The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1914-03-21
SATURDAY, MARCH 81, 1914

At first | almost gave up, being SO weak, but
when | was suffering the most God gave me
Isaiah IL 2, just the words-"I will trust and not
be afraid" over and over in my mind With
that every bit of fear and doubt left entirely
and | knew that God would perfect that which
He began in me. When and how, | did not
know, only He told me to trust and not to be
afraid, and | obeyed. 1t was such blessing to be
rid of the fear, for that had been my greatest
hindrance. So many precious promises came to
me from time to time and were such comfort
Elder Robinson had written so many encourag-
ing letters, and had been to me a couple of
times He sent me letter from young lady
who had been miracuousy healed on an Easter
Sunday and as it almost Easter, | began to
feel that | going to receive my healing then,
also. | sent for special prayer again to Zion
City and Portland, and had them pray here on
Easter Lords day, March u, 1910, and on Mon
day the healing began.
For two weeks | had not been able to go to
bed as usual, but sat in chair day and night
When | got little rest from coughing | would
sleep perhaps hour SO out of twenty-four,
with my head on pillow placed on the back OF
a chair in front of me, and my arms up around
my head. My arms never became tired nor
to sleep, as | held them UP most of the time for
it made me breathe a little easier. | know God
gave me unusual strength in them, as | was SO
weak otherwise, and | thank Him so much for it.
On Monday, water blisters came out all over
my limbs, especially from the knees down, and
they broke. The water out and scalded my
limbs just as if boiling water had been spilled
over them.
The water had all gone down to my waist, and
great blisters would come where the water ran
on my feet. Then they would burst and, the
water would come from them
My toes were so swollen around the nails that
they cut the flesh, but for all that, they did not
pain me.
All who my limbs said they must pain
me terribly, but God kept the pain away. They
smarted only when exposed to the air, bit later
on the toes hurt where the flesh cut, as the
nails kept them sore The water just poured out,
and my mother had to keep great cloths wrapped
around them, with flannel on the outside to
keep them warm. In half an hour they would
be soaked through, and running on the floor.
She had to change them at first every half hour,
then gradually less until only once day from
that time until about November, when the sores
gradually dried up.
One whole side of my left limb turned black
and green, and l know blood poisoning had set
in for it felt cold, but did not pain / was not
afaid, however, and asked God to take it
away, and it went away in few days.
The water had all gone down to my waist,
and a great deal from the limbs, SO that [ could
stand up quite straight again. 1t left ME so
much weaker l could scarcely raise my arms,
for | was nothing but skin and bones-a CHASTITY
looking specimen of the devils work
My kidneys had scarcely acted for seven or
eight mon tbs, and were not healed then, but did
not worry only asked God to heal them
About two months later, Tuesday morn
ing they were healed all at once and acted per-
fecty natural, and have since | shall never
forget how happy l was that day, for then |
knew that my body would be cleansed of that
poison and would not fill up any more.
From that time on, | grew rapidly better
Each day | could do a little bit more, until
today am almost perfectly well. | AM not yet
as strong as | used to be, but as my blood is
restored, my strength returns, and as l do Gods
will He will my strength. I want be
filled more with His Holy Spirit.
In August, 1910 my mother and l went to
Zion City | had been "shut-in' for eight
months, from October lst 1909, until June 1st
1910 and during the summer I would walk out in
the yard on real warm days for a little while
was still very weak and had to be taken to