Testimony of Healing June 20, 1903 Issue

The following testimony is taken from John M. Harrison's...

The following testimony is taken from John M. Harrison's introduction of the speaker, upon the occasion of Carol Norton's lecture in Haverhill, Mass., June 2.—Eds.

Ladies and Gentlemen:—It was but a few years since I was sick, miserable, and in the depths of despair. I had known nothing but ill health from my birth, and this discordant condition had steadily increased until I could go no farther. I had consulted the best physicians of the communities in which I had lived, and each of these good men had earnestly labored, with the best light he possessed, to heal me, but without anything more than temporary success. Finally one, who proved to be the last to whom I went, frankly told my wife that any one who had suffered so long as I had need expect no permanent relief. My business was in a condition of stagnation; I was without means, without health, and now without hope of health. Even the prospect of a speedy passing away was denied me; the future presented not one ray of brightness.

Reader under a pious, God-fearing mother, a member from her childhood of one of our largest orthodox denominations, I had repeatedly gone to my Bible and endeavored to find in it a way of escape from my troubles. I read there that Jesus healed the sick, that his disciples and the apostles did likewise, and his statement as related in the last chapter of Mark's gospel that all who believe upon him should do the same. The healing of sickness appeared to be the natural accompaniment of the gospel he preached, of the Truth he taught. I earnestly prayed to God for health, but I received no evidence that my prayers were heard.

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