Call to Travel
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“Is there a sister here who has the faith to go and take her by the hand,
and bid her arise in the name of the Lord?”
Sister Frances was lying in the chamber above, and before he
ceased speaking Sister Curtis was on her way to the stairs. She entered
the sickroom with the Spirit of God upon her, and taking the invalid
by the hand, said, “Sister Frances, in the name of the Lord arise, and
be whole.” New life shot through the veins of the sick girl, a holy faith
took possession of her, and obeying its impulse, she rose from her
bed, stood upon her feet, and walked the room, praising God for her
recovery. She was soon dressed, and came down into the room where
we were assembled, her countenance lighted up with unspeakable joy
and gratitude.
The next morning she took breakfast with us. Soon after, as Elder
White was reading from the fifth chapter of James for family worship,
the doctor came into the hall, and, as usual, went upstairs to visit his
patient. Not finding her there, he hurried down, and with a look of
alarm opened the door of the large kitchen where we were all sitting,
his patient with us. He gazed upon her with astonishment, and at
length ejaculated, “So Frances is better!”
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Brother Howland answered, “The Lord has healed her,” and the
reader resumed his chapter where he had been interrupted: “Is any sick
among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray
over him.”
James 5:14
. The doctor listened with a curious expression
of mingled wonder and incredulity upon his face, nodded, and hastily
left the room.
The same day Sister Frances rode three miles, returning home in
the evening, and although it was rainy, she sustained no injury, and
continued to improve rapidly in health. In a few days, at her request,
she was led down into the water and baptized. Although the weather
and the water were very cold, she received no injury, but from that time
was free from the disease, and in the enjoyment of her usual health.
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