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FAITH CURES;
OR,

Answers

to

Prayer

\\)

the Healiijg of

tlje

Sick.

BY

CHARLES

CULLIS. M.

D.

The prayer

of faith shall save thp

'^ick,

and the Lord

shall raise

him up."

James

v. 15.

WILLARD TRACT REPOSITORY,

Beacon Hill Place, Boston. 239 Fourth Avenue, New York.
2

1323 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

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<o

Copyright

CHARLES CULLIS.
1879.

PREFACE
T
seems to me that Christians are not living up

to their gospel privileges

when they

fail to

claim

God's promises, not only for

spiritual

but for

temporal blessings, and also for the healing of

God says, "My word shall not return unto me void." Yet how few are finding the promise true in their own experiences. It is for the children of God to accept every
the body.

portion of His

Word, and

to act thereupon with

unwavering
through

confidence, "that

God
i

in all things

may be

glorified

Jesus Christ
ever.

to

whom

be praise and dominion for ever and

iv. ii.

Amen."

Peter

Having
true,

settled for myself

some years ago

that God's

Word was
I

and accepting the

grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,

reckoned myself washed

by the blood and

sanctified by the Spirit. I took my stand upon the promises whereby " we are made partakers of the

divine nature."

My

greatest desire has

been

to

honor

God
to

by following His commands^ and these are always joined

a promise.

For upwards of
v.

six years the

command and
made
real to

the

promise in James
faith,

14 and 15 have been

me by
In

so that hundreds of sufferers have been healed.

(5)

6
summing up a

PREFACE.
report of these cases,
I

do not

in

any wise

wish to detract from the valuable services of the medical

profession, of which
to the world that
I

am

a member.

only desire to prove

"man's extremity

is

God's

opportunity,'''

and that when the " profession" pronounces a case hopeless,

the promise of

God

remains as a testimony to the truth of

is

His Word, " All power

earth."

given unto

Me

in

heaven and on

Many
it

a trusting child of

God

has learned in every

'*

known want
faith

for soul

and

for body, that

according to thy

be

unto thee," proclaims the Father's ear to be ever

open, His eyes constantly guiding, so that there shall indeed

be

"no want

to

them

that seek the Lord."

In publishing the following accounts of healing by prayer,

I

ought to say, that several of them have already appeared in

my

" Annual Report of the

I

Work of Faith."
it

Many

of recent

date are added.

reports of persons
in their

have thought

best to send out these

who have been

and the

healed, as far as possible

own

words, that they might have the privilege of

the glory
praise.
it

giving

God

If

our readers

will

note carefully the following texts,

is

will

be found that James

not the only scriptural warrant for prayer for healing.

will see at

They

once how

God

promises to hear and to

call

answer the prayers of His children when they

for this blessing.

upon Him

CHARLES CULLIS.
SOLOMON'S PRAYER.
2 Cliron. VI.

28-30

"If there be dearth in the land,

mildew,
cities

if

there be

pestilence, if there be blasting, or

If their
sore,

locusts, or caterpillars.
;

enemies besiege thern in the

of their land

whatsoever

or whatsoever sickness there be ; then what prayer or what

PREFACE.
supplication soever shall be
Israel,

when every one

shall

and

shall spread forth his

made of any man or of all thy people know his own sore and his own grief, hands in this house Then hear thou from
;

heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive."

THE LORD'S ANSWER TO SOLOMON'S PRAYER.

2 Chron.
vii.

12-15

"And
1

the

Lord appeared
*

to
*

Solomon by
*
*

night and said unto him,

have heard thy prayer,

if i g^ut

up heaven

that there be

devour the land, or if I people which are called by

pray, and seek

no rain, or if I command the locusts to send pestilence among my people if my

;

my

naihe, shall

humble themselves, and

wicked ways, then will

my

face,

and turn from

their

I hear from heaven,

and

will forgive their sin,

and will heal

their

land:'

Psalm

ciii.
:

2-5
* *

* Bless the Lord, O my

*

soul,

and
;

forget not all

His benefits
eagle's."

who
\

healeth all thy diseases

* *

thy -life from destruction

so that thy youth

is

redeemeth renewed like the

Who

Proverbs

ix.

ii

the years of thy

life
:

Proverbs
find

iv.

22

"By me thy days be increased." " For they (my words)

shall

shall

be multiplied, and unto those that

*

are

life

them, and health to all their flesh:'

xxii.

Exodus

25

"Ye shall serve the Lord thy God,

away from
the midst of thee."
will put

and

I will take sickness

Exodus XV. 26
* * *

"I
Lord

none of these diseases upon thee,

16:

for I

am

the

that healeth thee."

15,

Psalm

xci. 3, 5,

6, 7, 10, 11,

"Surely he

shall deliver

thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

Thou

shalt not be
;

afraid

for the pestilence that

walketh in

darkness

nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

fall at

sand shall
shall not

thouthy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it

shall

come nigh thee. There shall no evil befall thee, neither any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. I will deliver him and honor him. With long life will I satisfy him, and show him

my

salvation."

8
Deut.
ness."
vii.

PREFACE.
15.

"And the Lord will take away from thee "I

will cure them. I will bring

all sick-

Jeremiah

xxxiii. 6.

it

health

and cure."
Deut. xxxii. 39:
heal
;

neither

is

there
:

behold

2 Kings XX. 5 I 1 will heal thee.'

"I and I make alive; I wound, and any that can deliver out of my hand." " have heard thy prayer, have seen thy
kill

tears,

Psalm XXX. 2
hast healed

me."

Psalm
delivered Isaiah

cvii.

" O Lord my God, I cried unto 20: "He sent word, and healed
:

(Also, Isaiah xxxviii. 5.)

(Hczekiah.)
thee,

and thou

his

them, and

them from
liii.

their destructions."

verse 4 with

"With his 5. Mathew viii. 17.)

stripes

we

are healed."

(Compare
all

Matthew iv. 24: "And and they brought unto him

diverse diseases
devils,

his
all

fame went throughout

Syria:

sick people that were taken with

and torments, and those which were possessed with and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy and he healed them." All diseases. Also Matthew xiv. 35, 36;
;

Mark

vi.

55, 56.

Matthew viii. 5-8, 13. "And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, and saying,
Lord,

my

servant lieth at

home

sick of the palsy, grievously tor-

mented.
shouldest

And

Jesus saith unto him, I will

come and heal him.

The

centurion answered and said, Lord, I

am

not worthy that thou

come under

my

roof

but speak the word only, and

Jesus said unto the centurion.
it

my
Go And

servant shall be healed.

And

thy
his
ix.

and as thou hast believed, so be servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
;
'

way
;

done unto
Palsy.

thee.

'

Also Matthew

2-8

Mark

ii.

1-12;

Luke

Luke xiv. 2, 4. "And behold, there v/as a certain man before him which had the dropsy. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go." Dropsy. Matthew xii. 10, 13 "And behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. Then said he to the man. Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth and it was restored whole, like Luke vi. 10. Paralysis. Also Mark iii. 5 as the other. "So Jesus came again into Cana of John iv. 46, 47, 50: And there was a certain Galilee, where he made the water wine.
:

v. 17-29; vii. 10.

PREFACE.
nobleman, whose son was sick

Jesus

When he heard that at Capernaum. was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and for he besought him that he would come down, and heal his son was at the point of death. Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way thy
: ;

son liveih."

Luke

iv.

33-35

"And
;

in the

synagogue there was a man,

to

which had a
voice, saying.

spirit

of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud

Let us alone
? art

what have we

do with
I

thee,

thou

Jesus of Nazareth

thou come

to destroy us ?

know

thee

who

Holy One of God. And Jesus rebuked him, saying. Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not."
thou art
;

the

Some cases like Insanity, and others like Mark i. 25, 26 Matthew viii. 16 Mark v. 2-15 Mark ix. 14 Luke viii. 27-35 ^^- 37xvii. 14 "And behold, there came a Matthew viii. 2,3:
Demoniac.
Also
;
;

Epilepsy.
;

Matthew
and
[

'>

leper

worshipped him, saying, Lord,

clean.
will
;

if

thou wilt, thou canst

make me

And

Jesus put forth his hand,

and touched him, saying,

12-14.

be thou clean.

And
i.

immediately his leprosy was cleansed."

;

Leper.

Also Mark
i.

Mark

30, 31

" But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever,

; ;

40-44

Luke

v.

hand, and

him of her. And he came and took her by the and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them." Fever. Also Luke iv. 38 JMatt. viii. 14, 15. "When the even was come, they brought Matthew viii. 16, 17 unto him many that v/ere possessed with devils and he cast out the
and anon they
tell

lifted

her up

That it might which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses." All diseases. Also Mark i. 32 ; Luke iv. 40 ; Matt. ix. 35. "And a certain man was there, which had an John v. 5, 8, 9
spirits

with his word, and healed all that were sick

be

fulfilled

infirmity thirty

and eight years.

Jesus saith unto him. Rise, take up

thy bed, and walk.

And

immediately the
:

man was made

whole,

and took up his bed, and walked and on the same day was the Sabba th " Infirtnity "Then was brought unto him one possessed Matthew xii. 22 and he healed him insomuch that with a devil, blind, and dumb Blind and dumb. the blind and dumb both spake and saw."
.

lO
Luke
vii.

PREFACE.
21
:

"And

in

that

infirmities

and plagues, and of

evil spirits

same hour he cured many of their and unto many that were
;

blind he gave sight."

Plagues and blind.

Luke viii. 41,42,51-54; named Jairus, and he was a

"And,

behold,

there

came a man
:

ruler of the
that

synagogue

and he

fell

down
house

at Jesus' feet,
:

and besought him

he would come into

his

for

he had one only daughter about twelve years of age, and

And when he came into the house, he suffered no go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and And all wept, and bewailed her but he the mother of the maiden. she is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed said, Weep not him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying. Maid, arise. And her and he commanded to spirit came again, and she arose straightway Matt. ix. give her meat." Dead raised to life. Also Mark v. 22
she lay a dying.

man

to

18

Luke vii. 12-15. Matthew ix. 20-22:

;

"And

behold, a

woman which was

dis-

eased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him and

touched the

hem

'

of his garment.

For she said within

herself, If

may

but touch his garment, I shall be whole.

But Jesus tumed him

about,

and when he saw

her,

he

said.

Daughter, be of good comfort

the

thy faith hath

made

thee whole.

And

woman was made whole

from that hour."

Luke X. 9 The kingdom

:

of

Issue of blood. Also Mark v. 25 ; Luke viii. 43. " Heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them,

God

is

come nigh unto you."

these signs shall
;

The seventy comfollow

missioned to heal the

sick.

Mark
believe
;

xvi. 17, 18:

"And

them

that

Li

my name
;

shall they cast out devils

shall take

they shall speak

with

new tongues

They

up serpents
;

and

if

they drink

any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them they shall lay hands on the Power of healing the sick promised sick, and they shall recover."
to believers.

Acts

iii.

2, 6, 8,

" And a certain man lame from his mother's

they laid daily at the gate of the temple

womb was
which
I
is
;

carried,

whom

called Beautiful, to ask alms of

them

that entered into the

;

temple

then Peter said. Silver and gold have I none

I thee
:

but such as

have give

In the

name

of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise

up

and walk.

And he

leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with

PREFACE.
them
all

into the temple, walking,

the people

and leaping, and piaising God. And saw him walking and praising God." Peter healing
ix.

the sick.

Also, Acts

"
33, 34. believers

Acts

V.

14-16: "And

were the more added

to the

Lord, multitudes both of

men and women.

streets,

brought forth the sick into the

couches, that at the least the

shadow some of them.

shadow of There came also

spirits

Insomuch that they and laid them on beds and Peter passing by might overa multitude out of the cities

round aboitt unto Jerusalem, bringing sick were vexed with unclean
Peter healing the Acts
viii.
:

folks, and them which and they were healed every one."

sick.

5-8

" Then Philip went down to the

And
did.

city

of Samaria,

and preached Christ unto them.

the miracles
voice,

the people with one accord

gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing

which he

For unclean

spirits,

crying with loud

came out of many

that were possessed with

them

and many

taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.

And

there

was great joy

Acts
ix. 17,

in that city."

Philip healing the sick.

iS

" And Ananias went his way,

his

and entered

into

the house;

and putting

hand on him

said. Brother Saul, the

Lord,

even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou earnest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the

Holy Ghost,
been scales
baptised."
:

And

immediately there

fell

from

his

eyes as
arose,

and he received sight forthwith, and Ananias restoring sight to the blind.

it had and was

Acts

xiv. 8-10.

"And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent

:

who never had same heard Paul speak who steadfastly beholding him, and, perceiving that he had faith to be healed, said with a loud voice. Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked." Paul
in his feet,

being a cripple from his mother's womb,

walked

the

healing the sick.

Also Acts

Acts
certain

xvi, 16-18.

"And
much

xxviii. 8, 9, [case
it

came

to pass, as

damsel possessed with a

us,

spirit

of dysentery.) we went to prayer, a of divination met us, which

:

brought her masters

the same followed and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out And he came out the same hour." Paul casting out devils. of her.

gain by soothsaying

Paul and

12
Acts xix.
II, 12.
:

PREFACE.

"And
"And

God wrought

special miracles

by

the
sick

hands of Paul
the evil spirits

so that from his

body were brought unto the

handkerchiefs, or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and

went out of them."

sticks,

when Paul had gathered a bundle of there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand. And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet
Acts
xxviii. 3-6.

and

laid

them on the

fire,

vengeance suffereth not

fire,

to live.

And he shook
:

off the beast into the

Howbeit they looked when he should have but after they had looked a swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god." "Is any sick among you? let him call for the James v. 14, 15. and let them pray over him, anointing him elders of the church with oil in the name of the Lord and the prayer of faith shall save and if he have committed the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up sins, they shall be forgiven him."
and
felt

no harm.

FAITH CURES;
ANSWERS TO PRAYER
IN l]jE IJE^LING

OF THE

SICK.

CHAPTER
OULD
faith,

I.

the

numerous
occurring,
collected

instances,

which are
through
church
the

constantly

of

healing

be

together,

would be astonished at the great body of testimony, and would no longer say that the promises of Scripture belong to the past, and not to the present. For several years my mind had been exercised before God as to whether it was not His will that the Work of Faith in which He had placed me, should extend to
the cure of disease,
as well as the alleviation
I

of the

miseries of the afflicted.

often read the instructions

and promise contained

verses of the
sick
fifth

in

the fourteenth and fifteenth

:

"Is among you? let him call /or the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with
chapter of the Episde of James

any

(13)

14
oil in the

FAITH CURES.
name of the Lord ; and and the Lord shall
sins,

the

save the sick,

raise

prayer of faich shall him up ; and if he

have committed

they shall be forgiven him."

They seemed so very plain, that I often asked of my own heart, Why, if I can rely on God's word, "Whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do," and
every day verify
of the various
its

truth in the supply of the daily needs

to

work committed

my

care,

why

can

not

I also trust

Him

to fulfill His- promises as to the heal-

and

" The prayer of faith shall save the sick, him up 'V I could not see why, with such explicit and unmistakable promises, I should
ing of the body,
the

Lord

shall raise

limit the present exercise of God's power.

began to
of any

inquire of earnest Christians whether they

instances

knew

of answers

to prayer

for

the healing

of the

Soon afterward the "Life of Dorothea Trudell "* fell into my hands, which strengthened my convictions, and the inquiry was raised, "If God can perform such " wonders in Mannedorf, why not in Boston
body.
.?

At

this

time

had under

my

professional care a Chris-

tumor which confined her almost conAll remedies tinuously to her bed in severe suffering. were unavailing, and the only human hope was the knife but feeling in my own heart the power of the promise, I one morning sat down by her bedside, and taking up the Bible, I read aloud God's promise to His believing
tian lady, with a
;

children,

"Jnd
Lord

the

prayer of faith shall save the

sick,

and

the

shall raise

mitted sins, they shall he

up ; and if he have com" forgiven him

him

* A revised and enlarged edition of this interesting h^ook has been published and can be obtained at the Willard Tract Repository, Beacon Hill, Bo ton 239 Fourth Avenue, New York 1323 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Price, 75 cents.
;
;

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
I

if she would trust the Lord to remove tumor and restore her to health, and to her missionShe replied, "I have no particular faith ary work. about it, but am willing to trust the Lord for it." I then knelt and anointed her with oil in the name of Soon the Lord, asking Him to fulfill His own word. From after I left, she got up and walked three miles. that time the tumor rapidly lessened, until all trace of it

then asked her

this

at length disappeared.

Some time
of
faith,

afterward,

this

lady gave testimony in a

public meeting to the cure wrought in her by the prayer

and a sorrowing wife

present,

whose husband
to

was

sick with consumption,

went home and repeated

him

the story.
:

case as follows

At

my

request he has written out the

"W
"I was
first

confined to
I lost

NEAR Boston, March, 1872. my house in November, 1870,

with a violent cold, with pain in

stantly.
I

my

voice completely, suffered

and expectorated almost congrew worse every day, and in a week called
lungs,

my

in a physician.

On
had

examination he found
fever.

my

lungs dis-

eased.

also

With

all

his care

my cough

grew worse, and night sweats

set in.

my

wife was told by the doctor that

A few weeks later my lungs were badly

it

ulcerated,

and

that,

my

case being hopeless,

was not
she must
I

worth while for him to attend longer;

not be surprised
tried
if I

also, that

should pass away suddenly.

then

some highly recommended

to increase

patent medicine, which

seemed only

my

disease.

"When

became

so

weak

as to be nearly helpless,

Dr. Cullis was called

in.

He

sounded

my

lungs,

and

l6

FAITH CURES.
that

gave the same verdict, saying

recovery was in the Lord.
of Jesus for
feet
j\Iy
;

my

only hope

for

wife pleaded in the

set in,

name

my
to

restoration
swell.

but diarrhoea

and

my

began

She,

however, continued to pray

I

earnestly, urging
it,

me

to pray for myself

could not do
will

as I

had no desire in the matter apart from the

of God,

who had

dealt with

me

so graciously in

all

my

sickness, that I delighted in

His will. If it was alone of His goodness to me that you desired me to write, I would not know where to end. During the next summer
I

seemed

to gain,

but was so dependent on

I felt that

that a single day's omission

would aggravate

my medicine, my distress.

As autumn advanced,
ground.

my

disease was gaining

"At

length

my

wife heard, at a meeting for Christian

holiness at the house of Dr. Cullis, Miss D. narrate her

recovery from a tumor by the power of

faith.

Returning

I knew that our Father in home, she repeated it to me. heaven was no respecter of persons, and the more I thought upon it and read the precious promises of God, the more I was convinced that 'the prayer of faith shall Believing save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up.'

that

He my
oil,

is

faithful

that

promised,
with me.

now

sent for Dr.

Cullis to

come and pray

wife,

Dr. and Mrs. Cullis,

with

we
with

knelt

before

went with God.

me

into an upper room, where

C.

Dr.

prayed,

anointed

me

and

in the

name

of the Lord Jesus

commanded
thrilled
to the

me

to

be healed.

Instantly

my

whole being was

with an
soles of

unknown

power, from the top of

my

head
the

my

feet.

From
lungs,
I

the

moment

I believed,

work

was done! My new vigor, and

so long diseased,

breathed with
for the results

returned thanks to

God

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
of
faith.

IJ
have taken no

Since that memorable night

medicine, and
so that I
sickness.

my

health has been constantly improving,

I

am feeling better now than " To God be all the glory

!

did before

my

It is

now more

than seven years since the above inci-

dent took place.

The
in

writer continues

perfectly well,

and is engaged Lord in humble,

active

business,

walking before the

fervent spirit.

lady

came

to

me

with a cancer in the cheek, which

It

had attained the

size of a filbert.

had a very red and

her healing, she
:

angry appearance.

After

prayer

for

went into the country, when some one remarked

thinks that faith will cure her
will
;

" E,
that

but that

is

something

have to be burned out or cut out."

Her

friends
all

tried to

induce

the use of various applications,

of

which she firmly refused.

weeks,
entirely cured.

She returned home in eight

The

friends

acknowledge

that

"faith did

do good, once."
of East Cambridge writes:

lady

"For
;

nineteen
to this,
life

years I have been afflicted with neuralgia

added

of late years a combination of diseases has rendered

an intolerable burden, and

sician to
I

baffled the skill of every phy-

whom

have applied.
bot-h

By

the prayer of faith

soul,

have been healed,

body and
first

and made

to

rejoice continually.

For the

few months Satan was

busy with

again racked
continually.

me and when I my body. God

;

gave way to doubt, pain

has strengthened

my

faith

can

now

say I

am

entirely well,

and

engaged in arduous work, often among the

sick, losing

FAITH, CURES.

whole nights of rest

God

great yearnings for the souls

sustains me, and and bodies of the

gives

me

suffering,
shall

and uses
holy

me

in ministering- to them.
;

'My mouth

speak the praise of the Lord

and

let all

flesh bless

His

name

forever

and

ever.'"

While
to

at the

house of L. R.

in

England,

was asked

pray with his daughter,

:

who had

spinal curvature.

Subsequently L. R. writes

"We
is

are

full

of thankfulness

and

praise about E.

She

quite well and strong,

and

does everything like her

sisters.

She had such perfect

faith that the Lord had healed her, that she at once put away the board and said she should never lie upon it again and on the following Sunday she walked four miles in a hot sun, and sat for two hours on a bench
;

without a back.

As

far as

we can

judge, she

is

quite

well in every respect.

For

fifteen

months
to us

before, she

had
or

been a constant cause of anxiety

attended to study.
It

never walked

was on our return

to

London,

after nearly three

months' absence, that we received the above.

lady furnishes the following account of her child

St. Louis,
I

Mo., Nov.

8,

1873.

most cheerfully give

little

my
it

testimony to the healing of

to
one,

my
It

girl,

believing

be the

Lord's will

to

strengthen the faith of some

is

and
one
after

to

His own
little

glory.
first

now

nearly three

years since

my

one

injured her spine by falling from

step.

decided

curvature

became apparent, and

it

consulting several

physicians,

was decided

to place her

on her back with

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
braces.

At

the

end of ten months she was

totally para-

lysed from the hips

down.

The

treatment was changed,

sit

the braces taken off and she was allowed to

I

up a
;

litde.

was

led

to

Boston
respects,

to try a

new

physician

he gave

relief in
last

many
all

but the paralysis baffled him.

At

I lost

confidence in

human

help and requested

Dr. C. to pray for her recovery, claiming the promise in

James
I

v.

15.

believe, in

answer

to

my

prayer, I

was directed

of

God
tried,

to take off braces,

bandages and

plasters,
faith

and give
filled

her entirely into His care.

Then my

was severely

but

how

wonderfully the Holy Spirit

and

upheld me.

For nearly three months following

this step

out upon the promises of God,

steadily worse.

my

child

seemed

to

grow

When, one day, she arose voluntarily and walked across the room out into the hall of the hotel. She improved so rapidly from this moment, that
every one in the house could

but acknowledge that a

miracle had been performed.

At
in

this

time the physician

whom
seemed
seeing

had

first

employed
at

Boston, called.

He
After

utterly astonished

the

improvement.

her

walk, he

said:

perfectly natural,

"All her movements are

all

evidently

the essential functions of

the spine are restored."

as actively

She now runs, jumps and plays as most children. I am still waiting upon
Faith
is
it

God
given

to

have this wonderful cure completed.

to believe that

me

will be done.
I

The
it
:

following

promise was given me, and

believe only,

cling to

" Fear not

and she

shall

be made whole."
for

Talking
such
it.

about what the dear Jesus has done

an interesting subject

******
to

my

child, is

me

that I

can hardly leave

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FAITH CURES.
a minister of the Gospel we have this testimony
:

From
I

was taken sick with bilious

It

fever

when about

four-

teen years of age, which fever settled in

my

left

limb and

terminated in a fever sore.

I suffered

was a very bad

extremely for

many

years.

nine running sores between

pieces of
ration, in

my

case, and At one time I had hip and knee. Many

after a surgical

bone came

out.

Finally,

ope-

which the diseased portions of the bone were removed, the sores healed, but my knee was left in a
very bad
condition.
It

was rendered nearly

relief
I

stiff

in

consequence of an enlargement of the bone of the

joint.

From
me.
the

this I

could get no
told

went

to several of the

leading surgeons of Boston, but they could not relieve

Dr. B.

me, as an only

resort, that a section

of the joint must be cut out, removing the ends of both

upper and lower bones, bringing them together,

they
solid

when
one

would unite like a broken bone, bone from the hip to the ankle. would remove the diseased part from the successful would effect a cure, but it would
life.

thus making That process knee, and if

endanger

my

decided not to have

it

done.

The knee was so badly affected that I was obliged to go upon a crutch and cane for about eight years, and But one day, about anticipated going thus to my grave.
the latter part of January or
at Dr. Cullis's office,
first

of February, 1872, while

the promise

he called
fifth

my attention to

contained in James,

chapter, 14 th

and asked me
to
fulfill

if I

did not think that

and 15 th verses, the Lord was able

that

promise unto

me

by restoring
me, but
I

my

limb.

replied that I did not doubt God's ability in the least.

knew

that

He

was able

to heal

did not

know

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
that
for

21
it

He was willing, my good or His

:

for I

was not sure that

it

would be
doctor
it,

glory to have
If the

done.

The
restore

replied

you should give

and and then use it in His service, why would it not be both for your good and ''Think of it," said he, "and when His own glory?"

"Why

not?

Lord should
it,

Him

the praise of

you think you can trust the Lord to heal you, come in and we will pray for it." I went away thinking of the
matter,

prayer that
to
I

and began to make it an especial subject of God would show me if I might trust in Him make good to me the promise. For about two weeks
this object.

continued praying for

One

evening, not

from the middle of February, 1872, I but during the night, having occasion to
far

retired as usual,
arise, I

took

my

Bible, thinking I

give me.

My

would see what word the Lord would eyes fell upon the 12th and 13th verses of

the sixteenth chapter of 2d Chronicles:

the thirty
feet,

"And
;

Asa, in
in his in his

and ninth year of his reign, was diseased until his disease was exceeding great yet
slept with his fathers,

disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians.

and died in the one-andAs I read, it occurred to me that I had been imitating King Asa, by seeking a cure from the physicians and not from the Lord. I continued praying, and soon felt that I might ask and believe in
fortieth year of his reign."

And Asa

God
I

to heal

me.
Dr.
Cullis's office again,
trust the

went

to

and

told

him
me.

wanted to ask and

Lord

to heal

my

limb.

We
I

knelt in prayer, the doctor asking

God
with

to heal

accompanied

his prayers

and

faith

my

own.

After

leaving the doctor's office I walked to the horse-cars

on

Tremont

street

without any crutch, using

my

cane only.

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I occasionally called

FAITH CURES.
on the doctor
crutch, to use
I

for

him

to pray with

nie, still carrying

my

sometimes when
to

my

limb was weary.

Once, when

went

have the doctor

pray with me, he asked

why

did not leave

my

crutch at

home, and,

in his prayer, asked that the

me my
day

such confidence in His word as

crutch at
I left
it

Lord would give that I might leave

After that
believe,

home and

trust

alone in God.
I

my

crutch at home, and,

have never

used

since.

two years since the Lord graciously heard Most of that and answered prayer in behalf of my limb. time has been spent in the ministry, and I have been able to use my limb more freely than for many years
It is nearly

previous,
joint
is

and without a
to perfect

crutch.

The

stiffness

of the

not yet wholly removed, but we are looking to

His own work, making this limb This would be impossible with men, but with God "All things are possible." "Nothing is too hard for the Lord." I give this simple recital of what God has done for me in answer to prayer, hoping that the Lord Jesus will be
the

Lord

whole, even as the other.

glorified thereby.

Unto His dear name be

all

the praise.

Yours

in Jesus,

G. F. B.

At one time a young lady called, requesting me to Being in haste to meet an engagement, I She simply did not ask the particulars of her lameness.
pray for her.
told

me

that

some
I

years ago she was run over

and her hip

badly injured.
for healing.

asked her
:

if

she could trust the Lord

I

She replied
I

"Yes."

prayed with her,

and she went home.

learned, after a day or two, that

facts

she was perfectly cured, and obtained from her these

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
Some
six
six years before, she

2^

was run over by a hack, and

her hip so injured that she was confined to her bed for

She then got up with a permanent lameone limb being shorter than the other. In two or three instances since, she has been confined to her bed for three months at a time. She now walks perfectly,
months.
ness,

both limbs being of the same length.

self
:

She says of herto

"I can

leap and run as well as any other person,

and

my

heart overruns with praise

and thanksgiving

God."
glory of

She has not withheld

this testimony,

but to the

God

has proclaimed

it

publicly in the church.

who for about a year showed signs of and soon was attacked by a cough, consulted a physician. Change of air was prescribed, but after a lapse of some weeks she returned to her home in
Another
lady,

indisposition,

no way improved.
Soon
all

Other physicians were consulted, her

lungs were found to be

appetite
left

much

irritated

and pulse low.

desire to eat,

her, a hoarseness succeeded, result-

ing in entire loss of voice.

There was

little

as everything taken into the

tress.

fear.

stomach caused great disMonths succeeded, alternating between hope and ** When I first lost my voice, I felt that She writes
:

my discipline, that I must leave all His hands, yet I was in great unrest. After some time I became willing to accept my condition, and to
God
in

sent the

trial for

trust all to
restful.

God. seemed

My

anxiety was gone, and I

became
treat,

to gain

nothing from medical

I

ment, and
of Boston.
direction
;

my
I

doctor suggested

should see Dr.

But

my
:

thoughts were turned in another

seemed

to feel that

God would

heal me.

read in His

Word

" The prayer of

faith shall save the

24
sick."
I I

FAITH CURES.
accepted
it

at once,

and

felt

sure

it

was

for
I

me.

seemed

to gain strength from

that

moment.

had
of

read of the

Work

of Faith,

under Dr. CulHs, and was

I

impressed to go and see him.

did not think

much

my
too

dyspepsia, so anxious was I to gain

ill

my voice.

Being

to

go alone, some kind

I stated all
if I

to Boston.

After resting from the journey I called

Dr. C.

accompanied me on the circumstances of my illness, and

friends
trust

was asked

could

God
is

to heal

me,
were,

replied

"Yes;
came
to

am

sure the Lord

able
as

and
it

willing."

We
voice

knelt in prayer.

In a moment,

my

me.

was able
I

to talk

with ease, and from

that time
distress.
filled

nothing that

have eaten has given

The
;

Lord's promises are sure,

I

and

me He

any
has

my

soul with joy and peace.

the dear

am

continually
I

gaining

Lord

is

taking care of His child, and

am

enjoying so

much

of His presence that I cannot find

thanksgivings.

words
glory.

to express

my

To Him

be

all

the

to

These narrations are but specimens of a large number, whom the Lord has made good His promise of restounder my immediate personal ration through faith,
observation and knowledge:
'

Why should

it

be thought

Lord should bestow upon His church in this day the same ''spirit of faith with power," with which the first communities of Christians were endowed ?
a thing incredible with

you

" that the

CHAPTER
EQUESTS
afflicted in

II.

by

letter for

prayer for the healing

of the body have reached

me from hundreds, most cases with diseases that the

up
as

physicians have given

hopeless.

A
In
that
all

great proportion of these have been entirely healed.

every case

we

believe God's sovereign

power (and

power

is

Love) has been exercised, and we pray that

Whether He wills to heal our bodies, and spare us years on earth to give forth His praise, or to remove us to the glories of His immediate presence, the trusting child sees nought but Love. There is one difficulty with regard to those living ai a, distance, and whom my many cares prevent me from

may

thus be led to praise His name.

seeing,
here.

that can only be obviated

by opening a house

This has led

me

to pray that

God would

give the

means

to erect a building for this purpose,

on the Grove

Hall grounds.

For the

benefit of those

who may

not

have seen any detailed account of a similar institution,

which has been blessed of God

healing of the sick,
I

for

many

years in the

insert a description of

my

visit

to

Mannedorf.
(25)

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FAITH CURES.

zerland,

In the month of July, 1873, ^^ reached Zurich, Swithaving planned our route with the express pur-

pose of visiting this spot from which

reach Mannedorf on
the

we could

easily
full

Lake of Zurich.
to

We

were

of earnest anticipation

see

the

home

of Dorothea

Trudel, and to witness for ourselves the wonderful work

still

carried

on by Mr.

Zeller, for healing

by the "prayer

of faith."
Arriving at Zurich,

we

rested over night,

and took the

steamer the next morning for Mannedorf

delightful.
a fairer

The

sail

was

Never were

hills

and
sky,

valleys

pictured on

surface than that of this lovely lake.

air,

The mingas

ling of tints in sea,

and

with the somewhat

distant glaciers, the vine-covered hills in nearer view,

we

darted from side to side of the lake, dropping passendiscovered to our

gers at the different landing places,

enraptured gaze a scene beyond our powers of description.

Nature alone was all-glorious, and as we neared

the centre,

the simple cluster of houses, with the unpretending plastered church rising in

painted sign

"Mannedorf

and saw the simple

it

at the landing,

seemed,

by

its

very quiet unpretentiousness, to be a

mute acknowl-

edgment of the grandeur of God's own handiwork. We had no difficulty in finding our way to Mr. Zeller's There was litde to distinguish it from the residence. surrounding dwellings it was an ordinary-looking house, which we entered by a short flight of steps direcdy from Our first inquiry was for some one who the sidewalk. The young woman who first met could speak English.
;

young Swede, who spoke quite We made known our nationality and our intelligibly. what we could in our short stay, of a work learn desire to
us,

ran and brought a

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
that

2/

we had

studied and admired at a distance.

Our
these

friend,

whom we

found was seeking cure

among

praying ones, in a most kindly way answered our inquiries.

He
it

informed us that Mr. Zeller was away

for the
for
of

day,

being his custom once a week to seek quiet

his correspondence, in this way.

We

had a feeHng

regret

that

we could not
Spirit,

at least

give

and

receive a

hand from one who lived so in the was testified by those who daily listened to his utterances and felt the reality of his loving faith and holy walk. However, our imperfect knowledge of the German language would have proved a limit to our mutual pleasure.
friendly grasp of the

power of the

as

We

first

followed our guide to the chapel,

which was
by Mr. Zelof

built out as

an addition

to the

main house, and has been

erected since the death of Dorothea Trudel,

ler.

It is

a very neat, pleasant room, seating about two

fifty

hundred and

persons,

the furniture consisting

ordinary settees, with a pulpit on a raised platform. the face of the pulpit were inscribed the words, "

On
What
;

must

do

to

Jesus Christ."
the wall above

be saved.?" and "Believe on the Lord Behind the pulpit was a small organ on
it,

on the Our hearts beat more quickly as we read on one cross. "Soul, this I did for thee," and on the other, side, " What wilt thou do for Me ? "
a representation of Christ

hung

A
The

word about Mr.

Zeller.

He

was

sick,

and sought
yet living.

healing at

Mannedorf while Dorothea was

year before her death, Dorothea began to think that

so far as was in her power she should

the continuance of the work.

make

provision for

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FAITH CURES.

Mr. Zeller had not only been restored, but was praying
with the sick,

God honoring

his faith.
felt it

Dorothea
to

in

looking to the Lord for a successor,

that

be His will
after

Mr. Zeller should be the one, and accordingly,

prayer,
in

much
that

when

made over the entire property to him, so the autumn of 1862, she fell sick and died,

there was

no change of hands

no trouble or expense
Mr. Zeller
is

the

work going on

as heretofore.

thirty-

seven years of age.

Service

is

held in the chapel every morning, attended

village

by the household, and any persons in the

desire
;

who

so

also a prayer-meeting every alternate evening.

at 5 o'clock

Every day

Mr. Zeller meets such as are able,

for healing
;

for praying,

and anointing

preaching every

Sabbath morning.

All these services are conducted by

Mr.

Zeller,

who

is

not an ordained clergyman, but called

Lord upon Him.

of the

for this

His own work

and His power

at the

rests

Persons are often cured while listening to

his preaching,

though he may not

time say any-

thing about the healing of the body

of the.soul by the blood of Jesus.

only of the healing

There is one marked work that not unfrequently the soul is saved and then the body cured.
feature of the

From
meetings,

the chapel

we were conducted

to

Dorothea's

room, where she had been accustomed

to hold her Bible

and to pray with the sick. The room was marked by the same simplicity that characterized all the doings and surroundings of this lowly follower of the Lamb. A few pictures adorned the walls one, a likeness of Dorothea's sister, and the motto, Who is so
;
'

'

great a

God

as our

God

"
.?

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
In
this

29
Weber, who

room we were introduced

to Netli

was a faithful worker with Dorothea, and now spends her whole time ministering to the sick. Many are healed in
answer to her prayers, especially were about
diseases,

among

the insane, .of

visit.

j\'hom there were thirty at the time of our

fifty

There

patients in the house,

subject to various

Many

others,

among them several paralytics and epileptics. who avail themselves of the privileges of
and take meals
there,

the house

lodge in the village.

Anna Barbara Meili was another, healed in Dorothea's time, when far gone in consumption, who remains to devote the life that God has given, to His service.

We

next visited the churchyard, to look upon the spot

where Dorothea was buried.

small iron cross, overdates of birth

grown with

ivy,

bearing

name and
to

and
with

death, alone distinguished her lowly resting-place.

Accepting an invitation
about one hundred and
alities,
fifty

dine,

we

sat

down

persons of different nationthe

these all waiting

upon

Lord

for healing.

We

enjoyed the simple meal, and would fain have lingered

in the
It

home, so hallowed by the Holy

us,

Spirit's presence.

shone forth in the face of the workers, and

face.
is

in the

subdued, and what seemed to

expectant expression

on every

The

highest charge received for board

two dollars per week

a price
this

a fraction over

fixed in Dorothea's time.

Another
gate,

class

pay half

sum.

Of

course the work

is

not supported by the small income these payments aggre-

voluntary

gifts

making up

the deficiencies.

We

were told that poor children from the village came every evening to receive any surplus food.

30

FAITH CURES.
learned also that Mr. Zeller had in contemplation

We

the building of a larger chapel,

and a work-room

in

which patients could be employed.

On

asking the question whether all were healed, the

reply was,

"No, but none

die until the soul

is

healed."

We

could but exclaim, as we took our reluctant de-

parture,

What

a glorious work of

God and
all

for

God and
!

what a grand testimony

Spirit,

to the presence of the

promised

teaching

all things,

bringing

things to

remem-

brance and planting His servants upon the living Word.

Herein was the

secret of

power with

this

humble, loving

woman. Her soul fed on those Scriptures whose seal of truth came from lips that "spake as never man spake." "Search the Scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal life, and they are they which testify of Me. " She
say,
' '

could
doth

Thy
who
build

testimonies are wonderful

therefore

my

soul keep

them

"

and so was

verified to her,

and

to those
I will

follow in a like consecrated path,

shall

"And
before

him a sure house; and he Mine Anointed forever.

walk

CHAPTER
O
as

III.

many
and

of God's dear children as

yet
cry,

"beun-

lieve,"

"Lord, help

my

belief,"

we

are persuaded that the following

will

testimonies

bring an

increased

confi-

dence
sick."

in
I

God's Word,

"The
come

prayer of faith shall save

have noticed in every case of healing by prayer,

to the soul as to the body.

as great a blessing has

This has been invariable.

The

reader will notice this

:

in each of the following testimonies

In December,

1871,

South Harwich, April, 1874. I was suddenly and violently

For some time
but God,
in a balance

attacked with an affection of the heart.

my

life

seemed

to

hang

who

is

rich in mercy, in

answer to prayer lengthened

partially restored.
little

life's brittle

thread,
ever, to

and

was

was

able,

how;

endure but

physical or mental exertion

the

exercise of

my

mind,

especially,
for

would bring a renewal

I

of

my

heart trouble,

and

two years

was only

partially

able to attend either

my

ordinary business or religious

I

meetings, and even this wearied me.

(31)

had sometimes

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FAITH CURES.

cherished the thought of calling on Dr. Cullis and asking

him
for a

to pray for the restoration of

my

health,

and

also

more satisfactory religious experience. Being in Boston in December last, after deliberation and prayer,
I went, with trembling, I confess, to see him.

way

these lines

came with encouragement

art

to

On my my mind
:

"Thou

coming

to a King,

Large petitions with thee bring, For His grace and power are such.

None can

ever ask too

much."

Dr. C. had but a few moments before the hour of the I told him my object, and Tuesday afternoon meeting. in great simplicity, as taught by the Holy Spirit, he As he laid asked the Lord for just the things I desired. his hand on my head in prayer, I felt a thrill go through my whole being, and as I left his office he said encouraI immediately began to gingly, "The Lord will do it." be better in body and soul the next day the promises my health of God opened to my mind as never before Being in the city a few weeks improved constandy. after, I called to see Dr. C. again, and told him of the improvement I had experienced both of body and soul. I asked him if he did not think it was the Lord's will the he answered unhesitatingly, cure should be perfect
; ; ;

"Yes," and again prayed with me, anointing me with As I left his office oil in the name of the Lord Jesus. this Scripture came to my mind, " It is done as Thou
hast

commanded, and

yet there

is

room," and on

arriv-

ing at

my
I

brother's house in the city

and going

room,
hath

opened

my

Bible on these words,

;

my "Thy God
to

commanded

thy strength

strengthen,

God,

that

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
which Thou hast wrought
the
for us."

33
graciously did

Thus

Lord confirm my faith that He had answered the prayer of His dear servant. For perhaps two years I had not been able, on retiring at night, to fall asleep lying on my side, but it seemed to me that night, that this relief would be granted me, and so it proved, for I sweetly fell asleep in this position, and with very few exceptions have done so ever since. My health from this time improved more rapidly, and (luring the winter has been better than for years previous. I have been able to attend to my business, also religious meetings, singing and taking other part in the exercises, quickened my mortal body by and the Lord has so His Spirit," that instead of being wearied as formerly, my health and strength have seemed to increase thereby. The Lord has manifested Flimself to my soul as never
*
'

before

consecrate afresh to

He

has given me, and

"Bless the Lord,

benefits
all
:

Him the renewed strength my soul which He hath redeemed. O my soul, and forget not all His
;

Who

forgiveth all thine iniquities

who

healeth

thy diseases," &c.

O. N.

have noticed that in some cases the cure has been

;

instantaneous

others I have prayed with two or three

times, or even more.

My explanation
that there has

is,

as far as I have

been able

to observe,

been oftentimes a
;

question or lack of faith on the part of the patient

for

some seem
.experiment.

to

come, not in
God's

faith,
it

but as a matter of
is

Word

says

the

''prayer of

faith " that shall save the sick.

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FAITH CURES.

Boston Highlands, July, 1874. During the winter of 1869, which I spent in England,
from the
effects

of a severe cold lasting several months,

the lower part of my right lung

became

hepatized.

About

the middle of last

the lungs.

March

was taken with congestion of

;

Our

family physician was called

he visited
all

me

for nearly three

weeks, and

have no doubt did

that medical skill

could do.

He

succeeded in checking
;

my fever, but I grew weaker day by day a subtle disease was evidently preying upon my nervous system I lost
;

my

appetite,

coughed and expectorated a great

had night sweats.

My

wife

consulting our physician,

and became alarmed, and after (who is also my dear friend

deal,

and shared
CuUis.

all

her anxiety,) called as counsel Dr. Charles

doctors examined

The
I

and found
very

had no use of

my case my right lung

From

very carefully,
;

they gave

me
was

little if

any encouragement.
;

that time I

grew

rapidly worse

my

disease,

as the doctors feared,

evidently tending to the brain.

The second

night after
;

the

in I was sleepless and quite delirious morning I was so wild that my family could not conBoth doctors were called, and as they came trol me. into my room I cried out in my delirium, "I want none

the consultation

of your medicine, only your prayers. " ness that deliverance had

I felt a

conscious-

come

threw

my arms my

around

Dr. Cullis and wept like a child.

The

doctor knelt with

recovery,

me

by

my

bed,

offered a short prayer for

oil

anointing

me

with

in the

name
;

of the Lord.
I lay

My
re-

nerves immediately became quiet

down and

mained

in a semi-conscious state for

about two hours.

From my appearance my

wife feared that I was dying,

;

but the doctor assured her that that was not the case

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
that he felt confident the
after the doctors
wife,
I
left,

35

Lord would

raise

me

up.

Soon

in spite of the

remonstrances of

my

got up, dressed, and went below, and for

some

ten hours I was in an almost constant struggle, trying, as

I told

my
At

friends,
last I

to get myself into the

Lord.

said to those
to sleep
;

minutes

I shall

go

as

hands of the around me, " In a few soon as I am asleep you

I

can put

me

where you

please,

shall

sleep

two or

three hours."

In a few minutes
I

I fell

asleep; they lifted

in lying for

me

from the floor where

had persisted
a sofa.
I felt
I

several hours,

and
;

laid

me on
I

slept quietly for

about two hours

of relief
I

when

awoke

a wonderful sense

had during
I

my

illness felt sick

from the

crown of
was
I
all

my

head to the soles of

my

feet

that feeling

gone.
ill,

went

to bed,

and

for the first

all

time since
;

was taken

I slept

quietly nearly

night

I slept

good

part of the next day like a weary

I

more medicine, but from the hour

man. / went to sleep

took
I

no

comhepa-

menced improving, which has continued

tized lung,

until I feel as

well as ever, except I have not the full use of

my
it,

but I breathe
I

the'

whole length of

includ-

ing that part which

breathing
it

is

improving constantly, and

give
I

had not used since 1869. ^7 I have no doubt

the glory.
It
is

will recover entirely.

For
ful."

all this I

God

said to
is

those to
I

whom
fulfills

relate this experience,

it
:

"It

me by wonder-

say to them,

that

God

"Yes, His promises

is
is

wonderful; but not

wonderful that His
It is certainly

It

children should doubt His word. "

ful that Christians

wonder-

should read the fourteenth and fifteenth

of James, and think
I
it

verses of the

now

fifth

means nothing

it

is

not for them.

have a friend

who

has a

36
daughter
rently in

FAITH CURES.

who came home from

consumption
;

the

West

last

May, appa-

she had a bad cough, expecto-

rated a great deal,

arrived in Boston

and had profuse night sweats. She on Thursday of the week.; on the fol-

lowing

Monday

she had a stroke of paralysis, completely

paralyzing her

left side.
;

The

doctor gave no hope, said

she could not

live

advised them to call Dr. Cullis and

have him pray for her. He consented to do so if they would abandon the use of medicine and simply trust her case in the hands of the Lord to this they assented, and Br. Cullis prayed for her. To-day she is free from cough, night sweats, aiid all other signs or symptoms of consumption, and has been for nearly two months. Her paralysis is so far removed that she walks about the house.
;

S.

B. P.

SoMERviLLE, Mass.

April 16, 1874.

Dear

Sir

My

heart

is

so

full

of praise and thanksgiving to the

dear Lord

who

has wrought such a great work for me,

His goodness and of the healing power that comes from His hands in answer to prayer. For more than nine months the muscles of my arms had been so badly diseased, that most of the time it troubled me very much to move them, and at no time was I able to do so with accustomed ease, or without trembling. At first I thought there was nothing serious the matter, As the so for several weeks consulted no physician. muscles grew more and more contracted and painful, I felt that something must be done, and from that time I availed myself of every means in my power to overcome
that I love to testify of

the disease, not only by skillful medical treatment, but

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
by change of
relief air

37

and

exercise.

found only temporary

and I was beginning to fear I should lose the use of my arms entirely, as the physicians gave me but little hope. At the earnest entreaty of dear Christian friends that I would trust the Lord to heal me, I so far put myself in His hands that
from the acute suffering,
I

left

off

using

medicine

entirely.

Yet

dared not
it

believe

and claim the promised

blessing, for
I

I felt

was

too great for one so unworthy as

to receive.

Several weeks passed in this way, when I determined no longer to yield to doubts and fears, but trusting fully in Jesus, would go and ask Dr. Cullis to j^ray with me. With this resolve there came into my soul such a quiet, restful feeling, that I was sure the Lord was leading me in His own way. I went into the Doctor's ofiTice with my arms unusually painful, but while we were kneeling
in prayer,
I felt all

and before

had moved them

to test the cure,

through

my

being that they were healed, and

praises to

His name came joyously into

my

heart at this

conscious victory through faith in Him.

Praise to His

name has been continually in my heart ever since, as I move my arms freely and with natural ease, and to His glory I would say, that not only are they now perfectly
well,

but

my

general health, which has been poor for the

past four years, has been constantly improving,

heart

is filled

with joy and peace.

and my " Praise the Lord, O

my
the

soul

"
!

Please to use

all or any of this, as you think best, for honor and glory of God. Yours very truly, S. E. W.

We

give the subjoined, as one of

I

many where

prater

has been answered, although

have never seen the person.

38

FAITH CURES.
Thetford Centre,
Vt., Feb. 25, 1874.

Dear
I

Sir

of

am scarcely able to my many duties, yet

nor explain,
a request to
in
I

say

much
feel

at this

time on account

by some power

that I can neither

little.

resist

do

impelled to say a
last

Some weeks
I

ago, possibly as long ago as

December,

sent

your Tuesday afternoon meeting

:

couched
troy the

language substantially as follows

thinks that no one has done
results of

"One who
good
himself, but

more

to des-

your meetings in the

past,

than

who

has since proved in his experience the

truths taught, has been called of

God

to enter the
afflicted

work
with

of the ministry.

He
many

is,

however, greatly

rheumatism, of
limit his labors
;

years' standing, that

he

fears

may

believing that

God

can and does heal

the sick in answer to the prayer of

faith, says,

he desires

to ask the prayers of this meeting for his complete restoration.

He

further says.

Blessed be the
"

name

of the

Lord, prejudices have gone imder.

The above
when you
that prayer
behalf.
I

request, perhaps with

some

limitations,

was

read at one of your meetings.

Precisely at the

hour
sure

usually pray on that occasion, I experienced

the strangest sensations of

my

entire

life.

felt

was then and there being answered

in

in

my
that

And

my

study, alone with the dear Saviour,

shouted

''Hallelujah,''
I felt that

''Glory

to

God.''

From

work of restoration had begun, Not once since then have I been and was fast going on. Brother afflicted with rheumatism or any other disease.

moment,

the

S.,

could
if

I was very intimate while in Boston, you how much I suffered for many years, and disposed, could likewise tell you how energetically I

with

whom

tell

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.

39

labored to destroy your influence in reference to praying

for the restoration of the sick.

But,

somehow, God's
I

invincible Spirit of love has settled

down upon me, and

one

was bidden
our

to present a request

to the very

whom
on
it

had so unkindly treated without cause.

is

O, what a

God
the
said,

God

Ever since then

my

soul has been

stretch to save

men, and

to the glory of

God, be
for

that the greatest revival

years, is

Thetford has

known

twenty

now shaking
I

it

from centre

to circumference.

At

present,

enjoy a calm in

my

heart that

is

truly

surprising.

Brother B. and others

who know me,

I

well

remember

the stormy days that used to be mine.

for all

ask
I

your forgiveness

my
!

naughtiness toward you.

am

every whit whole, in body, soul

and

spirit.

Glory to

the blessed

name

of

God

am

willing to be

among

the least of those

who

turn sinners to God.

Very

affectionately, yours in the Lord,

A. M. F.

Pastor

M. E.

Church.

Boston, Mass., Sept.

6,

1874.

Dear
I

Sir

improve the

first

opportunity to write a few lines to

I believe, to

inform you of the good results in answer, as

your prayers.

have not time to minutely particularize

only say, the darkness of despair

my

situation.

I will

had shut out every ray of hope from trials had been so many and so severe,
of

my

mind.

My
God

that the

burden

my

life

seemed greater than

could bear, and

was very

far off.

Misfortunes of various kinds had so

worn upon
I

exhausted, and

my mind that my vitality my friends thought I was

that resisted

was completely
in

consumption.

had a bad cough

every

known remedy,

40

FAITH CURES.

One and 1 was too weak to sit up, or even be dressed. morning I had been asleep, and when I awoke 1 felt that if I could see Dr. Cullis, he would help me in some I had never manner, so that I could regain my health. seen you, only heard of you as connected with the Consumptives'
twelve,

Home.
it

The

boat would leave for Boston at

I

and

was then ten o'clock, A. M.

arose and

with

the

assistance of

my

daughter dressed and

office.
I

got

aboard the steamer and went to your

little

was a

surprised to find that

you only

offered a child-like

prayer in

my

behalf, yet the fountains of

my

soul were

broken up, and the sombre clouds were dissipated in From that hour the burden seemed lighter, so tears. much so that I walked back to the boat, and my friends
all

noted the change in

my

looks and appearance.

Very
quite

soon

my

cough

all

left

me, and

now my

health

is

good, thanks to a loving Father's care, and you as the

instrument

Very

respectfully,

I\*Irs.

E,

J.

B.

Wakefield, August

28,

1874.

Dear
I

Sir

am

so thankful for what the Lord has

tell

done

for

me,

that I wish to

the glad news to others, that they

may

be led to believe that the Saviour has the same power, and is just as willing to heal the body now as when He Five years ago I had hemorrhage of the was on earth. lungs, which so reduced my strength that I was unable I have had three attacks to work for three months. since that time, and have suffered much from weakness and pain in my lungs. I have had a severe cough all the time, and as my symptoms became more and more
alarming,
I lost
all

faith

in

medicines.

read your

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
Report, and learned
their diseases

4
of

that persons
faith

had been healed

I

through

in

Jesus.

believed

He
;

I came to your office some two months ago and asked you to pray for me the day I came to see you I was very weak, and did not feel

could heal me, and you recollect

able to walk but a very short distance, and

my
I

breathing
arose

was

difficult.

After

you had prayed

I

for

me,

and

could breathe with perfect ease.

walked

to the

depot

and took the cars

difficulty;

for

my

strength

W. and then walked home without came gradually, and I have almost
,

ceased to cough, and do not have any pain or soreness

in

my

lungs.

believe the

Lord

is

able to
to

make me
it.

perfectly whole,

and

am

trusting

Him

do

To

Him

be

all

the glory.

Very

respectfully yours,

J.

A. C.

CHAPTER
ASES
ors
all

IV.

for prayer-cure are multiplying.

Visit-

come
James

to

me
14.

daily for this purpose,

from

parts of the country, claiming the promise

v.

in

Lately a lady called to re-

which had been pronounced incurable by several physicians. I prayed with her but once, some months since, and only now hear the
port herself cured of a tumor,
result.

All glory be to

Him who

hath promised that

**the prayer
shall raise

of faith shall save the sick, and the

Lord
found

A
it

him up." young lady who came

is

to

me

for loss of voice,

restored at once.

One who
be sold

trusting the

Lord

for healing of the body,

sends her gold watch chain, worth twenty-five dollars, to

for the benefit of

Faith Cure House, and writes

"My
accept

heart leaps for joy at the

thought of sending
I

it.

never was so glad

it.

in giving before.
it

know He
rate,

will

hope

will sell well

at

any

the

Lord
letters

will bless the gift.

During the year 1875

from
all

I received

parts of the country

hundreds of and Europe, asking

me

to

(42)

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
pray for the writers
instances I

43
In

or

their

loved

ones.

many
;

have heard of entire recovery to health

have also been besought to go to many.

impossible, with
say, that I cease

The
such

latter is
I would means to

my

cares at

home.

To
who

not to ask of

God
all

daily the

erect the

needed building, where

desire can be

received in His name,

and

glorified in

come
sm.all

desiring the prayer of faith,

Him. Some who insist upon leaving

large

tokens of their gratitude

these I lay by exclusively

for the

purpose

now mentioned, and although no

amounts have accumulated, we feel they are the drops that portend the shower. His hand holds all fullness of blessing, and the times and seasons are His.

We
those

continue with extracts from

who have been

blessed

letters received

from

Portland, Dec.

i6,

1874.

My
very
write
;

health, since I

met you

in

your

office,

has been

much improved. Then I could neither read or now I am able to attend to business. To the prayer of faith I ascribe my recovery to God be all the glory. May God continue to sustain you in your work. Yours fraternally, F. W. McK.
;

Portland, Jan.

22,

1875.

Dear Sir
I

hope you
I

will

not think

my

long silence seems anyfaith.

thing like lack of interest in the blessed work of

1

wish

could in some way express the wonderful joy

that

fills

my

soul.
it

say wonderful,
before,
I

because

never

knew anything Kke

all

am

so blessed, I have
over."

want and more.

**My cup runneth

My

44
health
for
is

FAITH CURES.
almost
perfect.

Him

this winter,

thank Him.
I go,

He

lets

The dear Lord has let me work and you don't know how much I me speak of His love everywhere
to the very lowest,

and sends

me down

even to
I praise
I

those

who

are kept by bolts and bars.

life
it

O,

how

Him
feel

for this
I

given back to work for Him.

in

don't glory

can use

any other way than

for

the

of God.

I have given myself in a sacred consecration to

the Lord's work, such as I never

knew

before,

and

am

so sure that Jesus

into

is

able to keep

all that I

have given

come

hope soon, if it is the Lord's will, to any way as the Lord shall open I have felt for a long time that the work called for me. me, but the way has never been opened that I could I stand before the Lord to be used for leave my home. Please accept my mite for the Faith Cure His service. God bless you in all I am still praying for it. House. your work, and may all your need be met in the fullness
His hands.
I

to you, to help in

of the love of Jesus.

Yours

in

Him,

A. C. L.

Boston, August

lo,

1875.

Dear Sir More than

:

scribe for a

three years ago I called upon you to preyou tumor which gave me great anxiety
;

gave the medicine with the advice, ''just trust " myself

"to Jesus." you quoted

you," &c.
query,

Months
I

later,

calling

that passage in James,

replied,

'*'

on the same errand, Is any sick among

always arose
the

that I

had thought much about

that promise,

but with the thought

"Where

are the elders of the church

this

who

take

God

at

His word in

matter?"

You

answered,

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.

45

you are ready to trust the Lord lor healing, and I will pray with you." I felt I could trust Him then, and expressing my faith in His power and " My heart trusted in willingness, you prayed with me. Him, and I was helped." The tumor disappeared gradually until entirely gone. Great as was the physical

"When
in

come

blessing,
greater.

the
It

blessing
rest

that

came
in

was

and peace
I

into my heart was Him who has promised

and

is

able to perform.

rejoice to

acknowledge the
S.

goodness of the Most High.

Gratefully yours,

M.

B.

The

following was a case of spinal curvature

Dear Sir
About
I

the really wonderful

its

way

in

which

my

life

was
wish

relieved of

wearing burden of ache and pain,

could say something that would give a more definite

idea of the directness of the answer,

whereby the tender

I

mercy of our God

visited

me

with healing.
at

will

send

a few of the notes jotted

down

your request.

June

15.

Saturday.

Called at Dr. Cullis's office on

station to Brookline, Mass.

my way
1

from the railroad

state of

spoke of the feeble

my

health,

and the probaDr. C. said,

it

bility that I

could not walk

much
to

longer.

that as

where restoration was not immediate,

experience went,
it is

was owing,
faith in

far as his
I

want of

the

patient.

answered. So
body.

my

faith

needs healing as
.

well as

my

Dr. C. said,

Yes, and prayed with

me.
I 1

The

carriage was waiting during

my

hurried

call.

did not enter into minute detail.

From

various causes

was very busy, and had no thought of an immediate

46
answer.

FAITH CURES.
Driving to Winter

Street, I felt a slight movebony framework, even before I reached This became more marked on return to the store. the carriage. As I went along, this became quite

ment

in

the

wonderful.
vey, but
it

The

impression almost eludes words to conlike a limitless

seemed

power applied

to the

whole frame, gradually and with a gentleness

this last

as limitless

was so marked as

the whole I was as passive

arms of its mother. It affected the shoulders very in the bony framework. much, passed dawn the vertebrae of the neck and back to the hips, and along the ribs, restoring them somewhat
to
their proper position.
to
I

Through be very touching. and helpless as a child in the The power produced a movement
to

Strangely,
to

as

if

spoken, the

words came
you,

me,

and

According
how
in

your

faith
I

be

it

unto
really

thought

times passed

had

limited the healing power and application of

faith,

in

looking for merely temporal alleviation, and not radical

cure.

As

watched

twisting or kneading, though there

describe
spine,
I

it

wonder the movement, (a sort of is no word that would adequately,) as it passed along the ribs and
in glad

recognized

the

tendency
it

to

restoration

but

seemed as if something intervened, and the rationalizing way of thinking came Then the whole to me How can it extend further, &c.
reaching a spot near the hips,
:

stopped
ders.

after

a short lime

it

began again in the shouldrive,

was not quite an hour on the

but

and was not

I

excited,

mind and body were

traveling dress
will

passive.

only

thought,

my
fitting

have to be altered,
this. It had to be which were thrown

though

very perfectly before

]\Iy

altered soon after.

out, or rounded,

shoulders,

were restored

to their natural "place.

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
Sunday.

4/

all the morning, the was reading when the movement extending to my hip returned, and lasted, on and off, until they came from church, or nearly two hours.

Alone

in

my chamber
I

family being at church.

Tuesday.

Returned

to the city.

At
I

the close of the

in his
to

afternoon meeting at Dr.

office for

Culhs's,

saw Dr. C.
this

a few moments, and told

I

him of

answer

his prayer of faith.

explained the chronic condition of

how the proper position of the bones of and shoulders had been slowly displaced, all of which was new to him. &c. Not having the faintest idea of such radical cure, I had not cared to take
the

framework

the chest, spine

,

up

his time with such weary, hopeless details.

Dr. C.

thought the movement very remarkable, so

people would not believe
it,

much
it

so that

and asked

me

to write
friend,

down.

In July had marked movements.

My

who was

with me, was alarmed at the apparent violence, yet they

never occasioned pain to me, though sometimes exhaustion

;

the

about the chest.

movement of the ribs was specially with those The movements which were so violent,
connect themselves with
restoration of the

seemed

to

right hip.

Several times I was thrown to the floor withit.

out feeling
to

The

result
I

was the return of

my
to

walk;

for a

long time

had not been able

or sleeping,
there

power do so
of

without pain and aching and extreme prostration

strength.

Also,

in

resting

was no
I

position in which I was

free

from discomfort.

can

now
had

rest easily in

almost any position.

Having
really

attained thus

much, and so much more than

asked or thought,

my

faith
;

has been inert as

not, I think, from

to positive

and complete

restoration

unbelief, but having attained so

much

greater degree of

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comfort than
I

FAITH CURES.
ever

hoped

in this
;

occupied with other things

attend to these
others)
if I

life, I have been prethough doubtless I could

other

things

much

better (and

many

claimed the

fullness.

This was in June of 1872, the Jubilee

former physician had told

year.

My
I

me

that I certainly should lose

years.

my

power of walking within two

As

I say,

walk
that

and move about with greater ease now and since

time, than for years previous.

Very sincerely yours,

Lowell, August

E. H. P.

3,

1875.

During
of his

last

winter I heard that Dr. CuUis believed that

persons could be healed by prayer, but I

knew nothing

own work

in this way.

Afterwards, visiting in

Boston, and speaking of the interest that

in the

many

of us

felt

account of such cures, but also that we had no

belief in

them apart from the

effect

of personal magnetcall

ism,

my

friend proposed that I should

upon

Dr.
at

Cullis, as

he lived close by, and could then be found

his office.

After a- few moments' conversation,

that Christ

Dr. C. remarked
as

was as ready

to heal
it

now

upon

the earth.
if

Instantly

flashed

when He was upon me, that I

would see

prayer would have any effect in

it

my

case.

think at this time

was only a matter of

Dance.

curiosity.

Very

early in childhood, I

was seized with a nervous trouble,

something
It

like St. Vitus's

off,

As

grew older

it

did not pass

but settled into a disease of the muscles.

It

became a

terrible affliction.

was usually under

my

control, but I could not

endure protracted work of any

I

kind or unusual

fatigue.

had consulted, in various

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cities,

49
it

the

best physicians,

but they pronounced

in-

curable.

All that could be

overwork and excitement.

five
I

done was to be careful of It must have been twentythis.

years since I was

first

taken.

gave Dr. Cullis some account of

He

asked
I

if

could give
I

my

body

to the
'

Lord

to

be healed.

felt

that

could truly say

Yes.'

He

then simply prayed

that the
I

Lord would

restore strength of nerve

and muscle.

went home touched and impressed by the comforting words, but in a day or two the idea seemed absurd, and
I

received

no impression of any change.

But

at the

end

of the week, I was startled at the recollection that I had

felt

hardly anything of
as
if

my

trouble.

My

nerves began to

feel

they were held with

a grasp of iron.

The
I
felt

muscles refused to move as before

at every inclination.

For two weeks

other people.

this painful tension lasted.

Then

gradual relaxation,
I

and found
lifted.

that

was strong
I

like

tested

myself in the severest ways,

After each exertion,

walked, wrote and

enjoy perfect
rest.

could

For awhile, there was the

return,

fear that this trouble

would
that

but that has passed away.

said,

"Remember
left

you are healed," Dr. Cullis assertion comes to me with

as I

him, and that

for

force

enough

a lifetime.

And just

another word.

No

one can pass through such

an experience wiihout believing that the hand of the Lord is in it. With this healing of the body came also
a fresh realization of Christ's personal presence.
I

could

almost

feel

the touch.

explained to me.
past, is manifest to

The mystery of the miracles was This power of God manifested in the
us
still.

Faith can grasp and use

it.

Close beside us stands a limng Christ.

R.

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FAITH CURES.
lady from Brooklyn, N. Y.,

A
cure.

came

to

me

for prayer-

and had used crutches Often the hip joint would slip from its for twenty years. socket, so that it was impossible for her to walk without She writes "My lameness was incurable, and crutches.
She had a diseased
hip,
:

God
I

interposed in

my

behalf,
for

in

answer to your prayer.

mon-ths without the
years.

have been able to walk

I

five

crutches

had used'-fpT^SpeO^ccBBty

We do no/jMsert these instances <5^Jhe healing of the body, dear jriendsAilO ^gi^ a^^^n/^dJgree paramount
to the

healinV%f the soul

but

that, -^rsihe

dear children

we m^%dgmpaJJ r)l^^r)^mi^es, and enjoy the knowledge of ourlftmnooD oT "possession in Him who Shall we in any matter declares, "All things are yours."
of God, of smallest or largest import, limit the love and power of

God who deigneth out of the highest heaven to declare, "The Lord thinketh upon me"? As an earthly parent
separates

no

part of the well-being of his child from his

watchful care,

so

doth our heavenly Father not only

but

"forgive
eases."

all

our iniquities,"

"heal

all

our

dis-

Let us not confine

faith's

operation to the saving

of precious promises
* *

of the soul, while God's

for the saving,

Word

is full

keeping and healing of the body.

thee, and " Jeremiah xxx. the Lord.

For

I will restore health

unto

I will heal thee of

1 7.

thy wounds,

sat'^/i

Lowell, Dec.

7,

1875.

Dear
last I

Sir

For five years I have been failing in health, until at became almost discouraged, having tried a number of physicians, none of them giving me more than tem-

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
porary
relief.

For three years

have been
I

suffering

with rheumatism, and the most of the time

to

was unable

do

my

work, and could not walk a quarter of a mile

without feeling

much
went

exhausted.

my
to

whole system was very much

the time
I

was very weak, and debilitated, and up

could
not perform
lightest,

to

see you,

any household work excepting the

not pretend to walk

and did
in

but a short distance at a time.

health,

From

that

time

have steadily increased

until

without taking a particle of medicine,

can

now

walk two miles and

and can do a good day's work. The humor in my face seemed to arise from my state of health, for as soon as I began to gain in health, that commenced to grow better, and now I am well, thanks be to my Heavenly Father, and hencefeel

better for

it,"

forth

it
;

is

my

desire to be wholly consecrated to

His

service

and

better than

health of body,

my

spiritual

strength has been renewed,

and

have clearer views of

God and His Holy Word,

all in

answer to your prayers,

Mrs.
T. C.

thanks be to His holy name.

In haste,
J.

West Lebanon, April i8, 1876. Dear Sir You will remember that I came to you January 27th,
:

having been

afflicted for

some twenty

years with spinal

curvature, which

had drawn

me

very

much

out of shape,

and from which, with other weaknesses, I suffered constantly. You prayed with me, and I went away strong
in the faith that I should

be healed.
to

returned to

my

home on
I called

Friday, February 4th,

nine days from the time

that time realized

on you.

had not up

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FAITH CURES.
faith
still

anything of the healing power, but

great Healer by the

held the

hem

of His garment.
I retired

The Monday
making

night following

as usual, after
;

and fell asleep but in the night was suddenly awakened by the power of God upon me, and was conscious that the work of healthe matter a subject of prayer,

ing was going on.

I felt

it

at this

time in every part of

my
but

body.

The

sensation, physically, I cannot describe,

filled

my

soul was

with adoring wonder, love and

praise.

When

I arose

the morning,

was conscious

that the

weakness and disease of the lower part of

entirely gone.

my
at

body was

Thursday night following,

eleven o'clock, this strange power

came upon me
in

again,

and continued until and lower limbs.

twelve,

working only

my

hips

next week, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, same power was upon me, like electricity, through the lower limbs and hips, until it seemed as if I could hardly bear it longer, and I could hear a slight noise like During a tap, tap, tap, among the bones of the back.
the

The

the night I

felt

a gentle pulling at the hip, which has so

in.

long been drawn

the straightening

The

result of this operation

was

of

my

hips,

until

they have

become

nearly level.

My

spiritual experience

during those days

was a quiet

and constant communion with the The next Tuesday I had a slight touch. Lord. My next experience of the healing power was on the
trust in,
first

day of March.
all

It

came upon me
At dark,
fill

after dinner,

continued
in

the afternoon.

as I
all

and was engaged

prayer,

I said,

"O

Lord,

me

glory."

Instantly the baptism of the

I

upon me, and

was indeed

filled

up with Thy Holy Ghost fell with glory and with

ANSWERS TO PRATER.
God.
1 retired,

53

extending up through

and the power was upon me all night, my back and shoulder, and several The times it went up over me just like a wave or flash. result was the disappearance of a bunch from the projectnear the neck.

ing shoulder,

The

spiritual

baptism

continued with
I

me

all

the next day in such power, that

had scarcely strength to move about the house. On the i5ih of March I was again awakened with
in

this

power working
at

my back and
;

hips,

and up through

my

shoulder and arm

it

continued through the next day,

times with severe pains in

my
it

joints

and

ribs.

Since

that time I have touches of

very frequently,

and the

projecting ribs

seem

to

be more natural.
of this

One
a

peculiar feature
I

whole experience has

been, that

never

feel

the power

hard day's work before me, but always

it.

upon me when I have when can best

1

endure
that
I

In

this

recognize the loving care of the

frame, and remembereth remember me still in prayer.

tender Parent,

who knoweth our

Please

we

are dust.

am

expecting a perfect cure.

Very sincerely yours,

E. E.

W.

Cambridge, Iowa, Dec. 31, 1875.

Dear Brother
I

wrote you some time since, requesting you 10 pray

for

me, as
put

I desired to

resume the work of the ministry,

but could not, on account of

you,
ing.
I

my

health.

After I wrote
for the bless-

my

trust in the

Lord and looked

the
5th
if I

On

Saturday night,
sleep,
I

instant, just

before

going to

asked the Lord

might reasonably
Just as
to

expect to be healed, so I could enter the work.

I

was

falling asleep,

something said

me,

"Perfect

54
faith in

FAITH CURES.

Me

never faileth."

It
I

is

needless to say I

felt
it,

,more sure of the blessing, and

until
I

continued to look for

on Tuesday morning, the

yth, after I
I
felt

awoke

when

was thinking over the matter,

a queer sensation

in my head, and from thence to my body. My heart began beating very fast, and the sweat started from the palms of my hands. I shouted, " Glory to God, I am

made

well

can

now

preach Christ," &c.

I felt

that the

did not feel

1

Lord had done a great work for me, but that the work was completed consequently
;

delayed writing, to see the

result.
still

am

truly grateful

to

God

to

say that

am

improving,
the work.

and am

making preparations
better

to

resume
I

You

can
I

imagine
that

my

feelings than

can describe them.

am

rejoicing in a full

knowing

He

and complete Saviour, and "helpeth mine infirmities." Yours in Christ, C. W. P.

St.

in

Albans,

Vt, March

28,

1876.

Dear
offered

Sir

In your meeting
prayer for a
in

at

Faith Chapel,
in

March
Florida,

7th,

you

young man
I

who was
notified

apparently

consumption.

had previously

him
I

that I

should request prayer for him at that time,

to join

desiring

him

us in supplication at the same hour.

letter

have just received a

hour.

from him stating that he was

says,

healed at that

He

that while before the

Lord, pleading the promise, his voice and strength were

taken away for a time.

Lord, and say,
"'tis

Then he began
it

to praise the

done," and

was done, and he

of the wonderful

goes on in a jubilant way,

telling

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
change,

55

his ability to talk

and

sing, with

no

difficulty

whatever, his intense desire to be preaching again, &c.

praise

O, how good Jesus is Him for what He

My

heart

can never half

is

is.

This young friend

the

son of

my

only

sister.

praise the

Lord

that

He

has

I trust wrought this healing of soul and body for him. you will not think me impertinent in writing this to you. 1 knew you had prayed for him, and I at once wanted to tell you how Jesus had answered. Yours in Jesus, L. F. McA.

Cambridge, Mass., July, 1876.

Dear
I

Sir

I had been afflicted with catarrh for over twenty years. had consulted many physicians and used many remeIn the spring of 1S74, I all failed to help me. dies,

I grew so much worse that life became a burden. I was suffered from dizziness and great prostration.

urged to go to you
thing to

for

faith cure.
it,

This was no new

it

me

I believed in

yet found

difficult to

exercise faith for myself.

My

daughter went to see you,

as

was then unable

thrilled,

believed from that

seemed
diately.

I looked to God, and to go. moment. My whole soul and body and I began to gain strength imme-

In a few days I was able to go to your

office.

You
only

prayed simply that

I

God would

take

all

disease from me.

have been entirely well from that time,

(not

cured of catarrh, but tumors on

my

limbs were entirely

I

removed.)

desire to give

God

the praise.

bless

Him

that

He

does forgive our transgressions and heal

our diseases.

Yours

respectfully,

H. E. A.

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FAITH CURES.
Hallowell, Me., July
13,

1876.

Dear Brother
1 feel

that

it is

a duty as well as a pleasure to acknowl-

edge to you

the

wonderful

loving

kindness of

my
it

Heavenly Father, to your prayers.

called at

in bestowing health

upon me
that

in
I

answer
think

To Him

be

all

the glory.

was about the middle of your

office,

last

May,

mother and

on our return from the Friends'

I.

yearly meeting,

held in Newport, R.
this

You
It

will per-

haps remember us from

the great desire of

circumstance.

had been
for

my
to

heart, for a year or

more, to meet

you, and
that
I

it

seemed

me, that

if

you would pray

me,

should recover.

And

fully believe that the

Lord

has heard and answered that prayer, for

my

health has

been good ever

has passed away.
I

since.

My

sickness of so long standing

had been under the care of

near, for fifteen years
all
;

different physicians, far

and
but

have taken
me.

proved unavailing, and I had

much medicine, made up my mind

I

that there

was no help
lie

for

was so weak, that

was obliged to
during
all

down

several times through the day,

these years of sickness,

I

and hardly ever

I have had

free

from pain.

could not take anything of a sweet nature

without suffering from canker for days.

of that since I saw you,
increasing,

none

and

my

physical strength
freely

is still

although

partake

of the different
distress.

kinds of food that previously caused

I give

me much

them

to

you these particulars, in order that you may use His honor and glory, and for the encouragement
(if

of others,

you think
is

it

best,

that they

may

see the

mighty power of God, and be led

trust in

to believe on,
I

and

to

Him who

mighty

to save.

earnestly desire

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
your prayers, that
glory,

57

that I

and love to mercy to one so unworthy as

I may ever live to His honor and may ever cherish a deep feeling of gratitude Him who has manifested so much love and

am.
E. A.

Yours, &c.,

W.

Philadelphia, Pa., Sept.

2,

1876.

Dear
I

Sir

want

to

speak

about to publish, to

them of what the I have had nervous dyspepsia, which wholly unfitted me for every enjoyment of life. I tried allopathic and then homoeopathic treatment traveled for two years, thinking change of air and scenes would bring health but all was to no purpose, the disease still clung fast to me. Last May, while in Boston, to gratify my friends, I After conversing together a few mincalled upon you. utes, you reminded me of the fourteenth and fifteenth
;

book which you are way sick, to tell Lord has done for me. For five years
through
all

the

who

are in any

verses of the

fifth

chapter of the epistle of

St.

James.

thought,
well as
I
if it

Why
it

could not that promise be

for

me

now, as
?

when

was written
will I

in the days of the apostles

went home, thinking much and praying much, that

were God's
faith

might have the

faith,

would bestow health upon me. I called upon you again, That faith was granted to me. and you prayed that all my disease might be taken away.
doubting
that

the

un-

He

Immediately
well person.
I

I felt

thrill

of

life,

as

it

were,

rushing
I

through me, and

I rose
I

from

my

knees knowing
ofiSce,
I
it

was a
to

As

entered your

seemed
little

me

could hardly hold

my

head up,

had so

nervous

strength, but I

went out feeling adequate to almost any

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task.

FAITH CURES.

that hour and day I have continued to gain and not one trace of the disease appears. I laid all medicine aside, and simply trusted in God for all my healing. Oh, you who are sick, do not delay, and feel that there is no hope for you, because your earthly physician cannot help, but go at once to the Great PhyThe answer sician, and ask Him to make you well.
in strength,

From

may

not be at once, as in

my
it

case,

the eleventh hour,

but

it

may

not be until

will surely

come.

M. A. H.
FoxBORo', Feb., 1876.

Dear

Sir

I had been an invalid two years and a half with lung and spinal disease. My sickness commenced with pneumonia and lung fever, by which I was prostrated for My lungs were left very weak, and my fourteen weeks. physician pronounced me in consumption and incurable. He advised a change of climate, suggesting Colo-

rado.

could not go, so resorted to other treatment.

I tried
;

During the time

electrical

homoeopathic, allopathic, and

treatment

each would seem to benefit

me

for

no improvement was lasting. I had a cough all the time, expectorated, and had a great deal of pain at times I and soreness in my lungs and shoulders could hardly draw a breath, it would cause such pain, and there seemed to be a restricted feeling or a weight
a time, but
;

about the lungs

length of
I

sometimes a soreness down the whole

my

spine, so that I could scarcely turn in bed.

could do some light work, take short walks, but was

very
all

much

troubled for breath after

I

my

exercise.
I

When
die, as

remedies had failed and

thought that

must

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
I

59
in

reviewed the past

for Jesus.

saw

all

for self

my
I

life,

and

nothing
I

then prayed as never before for

life.

asked the

Lord to show me if there was one thing untried that would save me. He answered, "The prayer of faith," and directed me to you. You prayed with me, claiming
the promise in James, &c.

Immediately

I
I

felt

better,

my

lungs were relieved, strength came, and

I

was a new

creature.

had expected immediate

faith

relief,

for the

Lord

had given
yet I

me

without the shadow of a doubt, and

for I
less

would I was fully and perfectly restored. "Oh that men would praise the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men " Not once since have I coughed, and I can take long walks and abundant
it

was surprised,
be
well.

had forgotten how

seem

to

In

than twenty-four hours

exercise without being troubled for breath.

Yours

in Jesus,

M.
I

J.

W.

To
letter,

the above testimony of God's power,

relating to the

add another

same

case.

It

is

of great interest,
hath wrought

as confirming by

many

witnesses what

God

FoxBORo', Feb. 27, 1876.

Dear
I

Sir

have been greatly interested in the way in which the

sister,

Lord has led the dear

herself to the

who now

desires to offer

work of the Lord with your deaconesses.

You

already

know

of the interesting circumstances in

regard to her recovery.

This event has been the means

the faith
here,

of a wonderful change in
quite a

and

spiritual life of
it

number of Christians

though

was painful.

6o
and

FAITH CURES.
greatly surprising to me, to see the scornful

way

in

which many even of the professing Christians spoke

about the cure
eyes, at
first
;

but seeing a

sister

before their

day

after day,

not giving out as they prophesied,

but the evidences of restored health increasing every day,

they were constrained to believe, and

some of them came

humbly

to

the

Lord, confessing their sin and giving

Him
the

the glory.
sister says that

This

she has

felt

for a

long time as

if

Lord was calling her to work in some especial way, how or where did not seem clear to her, but she tried to do each day His will, and wait for Him to make the way plain. As soon as she read your Report, she felt She has been much that was the call to work with you. in prayer and looking to the Lord in His Word for She saw guidance, and it has been truly wonderful. several things that seemed obstacles, which she could but one after another the Lord has not set aside enabled her to leave them all with Him, and give herself
;

to the

her the Lord has raised

I feel assured work nothing doubting. up for you a valuable

that in

helper.
that

She does not know

it

that I

am
you

writing
to

this,

but

I felt

would be
I

interesting to

know something of
;

her

case.

Much more might

it

be written, but
it

this will suffice.

is

enclose one dollar for your work

is

but a mite,
A, E. H.

but the Lord knows means.

a willing offering from limited

in Christ,

Yours

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ND

V.

I will cure them and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth."

Jer.

xxxiii.

6.
life,

''lam come
and
x.

that

they

might have
it

that they

might have

more

abundantly.''

John

lo.

Strange that any

who

read these words of a living

I

God

should doubt and limit His power.

struck with
for I

am

particularly

them

in the connection of healing the sick,

of

am constantly witness to men and women are cured

more abundantly"
texts
is

the fact that as the bodies

of their diseases, there

fol-

lows " the abundance of peace and truth," and that the
"life

an immediate

result.

The

above
in

but amplify the power and meaning of those

James v. 15, '* And the prayer of faith shall save the and the Lord shall raise him up and if he have committed sins they shall be forgiven him." How have men so recklessly overlooked the demands of the body, Certainly our in looking to God for spiritual blessings Lord has not so divided His grace and mercy. Although
sick,
;
!

our great High

like

Priest,

has ''passed into the heavens,"

is

an elder Brother

He

"touched with a

feeling of

(61)

62
our infirmities."

FAITH CURES.
As Lord Jehovah,
all
it

is

declared of

Him,
all

"Who

forgiveth

thine iniquities,

who

healeth

thy diseases. "

His inspired
spirit

And He who hath spoken thus through Apostle, "And I pray God your whole

the
*

in

and soul and body be preserved blameless unto coming of our Lord Jesus Christ," warrants us also, everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiv-

ing,

to let our requests be made known unto God.' " Giving thanks always, for all things, unto God and the

Father, in the

name

of our Lord Jesus Christ. "

Surely,

like a small army, there can rise

up those
faith
;

to testify with

me who
whole."

during the

last

seven years have

felt

the Father's

touch, and heard the word,

" Thy

hath

made

thee

" Thy

sins be forgiven thee

go

in peace."

New
Dear
sion

York, August

23, 1877.

Sir

Between

five

and
air

six years ago, I

was engaged

in miscity,

work

in a very unhealthy part of

New York

where the bad

poisoned

my

blood, and brought

on

Bright's disease so severely, that

Three physicians here

tion with the
first

my life was given pronounced me incurable;

weeks
;

up.

one

said I could not live three

another, in consulta-

mentioned,
for life
;

said, if I

did

be as an invalid
ment.

the third gave

rally, it would no encourage-

On
if

reaching Boston,

my

dear friend. Miss

C,

asked you

there was any chance for

you will remember your reply When the leaves drop, she will." humanly speaking. To one you said, " I It was then the middle of July. should not be surprised any day to hear that she had
passed away in the night."

my life. Perhaps was, "None at all,

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
While
in this condition

63

you one day asked me if I go on taking medicine, or trust Jesus for cure. I had been ready and longing for this for some time, but wanted to be sure it was God's will, and that very mortiing had asked Jesus to put it into your heart to
would
like to

speak to
thus.
praise,

me

about

it

to-day, if

it

was His

will to cure

me
in

Of
and
V.

course this sweet answer

as

filled

my

soul with

we
15,

knelt,

and you claimed the promise

until,

James

14,

From

that

day

my whole being was filled my cure went steadily on,

one
it

with God.

nine
left,

months
the nine

afterward, not

trace of the disease

since.

was

neither has there been any return of

months of convalescence,

my

life

During was one sweet

I

walk with God, and each time you prayed with me,

God

filled

my

soul as at

first.

Since that time

have

frequently been to the Great Physician,

pepsia, headaches,

and

colds, dys-

have

felt

Jesus' touch,

and a host of other inherited troubles, and vanished at His word. I only

wish that all suffering Christians but knew the power and willingness of God to rebuke disease. How I would love to take each by the hand, and lead them to Jesus, that they, too, might be cured. May I add that all this time God's will has been sweeter to me than life or death, and is it not a fact that the true attitude for healing is joyfulness in His will about it I find great pleasure in this way of giving God the praise for His wonderful answers to your prayers for me, and to express my sincere desire that heart, and voice, and life be His, to fill with His Holy Spirit, and use to His glory henceforth and evermore. Yours in Jesus' dear name, W. B. J.
.?

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FAITH CURES.
Norwood, Mass., August, 1877.

My Dear Brother
To
for
full trust in

the praise of Jesus,

and

to

encourage others to put

Him,

I desire to relate

what

He

has done

me

in the matter of healing, in

answer

to the prayer

of

faith.

In March, 1876,

came

to you, claiming the

promise in James v. 14, 15, and asked you to pray for me that I might be healed of nervous sick-headache.

You prayed with me, and anointed me with oil in the name of the Lord. For about eight years previous to
severely. After preaching on would have, usually on Monday or Tuesday, an attack of headache that would prostrate me for the entire day. It was not unusual for me to have an Any unusual excitement was attack twice in a week. I tried a sure to be followed by a day of sickness.

that time I

had suffered

the Sabbath I

number of physicians of different schools, but received no permanent benefit. But since the day I put myself
in the

Lord's hands to restore me, I have not had a

headache of that nature.

Yet the past year and a half

has been a season of the most severe mental strain of

life,

my

ample to test the reality of my cure. The past eighteen months I have enjoyed better health than at any season during the previous fourteen years. And spiritually, the Lord is granting me
cares

^ labors,

and

trials

the very fullness of

His Yours in

blessing.
Christ,

E. B.

Philadelphia, May,

1877.

Our

little

daughter Ray, eight years old, had been the

victim of indigestion for

more than a

year.

It

caused

her almost constant pain both in her stomach and head.

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
and made her
had
feel

65

very wretched

most of the time.

We

tried several

kinds of treatment in vain, and had

begun
In
visit,

to think that she

was to be a life-long victim of

dyspepsia.
INIarch,

1877, Dr. Cullis was expecting to pay us a

to her shortly before,
to

and Ray's father said

Dr. Cullis comes,

" Ray,

when

we want him

pray for thee to

be cured of thy dyspepsia."

The

child sat silent for a

I

minute, and then said very energetically, "Well,

don't

want to be cured in that way, and

the stomach-ache
all

would
I

rather have

my

life."

"And

don't see," she

added
little

after a pause,

" why shaking hands would not do

just as well as laying

on hands."

We

talked to her a

about

its

being scriptural and God's way, and tried

to

coax her

to consent, but she

remained immovable.

When

Dr. Cullis arrived, her face began to grow long,

Every and she went about sighing heavily at times. now and then she would come to us, and make us

promise not to say anything about

she gave us permission
a deep
B.
;

it

to Dr. Cullis, unless

and once or twice she

said with
is

sigh,
"
!

" Oh, mother, that about Dr. Cullis

Finally,

such

burden
visit,

Evidently a conflict was going on in her

at the end of the second day of was passing the nursery door, she called

little

mind.
as I

his out,

"Mother, thee may ask Dr. Cullis now; only not to-morrow morning." I agreed, and In a few minutes her sister went on into the parlor. came running in, and said that Ray was ready for Dr.
to-night, wait until

Cullis to

come

right away.

He

went, therefore, into the

v.

nursery and prayed with her according to James

15, for her healing.

14,

prayer, for from that

5

And God heard and answered that moment she has been perfectly well.

66
The

FAITH CURES.
1k-

next morning she said, before she got up, "Mother,

Satan
cured,

makes
but
I

it

very hard for

me

to believe that I

am

With the exception of this assault, however, she seems to have had no conflict. One day shortly after, she was writing a letter to her father, who was away from home, and asked what she should say I told her to tell him that she was trusting
wz7l believe it."
;

Jesus to

make her well. indignantly, "I cannot

and

"Oh, mother," she

say
//laf,

said quite
I

for I

am

well."

then

suggested that she might say she was trusting Jesus to

keep her well,

to this she assented willingly.

Her father sent Dr. Cullis a thank-offering, and when Ray heard of it she said, "Well, I think papa ought to
have given
faith.

me

half of

it,

for if

it

had not been

for

my

Dr. Cullis could not have cured

me

one bit!"
violent cold,
it,

A
and

few weeks
I

after

this cure,

Ray took a

thought she was going to be quite sick with

it

when suddenly
thee see that
faith."

all

disappeared,

that evening as she

was going

to
.?

and she said to me bed, "Mother, did

Well,
I

my

cold was cured

cured

it

by

"Why, Ray," I said, quite surprised, was that.?" "Oh," she answered. "I just told
wanted to get well and asked
did."

"How
Jesus I

Him

to help

me, and

He
of

"Truly,"

thought,

"Out

of the

mouths
"
!

babes and sucklings

Thou

hast ordained praise

H. W.

S.

Brockton, Mass., June

7,

1877.

Dear

Sir

In September,
ing I

Theological Seminary in Boston.

came East and entered the In November followI began preaching every Sunday at Bridgewater.
1875,
I

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
was intensely interested
but
little

6/

in all

my

work, and gave myself

first

rest

until the

evening of the

of March,

1876,
dizzy.

while

at

work

in

my room
for

suddenly became

This continued

about three days, with no

After the dizziness
left

pain but great loss of sleep.

me,

a peculiar and indescribable sensation continued in

my

head whenever

would attempt
is

to read.

The

nearest I
it was hand is

can describe this sensation

that in

some

respects

similar to that experienced

asleep.

when

the foot or

The most
all

of the time I could not read a halfit

dozen lines before

about the same
of 1876.
^lass.
,

would trouble me.

This continued

through the spring,

summer and
in

fall

was pastor of a small charge

I

Brockton,

where

preached regularly, seldom feeling any

in the pulpit.
latter part

of the

symptoms when
the time.
to see a

My sleep was very

of
last

poor

all

The
book

December
I

happened

in

which

several special answers

to the prayers of Dr. Cullis

were recorded.

had been
little faith

for years a firm believer in special prayer for the sick,

and had often prayed that I had concluded

wait.

for myself,

but with so

that

my

business was patiently to

Upon
came
force,

looking over

this

book, however, the suggestion

to

me

that perhaps I

had

better try

it

but

put

it

aside, only to have the desire

come back
Bro.
1

with increased
Cullis,

and
I

finally I

determined to go and see Dr.

which
nary,

did in

company with
five

of the SemiI

on Tuesday afternoon the

6th of January.
I
I

had

not talked to Dr. Cullis

minutes, before

felt

my
The

soul taking hold of the promises of God,

and

was soon

enabled to cast myself on

God

alone for help.

Doctor prayed not to exceed two minutes, and the whole

6S

FAITH CURES.
While
I

matter was given into the hands of God.

was

upon

my

knees,

my

head was strangely affected as by a

warm
well,

breath, and I received the consciousness that I was and though the old sensation did not immediately

leave me,
keal/k to

my

confidence that

God had spoken

the

word

me, was unshaken.

The

old sensation continued until the following SunI

day morning about four o'clock, when

an unconverted
friend,
I

was praying
I

for

God came

to

me

as never before,

and from

that

hour

have had no trouble.

have con-

tinued to study as I think I never did before, bringing

up back work in the Seminary and preaching twice every But as great as this physical blessing has been, Sunday. it is not to be compared to the spiritual blessing I have My received and continue daily to receive from God.
soul
is

continually
is

filled

with a sense of His presence,

which

of

much more
it

value to

me

than any earthly

blessing without

could be.

To God

be

all

the glory,

W.
Mass.,

G.

W.

M
Dear Brother
It is

May

29, 1877.

in Christ

about two months since

came

into your office

well.
I

to ask

you

to pray that

God would make me

had been thinking of coming to see you for a year or more, and finally I thought if there was any help for me through the prayer of faith, I wanted it. I remember
that I said to you that I did not see why that promise in James was not meant for us now as well as when it was written, and you said that God was as willing to heal now as when He was upon the earth that strengthened
;

my

faith, for I

knew

that

He

was able.

You

asked

me

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
if I

69
;

would

trust

God God

to heal
I

me

without medicine

and

said,

God

helping me,

would.

with me, asking

told

to heal

Then you prayed me of all disease. You

whole.
1

me

that I

would

receive a blessing,

prayer of faith has

invalid
for

made me

and I did the had been an

;

twenty-one years,

complicated with female

difficulties for the last six years, so that I

was able
the time
;

to

do

but very
I

little

work

had

to
I

keep help

all

now
did
that

can do

all

my
it

work.

have taken a great deal of

relief,

medicine, but

only served as a temporary

I

not remove the disease.

thank and praise

God

He

has

Christ,

Jesus,

made me well. Pray for me, dear brother in God may ever keep me a true follower of and that I may never forget His goodness to me.
that
in Christian love,

Yours

Mrs. A. B.

M
Dear
I

Mass., January 18, 1877.

Sir

have tried

to be able to

seem

to

duty to

for two years to write to you, hoping often do something for your Work but times offer no better prospect, and I have felt it my acknowledge what has been done for me and
;

mine, through your prayer,

I

if I

cannot help
health

financially.
;

called

on you, broken

in

and

spirits

you

prayed for
I
I

me

two different days.

The second

time, as

was in the car coming home, a power came upon

never can describe, and

me

my

soul was filled with praise

and thanksgiving. I felt the presence of the Master, From that time I began to that He was healing me. mend. You told me not to ask Him to cure me, but to And as some carry on the work He had already begun. days came when I felt no progress, and so was tempted

70
to feel that I
self,

FAITH CURES.
needed medical advice,
;

would say

to

my-

"No, my Father is doing this He shall be trusted And so I have lived trusting and for a perfect cure." believing, enjoying as good health as I ever did. And
to

Him

be

all

the glory. E. R. U.

Yours
Mrs. E.

in Christian love,

S.,

of East

N. H., had been deaf

;

for three years,

caused by chronic catarrh

at the
:

her case was

pronounced hopeless
ary.

Of
I

her,

one

writes

" E.
my

Boston Eye and Ear Infirmcan hear as well as

she was cured in answer to
I I

ever she could.

You know
is

prayer;

believe she
this to

really healed.
eyes,

needed
think
I

just

such a case as

open

and

have

more faith than ever before. November 28, 1877.

South Vernon, Vt.,
I\Iay 30,

1877.

Dear Brother
It is

in Christ
full

with a heart

of joy and gratitude

to the

blessed Master that

He

has enabled

me
I

to tell the story

of His wondrous love and power.

have delayed writ-

ing to you, not through any lack of

but

many who have

wonderful power of
health, have
say,

faith of my own, my story and have seen the God in my immediate recovery to

heard

doubted about
strange
it

its

being permanent.

They

and see if it lasts." And now, after waiting six weeks, and growing stronger and more robust every day, and with my faith strong in His Word, "I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness," it seems as though every unbeliever's doubt, who has seen the power of God in raising me to health, must be dispelled.
is;

"How

wait,

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
One
year

7
wholly,

ago

last

Fall I gave myself

un-

reservedly to Christ,
forth, forever,

to

be His, soul and body, hencein

and the blessings of such a consecration

were mine.

their fullness

No

language can

tell

the joy

and peace that constantly filled my soul. I have ever felt the power of a constant companionship with the
blessed Master since,
that

perfect rest

and

trust in

Him,

His
left

will,

not mine, be done.

For

several years past

my
had

lung has troubled

that usually

symptoms

at several

me to some extent, with the accompany pulmonary diseases; times raised blood. Last December I was
one of those hemorrhages, which
I

again attacked with

weakened
rally as
I

me

a great deal, and from which

before.

did not

had done

The

soreness and pain in

my lung was great, and instead of getting better, it seemed to grow worse. I could not lie upon that side on account of the soreness my side, throat and
;

shoulders pained
diarrhoea set in,

me

a great deal, and after a

to baffle the
I

little

while
all

which seemed
to

power of

medicines and remedies to help.

deal, but
full

was troubled a great

enjoy a good, round,

now, thanks be

God,
to

breath.

Then medicines appeared

have

lost their

my My

system, and nothing relieved or did

me

power over any good.

friends felt that I was surely going down to the grave. During all this time I never saw one despondent moment. Life had every attraction to hold me pleasant home, tender, devoted husband, loving children and
;

kind

friends.

But Jesus was

for

all

in all to

me
I

felt

if

He
give

had more work

me

to do.
all

He

was amply able

to

me

strength,

otherwise

was

well.

had been

earnestly beseeching

God

to bring

some who were dear

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to

FAITH CURES.
me,
to Christ.
I
felt

that perhaps

it

might be neces-

sary to take

me

from them, that their hearts might be

softened and reached.

One

day, as I was reading God's

Word, those words, "I will have mercy and not sacrifice," came under my notice, with such a power in their meaning as I never saw in them before. I felt as though God said, "It is not necessary that you should be sacrificed, that I might have mercy on those you love." From that time, and not till then, I could pray for life and health. I would say here, that two of those persons
soon
I

after

gave themselves to Christ.

then began to ask

;

God by what means

should be

better

my

attention was directed to the Consumptives*

to you,

Home, and

by "Faith Work," a book which

in the

had received from a dear friend who was

I wrote, desiring to

Home.
it

go

there,
;

but the reply was that

my impressions were that I must go. I earnestly besought God that He would show me from His Word what He would have me do. I opened my Bible the passage my eye rested upon was
was only
for the friendless
slill
;

this

*'
:

It is

good
this

that

thou shouldest take hold of

:

this

yea, also

from

withdraw not thy hand

for

he that

feareth

God
:

shall

come

forth of

place was

" If

I wait, the

grave

is

them all." The next mine house I have

;

made my bed
about

in

the darkness."

then wrote to you

my

disease;

the reply was, you

could not.

tell

whether you could be of any service to

me

until

you

saw me.

My
much
give

friends thought I could scarcely ride to the depot,

less

go

to Boston, but I felt as

if I

me

the needed strength

I

His

direction.

earnestly

though God would made the effort to obey asked God again that He

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.

73

would show me His will, whether He would have me "Be His word to me was go and see you or not. strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them for the Lord thy God, He it is that doth go with During thee; He will not fail thee nor forsake thee."
:

all this

time

another place

He He
;

continually increased
said to
for I
;

my

faith.

Iri

me,

after I

had decided
thee

to go,

" Fear thou not

for I

am

with thee; be not dismayed,

;

am

thy
;

God

will strengthen

yea, I will

help thee
of

yea, I will

uphold thee with the right hand

In another
;

my

righteousness."

place

He

said,

"Daughter, be of good cheer thy faith halh saved thee." some of my friends April 17th I started for Boston
;

thought
the

should never come back to them

alive,

but

all

way

my faith

and strength increased, and by the time

we had reached Boston the old "tired " feeling was gone. The next day you prayed for me, claiming the promise
in James for me, asking that my lung might be healed, and that all difficulties might be removed, and from that I laid aside all medicine, (and hour I was made well. have taken none since,) and took God at His word,

which
ness in

He faithfully kept, as He always has. The soremy lung was all gone, and I have never felt anyit

thing of
I

since,
I

and
I

have had no diarrhoea since then.

I

thank

God

can say that

feel well,

with no aches or

pains about me.

went

to see you, expecting the Great

Physician would

make me

whole,

and

He

surely has

done
I

it.

have done the work for

;

my

family ever since

came home before I went away I was not able to sit up more than a part of the day, much less to work. O All honor, and how good the precious Saviour is
!

glory,

and

praise

be to His holy name forever

**Let

74

FAITH CURES.
Him,"
for great

everything that hath breath praise

and

mighty are His works Some say to me, "

well healed

Why
!

could not

God

have just as

you at home " He certainly could, if that had been His way. His word to us is, "In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths. If we make the effort to obey, He will certainly give the
power.

Much more
long already
for I
;

might

say,

but

fear

my

letter is too

I fear I
is

have taxed your time too much,

know

it

valuable.

Whatever there may be in

to faith in

my

testimony which you

deem strengthening
Jesus,

the unlimited

power of

you

are at liberty to use,

will

in brief or the whole, as

you think

best glorify

God.

G. F. G.
''

Denver, Col,,
Sir
:

Sept.

i8,

1876.

Dear
I

am

constrained to
to

tell

you how exceedingly good

I

and true

His promises the Lord has dealt with me.

Prayer has been abundantly answered.

that I have easily

am

so strong

and traveled mountain roads, climbed

convenience.
praising
I

made the trip from Boston to Denver, many miles by private conveyances over
Can walk two
and suffered no inup canons, and leap, the day long. Through Divine strength to all wondering friends, "This is the
heights,

miles

God

all

am

able to say

Lord's
as in

own

doings.

am

healed just because Jesus said,

'

His days on
I

earth,

Thy

faith

hath

made

thee
I

whole.' "

believed, therefore I live

and

am

well.

am

asking

now

for full strength of nerve-power, so as to

ably resume

my

place

among

the toilers of the vineyard.

ANSWERS TO PKAYEK.
Dear
brother,

75
:

pray for

me

in

this

one thing

am

trusting,

knowing, and waiting

for yet
I

more and more

spiritual power.
will I serve.

Only Jesus

will

know, only

Him
first

Oh, how the promise you read the

time
life.

entered Faith Chapel, rings along the lines of

2

my

Chronicles xxv.

9.

"And

the

answered,
this."

The Lord
I,

is

able to give thee

man of God much more than

come
life

What am

that all this rich blessing should

to

me ?

Surely, great responsibility rests

upon

the

thus

protracted.

Very afFectionately yours

in Christ,

S.

G. C.

L
Dear
Sir
:

Mass.,

May

31,

1877.

About two
trust the

years ago, as

attended for the

I

first

time

the consecration meeting at Faith Chapel,

;

was led to

gift,

Lord wholly, without reserve He accepted the unworthy as I must ever feel I am, and set His seal upon me, and ever since I have had the constant assurThis conance, "My beloved is mine, and I am his."
tinual blessedness
to

and

fullness of joy in Jesus, I believe

all

be the privilege of

who .will

trust

Him

only irusi

Him. About a year and a half since I was afflicted with trouble in my lungs, and though, in answer to prayer, I
received strength, yet weakness, causing

much

suffering,

remained.
ing that
I

went

to

your

office
if

two months ago, believ-

should

fully

recover

you would pray

for

me.

The prayer was immediately answered, as if the oil ran down the inflamed member, binding up, healing, and The language of my heart at the relieving of all pain.

76
present time
is,

FAITH CURES.
"Give unto the Lord the glory due bring an offering, and come before worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness."
;

unto His name

Him

Inclosed

is

the

"offering," with a "willing mind,"

I

only^a mite of what

would

like to give to each depart-

ment of your Work, but

thousand
ciency in
fold.

the
is

Lord can increase

able to

it

"And God
;

make

all

grace

abound towards you

all things,

that ye always having all suffito every

may abound

good work.
N. L.

Yours

in Christ,

W.

Cleveland, O.

Sept.

i,

1877.

Dear Doctor

When
had been

I visited

for six

stant pain in

you in the early part of June last, I months suffering from severe and conthe spine, and had been so lame, that it had
for

been impossible
at a time.
I

me

to

walk but a very short distance

several leading physicians,

had consulted
that

who

told

me

the spine

was seriously
I

affected,

and

that I

would be a hopeless
months.
I

invalid if
I

resumed

my work
was the
recovI

in less than six

could not

feel that it

Lord's will that

should be laid aside, but had been

asking
ery.

God

to bless the

means

was using
to

to

my

Up

to the day of

my

visit

your home,

had

never expected that

except in guiding
in seeking

God would

heal

me
I

in

any way, had never

me

in using the right

medicine and

helpful influences.
direct

Indeed,

believed

in

physical

healing

by the

power

of

God.
in

You
v.

called
14,

my
and

attention to the promise of

as I knelt with

God

James

15,

you
I

in prayer, I
for the

believe

my

faith

united with yours, and

I

looked
I

divine healing.

did not look in vain.

was healed.

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.

7/

Three months have elapsed, and I have not had for one hour a return of the lameness, and have not sufI have been constantly at fered any pain in the spine. have held a service I work since my return home. almost every day, have walked miles in doing my missionary

work,

and

can

say,

the genuineness of
tests,

my
left

healing has been put to very severe

of all

and the

verdict
I

my

friends,

who knew my

condition before

home, and who heard

been,

my

testimony on

my

return, has

"This

is

the Lord's doing,

and

it is

marvelous in

our

eyes. "

You

can hardly understand the joy in

this has

my
our

heart, for the blessed revelation of the tender love of

Heavenly Father that

been

to

me.

It

has drawn

me

very close to

Him.
God's goodness to
be very glad.
in Christ,
F.
J.

If this testimony of

me

shall lead

any one of His suffering children

bodily infirmity,
I shall

to seek

help

from
D.

Yours

L
Dear
Sir
:

July 24, 1877.

My

heart

is filled

with gratitude to the dear Lord this

morning, as

I think of
I

few months, and

His would

blessings to
that
all

me

in the past

His dear children

might
soul.

realize

His tender love

precious promises, bring to

For

several years I

His and have been troubled more or

to them, and, trusting

Him

every need of body

less

with dyspepsia, and early this spring was obliged to

leave

my work
to give

entirely.

suffered

with

very
;

severe

headache, which increased from week to week

nothing

seemed

me relief, and

I feared that I

should never

again be well.

Occasionally the thought would come,

y8
'

FAITH CURES.
'

Lord able to heal you ? But my faith was weak, and day by day I grew worse, until one night, after vainly trying to sleep, I prayed that I" might be led just right in this matter, and the Lord gave me this promise; *'Said I not unto thee, that if thou wouldest
Is not the

believe,

thou shouldest see the glory of

I

God
it

"
?

The next day

me.

went

to

your

office

weary and

sick,

almost ready to turn back, and think

cannot be

for

As

went into the

office, I

asked the Lord to lead

you to speak first of prayer for healing, if it was His will to heal me, and almost as soon as I spoke of my sickness, you asked, "Do you wish for medicine or for
prayer?"
I
felt

no

prayer, only

my

faith

special change as we knelt in grew strong in the promise, ''The

prayer of faith shall save the sick."

song of praise and thanksgiving

the depot,

in

my

There was a glad heart as I went to

left

and from

that

day the trouble

me.

have not had one of the severe headaches that before

came

every day or two, and was able, perfectly well, to

return to

my work

the next week.

To

the Lord be

all

the glory.

Yours

in Jesus,

R. B. B.

July

25, 1877.

Dear Doctor
manner,
privilege
in

Feeling that the Lord has blessed

me
it

in a peculiar

answer
sons,

to prayer, I

esteem

a duty and a
to
it.

to give

you

my
;

testimony in regard

Two

one twenty-nine and the other fourteen, the elder for two years, and have been subject to fits They had been under the the younger for seven years.
of
best medical care

my

and were nothing

bettered, but rather

grew worse.

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
Feeling deeply distressed on their account,

79

1 began must go for help to other than to earthly The Lord had been my refuge for all spiritphysicians. ual needs for several years, and the Spirit led me to

to think that I

take this

trial

to

Him.

Consulting

dear Christian

Tuesday meeting, for prayer for the healing of my sons, and also for a fresh The hour when these baptism of the Spirit for myself. petitions were to be carried to a throne of grace, was
friend, I sent a request to Dr. Cullis's

spent in

my

closet

in

earnest

pleading;

joining

my

prayers with those of the dear friends in

Boston.

A
the

conscious baptism of the Spirit assured

supplications were heard,

me

that

and these words were brought

children shall be healed
that believeth."
I
;

with power to
all

my mind, "Thy
him
I

things are possible to

said,

"Yes, Lord,

believe; help

Thou mine unbelief" The

But now I and glory of God, neither

elder son had been prostrated by these attacks every two

weeks, and the younger every four weeks.

desire to record to the praise

of them has experienced any return of the disease since

that

May.

memorable afternoon, on the eighth day of last Truly, the Lord hears and answers believing
C. D.

prayer.

In September the writer of the foregoing says

sons have had no

" My
son's
;

recurrence of their disease since they

were healed in May, in answer to prayer.

wife remarks that her

My

none of

his

irritability.

husband is better than ever before old attacks, good spirits, and a decrease of The younger son has no attacks is grow;

ing rapidly."

So

FAITH CURES.
Manchester,
Sept. 22, 1877.

Dear Brother
It is

with a grateful heart

write to inform

you of

my

restored health, to encourage

faith.

you and

to increase

your

came out of your

still
;

office so filled

with the Spirit

could not keep

carried

kept praising

and
sides.

my

heavy bundle /ree

!

God as I walked from pain in my

Oh, how changed

sit

My

suffering was so intense

in
I

my

back, I could not rest while waiting to see you.

could not

up or
feet,

lie

down without

pain, until

we

knelt at Jesus'
aid, help,

and unitedly looked up for divine and glory to His dear name, we proved His
;

Word
easily

again

He

took

all

the pain away.

walked

and quite rapidly to the depot, took the cars for this city, and then walked and carried my heavy bundle one and one-half miles to my home, a happy, free man. I must close I am now as free as then, from suffering. with this humble prayer, that God will continue His blessing to you, and keep you where He can work
through you.
Yours,

W. W.

CHAPTER
ANY
persons,

VI.

followers of the

Lord Jesu^
ought to be
will

think and say that their sickness has been

sent for

some good
it,

that they
say,
is,

willing to bear

and

"Thy
to

be

done," not knowing that God's will

promise,
'
'

fulfill

His
If

the prayer of faith shall save the sick. "

are truly desirous that

His

will shall

be done in
spirit to

us,

we we

ought to.be
promise.

in readiness of
yet,

mind and

claim the

And

while these persons think they are

patiently bearing the Lord's will, they are using all

their

means

power to be rid of their diseases, and do not in hesitate to employ physician after physician, and to spend "their all," if need be, to recover their health. There is an inconsistency somewhere either God's Word as His dear children, If true is true or it is not true.

let

us claim all

He

promises, and look wiih confidence

all

to

Him "who

healeth

our diseases."

We

continue

tfie

narratives of those

who have been

healed,

which
the

have been sent us since the publication of the accounts

in

the

Report of 1877.
:

blessing writes

One who
(81)

has

received

82
In Jane,

FAITH CURES.
1866, I was threatened with loss of voice.

My

physician

recommended

traveling.

followed his

advice and sought a different climate, but the hoarseness

continued.

and

called

on Dr.

In February, 1877, I spent a week in Boston, Cullis. I was then so hoarse that I

could scarcely speak above a whisper.

He

prayed with

me, anointing

me

with

oil,

and from that time

than a fortnight
city,

my
I

voice

began

to

improve.

In

less

gave a
for

Bible Reading in a neighboring

and spoke
distinctly

an
all

hour without
present.
I

fatigue,

and was heard

by

continued

my
in

labors

there

and

in

other

places for several months, gladly using in God's service the voice

He

had restored

answer to prayer.

Mt. Kisco, N. Y., loth Month,

15,

1877.

Dear Brother
I

called at thy office the 29th of 8th

month

last for

healing,

having suffered for sixteen years with an injury

spine,

of

my

beyond words

to

describe.

Physicians
relief

failed to give

anything more than temporary

At

times I had to be supported by steel springs to enable

me
no

to

move
sit

about.

For the past eight months there was

I
little

relief,

but entire prostration with spinal disease.

could

up but a

while at a time,

and suffered
I

increasingly, whatever position I

was

in.

Seeing, by thy

Reports, what the Lord had done for others,

as

claimed
the

much
back,

for
I

myself

By

the aid of springs to support

to reach thy office,

my

was enabled

when

and from that time I have been well, no qualifying word to express it. Words has been my theme ever since. ^' I am well" fail so far, and seem tame to express the sensation of my
Lord, by thy prayer of
faith,

healed

me

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
new
health,
It

83

just as
is

they
to

did

to

express the suffering

before.

useless

attempt a description of the

All glory to

wonderful healing power upon me.

God
S.

above
Lord.

for

His power

to heal,

through Jesus Christ our

S.

Thy

brother in Christ,

H.

SoMERviLLE, loth Month, 28, 1877.

My Dear
Do

Friend

not think

me
for

hard-hearted or ungrateful,

that I

neither gave thee money, or vocally expressed

for thy kindness,
it

my

thanks

seemed to me, to have offered would have "grieved the Spirit." Thy countenance seemed to say so plainly, ''I am but an instrument in the hands of the Lord, to Him
either, for thy prayer of faith,

belongeth

all

the praise."

Trust me,

it is

with a truly

thankful heart

I tell thee, that

the terrible sense of weari-

ness and weakness which has oppressed

me

so

many

months has been mercifully removed. I had no chill last night, and have felt thoroughly warm all this day. I feel ready to exclaim, "What shall I render for all His
benefits
little

"
!

My

heart goes out in tenderest love for the

ones for

whom

tho.u

hast been

blest to provide.

Please accept the enclosed

" mite
I

" for

them, or for any

use thou mayest think best.

strength
in

pray abundant grace and

maybe
thou

thine for everyday.

"Thou
M.

knowest
S.

whom

trustest."

P.

Bartlet, N. H., Oct. 29, 1877.

Dear
I

Sir

presume you remember a lady calling on you in who was very ill, and pronounced incurable by her physicians. I am the
behalf of a sister in North Conway,

84
one,

FAITH CURES.
and
write a

four or five

word to inform you, months helpless, and wasted

that after
to a

lying
skele-

mere

ton, with every

first

of

April,

symptom of consumption, I began, the to be more comfortable, and gained

I

steadily

from that day.

until the seventh or eighth of

was not able May, and the

to

be dressed

last

day rode

Conway and Was not noon, without fatigue.

three miles to North
I

back, the same afterthat gaining fast

?

and

always recovered before from any illness very slowly.

I

I firmly believe that

owe my recovery

entirely to the
I

blessing of

God on

the prayers of His people.

little

took no

medicine or but very

a useless expense,

from the beginning, as the

my life, and I thought it and we had nothing to spare. I thank you for your kindly interest in a stranger, and for your prayers, and I hope you may be long spared to I have worked carry on the good work you have begun.
doctors said nothing could save
as hard as I did for thirteen years previously, since I got

up.

have seven children to care

for their

for,

and

feel

that I

was spared
family was

sakes,

and

think that never a

God

bless

more thankful than mine for my life. May you and your work is my earnest prayer. S. H. M. Yours in haste,

CoH ASSET,

Oct. 29, 1877.

Dear

Sir

I wrote to ask you to pray and now we want to return thanks for your prompt reply, and ask you to praise the dear Lord with us for his restoration, which all who

Two

weeks ago yesterday might be healed

;

that father

know
to

about, including his physician, cannot but ascribe

I

Divine power alone.

think from that very day he

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
began
the
to

85
I

amend.
if I

By looking

at

something
will

wrote

at

time,

copy,

perhaps you

be interested,

appetite.

P. M., we noticed an improvement in his At our evening worship he read the one hundred and eighteenth Psalm from the fourteenth verse to the end. It seemed like a prophecy, especially the

Sunday,

seventeenth verse.

He

could not kneel at prayer, but

on the floor and leaned forward on the cushioned chair he had used for his feet. This attitude was very trying, and it was with difficulty that he got
put his
feet

through with a short prayer.

He

prays that his

life

may
has

be spared.
given

He knows
this desire

his danger, but I think

will grant
it.

God

him

and
felt

Sunday'night
better
in the
call

we
of

all

rested

beautifully.

Father rested
that his case

than

before.

Somehow we

was
they

hands
I

the

Great Physician.

"Before

will

answer."

Monday.
left.

Dr. Pratt called

me

from the room as he

Seating himself in the parlor, he said,

last

"This

is

probably your father's

sickness

he

is failing

rapidly

valvular disease of the heart, which is and besides, he is such an old man. He is filling up now." Speaking of the swelling, he said it would not go away. He noticed the body was swollen more, especially the chest. He mentioned certain unfavorable symptoms which would follow soon.
;

now

his

is

incurable

Tuesday.

He

appears better.

said to the doctor,

to

"He

IS

better than

you expected
is.

find
is

him."

He

answered,

"Yes, he

The

swelling
is

going away
favorable.."

from his

feet

and
it.

legs.

Everything
good.

more

At noon received a postal from Dr.

pleased with
It

Cullis.

Father was
at

did us

all

At night,

our

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FAITH CURES.
seemed
;

devotions, he read, which

to tire him,

and then

asked

me

to lead

in

prayer

but he kneeled himself,

o'clock this

without any trouble, apparently,

Wednesday,
went into
less.

17th.

About two
felt

morning

father's

room, and found him awake and

badly
;

rest-

He
I

said his feet

they itched and per-

spired.

rubbed them, and told him the swelling was

felt

most gone, and they

to sleep again.

quite natural.

was too happy

trouble about breathing

The The doctor not I think father has moved about too much toin to-day. day, his feet and legs are swelled more to-night than they
had
is

We

''songs in the night."

better.

much

were

this

morning

he seems
Dr. P.

tired

very quiet, and he

never complains.

Thursday, i8th.
to-day, that
it.

found father so comfortable

think he hardly knows

how

to

account

for

He

told father if
;

he should get comfortable, he must

could not get over
stairs
;

not do anything
I

that he

this trouble.

followed Dr.

P.

down

wanted him to know

" You knew that I was And mother ?" " No,

I said, about our expectations. " Yes. " healed by prayer ?"
I

' '

didn't

C. put

her

know that she was." I then told him that Dr. up the medicine, and then knelt and prayed for and I thought that she looked upon the cure more
own
skill.

as the result of a supernatural power, than his

(Dr. P. sees the result,

what

and must wonder.) I told him wrote Sunday, and that we were looking to the

Lord

for a cure.

We

were
all

satisfied that

he understood

his case,

and was doing

that

any human power could,

still.

but we knew that the Lord Jesus could do better

and was "the same" now, and had the' same power and compassion, and if it would
healed

He

when on

earth,

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.

8/

Dr. P. said, be for His glory, He would heal father. " No medicine is better for this disease, but the medi;

cine will only quiet him,

to think that I
said,

it

cannot cure."

He

was presuming upon

impossibilities,

"

It is
is

an

utter impossibility to cure this,

seemed and and then

your father
if

most eighty-four years old."

is

I said,

"Then

you will think it power or miracle." "Yes," he said.

father gets well,

by a supernatural
Last week

Father continued to improve every day.

he talked of going
Last Friday

down
that

to the

wharf (one-half of a

mile from here) this week, and wanted to go

I
felt

down

stairs.

he needed no more medicine,

and so sent for Dr. P. (he had said he could do no more for him, and would not call unless we sent, ) that he
might examine him, and
did so
;

satisfy

himself and others.

I

He
if

his pulse,

chest

and limbs.

asked him

he

found any of the trouble.

to say
that
there's not a

He said, " I should not want particle." He evidently could

if

not discover any,

but said that

any of the symptoms

should return, to
said,
said,

"

It

commence on the medicine again, I Doctor is wonderful how he has been healed. "
I
it."

"Yes, and

recovered from

am glad that the old gentleman He did not say much about
down
stairs.

has
the

cure, but evidently marveled.

To-day

father

has been

He

is

gaining

strength every day.

The

healing has been as rapid as

filled

the decline,

and our hearts are

still,

with praise and

gratitude for this fresh token

of God's love

and

care.

Please pray for us

that

by

us.

Though we

mother,
we

God may be
Nellie,

glorified in
I

and
us

and

have got
for

pretty tired sometimes,

feel

that

your prayers

have been answered, and we are

now

feeling even better

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FAITH CURES.

than before father's sickness.

May God

bless

you and
S.

yours more and more, prays

Yours

in Jesus,

M. A.
15,

Grove Hall, Boston, Nov.

1877.

Dear

Sir

For the past four years

diseases.

have suffered from various

During the past year

live

my

physician told
said,

me

could not
sickness
the
is

very long.

But the Lord

glorified

"This
Shortly

not unto death, but for the glory of God, that

thereby."

Son of God might be

I

after,

was led
faith

to the

Home, and
asked you

while there, the Lord

gave

me
1

to

be healed by prayer.
I

My

faith

was so
I

strong,

that before

to pray with
it

me,

was had

sure

should be cured, and so

I felt

was.

When you

prayed but a few words,

a peculiar sensation passing

over me, and immediately the power of the

Holy Ghost
I

came upon me, and my now sound in body, and

the suffering of the past

soul was
free
is

filled all

with joy.

am
All

from

complaints.

not to be compared with the

joy of the present, and the peace in

like a river,

my

soul
sea.

is

not only

but like the waves of the

I feel that
;

me now than ever that He has healed is sacred to Him, and most joyously does my heart respond to the call, " Who will go for " Here am I, Lord, send me." God bless you. us.?"
the

Lord has a greater claim on

what

Yours

truly,

S.

B.

Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1877.

Dear Doctor
for

Two years ago to-day you my recovery to health. I

offered the prayer.of faith

feel as if I

ought

to write

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
to

89
His
way,

you to-day
is

as a witness of God's faithfulness to

promises.
time,

My

condition to-day, as compared with that

entirely

changed.

am

better

every

stronger in muscle and nerve and digestive power,

and

my courage and faith in God "What He has promised, He

trust

are greatly strengthened.

is

able to perform," and I

for

Him

for all

needed health and strength

in Christian affection,

the

future.

Yours

E.

M.

B.

HoPKiNTON, Mass., Nov.

30,

1877.

Dear

Sir

Thursday, October 4th, I came to your office, seeking " the prayer of faith that saves the sick," having been a
sufferer for twenty years
irritation

from various

local troubles

and

of the spine.

In answer to your prayer, during

night after you offered prayer in

the night,

the second
my

all taken away. I went to body and suffering from great nervous excitement, and awoke in the morning entirely free from all suffering, rejoicing and praising God from a full heart. The cure was perfectly wonderful, and when I found myself healed, I could but cry out, and shout for joy. I had not been able to lie upon my back, for years, and when I found I could rest with ease lying thus, I seemed to be a new creature. For an entire fortnight, after my ease, I spent most of

my

behalf,

troubles were

bed

at night feeble in

my
I

time in

my home

in quiet, getting

my

strength

and

rejoicing in

the comfort of health.

Since that

time,

have taken frequent and long walks with no incon-

venience,

have

pleasure one
office,

visited several invalids, and had the week ago, of accompanying one to your

who

was,

during your prayer,

at

once cured of

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FAITH CURES.
I

great distress in the head.

have also experienced great

illumination and comfort from the

Holy
is

Spirit,

greater

than ever before in

my

Christian experience.
that

Oh

that

many more may

realize

Jesus

a living Saviour,

ready^and waiting to heal our physical infirmities.

Yoursin the bonds of Christian friendship,

E.

S.

C.

East Montpelier, Vt.

12th month,

7,

1877.

Dear Doctor
Last
fifth

was taken with severe chills and also had a hard cough. The cough and fever mostly left me in two weeks, but the chills followed me every day, with one exception, all
I

month

fever,

followed by night sweats

my side, kept me weak and worn. As medicine seemed of little use, my friends thought a change of air might be beneficial.
through the summer, which, with pain in In the ninth month went to the
there
several
S. S.

salt water.

After being

weeks could see no improvement.

to see

My

cousin
the

came

me.

He

told

how

wonderfully

"Lord had

restored his health, in answer to prayer

offered

by Dr. CuUis," and earnestly urged

likewise.

me

to

"go

and be healed

Twenty-seventh of the tenth month went to see thee. Walking up from Tremont Street, it seemed as though I had to continually ask for strength to reach thy office. The dear Lord But when I came away, what a change had so wonderfully and immediately answered thy earnest Strength had been given for weakness, and for prayer. "heaviness" a "garment of praise." I felt like exclaiming to all by the way, "Oh, sing of His mighty That night it love " mighty to cure as well as save their sway chills give up to the for struggle great was a
1 1 !

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.

could only think of a wild beast ready to rush upon me,

but held back by an

all

powerful hand
all
**

And

that

is

the last they have troubled me,

praise to

His glorious
the Lord's

name.
doing,

continue to
it

feel well.

Truly

it is

and

is

marvelous in our eyes."

May

thy

strength be renewed each day for the blessed Master's

work.

Thine with much

love,

M.
ii,

S.

P.

Philadelphia, Dec.

1877.

Dear Doctor
I

never can
since

tell

you the

feelings of

my
last

poor unworthy
of

heart

reading your

report

of the work

God

committed
It

to you,

which reached

me

Saturday night.

has been blessed to

is

me
it,

in a

marvelous manner.
I

My
could

body

so far out of sight this morning, that

easily forget to

speak of

but

it

seems

to

me

that

my

soul has wings.

faith

But "that the communication of my may become effectual, by the acknowledging of

every

good thing

that

is

in

me, by Christ Jesus,"

I

I will

say, that I

am

comparatively well.
respects I

say comparatively,

because in

many

am

better than I
I

had been

for

years previous to

my

sickness.
I

have a good appetite

a general weakness,
respects I

and comfortable
especially
in

sleep.

realize

my

nerves,

but in

all

am
is

con-

scious of increasing strength,

and
all,

my

spirit

young, and best of

times

my my

courage

good,

''faith holds like

an anchor."

Many
the

have thought
say,

would

write to you,
it

but

something would

"You

are not well yet,

;

will

be

same old
wait
till

story of complaint

he don't want to hear

that,

you are

well."

I feel

now

that these were

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FAITH CURES.
I

suggestions of the enemy, and

have been unconsciously

kept from doing

you,- increased

my duty, which would have encouraged my own joy, and I now have no doubt
In the particular idea of
health,
I
it

would have honored God.

trusting

alone

God much

to restore

my

have stood quite

of the time.

Because

was not accomhas been

plished

instantly as a

miracle,

my husband

inclined to doubt.
to

My

long continued determination

prove

God
and

in this thing has

been no

little trial

to

him
knew

at times,

also to

many

of

my
the

friends, hxxi''

whom I had believed," and from

to place myself in

moment
it

that I decided

God's hands

for healing,

through your

prayers,

never doubted.

The way
I

would be accomfact that

it

plished,

and the length of time

I

should have to wait,

but the

were items

knew nothing

about,

and way, I knew. The promise of God to me on that memorable Sabbath morning, that ''this thing shall he done" was beyond the brightness of the midday sun, and filled my soul and body with the Divine presence. He that would doubt such a manifestation of God as that, would doubt the
in God's time

would be done

personal presence of

God

Himself.

Had
be given
take
it,

the
all I

knowing

same experience to pass through again, know now, I would not ask that medicine
not that
I
feel

me
but

that
it

it

was

sinful for
for

candidly believe
it,

was God's way

me me

to to

get well without

for I don't
it.

any benefit from taking

that friends sent
interest in

know that I Had I taken all

ever realized
the medicine
for

me,

prompted by

their love

and
I

me,

should long since have been dead.

did yield in one instance,

know

the result.

and took chloral, and you have been urged since coming here

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.

93

by physicians and friends lo lake medicine, bul my reply is, that when I am convinced that God has begun a work
that

He

is

not able to accomplish, then

it

will

be time

I enough for me to try other means, but not till then. would not be regarded as willful in tliis thing, but I have " put my hand to the plough,*' and what am I to expect if 1

look back

.-*

''A^o,

in the strength

of Jesus,

no,

never will give

up my
long,

shield.

My
faith.

letter is

but you

will

bear with
it

me

know,
to

for I trust, with the

I

Divine blessing,
regret,

will

be a help

could but deeply

that

while reading your

Report,

my

simple testimony had not been given

this year, for the glory of

God and your encouragement,

as well as for the

right to

encouragement of those who have a expect my testimony, and are having the same
Strange as
it

experience as myself.
realized that
till
it

may seem,
speak

had not
this

was

my

duty

to

through

medium,
those

read the wonderful dealings of

God

with

who

trust

Him.
bonds of a
living faith,

Yours

in the

Mrs.

W. McD.
23,

East Marshfield, Mass., Dec.

1877.

Dear Doctor
I

such promises as

had asked the dear Lord Jesus "Whatsoever ye

:

to translate for

me

shall ask in prayer,

if

believing, ye shall

receive," thinking,

He

would heal

my

body,

would
ears,

believe the words to be

in

literal.

He
words
be

rang in

my

''If ye abide

me,
will,

abide in you, ye shall ask what ye

and and

my
it

shall

done unto you ;" adding,

lady.''

"I
me

will cure you,

soul

and

First,

He

brought

into this sweet abiding;

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FAITH CURES.
was delayed,
I

then, as the physical healing

took up the

Book
V.

to see if all
15.

His conditions were

;

fulfilled.

14,

came

to light

and so Dr.

Cullis

James was sought,

this

as the only person then

known
tried,

to

me who

grasped

Word.
ter,

Faith was long

but never wavered.

The

blessed, faithful promise gave

until

something better and betdesired

the

very

blessing

came

wonderfal

revelations of Jesus Himself; precious

knowledge of His

Word, and a growing conception of the marvelous destiny to which He calls His own to be in the world as He was,
to do, not their

own

will,

but the will of

Him

that sent

them.

We do not know why the hour of healing the body was delayed perhaps because that was quite secondary in my mind, while the knowledge of Him, His Word, There His will, I had promised to take at any cost. came a day, however, when He said, "Go forth," and when He gave me power to obey His Word. I had not
;

walked beyond the yard

years,
all

for

two

years,

scarcely

in three

nor ridden
"

at all.

On

that

memorable morning
;

and suffering remained as before but " and as I went. He strengthened It is eight months me, and held the pain from me. since, and I have been doing His errands, and there has
the weakness
said,

He

Go

now

been no reaction.
disease was irritation of the spinal marrow, and This was incurable by physicians. pronounced was accompanied with fearful headaches and a complication The last year of the sickness was one of of difficulties.

The

intense suffering, but also of great blessing.

The

dear

Lord Jesus made me understand that He wants His children to do only His will, and I am conscious that we

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
are abundantly able, through
this,

95
to

His boundless grace,

S.

do

whatever

it

may

be.

E.

M.

Boston,
I

1877.

was suffering from severe head and spinal trouble,

In the early summer,
I

brought on by over study.

sick
for

was
very
all

three

weeks,

and
rest

my

physicians

were
to

anxious about me, and tried to persuade

study and take a mental

me

drop
;

of not less than a year

this

would not follow however. After resting three weeks, most of the time lying on my back, I felt somewhat belter, and commenced study again but soon I.
course
I
;

felt

the old disease returning,

severe,
I

and

in a short
all

time

it

became so
I felt

was obliged to relinquish

duties.

but the

most important daily

that I

must have medical treatment at once. I was directed to the "Faith-Cure." I went to see Dr. Cullis, and asked him in regard to the cure of the body He answered my queslon in the by the prayer of faith. affirmative so confidently, that it greatly encouraged me. But I had been ill that day, and so I thought my case Dr. Cullis prayed a simple, was all the harder to cure.
earnest
prayer,

anointing

my

forehead
v.

with
14,
15.

oil,
I

as

is

required in the promise in James

arose

from
said,

my knees feeling no change "You must not pray further my

health
is

whatever.
for a cure,

Dr. Cullis

but believe

the

work done."

I tried to believe,

and, as a reward of
perfectly free

trying,
all

restored.

am

from

continuing my " Now studies, having more mental labor than before.

headache and spinal trouble, and

that the

am

know

Lord

is

greater than

all

gods."
S.

E. B.

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FAITH CURES.
January
19,

1878.

Dear Doctor
the prayers
disorder.
I I

I write to let

you know that the Lord has answered you offered, and has entirely cured my have been suffering from this complaint
less for four years,

(dyspepsia

suppose) more or

but

it

has been specially distressing during the last six months.

Since the

first

time you prayed with me,

progress

seem

to have

made

steady

toward recovery.

My

faith

has

been greatly strengthened by the Lord's goodness

in this matter.
'

to

me
and

'

My

soul doth magnify the Lord,

my

spirit

hath rejoiced in

God my
sir,

Saviour."

And

I feel

very grateful to you,

dear

for

your kind help and

G. C.

sympathy.

Yours very

sincerely,

Keene, N. H., Jan.

21, 1878.

Dear Brother
state

In April, 1877,

wrote you something concerning

my

of health, being in condition of nervous prostration

I also solicited

from overwork.

prayer for

my wife,
I

then

under severe
the day of
her.

trial.

The

next day after writing,

letter,

received

from her a joyful and triumphant

indicating that
to

my writing was a As to my own health,

many
Still,

day of great deliverance

I

am

able to say that

it

has

improved,
left

unpleasant symptoms having gradually

me.

am many

months, in appearance, from

being able to endure very

ability to
little

engage in

services,

strain

willing to

upon the nervous system. wait, and hope for grace to

in

By

grace,

am

learn the valuable

lessons of waiting.

Yours

Him,

-S.

P. C.

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
Columbia, Cal., Feb.
2,

9/
1878.

Dear
'
'

Sir

nine?"

Were there not ten cleansed ? but where are the As I finish the perusal of your Report for 1877,

how these words affect my heart. Let me not be found among the nnmber of those "who returned not to give
glory to

God."

No, no

let

me

rather

sound His

praise

"to
Lord

earth's remotest

bound."

"Let my tongue

cleave

to the roof of
for
I

what

my mouth " if ever it refuse to praise the He hath done for me. Early in July,
requesting

1877,

wrote you, dear Christian brother,

prayer for myself, and for the Presbyterian Church here,

which was then

pastor,

My

situation, with no no hope of ever having another. own physical condition had for some months been
in a

most deplorable

and

little

or

such as to render the performance of every duty a burden.

Night

after night

would

lie

down, worn and weary,

without the satisfaction of having accomplished any good

for

myself,

my

family,

morning I would and unfitness for

school

arise with the

toil,

neighbors and every same sense of weariness and an utter dread of each and
or
;

my

every task before me,

;

especially for the care of

my

little

and each

day,

when
I

had

in

some way worried

through
eat,

my

school hours,

felt

often too exhausted to

or speak, or think,

or

more of

perfect quiet
It

further effort.

to have an hour and rest, before attempting any seemed to me I could not possibly get

and was obliged

through the
day, while

summer

as

then was, so
;

sought help

so, one employed with my needle, I became conscious of a feeling of energy and vigor, that for months I had been a stranger to. Immediately I thought within my-

from God, through your prayers

and

after

doing

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self,

FAITH CURES.
that

should suppose
I
;

had there been time for my letter to reach you, this was the answer to your prayer,
"Before they
call,

then

recalled the promise,

" but

I will

answer

sufficient

on referring time had elapsed

my memorandum, I found for you to receive my request.

to

Then

knew God had heard

the voice of your suppli-

cation in

my

behalf.

Yours

in Jesus,

February

6,

1878.

Dear Sir Of course you

:

will

not be surprised to hear that your

prayer for

me

has been answered.

I

singular case.

feel as if I

Mine has been a very had been dealt with in a

terrible

supernatural manner, and

that a

conflict

has

been going on between Satan,

that,

Christ,
it,

and myself; but

I

because Christ has so willed

disease,

have come off

and scrofula and cancer have no hold upon me now, though the symptoms have been at I feel now the force of what you said, times alarming.
conqueror over

"Have you pain? Give it all up to Jesus; that is all you have to do." I live, moment by moment, looking to Him, and He is doing a great work in and for me. Will you not thank Him for me.? Will you now pray that I may be visited with a pouring out of His Spirit,
such as
I

have never

known
I

before, so that I

may
in

realize

His

love,

His nearness, the preciousness of faith

for
it
!

Him,

for I

long

feel

very grateful to
I

Him
mean

for the

privilege of

going to you, and

fit

thank

Him
I

for the faith

which

you with. upon you soon, and thank you in person ing to pray with and for me. Very gratefully, yours in Christ,
has seen
to bless

He

to call
will-

for

being

E.

S.

W.

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
East Montpelier, Vt.
2d mo. 20th, 1878.
,

99
)
)

My Dear
I

Friend and Brother

lately received a letter
letter telling

have

from

my

friend in Cali-

fornia.

My
"
I

him of the hour of prayer on

his behalf, reached

him

the day before Christmas.

;

He
better

writes:

am

feeling very well

my
;

stomach
to

is

than

it

has been for a long time

I

for a few

days after
terrible

Christmas
conflict in

was miserable, there seemed

be a

mind and body

but

it

has mostly cleared

!

away."

Praise to God, eternal praise Thine with kindest regard,

M.
4,

S.

P.

BiDDEFORD, Me., March

1878.

Dear
I

Sir

intended to have sent you something months ago,

but met with an accident which brought

again.
I

thought

before, so I

condition.

my lameness on would wait until I was as well as could give you testimony in a nice walking But I come just as I am, and ask you to
I

I am the woman who by your prayer of faith. on you at Mrs. L's cottage on the Orchard Beach camp-ground, who used crutches because of weak ankles. I have been an invalid for twenty-five years, and used the last five constantcrutches more or less for eighteen ly, when I went on the street. My own faith seemed small but the dear Lord heard and answered your prayer in a wonderful manner. In a few hours after I saw you, the power came upon body, limb, and every part, and I was something like one in nervous convulsions it coming on for a few minutes at a time, and lasting in all some two hours or more.

help

me

called

lOO
Meanwhile
praised God.

FAITH CURES.

my
I

soul

was

filled

to

overflowing,

and

seemed full of God. I never shall forget it My ankles began to strengthen slowly, or moderately, and in two weeks I ceased to use crutches. I felt an improvement all
was alone
in cottage,
!

my

and

it

through

my

system;

some complaints disappeared,

I

others

were

better.

In every place

gave
I

God

the praise,

and

He

blessed

me

in so doing.

would not give up

the experience I have had since the 27th of July, for anyIt has been very sweet. would say that I had improved in walking so I could go the same distance without my crutches, that I had In December I met with an formerly gone with them. accident that weakened one ankle. I kept it quiet

thing.
I

doing nothing but look to the Lord.

In ten days

was

about upon
a
little,

it,

but

it

was yet weak.

Soon

hurt

it
;

again
I

and again
little.

my

energy has been too great

now

step but

I
I
it,

have not used the crutches any.

so I yielded and used medicines
will

A
my
but
faith

few weeks ago

friends desired
I believe the
is

was somewhat discouraged, and as

;

Lord

make

it

well again

when my
for

strong enough.
the

Now,

doctor, will
in

you pray

me

May

Lord continue to bless you With great respect, yours, &c.

your labor of

love.

Mrs. L. G. B.

Springfield, June

3,

1878.

My Dear Brother
faithfulness

With a heart overflowing with gratitude, I record the and love of our ever merciful Father, in the removal of the tumor from which I have been a sufi'erer While you were praying for its cure, for many months. and claiming the promise in James v. 15, the pain in it,

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
which was very acute, was soothed, and
I

lOI
felt

a sweet

consciousness of the presence and love of our Saviour,

who when on
I
left

earth healed all

manner of

diseases,

your

office trusting that

your prayer had been

answered in behalf of one

ing.
I

all unworthy of such blesswalked back to the Albany Depot with no pain, or even the sense of weight which I have felt

for

many months.
fatigue,

little

I rode to Springfield, and felt but and had a night of sweet refreshing sleep
;

and now, although only four days have elapsed, the tumor which I had had for more than a year, and which
from the character of the pain
is

feared

was cancerous,

all

gone.

You
ago,

probably are not aware that one of

the removal
;

my

sisters

died of an ovarian tumor, and another died a few days

of an extensive cancer of the you will see, that my fears were not wholly groundless. "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits who forgiveth all thine
after

breast

and neck

so,

iniquities

who

healeth

all
:

thy diseases

who redeemeth
thee with loving

thy

life

from destruction

who crowneth
that

kindness and tender mercies."

Pray

for

me,

my
May

dear brother,

the

health

and

strength thus wonderfully restored

glory of God.

may be used

to the

the presence, peace,

it

Him who

spake and

and power of was done, attend you always,

and may He graciously supply all your needs in the blessed work in which you are engaged, and to His dear

name be
of
this,

all

the glory in Christ Jesus.

Excuse the length

S.

and believe

me

ever,

Your

grateful sister in the Lord,

T. F.

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FAITH CURES.
Lowell, Aug.
29,

1878.

Dear Doctor
do

With pleasure, and an intense desire to glorify God, I acknowledge what He has done for me. For nine years I have been deprived of the use of my eyes for any
close application, like reading, writing, or sewing.

All the

means
first

for their restoration

proved

fruitless.

From

made

the matter a subject of prayer, asking God,

will, to

if it

could be His

lead

me

to the

means

for their

recovery.

Three years ago, one of the first oculists of your city pronounced the disease incurable. I still continued asking God to give me my eyes, for I knew what was impossible to human skill, was possible with God. I longed for faith to believe I should be healed, and at times could almost grasp it. I saw my usefulness was greatly crippled, and my desire for their healing constantly increased. I felt ready to lay hold on every means in my reach for the increase of my faith, and to put myself in the way of God's will to do thus for me. I came to you and stated my desire, and my confidence in God's ability, but that I questioned whether it was His What you then said respecting His will, greatly will.
helped me.
I realized

no change,

as
for

some speak
me, yet

of,

during or
calm,

after

your prayer with and

I felt a

sweet rest that my desire would be granted. Another help was the words of Scripture used at the opening and closing of your afternoon meeting, " I am

Thine, do
I

returned

Thou for me." home during

;

the remainder of the

saw no change

for the better in

my
but
it

eyes,

indeed,

week

I
it

seemed

that the pain increased,

hindered not

my

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
faith.

IO3

Those precious words, "I am Thine, do Thou me," were constantly on my lips, and every obstacle that opposed, pressed me only closer to the throne, and
for
I said, I

must and

wfll press

till

shall touch, if

but the

hem

of Christ's garment, for

know

the touch will

make

me whole. The language, too, of the Canaanitish woman I could adopt as my own, " Truth, Lord, yet the
dogs eat of the crumbs which
table."
fall

from

their master's

The
faith,

following Sabbath,

grasp the

Thou
which

art able,'

God enabled me to which now not only exclaimed, I know I know Thou but triumphantly added,
' '

art willing.'

book on

faith

had been handed me,

and something seemed 'Take it, and trust God for the reading.' I caught it up eagerly, together with my Bible, with this prayer: "Oh God, give me my eyes to read this and kindred books, and the Bible, the Book of books." I opened and read page after page, and said, I am healed. I felt no excitement, but quietly thanked God for what
I greatly

desired to read,

to say,

He

had done.

continued reading as
family sewing,

had opporI

tunity,

resumed
three

my

which

had not
I

done
It is

for

nine years, and took up have need.

letter

writing again.

now
for

months since they were healed, and

I

am
is,

able to use them as

This does not astonish

me,

it

is

of God's goodness.
believed

My
so

astonishment
little,

that I have

known and

God

and limited
temporal

Him
I

so much.
is

cannot close without adding, great as

this

good which has come with it, of greater knowledge of God and of increased faith in Him, is infinitely more. To Him be all the glory. L. A. M.
blessing, the spiritual

I04

FAITH CURES.
HOLLISTON, Nov.
15,

1878.

Dear
I

Sir

cannot defer longer informing you of the blessed

of your prayer of
faith,

result

offered

in

my

behalf,
blessed,

Saturday,

Nov.

9th.

was most wonderfully

God soul and body. and ye shall receive."

His promise, "Ask For more than thirty years I have Until I saw you, 1 had suffered from chronic diseases. been obliged to lie down every little while, and so accomplish but little work, and never without pain. For months at a time I have been in my bed under
truly verified

medical treatment.
years, I

Occasionalh^

within the

last

five

have ridden to and from church, a short distance

house.

from

my

Since your prayer of

faith,

have been
or

able to do a great
fatigue,

amount of work, without pain

gaining in strength.

and

am

constantly

IMy

heart
little

is

filled

with praise.

Sabbath morn

awoke a
two hours

before two o'clock, praising God,

and
the

for

could say nothing but,

"Glory

to

God

the Father,

glory to

God

the Son,

glory to

God

Holy Ghost,"
cheeks.

while tears of real gratitude flowed

down my

Two

of the shortest hours

ever experienced.
suffering

It is

my

prayer that you

humanity, and honor

well as in the past.

may long live to bless God by your faith, in the

love,

future as

Yours

in the

bonds of Christian

Mrs. C. A. B.

Winchester, Dec.

30, 1878.

Dear
upper

Sir

About
lip,

six

weeks since a growth appeared upon

my

which increased very rapidly, and often bled

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
profusely.
to

IO5
it

On

consulting a physician, he pronounced

be a cancer.

When

you suggested
if I

to

me

that

the

Lord might cure me,

trusted

Him,

much

for

me

to ask,
to

I felt

so unworthy.

it. seemed too But God has

been very merciful

healthy condition.

me, and in answer

be
all

to

your prayer,

the cancer has entirely disappeared,

leaving

my
W.

lip in

To God
Yours

the praise.
C. R.

truly,

Boston, Dec. 23, 1878.

Dear Friend
I feel that

have not expressed half the gratitude

ought, for your kindness in praying for the restoration

of

my

voice,

or to

my Heavenly

Father in so immethan a month

faith

diately

answering your prayer.

I first I

It is less

ago since

heard of you, and your cures by

to

and

prayer.

wanted

go

to

you

at once,
It

but could
is

not on account of unpleasant weather.

since

six years

my

voice

first
first,

left

me, and although

my

health

is

better than at

voice to me.
for six

weeks

means have failed to restore my There would be occasional breaks, but had not spoken a loud word until I went
all

to you.

A
I

wise Providence must surely have directed

my

foot-

steps that afternoon,

when

I started

out to seek you, for

that

found friends who told

result of

me much

encouraged me.
to

The

my

visit

was such a blessing

me, that
prayer.
:

feel I

cannot say enough to others to induce them to

give themselves

up
life

entirely to the

power of
it

never

felt

happier than

when

I left

your house

it

seemed

the beginning of

with me.

I find

much

easier to

believe that

my

cure was a direct answer to your prayer

I06

FAITH CURES.

and a Divine agency, than any other. I cannot help I write these believing, and my friends rejoice with me. few lines, hoping they may encourage others to do as I did, for God is able to do for all who seek Him humbly. Yours very gratefully E. M.
Portland, Me., Dec.
17,

1878.

Dear Doctor:
I

rejoice to bear witness to the Lord's faithfulness to

His word in James v. 15. Just a year ago, I was suffering from extreme weakness, often for days unequal to any exertion, and often troubled with violent attacks
of indigestion.

Feeling a strong desire to be used in

the Lord's service, I

sought

Him
6,

for healing.

me

the promise in Jer. xxxiii.

and caused
little

He gave me to rest
perceptible

in faith.

As

the

months

passed, with

change except that

He

continually fulfilled the "reveal-

ing .of His abundance of peace and truth," I thought

might be His will that I should seek your prayer of Then, at Old Orchard, when you met the sick at the house where I was stopping, I could not doubt, and joyfully recognized His hand. When you prayed
it

faith.

that I

in body,
that

might be ''filled with the Spirit," as well as healed my whole soul went out in earnest desire, so the latter seemed fully assured to me, and I had
I

need only of the former.

Very speedily

knew what

it

is

to be

"strengthened

with might by His Spirit in the inner man."

The work

of healing has gone steadily on until

fully

now

am wonder-

strengthened physically, have no indigestion, and

for all the service to

which

He

has called
I

me

thus

far,

He

has

"marvellously helped."

praise

and adore

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.

10/
God.
G.

Him

as

my

faithful,

covenant-keeping

that

other suffering ones would trust the " Great Physician."

Yours with

grateful heart,

McK.
1878.

Saugus, Jan.

4,

Dear Dr. Cullis

Agreeably to your request,

write the following brief

account of ray experience.

to

me
more
I

dark, intricate,
perfect

a
in

of faith had seemed and mysterious, until I came to knowledge of its power, as manifested
I

The way

faith-works.

believed

in

Jesus as

my

Saviour,

but

did not possess that simple faith which removes

present troubles and difficulties, and gives perfect peace

under

all

circumstances.
years ago I

About two
I

met a lady who had been cured

of a serious physical trouble by faith, through Dr. Cullis.

had the pleasure of conversing with her on the subject

faith,

of

and

was much
I

edified thereby.

Soon
its

after,

Dr. Cullis's Report of the Consumptives'

Home

fell

into

my

hands, and

was greatly strengthened by

perusal.

My
me

mind seemed

to grasp the truth partially, but not in

all its fullness.

to,

strong incentive was necessary to drive

the throne of grace, there to learn

wonderfully

God

answers prayer.

how sweetly and The loving Father

His sanctuary.

compelled
health.
affliction

me

to enter the inner veil of

In the midst of most necessary work

Much was depending

He deprived me of upon my labor, and this

might be reconciled

He

I prayed that I seemed a dark providence. to the will of God, and trusted that would give me grace to- bear this trial. The thought
first

did not at

present

itself,

that
tried

could ask
to

for

the
it

removal of the trouble.

instead

accept

I08
cheerfully.
loss of
entirely.

FAITH CURES.

My
My

sickness was heart disease and partial

I

hearing.

expected soon to lose

my
;

hearing

friends advised
I

me

to consult a physician

without delay.
directed

at

first

decided to do so

but

God
of

me

to Dr. Cullis, and,

through him, to a cure

by

faith.

I visited

Dr. Cullis, who, after assuring

me

God's willingness to cure me, prayed that I might be

restored to perfect health.
diate,

The answer was not immeJames

v.

but

I left

the Doctor's office with the full assurance

14,

that the promise contained in

verified in

would be
I
I

my

case.

And

it

has been even

so.

have

not
well
I

known
and

a day's sickness since I fully trusted.

am
The

strong.

My

hearing has improved wonderfully.

am now
and

able to attend to

my

business regularly.

spiritual blessing has

been "even greater than the physical.

Bless

praise

His holy name.

H. A.

In closing
sary to

this little volume, it seems scarcely necesadd further comment of mine, as the foregoing

testimonies of healing, in various diseases, with the invariable

acknowledgment of gratitude to God for His abundant mercy, are sufficient attestation to the power and loving kindness and '* ever-present help" of Him *' who spake, and it was done, who commanded, and it He also created a people for His name. stood fast " His thoughts are thoughts His eye is ever upon them. "Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of of mercy.
!

Israel,

and

his

Maker, Ask

me

of things to

come con-

cerning

my

sons,
me.''

command ye

and concerning the work of my hands "Surely, shall one say, Isa, xlv. 1 1.

ANSWERS TO PRAYER.
In the Lord have
I

IO9
:

righteousness and strength

all that

even to

Him

shall

men come, and

shall

are incensed
xlv.

against

Him
ever,

be ashamed."

Isa.

24.

" The

counsel

0/

the

Lord

standeth for-

the thoughts

0/ His heart

to all generations.''

Ps.

xxxiii.

II.

THE END.

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