presented to human sense
and | have almost accomplished that,
so that almost every phase Of sorrow,
suffering, and heart-break | have seen
cured. For a long while knew could
say that the lame walk, Ihad seen 80
macy instances OF that kind. | want d
10 be able to say, "The blind do see"
knew where very defective eyes were
cured, but wanted TO find an instance
where blindness had been total, or for
long term Of years, ,soth at no one could
say that II was not real, genuine
instance Of blindness. wanted 10 see
II perfectly healed.
i had the pleasure within the last six
weeks Of seeing just such a case. met
young woman twenty-five years Of
age at dinner party Of Scientists in
little town in Nebraska, and as looked
across the table at her could not help
saying, Your life has been long holi-
day. You know no sorrow or tears !"
but within fifteen minutes | learned
that II had taken the combined sorrows
OF all the people at that table they would
not have equalled u tithe OF what she
had suffered. | learned from her mother
that she had been born with defective
eyes, one large and one small, and the
slght drawn To one side. At the age OF |
SIX months a curtain dropped down over
her eyes 80 M TO obscure the iris. No
one knows whether she ever did see |
Al six years OF age she was sent 10 an |
asylum for the blind and remained |
there twelve years, and was then sent
home because she had reached the age.
limit OF the institution. Eighteen months |
before she was discharged her mother
became Interested In Christian Science |
and took class instruction, and il now |
the First Reader in the church there,
and OF course her thought was very nat |
urally addressed TO her child, and she |
gave her all the help she could. but
there was not the slightest evidence |
that the treatment had accomplished |
anything, except in the cheer of the |
patient, she felt that she would yet see.
Alter she came home, neighboring
Scientist began to treat her, and about
ttteen months after she came home,
THIS cloud Just simply disappeared. II
dld not roll up or down but went out
into nothingness, and that girl today
sees as well as any man or woman in
this house. She said God had been very
good 10 her, in that lie had made the
large eye smaller and the small eve
larger, 30 that they were both perfectly
balanced. She h now perfect specf-
men Of vigorous young womanhood.
This IL the kind of demonstration that
speaks for Christian Science, and en-.
lbies us % use, with absolute knowledge
li the facts, the argument of Christ,
The lame walk and the blind do see.n