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BEULAH: 
 
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 Some of the Fruits 
 
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 One Consecrated Life, 
 
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 DORA G. DUDLEY. 
 
 Revised and Enlarged Edition. 
 
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 Grand Rapids, Mich. 
 
 Published by the Author. 
 
 —1896— 
 

 Copyiuomt, 1896, by Doka. G. Dudley. 
 
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 Dedicate tbis \Dolume. 
 
CONTENTS, 
 
 Introduction, 11 
 
 I. Consecration, 15 
 
 II. Test of Faith, 25 
 
 III. Leadings of the Holy Spirit, 34 
 
 IV. " " " " (Continued) 43 
 
 V. " " " " (Concluded) 53 
 
 VI. Why all are not healed, 60 
 
 VII. " " " " (Concluded) 67 
 
 VIII. Beulah, 76 
 
 IX. " (Concluded) 86 
 
 X. Spiritual Gifts, 92 
 
 XI. New Experiences, , 97 
 
 XII. Physical Tests, 101 
 
 XIII. Miraculous Answers and Deliverances, 110 
 
 XIV Asleep in Jesus 118 
 
 XV Closing Thoughts, 126 
 
TESTIMONIES. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Mrs. F. L. Childs, 129 
 
 Mrs. Mary A. Ferris, 134 
 
 Mr. S. A. Plummer, 137 
 
 Mrs. Esther Hufford, 139 
 
 Mrs. Susan E. Miller, 140 
 
 Mrs. Critchlow's child, 141 
 
 Mrs. E. A. Adams, 141 
 
 Mr. A. C. Barkley, , 142 
 
 Mrs. C. B. Jameson, 149 
 
 Mrs. C. L. Peck, 150 
 
 Mr. W. H. Lintz, 150 
 
 Mr. Lyman H. Wilmot, 151 
 
 Miss Eachel Sterling, 155 
 
 Mr. George Spencer, 157 
 
 Mrs. Etta Orton, 158 
 
 Mrs. Margaret Lattin, 159 
 
 Mr. D. E. Croff, 162 
 
 Mrs. Marian Skinner, 163 
 
 Mr. W. P. Smith, 164 
 
 Colonel C. W. Campbell, 166 
 
 Miss Gertie Wright, 168 
 
 Mrs. Henry Youngblood, 171 
 
 Mrs. George Walters, 173 
 
 Mrs. E. L. McLaine, 175 
 
 Captain Haight, 177 
 
VI 1 
 
 Mrs. Stella Wyatt Smythe, 178 
 
 Mrs. Anna Palmer, 181 
 
 Mrs. Rosa Nevins, 183 
 
 Mrs. Emma Sampson, 184 
 
 Mrs. Reynolds, 188 
 
 Mrs. Nellie Conant, 189 
 
 Mrs. G. Hoebeke, 190 
 
 Mrs. Cora Elmore, , 194 
 
 Mrs. Agnes Peck, 195 
 
 Mrs. Susie George, 196 
 
 Mrs. C. Osterle, 197 
 
 Mrs. Martha Trankler, 198 
 
 Mrs. Mary Halladay, 205 
 
 Mrs. L. Crowel, 207 
 
 Mrs. Libbie Proud, 208 
 
 Miss Ida Conrad, 209 
 
 Miss Carrie Johnson, 211 
 
 Mrs. Nettie Pratt Card, 212 
 
 Miss Libbie Murray, 215 
 
 Miss Maggie Townley, 216 
 
 Mr. Edwards and Mrs. John Miller, 217 
 
 Mrs. Humphrey, 219 
 
 Mrs. Addie Whedon, 220 
 
 Miss Carrie Atherton, 222 
 
 Mrs. Phoebe Ewing, 223 
 
 Mrs. Carrie Ceamberlain, 226 
 
Till 
 
 Miss Helen J. Salyer, 229 
 
 Mrs. Fannie McD. Hunter, 231 
 
 Mrs. Clara S. Keclmond, 233 
 
 Mrs. Dorlisca J. Wheeler, .". 236 
 
 Mr. T. Saxton, 244 
 
 Mrs. Mary Gould, 244 
 
 Mrs. Emma Thomas, 24T 
 
 Mrs. Minnie La Fave, 248 
 
 Mr. T. A. McMillan, 249 
 
 Mrs. Capt. Eeed, 251 
 
 Captain Eeed, 259 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 The Holy Ghost so strongly impresses me that some 
 later experiences of my own and others will be a 
 greater blessing now than to republish the little book 
 as it was first written. I shall, under His guidance, 
 make such additions. This will necessitate a change 
 in the title, from "Beulah, or Two and One-half Years 
 of Consecrated Life," to "Beulah, or Some of the 
 Fruits of One Consecrated Life." I trust this may 
 stimulate others to consecrate all to Him, and re- 
 ceive the Holy Ghost. 
 
 Much good has been done by the first publication, 
 and I pray that much more may be accomplished by 
 the present. 
 
 From every quarter come reports of blessings to 
 the souls and bodies of those who have read it. With 
 a grateful heart, I thank God and trust for power to 
 give just such experiences and testimonies as He can 
 further bless. 
 
 The proceeds from the sale of this book and all of 
 my publications will be wholly used in the work of 
 the Lord. 
 
 My most earnest prayer to God is that a special bap- 
 tism of the Holy Ghost may come upon every one who 
 shall read or purchase any of them, and upon every 
 one who has contributed, or shall contribute in any 
 way, to this branch of the Lord's work. 
 
 DOBA G. DUDLEY. 
 
INTRODUCTION, 
 
 I have been requested, by the author, to write an 
 introduction to this book. I thank God for the privi- 
 lege of doing so, both because of my great interest in 
 the author herself, and because the book is one of 
 sterling merit. And this volume has the super-added 
 merit of being the production of one who has been 
 taught of God. 
 
 If we view this book as furnishing an account of 
 God's personal dealings with her, and of the trying 
 disciplinary steps she was compelled to take in her 
 preparation for the work for which her Father was 
 preparing her, it is full of most valuable lessons to 
 those who are willing to lay all upon God's altar and to 
 live for His glory alone. If we regard it as a treatise 
 of true consecration and faith, for practical purposes, 
 it is more valuable; for in every successive step in 
 her development it is made apparent that everything 
 must be thorough, if one would be fully taught of God 
 and be thoroughly equipped for some God-appointed 
 service. In following this courageous soul through 
 the severe and multiplied testings to which her faith 
 was subjected before her own body was thoroughly 
 healed, one is almost made to wonder that she did not 
 at times yield to utter discouragement; but God was 
 back of every trial, and never suffered her to be 
 tempted above her ability, in Christ, to endure all that 
 
12 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 He permitted to come upon her. Then, too, when we 
 look at the numerous testimonies of Divine Healing 
 recorded in this volume, we would be worthy to rank 
 among the most stalwart unbelievers, if w r e do not 
 confess that Jesus Christ is still able and willing to 
 heal those who come in touch with Him through a liv- 
 ing faith. These testimonies cannot fail to carry with 
 them the conviction, too, that the trite saying, "The 
 days of miracles are passed," is true only in the case 
 of those who are devoid of "The faith of the love of 
 God." 
 
 We rejoice, too, that God deigns still to use His 
 own handmaidens whom He Himself calls and quali- 
 fies for the work He assigns them, as is so abundantly 
 demonstrated in this little book. Nor is this an iso- 
 lated instance. The writer has the honor of a per- 
 sonal acquaintance with a few other "heroines of 
 faith," who, like the author of this volume, have been 
 trained in the school of trial in which faith was forced 
 to take on a stalwart form or retire from the field al- 
 together. God be praised for all such gifts to suffer- 
 ing humanity! 
 
 Another pleasing feature of the book we are seek- 
 ing to introduce to the public is, that physical healing 
 is not set forth as the thing of greatest importance; 
 but the spiritual union, the soul's real union w T ith 
 Christ through the Holy Spirit, is represented as the 
 thing of supreme value. To be sure, it is a blessed 
 thing to have a healed body — better still, a healthy 
 body; but what is this to compare to a healed and 
 healthy soul and spirit, made such by union with the 
 living Christ! In this volume things seem to have as- 
 sumed, without any studied effort on the part of the 
 
INTRODUCTION. 13 
 
 author, their proper places, or to have had assigned 
 them their relative importance. 
 
 Then, when we look back to see who she was, and 
 what a feeble hope she must have had (if she had any, 
 before she fully surrendered herself to Christ) that she 
 would ever live to accomplish anything of note in the 
 world, what an inspiration her life and later work 
 should be to others! How should all of us, who have 
 surrendered ourselves to God, feel called to greater en- 
 durance and greater courage of faith, when we see 
 what God has wrought in her and by her! 
 
 We believe that this enlarged edition will accom- 
 plish, under God, much for the good of His people and 
 much for the glory of God. It ought to find a very 
 wide circulation in all Gospel lands, since the Gospel 
 of the blessed God is so forcefully illustrated in its 
 pages; and may He wiio called and qualified her for 
 her work so direct, by His providence, that multiplied 
 thousands of this edition may be scattered abroad as 
 "leaves of healing" for the people. 
 
 A. S. WORRELL. 
 
SOME OF THE FRUITS OF ONE 
 CONSECRATED LIFE. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 CONSECRATION. 
 
 Over two years ago I was enabled to make an entire 
 consecration of my all to Jesus, and I feel to date my 
 healing from that time. 
 
 However, several weeks previous to this, I had been 
 seeking the blessing of bodily healing and a higher 
 Christian life, and, as a means to this end, I laid aside 
 all remedies. Gathering my medicines together I took 
 them back to the doctor, telling him that I had no fur- 
 ther use for them, as I had taken Jesus for my Physi- 
 cian. 
 
 While the Holy Spirit was showing me how much 
 there was in me to overcome before I could be made 
 fit for the Master's use, this passage w^as applied to my 
 mind with great force, signifying this was the way I 
 
16 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 was to be led into the light: Matt. 17:21, "Howbeit 
 this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting." 
 Accordingly I humbled myself before the Lord with 
 fasting and prayer, which were days of great distress 
 and suffering of body, and such darkness of mind that 
 I would, at times, lie on my face before the Lord, 
 seemingly in a God-forsaken state, yet renewing my 
 vows to become anything or nothing, only that God 
 would be pleased to fit me for His service. (I have 
 since learned this struggle is unnecessary if one will 
 take Jesus in all his fullness and love.) I was> gen- 
 erally called to fast when there was something for din- 
 ner I was particularly fond of, so I found it a great self 
 denial. I miss a meal more than most persons, and 
 my Father did not often call me to fast more than 
 one meal at a time; for it seemed I could scarcely live 
 through the day in such darkness of soul and distress 
 of body. 
 
 Several times I wrote to Miss Judd, of Buffalo, to 
 pray for me; and right here, I gratefully thank her, 
 and all others who prayed for me, for their kind as- 
 sistance and prayers. As soon as I could read a little 
 I found great comfort in her book entitled "The Prayer 
 of Faith"; also, "The Christian's Secret of a Happy 
 Life," by H. W. S., which a friend kindly gave me to 
 read. But the Lord made use of the dear little book, 
 "Kept for the Master's Use," by Frances Havergal, in 
 leading me to make an entire consecration of myself 
 to Him, for I began to realize I was not my own; I 
 was bought with a price, even the precious blood of 
 Jesus. 
 
 I took her poem for my own: 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 17 
 
 "Take my life and let it be 
 Consecrated, Lord, to Thee; 
 Take my hands and let them move 
 At the impulse of Thy love. 
 
 "Take my feet and let them be 
 Swift and beautiful for Thee; 
 Take my voice and let me sing 
 Always — only — for my King. 
 
 "Take my lips and let them be 
 Filled with messages for Thee; 
 Take my silver and my gold — 
 Not a mite would I withhold. 
 
 "Take my moments and my days, 
 Let them flow in endless praise; 
 Take my intellect and use 
 Ev'ry power as Thou shalt choose. 
 
 "Take my will and make it Thine, 
 It shall be no longer mine; 
 Take my heart, it is Thine own, 
 It shall be Thy royal throne. 
 
 "Take my love, my God, I pour 
 At thy feet its treasure store; 
 Take myself, and I will be 
 Ever, only, all for Thee." 
 
 I wrote below these lines : "O Father, take me now, 
 and keep me." Dora. 
 
 7:30 P. M., July 16, 1885. 
 
 This little book had been given me several years be- 
 fore by a very dear friend, who little dreamed what a 
 power it would prove in God's hands of leading me 
 into a life of trust. It was laid aside for years, be- 
 cause my eyes were so bad I could not use them in 
 reading. My friend, Mrs. Winchester, from Buffalo, 
 was visiting in Grand Kapids, and she told me of God's 
 willingness to heal the body. She also told me of 
 Miss Judd's healing, of her home and meetings, and 
 
18 SOME OP THE FRUITS OF 
 
 gave me "The Prayer of Faith," which, like "Kept for 
 the Master's Use," was laid aside, without any special 
 attention being given it. Now the Lord showed me 
 my utter helplessness, and the inability of human phy- 
 sicians to bring about a perfect cure. He suffered my 
 business (which was our only support) to decrease, so 
 I was not actually needed to do the little I could to 
 assist in the business. I thought I might do a little 
 for others, and I entered into the W. C. T. U. work, but 
 soon found that every effort only increased my suffer- 
 ing, which was constant. There were very few days 
 that I could sit up all day for many, many years, and I 
 never felt free from pain a moment, yet if I could keep 
 up I called myself well. I will not here dwell upon 
 the years of suffering and confinement to my bed and 
 a dark room. Many thanks are due my dear friends 
 and faithful physicians, Drs. Dolley of Albion, N. Y., 
 and Botsford, of Grand Eapids, wiiose untiring efforts 
 to bring relief and to perfect a cure were greatly 
 blessed of God. Dr. B., by magnetic and homeopathic 
 treatment, so far restored me that I seemed almost a 
 miracle to all who knew me. Many prayers were of- 
 fered in my behalf. I often felt that if I knew how x to 
 take hold on Jesus I might be healed. No one showed 
 me the way, so the blessing was asked upon the 
 means. I partially recovered, and recommended the 
 medicine and the doctor, not speaking of the prayers 
 that were offered. 
 
 When I was but one year old, my mother died of 
 scrofulous consumption, and from mj earliest infancy I 
 seemed to be filled with disease. I scarcely remember 
 the time when I was free from pain until Jesus healed 
 me. Glory to His name! 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 19 
 
 There were a few years in my early womanhood that 
 I seemed well, for I did not speak much of pain only 
 when I had to give up to severe suffering, which came 
 upon me every two or three weeks. At that time I 
 went out sewing by the day, but little did those for 
 whom I worked dream of the suffering I was hiding. 
 I was ambitious to work when I could, as I needed the 
 means and had become so accustomed to pain that I 
 could endure a great deal before yielding to it. Fi- 
 nally, one disease after another seized me until I had 
 no power to resist. During this time I was extremely 
 nervous, made so by severe and constant suffering, 
 and when my eyes gave out my agony seemed beyond 
 endurance. When Dr. Botsford commenced treating 
 me, my strength was reduced so that I could not move 
 nryself in bed, and my body was so tender that I could 
 not endure the weight of the sheet over me without 
 increasing the distress. I do not think there was a 
 sound organ in my body. I also had very severe at- 
 tacks of asthma and rheumatism, both acute and in- 
 flammatory; but worst of all was the great suffering 
 in my head and eyes. I could not endure the least ray 
 of light without increasing the pain. No room could 
 be made dark enough, so a frame was built over my 
 bed and a thick blue curtain enveloped me. When 
 opened enough for one to pass in to care for me, it 
 seemed as though millions of needles were passing 
 through iny ej^eballs and head, although the room was 
 as dark as thick dark shades and drapery could make it. 
 Here I lay many months, praying to die. This pain 
 never entirely left my head or eyes until I gave my all 
 to Jesus; and then, at times, it was only in the name 
 and strength of Jesus that I could conquer the enemy, 
 
20 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 even after I claimed the work done on the finished 
 work of the cross. After long and weary months of 
 patient labor the doctor succeeded in raising me up. 
 I improved slowly for several years under his con- 
 stant treatment and called myself pretty well, but 
 still I suffered, and w^as subject to frequent and severe 
 attacks of illness. I then tried "Christian Science," 
 during which time I lost the use of one eye. I then 
 returned to Dr. Botsford, who was ever patient and 
 kind with me and did all that human skill could do 
 for my relief. I remained under his treatment, taking 
 medicine daily for some of my many ailments, God 
 alone knowing how much I suffered, until I gave up 
 all and placed myself entirely in the hands of the great 
 Physician, and consecrated all to Him, seeking to be 
 "Sanctified, and meet for the Master's use, and pre- 
 pared unto every good work." 2 Tim. 2:21. I had 
 thought I would not speak much of my life of suffer- 
 ing, but I am so often told, when I am pointing the 
 tried one to Jesus, "Oh, you don't know anything about 
 pain; you are so well." Now, I can say, from sad per- 
 sonal experience, I know what suffering is — mental, 
 spiritual, and physical. I had many, and severe trials 
 of my faith, and at times was almost overwhelmed. I 
 had held to earthly means with such persistence, I 
 was just as determined to trust Jesus now, without 
 any human helps. I commenced to ask God to speak 
 to me through His word, which had always been a 
 sealed book to me, although I had been a member of 
 the Congregational Church since I was ten years of 
 age and had lived as most Christians do. I now asked 
 the Lord to make the Bible the "Lamp unto my feet, 
 and a light unto my path." I then commenced asking 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 21 
 
 that my eyes might be strengthened, so I could see 
 to read in His name and strength. Truly He verified 
 His promise to me, "Ask and ye shall receive." I had 
 thought if I could go to Miss Judd or Dr. Cullis I would 
 be healed sooner, and I asked the Lord to open up the 
 way, if it were His will. Then the thought come to 
 me, Jesus is everywhere present, you need not go away 
 to find Him. I said, "Thy will be done." 
 
 From the time I gave up my medicines and conse- 
 crated myself I took the ground that I was healed by 
 faith, and I was; but some days I seemed and felt 
 worse, even for months after. But I held firmly to the 
 promises, repeating them often to myself. "The prayer 
 of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise 
 him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be 
 forgiven him." James 5:15. Notice, these are God's 
 "shalls." Also, "That if two of you shall agree on 
 earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall 
 be done for them of my Father which is in Heaven." 
 Matt. 18:19. "All things, whatsoever ye shall ask in 
 prayer, believing, ye shall receive." Matt. 21 :22. Often, 
 when I started out on my missions of love and mercy, 
 I felt more like going to bed, because I was in such 
 extreme suffering, walking long distances, sometimes 
 wheeling a cripple or supporting the weak ones, and 
 sometimes holding two meetings a day. Had I looked 
 to my feelings I could not have told of Jesus' healing 
 power. But I did not look within or about me, but 
 straight up to Jesus and to His Word, and by faith the 
 blessing was mine. "His faith," not mine. I learned 
 to take no step without His guidance and in His name 
 and strength. He always sustained me, although the 
 strength came only step by step, and I had to put forth 
 
22 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 my foot to take the step before I realized the strength 
 given. 
 
 As I looked back from month to month I could see 
 I really was a little better. My eyes were growing 
 gradually stronger, although many times I could read 
 but a few lines without distress, particularly in the 
 evening. Had I yielded to the enemy at this time I 
 should surely have lost the blessing. I would lay my 
 hands upon my eyes in the name of Jesus and claim 
 the promise, and ask Him to give an increase of 
 strength; then try again, in His name, not waiting for 
 the pain to leave. Sometimes I would be obliged to 
 repeat this several times before I would gain vic- 
 tory enough to go on. Here is where many lose the 
 blessing. When the test comes they fear they will 
 injure themselves, and will not continue to try perse- 
 veringly in Jesus' name until the enemy is conquered. 
 Please remember, dear tried ones, every victory gained 
 in Jesus' name will make you stronger to win another 
 and w T ill lessen the enemy's power over you. 
 
 Many times while giving Bible lessons I could see 
 only one word at a time; and as I spoke that, I could 
 see another. Many verses have been read in this way 
 when no one knew of the trial, and I never said "I can't 
 see." Has He not promised that those who put their 
 trust in Him shall never be confounded? 
 
 It is impossible for me to describe what I suffered 
 in my eyes and head. Anything red, white, bright in 
 color, or more than a certain degree of light, or a close 
 application even for a few r seconds, would cause an 
 indescribable distress and pain, that would continue, 
 even after the troublesome object was removed, until 
 my whole body was weak and I would become faint 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 23 
 
 and sick at my stomach from the pain. Many times 
 when I had been out in the evening, or spent the day 
 with friends w r ho would darken the rooms for me, I 
 would suffer for days from the effect of the light. But 
 Jesus overcame for me; and eternity will be too short 
 for me to render sufficient praise for the wonderful de- 
 liverances He has wrought for me. O beloved, when 
 a victory is gained, do not forget to render thanks and 
 praise to Jesus. 
 
 I w^rote to Dr. Cullis, and later to Captain Carter, to 
 pray for me, and was blessed every time any of God's 
 dear children joined with me in prayer. First of all, 
 I asked my own dear pastor to pray for me and felt 
 blessed. He said, however, he knew very little about 
 "Faith healing," but knew some were healed in that 
 way. I find God's Word is full of counsel, of warning, 
 and of precious promises bearing on this glorious truth 
 of perfect deliverance for the body as well as the soul 
 through the atoning blood of Christ by faith. "And 
 His name, through faith in His name, hath made this 
 man strong, whom ye see and know; yea, the faith 
 which is by Him hath given him this perfect soundness 
 in the presence of you all. And now, brethren, I wot 
 that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your 
 rulers." Acts, 3:16, 17. Only those who have tasted 
 the power of Jesus and the Word of God, in faith, as 
 it is brought to bear on our individual experiences, 
 really know the duties and privileges of every true 
 child of God in trusting Jesus and the power of His 
 blood to deliver us from the power of Satan. Let me 
 say to those who oppose this glorious truth, Beware 
 how you trample the blood of Jesus under foot, for "Of 
 how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be 
 
24 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son 
 of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, 
 wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and 
 hath done despite unto the spirit of grace." Heb. 
 10:29, 30. For the One who upholdeth all things by 
 the power of His word, entrusted unto us a high and 
 holy calling, when He made us His believing disciples, 
 and said: "And these signs shall follow them that 
 believe. In my name shall they cast out devils; 
 * * * they shall lay hands on the sick, and they 
 shall recover," Mark 16:17, 18; for "Himself took our 
 infirmities, and bare our sicknesses." Matt. 8:17. 
 
 When I see so many rejecting this part of the Gos- 
 pel, which is so convincing to an unbelieving world, I 
 feel to cry, Father, forgive them, for they know not 
 what they do. "Jesus Christ the same, yesterday and 
 to-day and forever." Heb. 13:8. 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 25 
 
 CHAPTEK II. 
 
 TEST OF FAITH. 
 
 "Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a sea- 
 son, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold 
 temptations; that the trial of your faith being much 
 more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it 
 be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and 
 honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ." 
 1 Pet. 1:6, 7. 
 
 When I gave up my medicines, I looked longingly 
 at one remedy I used to take when I felt the first symp- 
 toms of the severe and sudden colds with which I was 
 often attacked, usually resulting in a distressing com- 
 bination of asthma, congestion of the lungs and rheu- 
 matism in every part of my body, any one of which 
 caused me great suffering. I thought, Can I give up 
 this remedy and trust Jesus to carry me through? I 
 said, Yes, I will. Soon after this I felt a cold coming 
 on and gave myself anew into the hands of the Great 
 Physician. I felt that I must not yield to Satan's 
 power (for I was learning to look upon pain and suffer- 
 ing as from him), not even to lie down, or sit bolstered 
 up in bed, as I could not lie down at such times. I 
 was tested for three days and two nights, but my suf- 
 fering was not nearly so severe as usual. Before this 
 I would be almost or quite helpless from one to three 
 weeks. 
 
 A friend, visiting me at this time, did not believe 
 much in this way, and I was very anxious not to dis- 
 
26 SOME OP THE FRUITS OP 
 
 honor the name of Jesus. I had a class at the In- 
 dustrial School for Poor Children, which came the 
 third day of this attack. The distance was quite long, 
 and I was very weak, but I thought for Jesus' sake I 
 will go, and trust Him for strength. Strength was 
 given me to fulfil my duties, but before I started for 
 home it had commenced to rain, and Satan whispered, 
 Now you will get wet and be obliged to call a phy sician 
 after all, for you can't endure much more. I was al- 
 ways very sensitive to atmospheric changes and damp 
 air, and it seemed I could never reach home. As I 
 thought over the distance I would have to go I felt 
 as though I would drop on the walk. At once I be- 
 came conscious that every breath was a prayer, and 
 I finally reached home, after learning one of the sweet- 
 est lessons of my life, which was, that I needed strength 
 for only one step at a time; and when I put forth an 
 effort in the name and for the glory of Jesus alone, 
 strength was always given me. 
 
 Immediately after dinner a sleepiness came over 
 me — different from anything I had experienced before. 
 It seemed I was only to close my eyes to be sound 
 asleep. Before this I had not given up to any feelings, 
 not even to allow^ others to talk to me about how I felt. 
 I told only Jesus. But now these w^ords came to me 
 so sw^eetly: "Come ye apart and rest awhile." I ex- 
 cused myself and lay down. Before my friend had 
 time to cover me I was in a sound sleep, and remained 
 so the whole afternoon. When I awoke I was healed, 
 and a sweet assurance was given me that I never 
 would be tempted with these attacks above what I 
 was able to bear, and that Jesus would always make a 
 way of escape. Several months after this I was seized 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 27 
 
 with another attack and lost my voice, but had to 
 stay in only one day. Since this I have learned to 
 take the very first symptoms to Jesus, and often He 
 removes them before the disease comes upon me 
 
 I had not been able for nearly eighteen years to go 
 into the light without dark glasses, and I could not 
 remain in the light when I felt the best without a 
 great increase of pain, even with glasses. After 
 claiming healing, I put on my glasses to go out one 
 day, when the thought came to me, What would you 
 saj' if anyone should ask you why you Avore them after 
 you were healed? I said, Lord, I cannot open my 
 eyes for the pain without them. It seemed that I 
 heard the voice of Jesus speaking to my heart, saying, 
 I will lead you. I said, I will trust Thee, precious 
 Jesus. I laid aside my glasses, and truly He did lead 
 me, for I could not open my eyes for nearly a block. I 
 asked Him not to let me run off the w^alk, or against 
 anyone. When I could open one eye enough to see 
 where I was, I found myself in the middle of the walk, 
 and all others passing on either side. "He leadeth 
 me." Before I had gone far I had both eyes open, and 
 suffered no more pain than usual with my glasses. 
 The next time I went out I was very tired, and being 
 so accustomed to take my glasses I started for them. 
 Satan whispered, You had better take them, for you 
 may need them. I took them, forgetting I had prom- 
 ised Jesus I would trust Him. Of course, I needed 
 them before reaching the gate. I went to the W. O. 
 T. U., and the pain became so severe I had to leave 
 soon after I entered. The pain increased, and contin- 
 ued until I sought to learn the lesson my Lord would 
 teach me. After continued waiting, the thought was 
 
28 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 given me, You promised to trust Me, and did not. I 
 seemed to see my grieved Savior and Physician near. 
 I said, Lord, forgive me, I will trust Thee. The next 
 time I went out I started for my glasses, as usual, when 
 again I seemed to hear my Lord say: Child, trust Me 
 to take care of your eyes. I said, I will, Lord Jesus. 
 I went forth in His name and strength with much less 
 pain than before, and never put them on again but 
 once. I went with a company to camp out a few days, 
 dow r n the river. All took their colored glasses, and I 
 thought, If well people protect their eyes, it will be 
 right for me. One day the sun was very bright on 
 the water and they all put on their glasses. I put 
 mine on also, and immediately my eyes began to pain 
 me. I took them off and said again, Jesus forgive me, 
 I will trust Thee. After a little time one said, "Where 
 are your glasses ?" I said, "Jesus is taking care of my 
 eyes." I have never used them since, and truly He 
 does care for my eyes. I can now see to read and write 
 in the evening. As long as I keep close to Jesus I am 
 free, praise His dear name. 
 
 During the winter of 1886 I was tested most of the 
 time with a cough and severe hoarseness. My throat 
 was weak, and it was very difficult for me to talk. I 
 gave it no heed, however, but continued to hold my- 
 self before the Lord for release. He did not see fit to 
 remove this trouble immediately, but I continued my 
 work, holding from four to six meetings a week, and 
 talking almost constantly, as I had many calls daily, 
 asking about this old, yet new, way of faith. When 
 my throat seemed weaker, or w T hen I was hoarser than 
 usual, there would generally be some deaf people at 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 29 
 
 the meetings, so I would have to make a great effort 
 to speak louder, but the Lord always sustained me. 
 
 Late iu the summer of 1887 I was the most severely 
 tested that I have been since I came into the faith of 
 Jesus for my body. But this only revealed to me my 
 precious Physician's wondrous sustaining and keep- 
 ing power; yes, and deliverance, also. It was neces- 
 sary for me to assist in putting up a stove, because the 
 furnace was not in running order. We had great diffi- 
 culty in fitting the pipe, and it was late in the evening 
 before we finished and put the room in order for use. 
 I then took a dear invalid sister in my arms and car- 
 ried her down stairs through the dining room into the 
 warm room I had prepared for her. Then, stopping 
 to warm, I realized, for the first time, that I was 
 chilled through. Soon after I went to bed and the 
 night was passed in painful broken sleep. Whenever 
 I moved I would awake with pain, but I always asked 
 Jesus to remove the pain and give me rest. Immedi- 
 ately I would fall asleep again for a short time. The 
 next morning I had to put forth the greatest effort, in 
 the name and strength of Jesus, to arise and dress. I 
 tried to appear natural before the family, but retired 
 to my room soon after breakfast to inquire of the Lord 
 His w r ill concerning me. Immediately I felt the 
 sleepy w^ave coming over me, which always comes now 
 as a token of rest. This touch of rest comes so unlike 
 any other sleep. It often comes like a thrill passing 
 through my whole being, and my eyes are so heavy 
 with sleep I cannot hold them open. I sometimes be- 
 come unconscious as soon as my eyes close — perhaps 
 only for a few moments; but awaken as refreshed as 
 though I had a night of sweet sleep. At this time, 
 
30 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 however, I slept as I did the night before, awaking in 
 distress at short intervals. With the Lord's help, I 
 was able to sit up in the afternoon and prepare my 
 lessons for the week. The old diseases, asthma, con- 
 gestion of the lungs, and rheumatism, seemed to come 
 back with their former force. No one in the house 
 knew how I was suffering. Another night was passed 
 in broken sleep and pain. I arose as on the previous 
 morning, passing the forenoon in the same way. My 
 lungs were very painful, and my breath was labored 
 and wheezy. I do not think one spot of my whole 
 body was free from rheumatic pains. But I was in 
 constant prayer. At noon I made an effort to rise and 
 prepare for the afternoon meeting, four miles away. 
 I grew faint and deathly sick. I said, O my God, 
 shall I go? I took my Bible in the name of Jesus, and 
 asked Him to direct me through His Word whether I 
 should go. Everything grew dark and giddy, and I 
 but dimly discerned these words: "And the apostles 
 gathered themselves together unto Jesus and told 
 Him all things." Mark 6:30. That was just what we 
 were going to do at the meeting. Then my eyes caught 
 these Avords: "Daughter, thy faith hath made thee 
 whole; go in peace. Be not afraid; only believe." 
 Mark 5 :34, 36. I said, Yes, Lord, I do believe it is Thy 
 will I should go, and I will go in Thy strength. As I 
 left the house I said to the family: "Pray for me." 
 One remarked, "She ought to be in bed." I was some- 
 what relieved, or I could not have reached the street 
 car, one-half block from the house. I felt blessed in 
 going. I had three blocks at the other end of the route 
 to walk, and I could do this only by drawing strength 
 each step from my blessed Lord. I was greatly dis- 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 31 
 
 tressed when I reached the house, and immediately fell 
 on my knees and asked those present to pray for me. 
 Again I was much relieved, and was able partly to con- 
 duct the meeting. When I returned home I was so 
 much better that I almost forgot my distress. Next 
 morning I was very weak, my lungs sore and my cough 
 bad, and it was very difficult for me to talk. The pain 
 had nearly left my body, but it was sore and lame 
 when I moved. Quite early a gentleman and lady 
 called to talk with me and to learn more of this way 
 of faith. Strength was given me to talk with them 
 most of the day, and as a result of this day's work I 
 have many times heard him speak of the great blessing 
 which came to their lives, and to the whole family. 
 
 That same evening I had a meeting, and in the name 
 of Jesus I went forth, but was obliged to request pray- 
 ers again before I could go on with it. Next day I was 
 called out to visit the sick in the forenoon, and gave 
 my usual "Bible reading" in the afternoon. I was 
 called out in the evening, and was away all night with 
 the sick. I walked home the next forenoon, over one 
 and one-half miles, calling upon the sick on my way. 
 I answered some letters in the afternoon. About 4 p. 
 m. I received a note asking me to go across the river 
 to see a lady who was thought to have the consump- 
 tion. As I had a meeting in that ward in the evening, 
 I asked for strength to carry me through, and started 
 in the name of Jesus. The lady was healed. 
 
 I had quite a long walk to the place of the meeting. 
 It had rained a little all day, but the rain had been in- 
 creasing, and it was now raining quite hard. This 
 only showed to me my Lord's wondrous keeping power. 
 
 The next forenoon I was engaged with the sick at 
 
32 SOME OP THE FRUITS OF 
 
 Beulah, and, as usual, conducted the afternoon meet- 
 ing. Saturday was a busy day, and at night I was 
 called out again to watch and pray all night with a 
 sister who was suffering with inflammatory rheuma- 
 tism. She was wonderfully relieved in answer to 
 prayer. I also suffered much that night, but was great- 
 ly sustained. I felt the week had been one of great 
 trial and wonderful victory. I saw, as never before, 
 how I could draw strength for the moment's need, if I 
 did not yield to the enemy (even though the suffering 
 remained). My blessed Eedeemer would sustain me 
 and glorify Himself in my weakness. The cough re- 
 mained several weeks, while the other diseases grad- 
 ually passed away. 
 
 Beloved, it is the testing time that proves our faith. 
 So many yield and thus dishonor their Lord, when the 
 suffering seems to increase or remain. If my Lord 
 sees fit to take me to Himself before He comes, I want 
 to go in full faith for soul and body. And surely, I 
 want to be one in whom He "shall find faith" when He 
 comes. I feel I would sooner die than bring a reproach 
 on His dear name. As I look back over this week of 
 trial, work and victory, I could praise the Lord for it all. 
 
 A heavy window fell upon my hand with such force 
 that it dented my knuckles. The pain was intense, but 
 I immediately laid the other hand upon it in the name 
 of Jesus and claimed the promise, telling the Lord He 
 knew how much I had to do for Him that day and 
 needed my hand to use in His work. When I took my 
 hand off the pain was gone and only a little redness 
 remained. I went on with my work, praising the 
 Lord, and had no trouble with it. 
 
 The furnace pipe passes through my room, and one 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 33 
 
 day, while bathing, I accidentally leaned my wet back 
 against the hot pipe, burning it so badly that I left 
 the mark of the skin on the pipe. I at once presented 
 my case to the Lord for relief and promised to give 
 Him the glory. The severe pain ceased at once. As I 
 looked in the glass, I saw a place nearly as large as 
 my hand, red as raw beef. I dressed and went to my 
 meeting and told what the Lord had done for me. It 
 was not even sore, and never gave me the least trouble, 
 and the new skin grew in a short time. 
 
 After giving ourselves into the Lord's hands, and 
 while waiting on Him for any blessing, we should not 
 fear, nor wonder, nor doubt. We would not treat an 
 earthly friend, in whom we have confidence, in this 
 way. How much less should we thus treat our blessed 
 Savior, who has given his precious life for our redemp- 
 tion from sin and sickness. "Ye are not your own; 
 for ye are bought with a price; therefore glorify God 
 in your body and in your spirit, which are God's. 1 
 Cor. 6:19, 20. Beloved, did you ever think Jesus has 
 purchased your body; whether in sickness or in health 
 you are not your own? You are bought with the blood 
 of the Son of God, and your body is the temple of the 
 Holy Ghost. 1 Cor. 3 :17. Did you ever take any medi- 
 cine that injured you? I have heard physicians say 
 that more deaths are caused by medicines than by dis- 
 ease. Jesus, my Physician, never makes any mistake; 
 He never experiments. You can trust Him, for He 
 has paid a great price for your w r hole being, which con- 
 sists of spirit, soul and body and cannot be separated 
 in this life. Oh, do not defile your body any longer 
 with poisonous drugs and medicines, but put yourself 
 into Jesus' hands and trust Him to make you whole! 
 
34 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 THE LEADINGS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 
 
 One evening, in the early part of my experience, as I 
 sat reading in the Bible, I was very happy. The spirit 
 of prayer came over me, and I retired to my room and 
 had a sweet talk with Jesus. I seemed almost to be 
 carried to the "third Heaven." I asked Jesus that my 
 sins might be all washed away. Immediately I was 
 plunged into darkness. My prayer was ended. Then 
 I cried to God in agony of soul to show me what I had 
 done to grieve His Holy Spirit. I found no peace, so 
 I returned to my Bible and opened to Matt. 8:22: 
 "Jesus said unto him, Follow me, and let the dead 
 bury their dead." I never could understand the mean- 
 ing of that passage, and I turned the leaves to find 
 something else, but they fell back to the same place, 
 and as my eyes rested on the same verse it was like 
 adding fuel to the fire. Again I tried to turn the 
 leaves; again my eyes rested upon the same passage. 
 Like a flash these thoughts were given to me: Let the 
 dead past be buried in the past. You have repented of 
 all your sins and put them away, and the witness of 
 your acceptance has been given you that your sins 
 have been removed from you "as far as the east is from 
 the west." Now you have nothing more to do with 
 them. They are "under the blood." Follow me. I said, 
 I will, Lord Jesus. Happy consciousness! All the 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 35 
 
 sins, mistakes and foolishness of my life are "under 
 the blood." 
 
 "I am out on the promise, 
 I'm under the blood." 
 
 Bless the Lord! And if I have ever caused any to 
 suffer in any way, I here ask their forgiveness. I be- 
 came very happy and praised God for the revelation, 
 for through this trial I had learned the secret of hear- 
 ing the sweet voice of my Lord speaking to me through 
 His Word. And He says, Try me. And I find it so 
 comforting and assuring to my faith to be directed by 
 the "Sure Word of God." As soon as I consecrated 
 myself to Jesus, my heart went out to the suffering 
 ones. I had not been able to go into a sick-room for 
 years without, in a measure, taking on the conditions 
 of the sufferer. I had been such a great sufferer, my 
 whole being went out in sympathy. 
 
 And now, since I had found such a "balm in Gilead," 
 such a "Physician there," a healer for both soul and 
 body, I longed to tell the poor tempest-tossed and suf- 
 fering ones all about the power of the Great Physician. 
 A lady who had been confined to her bed most of the 
 time for more than thirty years often came to my mind. 
 I wanted to go to her and tell the glad tidings of de- 
 liverance, but asked the Lord not to let me go until 
 He sent me. Several wrecks after this I was led to 
 visit her. While in prayer w^ith her the assurance was 
 given me that she would walk. She had not stood or 
 walked for nearly twenty years, and had taken only a 
 few steps in thirty years. She is now able to walk 
 about some, sits up several hours a day, and rides out 
 occasionally. 
 
36 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 I have had great boldness given me from the first to 
 rest on God's Word. I proclaimed at once that she 
 would walk. Soon after this a dear Christian friend 
 said: "What if she should not walk?" I said, "The 
 prayer of faith shall save the sick." Again he said, 
 "But what if she shouldn't?" I repeated James 5:15. 
 Again he repeated his question, and I answered the 
 same. We honor the Lord by asking great things of 
 Him and believing He is able to perform them, for He 
 says, "Come boldly unto the throne of grace, that ye 
 may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of 
 need." When I felt my heart going out to the suffering 
 ones, I was led to ask for the gifts of faith, healing, and 
 miracles. At this time, however, I did not realize that 
 the gifts of healing and miracles were two gifts. The 
 Lord showed me at once that He had granted my re- 
 quest and bestowed these gifts upon me by the instan- 
 taneous healing of a broken arm which had become a 
 mass of corruption. The statement of which I will 
 here give: 
 
 About a month after my consecration I had repeated 
 requests to visit an old lady who was suffering from 
 the effects of a fall. I did not respond at once, for I 
 feared, I hardly knew what. One Monday morning 
 the Lord laid the burden upon my heart to go and see 
 this lady. I prayed over the matter until near noon, 
 w r hen the Lord showed me clearly it was His will I 
 should go. Although I had claimed the blessing of 
 healing by faith, yet I was far from feeling this glorious 
 manifestation. I was in great weakness and suffering 
 at times; particularly this day my suffering was in- 
 tense. It seemed as though all my old diseases had re- 
 turned with great fierceness. I could sit up only with 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 37 
 
 the greatest effort and constant prayer. At last, after 
 getting myself ready, I was obliged to sit down for a 
 while before I could start. My anntie was quite 
 shocked when she learned I was going out, and said 
 I looked as though I had better go to bed. I started 
 in the name of Jesus. I had not five cents to pay my 
 street car fare, and it was a longer walk than I had 
 taken in a long time. My suffering increased as I 
 went, and the pain in my eyes was beyond description. 
 I had laid aside my dark glasses and could not be 
 tempted, under any circumstances, to take them again. 
 The rheumatism in my joints made it almost impossi- 
 ble for me to move, and Satan was given power over 
 me. Job 2 :6 : "And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, 
 he is in thine hand ; but save his life." Everything be- 
 gan to turn dark before me. These were some of the 
 thoughts that passed through my mind: You are a 
 hypocrite; a pretty subject to go and tell of Christ's 
 healing power. I cried mightily unto the Lord to give 
 me relief, so I could go on; or, if I had mistaken the 
 call, to increase the distress; only let me return home. 
 As yet I was scarcely a block from home and there 
 were ten blocks before me. I can never tell when re- 
 lief came, but I was conscious as I went every breath 
 was a prayer; and oh, how I prayed that God would 
 show His power if He really had heard my prayer, in 
 bestowing the gifts I had sought. The city mission- 
 ary, who had invited me to visit this lad} 7 , and who 
 lived in the lower part of the house, met me at the 
 door with an exclamation of joy, saying she had been 
 praying for me to come all the morning. I will fur- 
 ther on insert her statement, given in one of the city 
 papers. We went up stairs and found Mrs, Shepley 
 
38 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 sitting in a large chair, with her arm in a sling and her 
 hand badly swollen and inflamed. She was the pic- 
 ture of distress and despair. She said: "Mrs. Griffin, 
 my arm is bad, but my head is worse. If all the bones 
 in my body were broken, the pain could not be as bad 
 as the pain in my head. I begged of my husband not 
 to take me to the asylum if my reason left me." Mrs. 
 Shepley had also suffered from catarrh for many years. 
 I asked her if she believed God was able to heal her. 
 She replied: "I do." I asked her if she believed He 
 was willing to do it. Her reply was: "I do." I then 
 said to her: "Do you believe Jesus will heal you?" 
 She said: "Yes, I do." I read to her the account of 
 Miss Jucld's healing, in the "Prayer of Faith." I then 
 took the Bible, not knowing what I would read. The 
 Lord gave me the 103d Psalm. I do not know that 
 I had ever read it before; and I little thought what 
 precious lessons on Divine Healing it contained. As 
 I read, "Bless the Lord, O my Soul, and forget not all 
 His benefits: who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who 
 healeth all thy diseases; who redeemeth thy life from 
 destruction," etc., she took her arm out of the sling and 
 laid it upon her lap, saying, "I feel the healing power 
 to the ends of my fingers." When she spoke of feeling 
 the healing, her hand and arm began to shake so vio- 
 lently that it shook her whole body. When I first went 
 in, she tried to move that hand a very little with the 
 other, and the suffering was depicted on her face. We 
 then knelt in prayer. When we arose from our knees 
 she slipped the splints and bandage off her hand, when 
 lo! the swelling and inflammation were all gone; the 
 flesh and skin were perfectly restored, and nothing 
 was left to mark the place of the loathsome sores but 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 39 
 
 the appearance of a newly healed wound. Instantly 
 she threw her arms above her head and ran toward me 
 to embrace me and thank me for healing her and taking 
 away all the pain, saying, "I don't feel any more pain 
 in my head, arm or body than there is in that stove." 
 I said, "Oh, no; don't give me the praise. It was not 
 I. Jesus healed you. Let us kneel and give Him the 
 praise and thanks." She said, "Call my husband first." 
 When he came in, he sank into a chair and said, "What 
 does this all mean?" She replied, "The Lord has healed 
 me, and I am so happy." She plead with him to 
 come to Jesus. He seemed to yield himself, and there 
 was a great change in them. Several months after- 
 ward they both united with the M. E. Church. A few 
 moments after prayer Mrs. Burton w^as called. She 
 had dressed the arm in the forenoon when she saw it, 
 a raw mass of corruption. But as she looked and be- 
 held the wonderful change she nearly fainted, sinking 
 pale and trembling into a chair. When she could speak 
 she said, "Truly it is restored whole as the other." I 
 left them praising God. After this, I heard Mr. Shep- 
 ley testify in meeting that the Friday night before the 
 healing he ran for the neighbors and children to see 
 his wife die. 
 
 They lived in Grand Rapids more than a year after 
 this. Mrs. Shepley was a regular attendant at the 
 faith meeting, always testifying to the love and power 
 of Jesus, with a beaming face, praising God. After 
 they moved to Chicago I received letters from them, 
 saying that they were w^ell and happy and had meet- 
 ings at their home. Mrs. Burton, the city missionary, 
 states as follows: 
 
40 SOME OP THE FRUITS OP 
 
 "Mrs. Shepley came back from Macatawa Park, Fri- 
 day, July 17, 1885. She was sick, and explained that 
 on the preceding Monday morning she fell down a stair- 
 way, severely hurting her head and neck, and sprain- 
 ing her left wrist. One week after, Monday, July 20, 
 she consulted a physician, who pronounced the wrist 
 broken. He set and splinted it with a plaster of 
 paris splint. During the three weeks that followed, 
 her suffering from the pressure of the splint on the 
 swollen and inflamed arm was distressing to see, and 
 when removed by the physician, Tuesday, August 11th, 
 quite a quantity of pus, blood and corrupted flesh 
 dropped into her lap. The doctor exclaimed, 'Why did 
 you not come to me before?' Two large cavities were 
 left in her arm, one near her elbow and another near 
 the wrist, besides several smaller ones in a condition 
 nearly as bad. On Friday, August 14th, when the arm 
 was bared for dressing, it looked, if possible, still worse, 
 and she said that it was even more painful and sore. 
 Monday, August 17th, she was still carrying the arm 
 in a sling in this condition, unable to move it except 
 with the other hand, and was groaning and crying with 
 distress. It was so swollen, inflamed and spotted, 
 that, fearing erysipelas, I urged her to see the doctor 
 that day. 
 
 "Once or twice the preceding week I had spoken to 
 Mrs. Griffin about visiting her, as I believed her cheer- 
 ful, positive faith would do the suffering woman good, 
 and perhaps prevent her from becoming frenziecl. I 
 remember saying to Mrs. Shepley that morning, 'I 
 wish I had time to go and get Mrs. Griffin to come and 
 see you to-day ,' and about noon Mrs. Griffin came. It 
 is but true to say I did pray that if her coming would do 
 good, she might be directed to come; still w T hen she 
 stood at my door, I was awed at the immediateness of 
 the answer. We went to Mrs. Shepley's room, and I 
 said to her, 'This friend will do you good/ and left them 
 together. Not long after, I was called to 'Come,' and 
 on entering the room saw a bright, happy face in place 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 41 
 
 of gloom and tears, and the diseased arm freed from 
 splint and bandage and to all appearance well. No 
 sign of swelling, inflammation or suppurating sores, 
 but the arm looked like newly healed burns. She moved 
 the arm freely in every way, and the same afternoon 
 washed a few pieces. The next day in the forenoon 
 she did a large washing, did her housework, and in the 
 afternoon walked to and from a faith meeting at a 
 place a mile or more distant. 
 
 "A. S. Burton." 
 
 "The above statement in regard to my case is true. 
 My arm and head are well, and I am happy in the Lord. 
 
 "Mrs. J. A. Shepley." 
 
 When I returned home from this place, where God 
 had so wonderfully showed His power, I was filled with 
 a quiet, sweet peace, and these words kept singing in 
 my soul, "Bless the Lord, O my soul." I could not tell 
 where I had seen them. For several days I searched 
 to find them, but could not; when again I opened to 
 the 103d Psalm, I remembered where I had seen them. 
 My soul has blessed the Lord ever since. I think I 
 began to realize that the Lord had granted my request 
 and bestowed these gifts upon me, and that if He did 
 not see fit to heal me instantly, He could heal others 
 when He saw it was wise to do so. 
 
 I have been wonderfully guided at times in knowing 
 the Lord's will by trying the spirits. 1 John, 4:1: "Be- 
 loved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits 
 whether they are of God." I give this helpful experi- 
 ence because so many of God's dear children really 
 desire to do the will of God, but do not know how to 
 listen for the Shepherd's guiding voice. If a thought 
 comes frequently to my mind I begin to inquire if it is 
 
42 SOME OP THE FRUITS OP 
 
 of the Lord. I am constantly asking direction for each 
 hour and moment of the day, that I may walk in my 
 heavenly Father's way, and not in my own. I desire 
 to be sure of His guidance; so I ask if the thought is of 
 the Lord He will hold it upon my mind, and if it is not, 
 that He will remove it. For we are to "bring into cap- 
 tivity every thought to the obedience of Christ." 2 Cor. 
 10:5. Many times I am directed in this way when 
 otherwise I would not know which way to turn. 
 
 When I ask for a token from the Lord I would not 
 dare do otherwise than obey, leaving the result with 
 Him; not mourning or thinking, perhaps, after all, I 
 have made a mistake. This the enemy tries to make 
 me think sometimes, but I refer it to Jesus, and it al- 
 ways comes out all right. If it is not just the way I 
 would have desired it, it is the way Jesus directed. 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 43 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 THE LEADINGS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.— (CONTINUED.) 
 
 A few months after my consecration conventions for 
 "Divine Healing" were held in different places. I had 
 a great desire to attend some of these, as I felt greatly 
 in need of all the help and instruction I could receive 
 on this subject. I asked the Lord to send me the money 
 with which to go, if it were His will. I made all prep- 
 arations, so when the money came I should be ready. 
 The time came and passed, and no money; but I could 
 say, "Thy will be done." Another convention, still 
 nearer home. I asked again with the same result. An- 
 other was held which seemed especially desirable. This 
 time I asked for a certain test to know if it w^ere the 
 Lord's will I should go; I had the money. The token 
 was not given, and I did not dare to go. I felt greatly 
 disappointed, but again could say, "Thy will be done." 
 
 Oh, beloved, it is precious to be in that state where 
 we can say from the depths of the soul, "Thy will be 
 done," and even when it is directly contrary to our own 
 earnest desires. We truly believe we are in the hands 
 of the living God, who know^s all things, and what is 
 for our best good and His glory. Circumstances proved 
 to be such that it might have been a great curse to my 
 whole life had my desires been granted. Every time 
 I think of this I praise God that I was willing to abide 
 by His will. 
 
44 SOME OP THE FRUITS OP 
 
 The Lord wonderfully opened up the truths of His 
 Word to my mind, until the Bible seemed full of this 
 blessed Gospel of Divine Healing, and with it a life "hid 
 with Christ in God." These grand truths seemed to 
 stand out boldly and clearly as though they were writ- 
 ten in words of living fire. These kindled a burning 
 love in my soul, which permeated my entire being, and 
 so filled me with His strength and glory that I felt if 
 I held my peace "the very stones would cry out." I 
 told to every one the priceless privileges and blessings 
 purchased for us by the blood of Jesus. 
 
 Some time after this, one evening I heard that Mrs. 
 M. Baxter, of England, was in Kalamazoo. I instantly 
 went to my room to inquire of the Lord if it were His 
 will for me to go and hear her. I almost heard Him 
 say, Go. I arose, went to the ticket office, purchased 
 my ticket and left on the early train next day. I at- 
 tended the afternoon and evening meetings, which 
 were a "feast of fat things" to my hungry soul. I drank 
 in every word and marked every passage and also had 
 the privilege of conversing with her. 
 
 On the cars as I returned I opened my Bible and the 
 Lord showed me why He had shut me up with Himself. 
 Oh, how I felt to praise Him that He had chosen to be 
 my instructor. Psalms 32:8. "I will instruct thee in 
 the way thou shalt go. I will guide thee with mine 
 eye." 
 
 Miss Carrie Judd came to Grand Bapids and con- 
 ducted the dedication of our "Beulah Best." As yet, 
 these are the only two workers among the Faith people 
 I have met. I was enabled to learn most precious les- 
 sons from each of these trusting ones. 
 
 I think this was really the time when I began to real- 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 45 
 
 ize the healing" was accomplished in my body. I knew 
 the healing was going on all the time, and could claim 
 the work done by faith. Jesus said, "It is finished." 
 This finished work of the cross was for me, and for my 
 body as well as my soul, if I took it. I could believe 
 and now felt that He sent his Word and healed me. 
 Psalm 107:20. Yes, even me. I learned more than 
 this, that when Jesus said, in Matt. 11:28, "Come unto 
 me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will 
 give you rest," that I might go to Him for physical rest 
 when I was weary, and He would give me this also. I 
 am naturally of a temperament like Peter's, quick, im- 
 pulsive and earnest; not much patience to wait for 
 anything I desire. I was not fretful, but my long sick- 
 ness had not had the effect of making me more patient 
 during delays. So I was obliged to learn these wonder- 
 ful and blessed lessons during the waiting time, not- 
 withstanding the many dark hours and severe tests I 
 was obliged to pass through ; most of the time my mind 
 was staid on God, and a deep, sweet peace filled my 
 soul. After the darkness was passed I was filled with 
 the glory of God, so that I could always praise Him 
 for the test and count it as one of the blessings of my 
 life. It is not easy to endure trial, but when it is over 
 and the joy of the Lord fills the whole being the trial is 
 forgotten in the glory. The Lord never fails to send 
 His angels to minister unto the tried ones as soon as 
 they learn the lessons he would teach them, and the 
 darkness is removed. By using me, God has showed 
 me that he can use anyone who is really desirous of 
 being used for His glory. 
 
 For several years I had dreaded the snow in winter 
 and desired never to see it again. I felt disagreeable 
 
46 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 when it began to fall. I had a good deal of fault to 
 find with the weather. Damp air caused rheumatic 
 suffering; bright, sunny daj<s hurt my eyes; hot 
 weather prostrated me; and really there was very little 
 weather that pleased me. In regard to this the Lord 
 spoke to me in a very sweet way, and I will give it as I 
 noted it clown at the time. 
 
 While I was waiting on the Lord to be relieved of a 
 physical burden that was weighing me down, the snow 
 fell through the window and rested on iny dark shawl 
 in delicate beauty. I saw in each flake a number of 
 perfectly formed stars, varying in form and beauty, 
 but each one reflecting light. I saw God's hand in 
 forming them in all their purity and loveliness, for no 
 invention of man could produce anything like them. 
 Then I thought, How many of God's dear children think 
 little trials, pains and diseases are not worthy His no- 
 tice, and yet He forms millions of these little flakes of 
 beauty and frailty with such care. "Of how much more 
 value are ye?" As I breathed upon them they van- 
 ished; so it is with the child of God; when He breathes 
 up us, and we receive the Holy Ghost, we have no bur- 
 dens, for we cast them upon Jesus, and they disappear. 
 Again, I saw how delicate is that tender Spirit, and 
 how easily grieved even by the breath of unbelief or 
 doubtful thought, act or word. The request of my 
 prayer was granted, and I praised the Lord for the few 
 moments' delay. The waiting time was not in vain, 
 but was spent in learning a sweet, useful lesson. I 
 have never found any fault with the weather since. I 
 go out in sunshine or in storm and the Lord keeps 
 me. I feel that Christians commit a great sin in mur- 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 47 
 
 muring about the weather or anything else God is 
 pleased to send us. 
 
 As soon as I had consecrated my all to Jesus I felt I 
 must start a faith prayer meeting. I knew of only one 
 who would believe and join with me; this was my 
 friend, Mrs. Winchester, from Buffalo. She came and 
 helped me while she remained in the city. We were 
 liable to interruptions, as my home and business were 
 in the same house, so a friend living in the extreme 
 southeastern part of the city invited us to her house 
 for a time. Then the city missionary, Mrs. Burton, 
 invited us to meet with her. Quite frequently I was 
 the only one there, but Jesus always met with us (Matt. 
 18:20), and we were blessed. 
 
 Satan often whispered to me, This is no use; you 
 had better give up. After a time, more came in, then 
 I began to be frightened, for I was very ignorant of the 
 Bible. Although I had been a Christian so long, I 
 had neither loved nor understood the Bible as I ought. 
 It was always a sealed book to me until I took it for 
 both soul and body. When Bible students came into 
 the meetings I was almost ready to give up, and dared 
 not take my eyes from my book. 
 
 One morning about this time I opened to Jer. 1:6-9. 
 I lost sight of Jeremiah, to whom this was spoken, for 
 it was now God's own word to me. I have never been 
 "afraid of their faces" since, for I know God is with me, 
 and now I am holding four full salvation cottage prayer 
 meetings a week in the city. Souls and bodies are 
 being brought to Jesus continually. Oh, it is precious 
 to know T that Jesus never turned any away who truly 
 came to him; but He healed them, forgave their sins 
 and blessed them. I cannot see how any can come to 
 
48 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 Jesus for the healing of their bodies without receiving 
 a spiritual blessing, if they are Christians; and if they 
 are not, without giving their souls to Him, when they 
 are healed. "Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, to-day 
 and forever." 
 
 I was greatly exercised in regard to the command in 
 James 5 :14, for I was learning that "obedience is better 
 than sacrifice." Accordingly I went to see two of the 
 deacons in my church about this matter, and they said 
 they did not believe in this, as the day of miracles was 
 past. I was now prajdng with several persons, and 
 wished to find some one to anoint them, but could find 
 no one who believed in this command. About this 
 time I had some wonderful lessons taught me. I had 
 been greatly annoyed with agents, and had not always 
 treated them as well as I ought. 
 
 A lady came in one afternoon with a medical book to 
 sell. Of course I did not wish it, but I treated her well, 
 and listened to her story for "Jesus' sake," for I was 
 now beginning to see the souls of people for whom Jesus 
 had shed his precious blood, and realized that perhaps 
 I might lead that one to Jesus. I told her I had no use 
 for anything of that kind, because I had taken Jesus as 
 my physician, medicine and health. She then told me 
 of her daughter, twenty-three years of age, who was a 
 hopeless cripple. She had diphtheria when she was 
 three years old, which settled in her spine and limbs; 
 she had always been a great sufferer, and at this time 
 her suffering was so great that one could not go into 
 her room without increasing her distress. I asked her 
 if she would like to have us remember her in prayer. 
 She said she would. About two w r eeks after this I 
 returned one day from making some calls, and found a 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 49 
 
 young lady in the sitting room who proved to be the 
 cripple for whom we had been praying. She was so 
 much better that she was able with assistance to swing 
 herself on her crutches to my house, a distance of five 
 blocks. She said she did not know but that she would 
 stay a week. This I did not exactly know how to take, 
 as she was a perfect stranger. She staid with me the 
 remainder of the day, and late in the evening. I asked 
 her if she would like me to pray with her before she 
 went back. I did so, and after prayer she was able to 
 arise in the name of Jesus and hobble across the room 
 and back again without her crutches; she said she had 
 never done this before. I then saw T that the Lord had 
 sent her to me. I had asked in the morning for some- 
 thing to do for Him that day. While I w^as thinking 
 whether to say I w^ould walk back with her or ask her 
 to stay over night (which w r as not very convenient), this 
 came to me, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least 
 of these ye have done it unto me." This settled it. I 
 said I would be pleased to have her stay, and would 
 take her to the meeting with me next day, which I did. 
 It w T as with the greatest effort that Mrs. Burton (city 
 missionary, at whose home w^e met that day) and I 
 could get her up three steps with the help of her 
 crutches. Her limbs w^ere drawn back of her, and her 
 feet turned out so that the soles of her feet did not touch 
 the ground. Her knee and ankle joints were twisted 
 and perfectly stiff, and could in nowise be straight- 
 ened. Her shoulders were drawn over and the tendons 
 contracted so she could not put her hands to her head 
 nor back of her. She was so distressed for breath xhat 
 as she swung herself on her crutches her face grew r pur- 
 ple. She also had a complication of diseases which 
 
50 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 were healed when we first prayed for her at the faith 
 meeting. I wanted some one to anoint her; but could 
 find no one to do it. 1 prayed the Lord to open the way, 
 and help her to obey the Word. I had ordered some 
 books, not knowing what they were, only from their 
 titles. In the morning of the day I was to go to her, 
 the little book entitled, "Healing of Sickness by Scrip- 
 tural Means/' by Karl Andreas, came to me. I had 
 prayed much for light on this subject of anointing, and 
 this little book gave a description of those who had the 
 right on Scriptural grounds to anoint. This showed it 
 was those to whom God had given the gifts of Faith, 
 Healing and Miracles. These would receive and ex- 
 perience the call to this work, the same as the minister 
 would experience the call to preach the Gospel, and if 
 man-chosen elders of the* church did not believe this 
 part of the Gospel (as most of them do not), they surely 
 could not use the oil. It came like a flash that the Lord 
 had bestowed these gifts upon me, and that I could use 
 the oil in His name. I thought I could not; still the 
 thought seemed pressed upon me that I was to do it. 
 I prayed over it, and asked the Lord if it was His will 
 that I should use the oil, to let me remember to get it 
 when I went up street ; if not, to take it from my mind. 
 When I went, I forgot everything but the oil. I re- 
 turned and asked God's blessing upon it, consecrating 
 it to Him for this, and no other use. I then went to Miss 
 Abbott, telling her all about it. She replied, "I want 
 you to use it." I asked the Lord to show His power, if 
 it were pleasing to Him for me to anoint. I prayed 
 with her and used the oil in His dear name. Immediate- 
 ly her joints began to snap and crack, so we could hear 
 them all over the room, and the limbs began to 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 51 
 
 straighten, so- that she placed one foot on the stove 
 hearth, and crossed the other over it, and said, "I never 
 did that before." She also had the free use of her 
 arms, and could throw them behind her and above her 
 head. This showed me the Lord was pleased to have 
 me use the oil. 
 
 Some good Christian people objected to my praying 
 with the sick and anointing with oil, because I am a 
 woman, forgetting that Jesus received anointing for 
 His burial from the hand of a woman, and "that in 
 Christ Jesus there is neither male nor female," and 
 that it was Jesus, not man, who chose and sent out the 
 disciples to "preach the Gospel and heal the sick." Mark 
 16:15-20. He chooses and sends out the willing and 
 obedient ones to-day as well as then. I praise our dear 
 Lord that he honors the labors of consecrated women 
 as well as men; and He pours out His spirit upon them 
 and calls them the "daughters of the Almighty." There 
 were women workers with Jesus and the apostles. I 
 have learned that the same word is employed in the 
 Greek language in speaking of the "elder women" (1 
 Tim. 5:2) that is employed in James 5:14. The Lord 
 has honored my labors, obedience and faith in Him 
 and His Word by the many wonderful signs which 
 have followed; so that I could not doubt my calling 
 and acceptance in this work, and the approval of my 
 Lord, though the whole world and church should com- 
 bine against me. Matt. 18:6-7: "But whoso shall 
 offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it 
 were better for him that a millstone were hanged about 
 his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the 
 sea. Woe unto the world because of offenses, for it 
 must needs be that offenses come; but woe to the man 
 
52 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 by whom the offense cometh!" My daily desire and 
 prayer is that I may keep low at the feet of my coming 
 King, and that I may be so "hid with Christ in God," 
 that self will be buried out of sight. I realize very fully 
 that "I am not my own." I have been bought with a 
 price, even the precious blood of the Son of God. My 
 privilege and duty as a Christian is, to have so much 
 of the resurrection life of Jesus that it will strengthen 
 my entire being, and so quicken my faculties that God 
 can work through me mightily to will and to do His 
 own good pleasure. 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 53 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 THE LEADINGS OP THE HOLY SPIRIT— (CONCLUDED.) 
 
 God had given me perseverance largely, and I entered 
 with my whole being into anything that I was con- 
 vinced w r as right and good. I am no less so in my 
 Lord's work, and engage in it heartily and persever- 
 ingly. 
 
 A friend has sakl that the pocketbook w T as the last 
 thing to be consecrated. Too many forget that the 
 Lord lets us take His money only to use for Him. This 
 was not the case with me. I immediately began to give 
 my tenth, feeling that it was right for Christians thus 
 to do. I w^as in debt and had hard work to meet my 
 daily expenses. The question came, Ought I to give a 
 tenth? I asked the Lord about it, and lay aw r ake the 
 most of one night with these w r ords ringing in my ears : 
 "She of her penury hath cast in all the living she had," 
 and our Lord commended her for it. This seemed to 
 satisfy me, but many times after, w r hen we had but lit- 
 tle to eat, I tried to excuse myself from giving, but 
 could not. Mai. 3:10: "Bring ye all the tithes into the 
 store-house, that there may be meat in mine house, and 
 prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will 
 not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out 
 a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to re- 
 ceive it." This is a free Gospel for soul and body, and 
 
54 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 no price is charged for anything. I am now living by 
 the faith of the "Son of God," for I believe God's 
 Word teaches that all workers for Him should so do. 
 "Freely ye have received, freely give." This does not 
 exempt those who receive the free labors of God's 
 children from giving "free will offerings" to them as 
 unto the Lord. We read, "The workman is worthy of 
 his meat." Matt. 10 :10. Paul often stirs up the Chris- 
 tians to be generous in gifts to those who labor for the 
 Lord, for their own benefit. He says, "Not because I 
 desire a gift, but I desire fruit that may abound to your 
 account." Phil. 4:17. In verse 18 he speaks of their 
 gifts as "an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice well pleas- 
 ing to God." I gave all my time and strength, but had 
 almost nothing given me. Business was very low and 
 things looked pretty dark; still I trusted firmly in 
 Jesus, who had bidden me "Go work in His vineyard." 
 I knew if He saw fit for me to suffer privation here, He 
 would reward me by and by with incorruptible, unfad- 
 ing treasures. My whole aim in life is to bring honor 
 and glory to His dear name. My heart was filled with 
 praise and gratitude, for now T (several months after I 
 claimed healing) I was quite strong and well and could 
 labor with comparative ease. I had continued all along 
 to claim healing, and had read more and more each day 
 and evening in the name of Jesus, when it seemed that 
 I could not endure the pain and distress caused by the 
 light and effort I made. This I told to no one but 
 Jesus, and kept believing God's Word until I felt bet- 
 ter. I learned many precious lessons of trust and 
 patient waiting and faithful perseverance all the way 
 throughout this trial of my faith. 
 
 While engaged in my hair business I had spent much 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 55 
 
 time, thought and money in inventions of various kinds. 
 I had many of these on hand. Among them were prep- 
 arations for the face, both pink and white. At a time 
 when my need was very great an order came for quite 
 a quantity of the pink. I had just returned from the 
 place of one who had given up her house of ill-fame, 
 which she had kept for twenty years, and was trying to 
 live a better life. I had said to her, "Wash that paint 
 off your face, and don't use it again/' and here I was 
 selling that which would produce the same effect. The 
 thought came to me, How inconsistent! What if she 
 should see my name upon this "tint?" There were 
 worldly men that I owed; and I needed the money in 
 every direction. Here I could get some by filling this 
 order, and perhaps close out the whole I had on hand. 
 I earnestly cried unto the Lord to know what to do. I 
 saw the w^hole thing to be so wrong; and I said, Lord, 
 if I starve, or am imprisoned for my debts, I will suffer 
 it, rather than scatter seeds of sin any longer. I wrote 
 to the parties, telling them why I could not fill the 
 order. In about an hour a dear friend called and gave 
 me $2.50, and later in the day another gave me $2 more. 
 I felt happy because I had done right, even if it did 
 mean destruction of some property. All was not yet 
 settled; I had not disposed of the white paint. (I 
 never called it paint, but I now saw it to be such.) I 
 used it myself, and had, ever since I was quite young; 
 now came a hard struggle. I argued with the Spirit, 
 I have always considered it a part of my toilet; I can- 
 not give it up. Still it was pressed upon me that I must 
 give up its use and sale. I was enabled to say, Yes, 
 Lord, to this, and many other things I was called upon 
 to lay aside. And I washed my face, and carried out 
 
56 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 from niy room and store forever those things which I 
 now believe that no true child of God ought to use. 
 
 I believe the Bible says something about painted 
 faces, Jer. 4:30, and is it not very important that every 
 true seeker of light and godliness should study God's 
 Word more about all the little things in our every-day 
 life, which have such an effect upon our lives and Chris- 
 tian influence, here and hereafter? 
 
 I had another trial, so simple, that for a long time I 
 did not mention it, yet it was more of a struggle for me 
 to give it up than all my medicines. I had used rose- 
 water and glycerine, which would always keep my 
 hands soft and white. When the Lord called for that, 
 I never dreamed what it would cost me to lay it aside. 
 When I did so, my hands chapped, cracked, smarted 
 and distressed me so greatly that I cried. Satan whis- 
 pered, It is not medicine, and surely you are not called 
 to give up everything. I say to my shame that I yielded 
 to Satan and used it once or twice more. Then the 
 Holy Spirit showed me it was an unnecessary expense. 
 Your consecrated hands are to be used in the Lord's 
 service; can't you trust Jesus to care for them? The 
 money you pay for that will buy a few tracts that may 
 save a soul. Isa. 55:2: "Wherefore do ye spend money 
 for that which is not bread? and your labor for that 
 which satisfleth not?" Satan whispered, You have 
 this, use it, and you need not buy any more. Again I 
 yielded, put on all I could, and went to the stove to dry 
 it in. I got my hand too near and burned it so it blis- 
 tered. I now cried tears of penitence, and with great 
 shamefacedness I went before niy injured Lord for par- 
 don, promising Him that if He would remove the pain 
 I would trust Him. The pain and blister were at once 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 57 
 
 removed. My chapped hands still remained in a very 
 sore and red condition. It was then I learned that I 
 had been proud of my white hands; this I never real- 
 ized before. When Satan would say, See how they 
 look, I would answer, No matter, they are the Lord's 
 hands, and if He likes them well enough to use them for 
 His honor and glory, I am satisfied. After nearly a 
 year they became smooth again, but never white. 
 
 This is the only time I ever yielded to Satan, in turn- 
 ing back to anything God called me to give up, except 
 in wearing my glasses, as before mentioned. I had 
 borrowed a little of the tenth set apart for the Lord, 
 from time to time, to buy daily bread, but always paid 
 it back at the first opportunity. One night I was told 
 that there was nothing in the house to eat but a little 
 oatmeal. I thought I would draw from the tenth 
 again, but was led to pray earnestly whether it was 
 pleasing to the Lord for me to take this for our food. 
 I was His child, giving my whole time going about 
 doing good and teaching the Word. The tenth I had 
 used mostly in tracts and reading matter that I w T as 
 distributing freely in the name of Jesus and asking His 
 blessing upon each one. Many times I gave to people 
 abundantly able to pay for them, who would not buy, 
 but would read them if given to them. I gave to all. 
 
 I thought of one dear sister who lived in luxury and 
 had not learned the lessons of self-denial which Chris- 
 tians may learn; w^hen I had given her several, still she 
 asked for more to distribute, saying that she once 
 bought f 5 worth of tracts, and they were not returned 
 and she could not buy any more. These things came 
 before me this night, and I said, Lord, what shall I do? 
 Again these words came to me, the poor widow's two 
 
58 SOME OP THE FRUITS OP 
 
 mites and our Lord's commendation of her, when He 
 said, "All these have of their abundance cast in unto 
 the offerings of God, but she of her penury hath cast in 
 all the living that she had." Luke 21:4. I felt this 
 was to show me that I was to trust Him for food, and 
 said, I trust Thee, and fell asleep. Before I was 
 dressed the next morning a customer called and made a 
 small purchase, giving me twenty-five cents, which I 
 used to buy food. My heart was filled with praises to 
 God. 
 
 The Lord often finds it necessary to trim us down a 
 great deal, before He is pleased to bestow rich bless- 
 ings upon us. Yes, He often sees it is best to do this 
 even before He can give us the blessing of health. God 
 always deals with us wisely. Often, "Ye ask and re- 
 ceive not because ye ask amiss that ye may consume it 
 upon your lusts." 
 
 I have a natural love for the beautiful, and it has 
 been hard all my life to be satisfied with common 
 things. I still think good goods (not extravagant ones) 
 are the best economy. I did not care for admiration; 
 it was pleasing to me to satisfy my love and taste for 
 pretty things. But 1 John 2:16, 17, says, "Love not the 
 world, neither the things that are in the world. If any 
 man love the world the love of the Father is not in him. 
 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and 
 the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, is not of the 
 Father, but of the world." 
 
 Now I found my dear Lord called me to put away all 
 my foolish carnal desires, and present unto Him a sanc- 
 tified body. In going among the poor and suffering ones 
 I was led to see that modest dress, without jewelry, and 
 the adornment of a meek and quiet spirit, was more 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 59 
 
 acceptable to God and the people, and I gladly said, Yes, 
 Lord, to every call that would better fit me for His 
 service. I am not led into extremes, but to let my "mod- 
 eration be known." I see the good effects of this 
 practice among all classes of people. Many times when 
 the poor or more common people are asked to go to the 
 house of God they will reply, "Oh, I cannot go, I have 
 nothing fit to w r ear. They dress so grand in these 
 places, I would not feel at home, and I am not able to 
 rent a pew." I feel to cry to the Christian Church, How 
 is this state of things to be met at the judgment bar of 
 God? 
 
 This was not so when Christ was upon earth. "The 
 poor had the Gospel preached unto them," and "the 
 common people heard Him gladly." 
 
 I have often seen the wee babies of Christian mothers 
 with gold rings and bracelets tied on their little wrists 
 and fingers. Thus pride is fostered in their little souls 
 from their earliest recollections. Many, many poor 
 ruined souls have seen that it was their love of display 
 and pride in dress that w^as the means of dragging their 
 souls down to the gates of eternal ruin and death. Oh, 
 parents, beware how you sow seeds of sin in the hearts 
 of your darlings, and then wonder why God does not 
 bless you more! 
 
60 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 CHAPTEE VI. 
 
 SOME OF THE REASONS WHY ALL ARE NOT HEALED. 
 
 I think the principal reason is the lack of entire con- 
 secration, or in other words, the failure on our part to 
 make a full surrender of our will and self to the Lord. 
 God does not invade the will without our consent, and 
 the first thing to give up from our own free choice is our 
 will; for it is always God's will to sanctify if we con- 
 secrate. In giving up the will, it means more 
 than simply to say, I am willing to give up any- 
 thing, or be anything or nothing, for Jesus' sake. 
 This must be the sentiment of our hearts and 
 be brought into practical experience in our daily 
 lives, in such a way that we will have the assur- 
 ance in our own hearts that God's will concerning our 
 life is being carried out in us. Thus He always requires 
 us to say, "Thy will, not mine, be done," and to hold to it 
 when the test comes. God often calls for the dearest 
 idol of the heart, for He is a jealous God, and will show 
 us what these idols are, even though we may never 
 have been conscious of their presence. God's chosen 
 and faithful ones He calls to a life of separation from 
 the world in all its rounds of giddy pleasure, fashion 
 and carnal self-indulgence, and leads them to conse- 
 crate their time, talents, means, home and all to His 
 blessed service. The Lord hath need of these. 
 
 Some say, "If I am healed, I will give all to Jesus." 
 Beloved, He wants the consecration first. It is not for 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 61 
 
 us to say to God, If you will come to my terms I will 
 do for you thus and so, as a reward for your faith- 
 fulness. 
 
 Some say, "I will try it." Think of trying God! It 
 is for us to make a full surrender, and walk as he calls 
 us to walk from day to day, and not fail or become dis- 
 couraged if His wisdom sees fit to try and prove us, and 
 prepare us to use the blessing when it is given for His 
 glory. He sometimes keeps us waiting upon Him w^hat 
 seems to us a long time before we receive the desire of 
 our hearts in the complete blessing. God is not in a 
 hurry to give us blessings we are not prepared to re- 
 ceive. And His Word says, "He that believeth doth 
 not make haste." Beloved, never do I find so much 
 happiness as wiien I sink into the will of the Lord, even 
 when it is contrary to my own will; a sweet peace fills 
 my entire being, and His will becomes my will. 
 
 Then again, self may be harder to yield than the will 
 even. Self says, I cannot endure certain things, they 
 affect me so; such a person makes me nervous; I can't 
 see them — forgetting that that soul is one for whom 
 Jesus died, and perhaps he has something for us to do 
 to help just that one. Again, self says, I cannot eat any- 
 thing if I cannot have just what I want; and so keep 
 some one cooking and worrying to tempt the appetite, 
 when perhaps that person is but little better able to do 
 this work than the sick one. Dear friend, if you really 
 believe that Jesus blesses your food when you ask Him, 
 you would have no need of so much precious time, 
 strength, labor and money spent for naught. If you 
 believe, Jesus will always bless that wilich is good, 
 strengthening and nourishing, and He will cause your 
 soul to delight itself in fatness if you partake with sin- 
 
62 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 gleness of heart. For many years I had a distressing 
 stomach trouble. This continued in much of its fury for 
 a year or so after I claimed healing, but when I was 
 willing to deny myself expensive luxuries and really 
 believed that Jesus did bless my food, and would "eat 
 what was set before me" with a truly thankful heart, 
 knowing God's blessing was upon it, I found that it did 
 not harm me. There are many sweet secrets to learn. 
 Psa. 25:14. 
 
 Many times when the will is crossed, much time is 
 spent in self-pity. Indulgence in this is self-love, think- 
 ing because one is sick that everything and everyone 
 must bend to his desires, while he is constantly watch- 
 ing for slights, and is full of sensitiveness, much of 
 which in reality is nothing less than selfishness, yet 
 wondering why God does not heal and bless him. When 
 people are thus occupied, they cannot have their minds 
 stayed on God. Oh, let us be purged from self and 
 filled with Jesus ! All my life I have been a great suf- 
 ferer from an over-sensitive nature. Always imagin- 
 ing slights; comparing myself with my superiors, and 
 feeling that others were doing the same. I was always 
 watching and speaking of my own imperfections which 
 others had not discovered, thus drawing attention, and 
 burdening others with my self-made troubles. I find 
 that the more we talk of our troubles, aches and pains, 
 the more they will increase. Though friends may pity, 
 after a time they become disgusted. When I laid all 
 upon the altar I learned that self must be put out of 
 sight, and nothing but Jesus must be seen. I then 
 learned to my shame that much of our sensitiveness is 
 pure selfishness, and when one is thus occupied there is 
 little or no room for Jesus. We should be so filled with 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 63 
 
 Jesus and the Word of God that our "conversation is in 
 heaven" and on eternal realities; then we can labor for 
 others and strive to bring hungry souls and suffering 
 bodies to Jesus for help. I now feel it to be idle words 
 to talk of self, only as I am led to tell of the way the 
 dear Lord has led me to help others. We are command- 
 ed to resist the devil and he will flee from us. Sensitive- 
 ness is a neat cloak that Satan often throws about the 
 children of God to hide faults which amount to heinous 
 sins. Now when I hear a person say, "I am sensitive," 
 I think how mortified he would be could he realize that 
 it is selfishness. This I really think is the way God 
 often looks at it. Jesus said, "If any man will come 
 after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross 
 daily and follow r me." We never read of Jesus giving 
 way to self. 
 
 Again, many withhold from the Lord of their sub- 
 stance, forgetting that what w r e have is not our ow^n; it is 
 only lent us for a little time to use as the Lord may di- 
 rect. What will the account of our stewardship be? 
 Have we given so small an amount as one-tenth of all 
 we possess? Eead 2 Cor. 9 :6, 7. All should be "free-will 
 offerings," for "God loveth a cheerful giver." 
 
 Again, many weary sufferers doctor year after year, 
 and are not even relieved of their distresses; yet they 
 continue. When they take Jesus as their Physician, if 
 they are not healed at once they become discouraged 
 and go back to earthly means, and bring a reproach 
 upon the precious and all-powerful name of Jesus. 
 How sad, that the children of the King of Heaven 
 should so fear to trust Him with their bodies which 
 He has bought with His own blood. Will He hold His 
 people guiltless for this great neglect, who fear to trust 
 
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 their bodies in the hands of their Creator for repairs 
 and health? He is our physical life, strength and 
 health; even as we have eternal life in Him, so we have 
 physical life in Him. Why not trust Him alone? O 
 let me live and die "by the faith of the Son of God!" 
 
 Again, a great many never get beyond their own 
 faith. It is not our faith but His faith. Don't look 
 to human faith. The perfect faith, though small as a 
 mustard seed, is the faith of Jesus within us. If you 
 have not His faith, seek for it; "for everyone that seek- 
 eth, findeth." Seeking means more than asking. It 
 is a persistent following after the object of search un- 
 til it is found. 
 
 Again, a curse is pronounced because "ye serve not 
 the Lord your God with joyfulness and gladness of 
 heart for the abundance of all things." 
 
 Many murmur and find fault because the blessing 
 does not come. We are told to "Rejoice alway, and 
 again I say rejoice." All are born under the curse of 
 the law. But "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse 
 of the law, being made a curse for us." Gal. 3 :13. 
 
 I believe the human family is allowed to suffer many 
 times because of their neglect and cruelty to animals. 
 Sometimes the children are permitted to torture their 
 pets. Birds are shut up and kept in the scorching heat 
 or freezing cold and not properly fed and cared for. 
 Horses, the most faithful and useful of all animals, are 
 subject to the most cruel treatment. My heart aches 
 for the poor beasts that are checked up until their 
 heads and whole bodies are thrown into so unnatural 
 a position that it is distressing to see them twisting and 
 trying to get into an easy position. Then many of 
 their blinds are placed so close over the eyes that it is 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 65 
 
 impossible for them to see well where they are travel- 
 ing; and cruel bits are placed in their mouths. Can 
 any expect to escape suffering here or hereafter who 
 cause the faithful dumb brute to suffer thus? In Eze- 
 kiel God speaks, saying, "With force and with cruelty 
 have ye ruled them," — showing that these things were 
 displeasing unto Him. The more we study the Word 
 of God, the more we see that it teaches that life is 
 made up of the little every-day acts, and we find that 
 it is "the little foxes that spoil the vines." 
 
 Again, many people do not seek the glory of God 
 alone. This should be the central idea in every Chris- 
 tian heart. And one way to glorify God is to present 
 our bodies a living sacrifice unto Him in sickness for 
 healing. This is well pleasing to Him, according to 
 James 5:14, 15. 
 
 To those who look at the way others are healed, ex- 
 pecting it to come to them in the same way, and who 
 are discouraged if they are not blessed in like manner, 
 the blessing may be hindered. We are not made just 
 alike, are not converted in just the same way, and 
 ought not to look for a blessing in the same way that 
 others have received it. We are to lose sight of con- 
 ditions, circumstances, people, self and suffering, and 
 keep our eyes steadily fixed upon Jesus. The sweet 
 singer of Israel says: "I will look to the Lord, from 
 whence cometh my help." 
 
 Many sufferers watch the cause and study the effects. 
 Jesus does not bless one in this. Occupy yourself with 
 your Physician, Jesus; study His promises, and He will 
 take care of the causes and effects. 
 
 I not infrequently hear persons say: "If I get well 
 I will give largely; but I have paid out so much for 
 
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 doctors and medicines, I do not want to give any : more 
 until I am sure of my health." Poor deceived souls! 
 what will they say when Jesus comes and they have to 
 render an account of how they have supported His 
 cause with the means He intrusted to them? How can 
 they expect God's blessing? They do not get it, and 
 then they charge God with unfaithfulness in fulfilling 
 His promises. "Father, forgive them, for they know 
 not what they do." Yes, we are dealing with a "living 
 God," and everywhere His cause is suffering for lack 
 of money. The Faith work in all parts of the land 
 needs means to spread the glad tidings of the results 
 of "faith in God." The missionaries in all the fields 
 need more means. The Lord is calling from every di- 
 rection for means. Give unto Him and He will return 
 unto you a hundred fold, blessings in every way. 
 
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 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 SOME OF THE REASONS WHY ALL ARE NOT HEALED. 
 (CONCLUDED.) 
 
 There are trusting, waiting ones who seem to be 
 doing all the Lord requires. Walking in faith, and yet 
 they wait and suffer for a long time. To these I would 
 say that the Lord's time is not our time, and in your 
 sweet, patient trust you are glorifying God and being 
 made partakers of Christ's sufferings. Do not be dis- 
 couraged and give up your confidence. "For ye have 
 need of patience that after ye have done the will of God 
 ye might receive the promise." Jesus prayed for Peter 
 that his "faith fail not." Oh, take that prayer for your- 
 self, and consider that He can show through you His 
 keeping power. Even though you seem to grow worse, 
 "fear not, only believe." You know not what glory 
 may come to the Son of God through your patient faith. 
 Through these delays more may hear of your disease, 
 conditions, and faith, and will learn of the power of 
 God. Though one disease after another, relapse after 
 relapse, and test after test come upon you, trust on; 
 stand firm; "be strong." The Lord teaches such ones 
 wonderful lessons if they will but listen to His gentle 
 voice. Oh, beloved, the waiting time, though long and 
 weary, is not lost time. 
 
 Again, some cling to little remedies. This shows 
 that they have a divided faith. The remark is often 
 
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 made, "I have uo faith in medicine/' yet they cling to 
 it with a slight hope of relief and thus their faith is not 
 perfect in the power of Jesus. Prayer, according to 
 James 5:14, 15, and the laying on of hands in the name 
 of the Lord, Mark 16:17, 18, are the means the Lord 
 directs His people to use. We bring dishonor upon our 
 Lord and His cause and lose a rich spiritual blessing if 
 we do otherwise. When Jesus calls me I want to be 
 found in faithful service and perfect trust. 
 
 Many lose the blessing because they do not go to 
 Jesus with the first symptoms; then, if the blessing is 
 withheld, call for the praying ones as they w^ould for a 
 physician. Oh, how my heart aches for these dear, dis- 
 couraged ones. I can only say to you in the name of 
 Jesus, Do not fear, only trust Him. "He knoweth our 
 frame, He remembereth that we are dust," and will not 
 suffer us to be tempted above that we are able to bear. 
 
 Perhaps most of those who seek Divine Healing are 
 those who are past all human help and come with little 
 or no expectation of health from the hand of the Divine 
 Healer. 
 
 Fear is one of the strongest holds that the enemy can 
 get upon the soul. Many fear to tell what the Lord 
 has done for them and thus delay or lose the blessing. 
 Jesus says, "Ye are my witnesses." And if we neglect 
 to give God the glory for the blessings we have already 
 received, greater blessings may be withheld. 
 
 Another reason may be because we do not take a 
 stand with God against sin. God says, "Curse ye Meroz 
 because they came not up to the help of the Lord 
 against the Mighty." Eead Deut. 28:16-68. The dis- 
 eases there named are common to-day. We are told of 
 a case of sickness and death in 1 Cor. 11:27-31. "Be- 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 69 
 
 cause ye eat and drink unworthily, not discerning the 
 Lord's body. For this cause many are weak and sickly 
 among you, and many sleep." May not this apply to 
 deacons who rent buildings for saloons and lewd pur- 
 poses, and to those who go from the theater, opera, 
 dance, club-house and card table to the Lord's Supper? 
 
 Again "ye ask and receive not because ye ask amiss 
 that ye may consume it upon your lusts." Some seem 
 to have no desire for the glory of God. They wish 
 health, that they may enjoy themselves better. Dear 
 friends, should we not all more fully realize that health 
 is a rich gift from God and should be used for His glory, 
 and not to carry out our plans of pride, pleasure and 
 worldly living? 
 
 Perhaps there is no greater reason why the blessing 
 is delayed than anxiety. The Word says, "Be anxious 
 (Ii. Y.) for nothing; but in everything by prayer and 
 supplication with thanksgiving make your requests 
 known unto God." Eest in the promises of God. If 
 these only were given it would be enough. The Bible 
 has nearly as many promises for the health of the body 
 as for the salvation of the soul. 
 
 Some are mourning over lost blessings. We are 
 commanded to "forget the things that are behind and 
 press forward to the things that are before." If the 
 past is repented of and sins forsaken, it is under the 
 blood, and we have nothing to do with it. We live 
 moment by moment "by the faith of the Son of God," 
 and we must act in the living present, "Christ within 
 us the hope of glory." 
 
 Again, the seeking ones fail to reach out and take 
 the blessing that their loving Saviour holds out to them 
 simply because they cannot see or feel it. Let go of 
 
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 everything and drop into the everlasting arms of the 
 Blesser. 
 
 Again, God sees the abusive use that some may 
 make of health, even to the loss of the soul, and He 
 does not dare trust health with such, for they would 
 take it and return not to give God the glory. The 
 Word says, "What shall a man give in exchange for 
 his soul." Thus we see that God estimates the value 
 of the soul more highly than anything else and wisely 
 withholds for greater honor to His own name. Be- 
 loved, be patient in His dear hand and learn of Him. 
 
 Again, God has often shown me the blessing so near 
 it seemed to me that I could and did grasp it for the 
 sufferer; yet a lack someway hindered the blessing, and 
 God was blamed. Oh, think of this, Jesus has pur- 
 chased eternal life and health for you and offers it to 
 you with blood-stained hands. Come, consecrate your- 
 self to His service and enter upon His work, and jonv 
 reward will be great, both here and hereafter. The 
 fields are white already to harvest, but the laborers are 
 few. Jesus needs you and all He has lent to you. No 
 health is so precious as the health you take from His 
 hands and use for His glory. 
 
 Some say, "How do I know that it is God's will to 
 heal me?" Did you ever stop to consider whether it 
 were God's will for you to recover when you were doing 
 all you could to get well by earthly means? Think, 
 "Himself took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses." 
 Matt. 8:17. How can you doubt His willingness to 
 heal you, when he has already provided healing for 
 your body by His death on the cross, and borne your 
 sicknesses. 
 
 Only come into His conditions and the blessing may 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 71 
 
 bo yours. If you are appointed to die, years may be 
 added to your life, even as they were to Hezekiak's, in 
 answer to prayer. 
 
 The faith to be healed is a sweet, simple trust; so 
 simple that perhaps jou do not see or comprehend it. 
 Just believe the promise because Jesus says so. With 
 the health that we receive direct from Jesus' hands 
 comes a spiritual blessing that we can never receive in 
 any other way. 
 
 Many are kept from stepping out on the promises 
 because of the opinions of others. Sometimes a Chris- 
 tian, or even a minister of the Gospel of Jesus, tells 
 them "The day of miracles is past." This is a favorite 
 expression of those who do not understand the Gospel 
 of Healing. If one is not instantly healed, they tell him 
 he had "Better use common sense. God made herbs 
 for medicine," etc. God's Word says, "I have given 
 every green herb for meat." Gen. 1:30. Again, they 
 may fear ridicule, or some kind friend may tell them of 
 a remedy or physician who will surely help them, and 
 the sufferer reaches out to the "arm of flesh." God 
 really and truly undertakes for everyone who puts his 
 case into His hand, and He bestows the blessing just 
 as soon as the soul is prepared to receive and make .good 
 use of it. 
 
 One may dishonor God as much in becoming dis- 
 couraged and withdrawing his case from His hands 
 when he does not receive the blessing in just the time 
 and way that he would like, as he would when he gives 
 his soul to Him for salvation and does not realize the 
 change he expects and turns back to the world. 
 
 Many cannot get beyond feeling. If the bad feelings 
 and symptoms are not removed, they watch them in- 
 
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 stead of the promises of God. We need to take the 
 same place of faith that Abraham took. "Calling 
 those things which be not .as though they were." This 
 implies not considering the disease of our body. "Stag- 
 gering not at the promise through unbelief, but being 
 strong in faith, giving glory to God," even before the 
 blessing comes. Do not wait a short time, only, but 
 continue waiting until the blessing is realized. We 
 have promise of reward and eternal life only as we 
 prove steadfast and immovable unto the end, in the 
 "full assurance of faith." 
 
 Some think that one who has been healed of the Lord 
 will never be sick again. Now T , we have no promise 
 that we will never be sick after once healed, any more 
 than that we cannot sin after we are once converted. 
 God says, "If any man sin, we have an advocate with 
 the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous." This rule is 
 just as applicable to sickness. When the first symp- 
 toms appear, instead of drawing on earthly means for 
 relief, we should go to Jesus, who has borne our sick- 
 ness, and give it all to Him; then it becomes His, not 
 ours; and, when the trial of our faith is perfect, He 
 will send relief. The child of God will never be beyond 
 Satan's touch in this life, but Jesus is ever near, and 
 "He is faithful who has promised who also will do it." 
 Praise the Lord! 
 
 Some dear ones who question God's will to heal them 
 are spending hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of the 
 Lord's dollars (which He needs in His work) trying 
 change of climate, and different things, never asking if 
 it is God's will; and when they decide to try the 
 "prayer of faith," they will send for some of God's 
 chosen ones who have given all to His service, and 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 73 
 
 barely pay their traveling expenses, or otherwise go to 
 some faith rest and give much less than they would pay 
 at other places for board. They then wonder whj a 
 rich blessing is not poured out on them. May the Holy 
 Spirit bring these truths home to everyone who is deal- 
 ing thus with the "living God." He also says, "Inas- 
 much as ye have done it unto the least of these, my lit- 
 tle ones, ye have done it unto me." 
 
 Again, I hear it said, "I may not recover if I give up 
 my doctor and medicines." Dear reader, are you sure 
 that these will cure you? And should you thus re- 
 cover, could you feel that honor would be brought to 
 the name of Jesus alone, and your soul filled with the 
 joy that can come only through obedience and love to 
 God and His Word? 
 
 The Lord sometimes withholds the blessing that He 
 may fit us for His work or lead us to give up something 
 that is displeasing to Him. 1 John 3:22: "And what- 
 soever we ask we receive of him, because we keep His 
 commandments and do those things that are pleasing 
 in His sight." 
 
 Our precious Jesus, who has paid the price of His 
 own blood to save and heal us, is pleased to have us 
 come often and learn of Him, and thus teach us new 
 lessons of trust and obedience. 
 
 Many dear tried ones do not understand the wiles of 
 the enemy. They do not realize that if they will keep 
 close to Jesus "He will bruise Satan under their feet 
 shortly." , 
 
 I believe that we should "confess our faults one to 
 another," as we are bidden to do in James 5:16, and 
 "pray one for another that we may be healed." If the 
 churches were open to let the "blind and lame" in for 
 
74 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 prayer and healing, Matt. 21:14, "and the blind and lame 
 came to Him in the temple and He healed them," in- 
 stead of for concerts, fairs, suppers, operas, and the- 
 atricals, and buying and selling in the temple of God, 
 Matt. 21:12-14, and if special meetings were called for 
 praj r er for the sick of the church, as they "were gath- 
 ered together praying" for Peter's deliverance when 
 he was in prison, and the ministers would thus act when 
 ill, instead of doctoring a long time, and then going to 
 Europe or California for their health, leaving their flock, 
 over whom God has made them overseers, to quarrel 
 and be dissatisfied upon their return, greater honor 
 would be brought to the Lord and more would be 
 healed and saved. 
 
 Few are instantly healed, perhaps for some of the 
 reasons mentioned. It is no less the Lord's work or in 
 answer to prayer if one is gradually healed. Jesus 
 did not always heal instantly when He was upon 
 earth. The nobleman inquired of his servants the hour 
 when his son "began to amend." They replied, "Yester- 
 day at the seventh hour the fever left him." "So the 
 father knew it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus 
 said unto him, Thy son liveth." John 4:52, 53. Also 
 the Greek woman who besought Jesus to cast the un- 
 clean spirit out of her daughter. Jesus said, "Go thy 
 way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. And when 
 she was come to her house she found the devil gone 
 out, and her daughter laid upon the bed." Had she 
 been made "every whit whole," she would not have been 
 "laid upon the bed," Mark 7:30, and it must have taken 
 some time for the mother to reach her home. Jesus 
 did not at once respond to the call of the sisters of 
 Lazarus, when he was sick, but "abode two days still 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 75 
 
 in the same place," and when He reached them "he had 
 lain in the grave four days already." 
 
 This was that greater glory might be brought to 
 Jesus, as with Job, David, Miriam, and Hezekiah, in 2 
 Kings 20:5. "Behold, I will heal thee; on the third day 
 thou shalt go up into the house of the Lord," and others 
 in Bible times were not instantly healed. 
 
 I have given some of the reasons why all are not 
 healed; there may be others. 
 
 I have never found such sweetness in any relief as 
 that which Jesus gives to me when I come to Him, for 
 my body is touched and healed and my soul is filled 
 with a sweet peace the world cannot give or take away. 
 
 Praise God from whom all blessings flow. 
 
 Dear weak ones, look to Jesus alone for your physical 
 strength when you are faint and w T eary. Let me give 
 you a few passages from which to draw strength: Ps. 
 46:1, 62:7, 31:24, 27:1, 14, 28:7, 8; Eph. 6:10; Isa. 40:29, 
 31, 41:10-13- Phil. 4:13; John 15:5. Christ in us our 
 strength. 
 
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 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 "BEULAH." 
 
 From the time of my consecration ana entrance into 
 this work I took the first duty that came to hand as 
 sent me from Jesus and did it "heartily as unto the 
 Lord"; no matter how small or disagreeable it was, I 
 did it in the name and strength of Jesus, leaving the 
 results with Him and praising Him all the time. As 
 the work spread I began to receive letters from persons, 
 asking if they might come to me and stay a few days. 
 I had no place for these weary suffering ones, and I 
 began to ask the dear Lord to provide a place of rest for 
 them. I had no means and nothing with wiiieh to 
 commence. After much prayer, and seeking to be di- 
 rected by the Holy Spirit, I opened the Bible and was 
 shown these words, "The silver is mine and the gold 
 is mine, saith the Lord of Hosts; the glory of this lat- 
 ter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the 
 Lord of Hosts; and in this place will I give peace, saith 
 the Lord of Hosts." Haggai 2 :8, 9. Also the last clause 
 of the third and fourth verses of Hab. 2, "Though it 
 tarry, wait for it, because it will surely come; it will 
 not tarry. But the just shall live by faith." 
 
 Soon after this I had an opportunity of talking with 
 a gentleman acquaintance about buying a home and 
 making monthly payments, inquiring if he had a place 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 77 
 
 suitable for my use. A few days later lie called to say 
 that lie had a house that I might go and see. I went 
 and found it in an unfinished state, and so many neces- 
 sary changes to be made before it would be convenient 
 for my use that my heart almost failed me. The friend 
 with me said, "I don't believe this is where the Lord 
 wants you; He has something better for you." I said, 
 "We w r ill see what He says," and I opened my Bible, 
 which is my constant companion. I prayed the dear 
 Lord to guide me through His Word and give me the 
 word "take," if he wished me to take this place. I 
 opened to Job 38 and the first word my eyes rested 
 upon was "take." However, I was not quite satisfied, 
 and passed my eyes down the page to verse 20. This I 1 
 saw : "That thou shouldst take it to the bounds thereof, 
 and that thou shouldst know the paths to the house 
 thereof." 
 
 We then met the proprietor and his carpenter and 
 told them what changes would be necessary to fit it 
 for my use. They said that all I desired could be done, 
 and the price would be given me the next day. Now, 
 the question arose in my mind, Would the proprietor 
 let me have the place if he knew that I had no means, 
 but was trusting in God alone to meet the monthly 
 payments? Again I asked the dear Lord to show me, 
 through His Word, by giving me the word "will." I 
 opened the Bible to 1 Cor. 14 :15 : "I will pray with the 
 spirit, I will pray with the understanding also; I will 
 sing with the spirit, I will sing with the understanding 
 also." Here were four "wills" to assure my confidence. 
 
 I then began to feel that it was a great undertaking, 
 and wondered if it really was my Heavenly Father's 
 will for me to thus venture out on His promises. Matt. 
 
78 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 6:33: "But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His 
 righteousness and all these things shall be added unto 
 you." Then I asked Him to show me clearly, beyond a 
 doubt, and let me open to some direct words. Matt. 
 6:14, "Your Heavenly Father will," was given me. I 
 never had any doubt from this time, for all these an- 
 swers were like a voice from Heaven to my soul, as the 
 words seemed to stand out in living fire. 
 
 I never ask for these tests unless I feel especially' 
 directed of the Spirit to do so ; and then I always obey. 
 I would not dare to do otherwise. 
 
 After this I became very undecided what to do with 
 my business; whether to hold it, or how to dispose of it. 
 I had advertised it for sale, but no purchaser came. I 
 was dealing in hair goods, and here the Lord showed 
 me that this kind of goods was necessary for only a very 
 few, and that I was helping to foster a spirit of pride 
 and fashion, and that I could not, in my present conse- 
 crated life, continue in such work. I had been in this 
 business nearly twenty years and had always tried to 
 do what was right by all; but at times, when I felt 
 something of a spiritual quickening, I had tried hard 
 to work into something else. Every effort I made 
 proved a failure and a loss. While in this I seemed to 
 be quite successful, making our living, even during my 
 long years of expensive sickness. After a little time 
 the Lord put into the heart of a young lad} 7 , who had 
 been with me a number of years, to take the stock and 
 sell it on commission, which is very low, and the goods 
 yet remain unsold, and some bills are still unpaid 
 which were standing against me before leaving the 
 business. This is quite a trial of my faith, as I greatly 
 desire to obey the injunction, "Owe no man anything." 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 79 
 
 It did seem to me that it would bring greater honor to 
 my Lord for me to be able to pay these worldly persons 
 whom I owe, for they know that I am trusting in the 
 "living God." 1 have had to learn the same lesson in 
 this as in all other things. That is, after I have done 
 all I can to obey God, then I leave it with Him. 
 
 Arrangements were made for the place and work 
 commenced. Soon after I asked the Lord for a name 
 for the place. One bright Sunday morning, just after 
 prayers, I opened the Bible to Isa. 62:4: "But thou 
 shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah, for the 
 Lord delighteth in thee." The Lord showed me that 
 "Beulah" was the name, and oh, how I praise Him for 
 giving me such a beautiful name. 
 
 I consecrated this "Beulah" rest to the Lord, and my 
 constant prayer has been that none would come unless 
 the Lord sent them, and none go away without a bless- 
 ing. I prayed also that the sanctifying presence of 
 God might so overshadow us that those who entered 
 might realize the hallowed atmosphere and feel to ex- 
 claim: "How holy is this place! This is none other 
 than the house of God and the very gate of Heaven." 
 And such it has proven to nearly all who enter. We 
 receive all in the name of Jesus, feeling God has sent 
 them for some blessing. 
 
 Some have been healed at the door, before entering 
 the house. These, however, were expected and had 
 been prayed for, that the Lord might meet them here. 
 All praise to His name! 
 
 We moved into "Beulah" January 13, 1887. I did 
 not have enough money to pay for moving. I had given 
 my entire time for over a year to holding meetings and 
 visiting the sick, but very little money had been given 
 
80 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 me. People seemed to think that as no price was 
 charged, they had no duty to perform in this matter. 
 Many times I walked miles, for the want of five cents to 
 pay my carfare. This I did cheerfully, praising my 
 Lord for the privilege of laboring for Him in any way. 
 I was so happy to carry the glad news to the suffering 
 ones that Jesus had "borne their sicknesses" as well as 
 their sins. Many were led to give soul and body to 
 Him and come out rejoicing in the atoning merits of 
 His all-redeeming blood. Were not money a necessity 
 I would never think of it, for the joy that fills my soul as 
 I go forth in the name and strength of Jesus from duty 
 to duty. Oh, the foretaste of Heaven that fills my soul 
 at times! I pit} 7 those who labor only for that which 
 perishes, "For all these things do the nations of the 
 world seek after. Provide yourself bags which wax not 
 old, a treasure in the Heavens that faileth not. For 
 where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." 
 Luke 12:30, 33, 34. "Wherefore do ye spend money for 
 that which is not bread? and your labor for that which 
 satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto me, Eat ye that 
 which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fat- 
 ness." Isa. 55:2. 
 
 "Whether ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do 
 all for the glory of God." 
 
 "For whatsoever is not of faith is sin." 
 I realized that I must have money to buy food and all 
 the necessary things of life, and the dear Lord says, I 
 will supply your needs according to my riches in glory. 
 He generally makes use of human instruments, so that 
 blessing may come upon them also, for He says, "It is 
 more blessed to give than to receive." Oh, that God's 
 true people might believe this with their hearts and 
 
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 make it a principle of their lives. Then lie would pour 
 them out a blessing that they could not contain, but 
 would flow out and refresh and gladden the hearts of 
 those about them, while they would be laying up treas- 
 ures in Heaven. Dearly beloved, these are the only 
 treasures that will shine throughout eternity. 
 
 Some dear friends who were interested in the work 
 gave me some money and assisted me to move. The 
 dedication of "Beulak" was appointed for February 
 10th. I had not nearly enough furniture for the house. 
 No carpets for the chapel, sitting-room or front hall. 
 However, the day before the dedication the dear Lord 
 sent me, by a beloved friend, pretty new carpets for 
 these rooms, and many other articles of furniture. In- 
 deed, every room speaks of her tender love for the work, 
 and as I pass from room to room many a "God bless 
 her" comes from my heart. 
 
 Others sent some articles, and still some rooms were 
 empty and many things needed. I praised God for 
 what He had done, and waited upon Him for all my 
 needs. (The house is now comfortably furnished.) 
 Three days before the dedication I had a wonderful 
 demonstration of God's power. The oil was out, and 
 there was but little in the lamps. We were working 
 early and late to get the house in order as best we 
 could for the dedication. We had no money, and it 
 was proposed that we borrow some to buy oil. I said, 
 "No, this house must not go in debt to run it." Some 
 one said, "What will you do?" I said, "Trust the Lord 
 to send money." 
 
 "But what will you do if it does not come?" 
 
 "I will sit in the dark and praise Him." 
 
 "But we have much work to do." 
 
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 My answer was, "The Lord is able to increase onr oil 
 as He did the widow's." 
 
 Nothing was sent in or given me, although I was sent 
 for to visit the sick several times during these three 
 days. 
 
 Evening came, the lamps were lighted as usual, and 
 burned quite late. Next morning the girl said, "There 
 is as much oil as there was yesterday." I looked, and 
 there surely was. Evening came, the lamps were 
 lighted again and used as before with the same result. 
 The next day being dedication, again the question was 
 asked, "What shall we do for oil for the lamps?" I 
 said, "The Lord will provide." About noon fifty cents 
 was given me. and the thought came, That is money 
 for oil. 
 
 Although the day was stormy, the house was filled 
 both afternoon and evening, and we had a precious 
 time waiting on God. Miss Carrie Judd, of Buffalo, 
 conducted the services. 
 
 This hymn was prepared for the dedication: 
 
 BEULAH. 
 
 Dedication Hymn, Grand Rapids, Mich., February 10, 1887. 
 Transposed for the occasion by F. L. Childs. 
 
 Our Beulah is open, the angel has come, 
 
 The spirit is calling for thee; 
 The sick are in trouble, but here there is room, 
 
 Our Beulah is open and free. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 Salvation is free, Salvation is free, 
 
 Salvation through Jesus is free; 
 The sick are in trouble, but here there is room, 
 
 Our Beulah is open for thee. 
 
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 Come, weary and wretched, for Jesus is here, 
 
 Accept of a cleansing complete; 
 Oh, hear the entreaty dismissing your fear, 
 
 Have faith in the One you entreat. 
 Chorus: 
 
 The home we call Beulah we trust we can fill; 
 
 Its arms are extended in love; 
 We open the doorway to all who are ill, 
 
 But trust in the Healer above. 
 Chorus: 
 
 Then come to our Beulah, ye needy and lost, 
 Come where these rich blessings are found; 
 
 Give up your bad habits, at whatever cost; 
 Let Christ's love within you abound. 
 Chorus: 
 
 The next morning we had a very sweet season of 
 prayer and anointing. Among the number who re- 
 ceived the anointing were two M. E. ministers. 
 
 There have been many genuine converts, who are 
 now good working Christians, rejoicing in the Lord 
 and working for the salvation of others. This is a 
 marked feature of this work, that those who give soul 
 and body to Jesus are so blessed that they seek to bring 
 others to Him; and all Christians who consecrate their 
 bodies to be healed, cleansed and fitted for the indwell- 
 ing of the Holy Spirit, receive such a spiritual quicken- 
 ing that they go and do likewise. I am often asked how 
 I pay for the place. Fifteen dollars was given me by 
 one of the converts, and by great self-denial I was en- 
 abled to lay aside ten dollars more, so I paid twenty- 
 five dollars before I moved in. Several years before 
 this I had taken in trade a number of diamonds, think- 
 ing it a very good investment. Just before my conse- 
 cration I sent them to be set. I had a fondness for nice 
 
84 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 things, and quite a passion for finger rings. I had the 
 ring made first and wore it a few times. The pin and 
 ear-rings came just after my consecration. I gave 
 them all to the Lord and placed them in the bank for 
 safe-keeping until the Lord called for them, hoping 
 that they might go into a home for Him, and they did. 
 
 A sister, who was seeking for the true way, had been 
 led into Metaphysics. She was not satisfied, for she 
 saw the God of the Bible to be a living, personal God. 
 The God she loved and worshiped was more than a 
 principle, as they teach. A Methodist minister direct- 
 ed her to come and see me. She did so, and was soon 
 convinced that this was the true Bible way. She ac- 
 cepted Jesus as a complete Saviour from all sin and 
 sickness, received the anointing and was greatly 
 blessed. She at once consecrated herself to the service 
 of God, and gave me the fifty dollars that she was to 
 pay for the first lectures in this so-called Christian 
 Science. 1 Tim. 6:20, 21. The contract was drawn up, 
 and I am to pay $2,750 for the property. Taking out 
 the amount paid, $2,510 is left to be paid as the Lord 
 may send me the means. I have been enabled thus far 
 to make the small payment of fifteen dollars each 
 month. This is less than fifty cents each month on the 
 principal over the seven per cent, interest. The con- 
 tractor has kindly offered to credit me with one hun- 
 dred dollars for every ninety-dollar payment I can make 
 at one time. I trust and pray the dear Lord may soon 
 undertake for this branch of His work that we may be 
 able to give Him a clear deed of His own property. 
 
 I have no collections and no price for my services. I 
 believe that all should be "free will offerings" as unto 
 the Lord. I can trust Him to move the hearts of the 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 85 
 
 people, in answer to prayer, to make "free will offer- 
 ings" to carry forward this His own work. I always feel 
 great gratitude to Him and every instrument He uses in 
 helping us, and praise Him for much or little. I try to 
 speak of my needs only to Jesus, and He answers in 
 wonderful and most unexpected ways. My earnest 
 prayer is that heaven's richest blessing may rest upon 
 every contributor. 
 
SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 "BEULAH."— (CONCLUDED.) 
 
 This month He saw fit to test my faith in regard to 
 the payment by letting it run two weeks past due. I 
 was daily asking for the money and expecting it. One 
 who had been greatly blessed in coming to "Beulah," 
 and had been led of the Lord to do much for the work 
 here, wrote me, asking how the finances were. She 
 thought that she had a right to know, as she felt she 
 was a part of "Beulah." I replied that the Lord had 
 met all our daily needs and monthly payments until 
 the present month, and that I was looking daily to Him 
 for this. 
 
 To this came the following immediate answer: 
 "About five weeks ago an insurance policy expired, 
 which I thought to renew, at a cost of $37.50. The 
 Holy Spirit whispered this question to me: How would 
 you like to insure with the Company of Heaven? Now, 
 there is my servant Dora at 'Beulah'; you know she is 
 all the time looking to Me to supply her needs, and I 
 am using her time and work in my vineyard. I have 
 got to provide her monthly payment now, and if you 
 will insure with me, and trust in me with the same feel- 
 ing of safety that you have in the Phoenix Company, 
 here is a chance, and you may use that $37.50 as I may 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 87 
 
 direct. First you may send f 15 to 'Beulah' to make 
 the payment for this month. I said, I believe I can do 
 that and trust Thee to make the insurance safe and 
 the investment good. But I am ashamed to say that I 
 asked the Lord if He would not allow me to use the 
 money until after the first of the next month, as I had 
 a large payment to meet at that time, and then I would 
 do as He signified. But if He really did want me to 
 send it now to make it very plain. Then your letter 
 came, saying that you were expecting the dear Lord 
 to send you the money every clay. This was as plain 
 as I needed, as you never answered me this question 
 before. Now here I have been holding the Lord's 
 money, so you see that He had planned all this for you 
 in the proper time for it to be paid. 
 
 "Again I said, How can I send it just now when I have 
 all this money to raise so soon? The answer came, 
 Can't you trust me to give you enough to make it up? 
 Have you not said that your money, time, strength and 
 all were consecrated to me? Yes, Lord, I have said it. 
 Have I not always cared for you, paid your bills when 
 they were due, and opened the way many times when 
 it looked so dark? Yes, Lord, and I will send it right 
 off this morning to your servant Dora, and to the other 
 place where they are praying and waiting for it, and 
 trust Thee to open the windows of heaven and pour me 
 out a blessing. As I took up my Bible I said, Lord, I 
 do believe that this is what you would have me do. 
 Xow give me some word from Thee, on which my eyes 
 shall first rest guided by thy Holy Spirit, that shall 
 assure my heart that this is Thy will, and, oh, as I 
 opened to Matt. 28:7, just see what the voice from 
 heaven said to me: 'And go quickly; lo! I have told 
 
88 SOME OP THE FRUITS OF 
 
 you before.' One might look all day in the Bible for 
 a more direct answer without finding it plainer. 
 
 "Now I have written you all this to encourage your 
 heart to trust in the 'living God.' So you can see as 
 well as I just how T the Lord does operate to answer 
 prayer for His faithful people, and how He was all the 
 time getting the money ready for you. It is just as 
 good for me as for you to see all this, and I just burst 
 out in praises to our God, while rivers of water ran 
 down my cheeks to think that the Lord does make the 
 way so plain for His people because they trust in Him. 
 So here is the draft and here is the story, and I tell it 
 to you because I know it will comfort you." 
 
 I will never be able to express the unspeakable joy I 
 feel in living a life of trust. My faith is never tried 
 without having a wonderful revelation of the glory and 
 peace of Jesus, after the severity of the test is passed. 
 In each trial I am shown my ow T n nothingness and many 
 faults, and also get a view of the great and Holy One 
 who enables me to overcome. In James 1:2, 3, we are 
 told to "count it all joy w^hen ye fall into divers tempta- 
 tions, knowing this that the trying of your faith work- 
 eth patience." It is a great comfort to know that noth- 
 ing can come to me unless permitted by my Heavenly 
 Father; so it must be for my good. 
 
 For several weeks after coming to "Beulah" every- 
 thing ran low; at times we hardly had enough from 
 meal to meal, but never suffered. It kept me coming 
 to my Lord continually for the supply of our daily ne- 
 cessities. I was so short of help that I had to spend 
 more time at work about the place than I ought, and I 
 was led to cry mightily unto God for help. I arose 
 from my knees and opened the Bible, and this was given 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 89 
 
 me, Ezek. 36:11, 29, 37: "I will multiply upon you man 
 and beast, and I will do better unto you than at your 
 beginnings, and ye shall know that I am the Lord." "I 
 will also save you from all your uncleanness, and I will 
 call for the corn and will increase it, and lay no famine 
 upon you." "I will yet for this be inquired of.' 
 
 I took my Lord's Word for myself, and have been 
 greatly delivered in every time of need. Sometimes 
 when the house is full of guests we get almost out of 
 daily food, but before the real need comes we are pro- 
 vided for. 
 
 After we had been in "Beulah" but a short time a 
 gentleman came who had cancer of the stomach. He 
 was able to sit up part of the time, but continued to fail 
 rapidly, and was soon taken with black vomit; he 
 lived about five weeks. From the first he had no real 
 desire to live; he was prepared to die, yet said he was 
 willing to Live if it was God's will, but he never reached 
 out after life. In answer to prayer, He was wonder- 
 fully kept from the distress which usually attends that 
 disease; we had many and remarkable answers to 
 prayer for his relief, so that very often before the prayer 
 was ended he would fall into a sweet, restful sleep, and 
 at the end of five weeks he fell asleep in Jesus. 
 
 From a human standpoint this was a great mystery 
 and very discouraging. Why God permitted this to 
 occur at the opening of the home, and almost the first 
 one who came, we could not understand. The many 
 assurances given me all through his sickness I took as 
 tokens of his restoration. This for a time greatly per- 
 plexed me. When I came quietly before the Lord to 
 inquire of His dealings with me I was shown many 
 lessons; He had given me these assurances to enable me 
 
90 SOME OP THE FRUITS OP 
 
 to hold the promises in faith for the blessing of relief, 
 which was not a small blessing. He was undoubtedly 
 appointed to die, and the Lord had sent Him here for 
 many reasons. One was to test me. I was not discour- 
 aged, for I knew that if our Lord did not see fit to raise 
 him to health in answer to such prayers as were offered 
 for him, nothing would save him. The post mortem 
 showed that no human skill could have reached his 
 case. His friends were all satisfied. Even in this trial 
 I could praise the Lord. I felt that the constant prayer 
 had brought me into a secret place with the Lord 
 which I had not known before. 
 
 The work is constantly going on for both soul and 
 body. I am able to reach many souls that I could not 
 approach were it not for the Gospel of Healing. Faith 
 prayer meetings and Bible readings are held at "Beu- 
 lah" every Thursday at 2:30 p. m. Bequests can be sent 
 at any time and will be presented for prayer at once; 
 also at the first meeting after receipt. In correspond- 
 ence, please enclose stamps. All letters will be an- 
 swered as soon as possible. Delays are, by lack of post- 
 age, sometimes occasioned when I am out of town hold- 
 ing meetings, visiting the sick, or have a pressure of 
 work. I feel that answering these letters is part of the 
 work my Lord has given me to do, and through this 
 channel souls are born into the Kingdom, and bodies 
 healed. 
 
 "Beulah" is a quiet home, with "Jesus in the midst/' 
 where the weary, sick, tried, unsaved ones may come 
 for a time and learn more perfectly the way of faith. 
 
 Guests will please communicate with me before com- 
 ing and state whether they are able to wait upon them- 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 91 
 
 selves. If they are not, it will be necessary for them 
 to bring an attendant. 
 
 Those who may desire me to go out of town to hold 
 meetings or visit the sick will please send money for 
 expenses. 
 
 "Beulah" stands on a nice elevation of ground where 
 the air is pure and clear. My room joins my dear aged 
 auntie's, who is my adopted mother, and all I am I owe 
 to her, under God. As I look out of my window upon 
 the eastern sky I feel to praise God that my lines have 
 fallen in such pleasant places, and often wonder if from 
 this beautiful retired elevation I may be permitted to 
 behold Jesus coming in the clouds of heaven. I am 
 looking for Him, and my constant prayer is that my 
 lamp may be trimmed and burning, with oil in my ves- 
 sel, when He comes. 
 
 "Watch, therefore, for ye know not what hour your 
 Lord doth come." Matt. 24:42. 
 
92 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 CHAPTEB X. 
 
 SPIRITUAL GIFTS. 
 
 Now often I hear it said, "The day of miracles is past." 
 Now who said this? Certainly not Jesus, nor His be- 
 lieving disciples, nor His Word. Jesus knew when He 
 gave His last commission that nothing would convince 
 an unbelieving world so thoroughly as the power He 
 gave to His people to do signs and wonders in His 
 name. Then again He designed that His redeemed 
 sons and daughters should be delivered from the bond- 
 age of Satan through faith in His name. Mark 16 :15-18. 
 
 Our Lord's last words to His disciples were: "Go ye 
 into all the world and preach the Gospel to every crea- 
 ture," etc. 
 
 We know the Christian Church accepts this gospel of 
 salvation, but rejects what follows, i. e., the Gospel of 
 Healing and gifts of the Spirit. Jesus says in verse 17, 
 "These signs shall follow them that believe." This 
 does not look as though these signs were to follow only 
 the Apostles, for Jesus says, "them that believe." If 
 you believe that, the signs will follow you, if you use 
 your privilege. Ah, dearly beloved, "we are not debt- 
 ors to the flesh to live after the flesh," the unbelieving 
 maxims of this world or the traditions of men. We are 
 not governed and controlled by natural laws entirely. 
 It is necessary for us to rise superior to our surround- 
 ings, ourselves and all natural law, to assert our liberty 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 93 
 
 in Christ Jesus. Jesus makes this remarkable state- 
 ment in verse 18, "In my name shall they cast out 
 devils." This is not only our privilege but our duty, 
 and God gives this power when the conditions are met 
 and we accept His power and use it for His glory. 
 "They shall speak with new tongues." How true this is 
 when one ceases to talk of himself, of his aches and 
 pains and troubles, of one's own shortcomings or vir- 
 tues, and all the works of the devil; and tells of the 
 wonderful power of Jesus instead. "They shall take up 
 serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing it shall 
 not hurt them." We believe that God will show His 
 power in protecting His believing children. "They shall 
 lay hands on the sick and they shall recover." This is 
 the foundation text for God's faithful ones to base their 
 faith upon in being used as God's ministers in the heal- 
 ing of the body. What an exalted privilege God's 
 children have of using the pow T er of Jesus' name above 
 and against all human means for the relief of the suf- 
 fering ones. Had Vanderbilt, Gould or Astor given 
 you the privilege to use their names to draw on the 
 bank for all the money you wished, how quickly you 
 would avail yourself of this opportunity in every time 
 of need. Now here is one who holdeth the wealth of 
 the world in His hands; and He will not only give us 
 spiritual, but temporal and physical blessings; for all 
 power is His, not only in Heaven, but in earth. Now 
 He offers you freely the use of His all-powerful name. 
 In Jesus' name we may cast the devils out of our own 
 souls and bodies, and we can also lay the name of Jesus 
 upon any afflicted part, with blessed results. 
 
 I often wonder how far God will hold us guiltless for 
 not using these blood-bought privileges; for this was 
 
94 SOME OP THE FRUITS OF 
 
 the last commission and promise that Jesus gave before 
 His ascension to His Church and Bride, those to whom 
 He expected to show forth His power on earth. 
 
 "And they went forth and preached everywhere, the 
 Lord working with them and confirming the Word with 
 signs." He works to-day with His believing ones the 
 same. Oh, my fellow-laborers in the Lord, our duty is 
 to live where we can have liberty in declaring the whole 
 Gospel in power and demonstration of the Spirit. 
 
 In 1 Cor. 12, Paul reminds the Church of its incom- 
 pleteness without these various spiritual gifts, even as 
 the human body is incomplete without all its various 
 members. Among the gifts named are "faith," "work- 
 ing of miracles" and "gifts of healing." Please read the 
 whole chapter. 
 
 Paul says, "Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, 
 I would not have you ignorant." In verses 28, 29 and 30 
 he plainly states that all have not the same gifts. Now 
 I understand that the possession of these gifts differs 
 from the privilege of all believers in claiming the prom- 
 ises as given in Mark 16. These are special gifts "divided 
 to every man severally as He wills." I understand that 
 those to whom these gifts are given are the ones who 
 may use the oil, "in the name of the Lord," as spoken of 
 in James 5:14, whether they are ministers or not. 
 Please read Eph. 4:11-16. In verses 11 and 12 other 
 gifts are spoken of; 13th, "Till we all come in the unity 
 of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto 
 a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the 
 fullness of Christ." 
 
 The Church cannot be a perfect body to-day without 
 all these gifts any more that it could then. We need all 
 there is in the Gospel to keep us from "being carried 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 95 
 
 about with every wind of doctrine and cunning crafti- 
 ness whereby they lie in wait to deceive us;" for these 
 are the times of "deceivableness." Truly, "perilous 
 times are come" upon the Church of God; and every 
 true child of God has great need of applying himself 
 diligently to the study and daily practice of the grand 
 fundamental doctrines of Christianity, the fourfold 
 Gospel of Christ. These are Justification, Sanctifica- 
 tion, Divine Healing and the Second Coming of Christ. 
 
 In 1 Cor. 13:9, 10, Paul says, "For we know in part 
 and we prophesy in part, but when that which is perfect 
 is come, that which is in part shall be done away." Here 
 we are told that spritual gifts will be done away when 
 Jesus, "that which is perfect, is come." In chapter 
 13:2, "Charity" (or Divine Love) is spoken of as the 
 greatest of all gifts. Love will go on throughout the 
 ceaseless ages of eternity. I realize more and more 
 how much divine love the Christian needs to do good 
 work for Jesus; more love to God and for all those 
 about us; the love of God, not merely human love; filled 
 with Jesus and His love. It is easy then to work for 
 others, doing all in the name of Jesus. 
 
 In 1 Cor. 14:1, Paul tells the Church to "follow after 
 charity, and desire spiritual gifts." This does not read 
 much like the oft-repeated adage, "Miracles ceased with 
 the apostolic age." 
 
 The only object one should have in seeking for spir- 
 itual gifts is to advance the cause of Christ, hasten His 
 coming and bring honor to His name by leading the 
 sufferers to Him for relief, not for our own honor or 
 profit. We need to try the spirits to see if they be of 
 God. 
 
 In Acts 20 :28-30, Paul warns the Church, which Jesus 
 
96 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 has purchased with His own blood, "to be watchful, for 
 there shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not 
 sparing the flock, also of your own selves shall men 
 arise speaking perverse things to draw away disciples 
 after them." 
 
 Matt. 24:24: "For there shall arise false Christs and 
 false prophets and shall show great wonders; insomuch 
 that if it w T ere possible they shall deceive the very elect." 
 2 Thess. 2 :3 : "There will come a falling away" before 
 Jesus comes. In verses 8-11, Satan is spoken of as 
 being "revealed with all power and signs and lying 
 wonders in them that receive not the love of the truth, 
 and for this cause God shall send them strong delusion." 
 In 1 Tim. 6:20, 21, Paul says to Timothy, "Keep that 
 which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and 
 vain babblings and oppositions of science, falsely so- 
 called, wiiich some professing have erred concerning 
 the faith." 1 Tim. 4:1: "Now the Spirit speaketh ex- 
 pressly that in the latter times some shall depart from 
 the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines 
 of devils." 
 
 Oh, beloved, let us be among that number that "hold 
 faith and a good conscience, which some having put 
 away concerning faith, have made shipwreck." I have 
 been shown no way so true, so sure, as the way of the 
 cross through the precious blood of Jesus. My spirit 
 does not answer to any doctrine that has less of self- 
 denial, less of the cleansing blood of the atonement of 
 Christ. This is the way the Word of God teaches. 
 
 My soul's constant cry is, that my Father will keep 
 me under the cleansing, healing, saving and sanctifying 
 blood of Jesus. Amen. 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 97 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 NEW EXPERIENCES. 
 
 Eight and one-half years have passed since our Beu- 
 lah Home was dedicated to the service of the living 
 God, and ten years since I consecrated myself to Him. 
 
 Not one drop of medicine of any kind has touched my 
 body externally or internally in all these years. 
 
 Oh, the blessedness of such trust and the sweetness 
 of the precious life of Jesus, in spirit, soul and body 
 instead, is indescribable. The rest, joy, and peace that 
 possess one, even when sickness is permitted to come, 
 and the sweet remedy prayer, the soul touch, and the 
 victories through the closer contact with Jesus, the 
 quickening of the Holy Ghost, and the strength which 
 comes with every victory won can be better realized 
 than told. 
 
 Many times there has been much to discourage strong 
 hearts; however I have been kept from sinking; I have 
 never for a moment yielded to discouragement, and 
 have praised God in and for all. 
 
 I feel that it will be for His glory to give some of the 
 experiences our blessed Jesus has permitted to touch 
 our lives in these glorious years of sweet service, trial 
 and victory. 
 
 Of this we are sure: Nothing can touch the life of 
 one of God's anointed except by His permission, and as 
 
98 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 His Word declares, "No good thing will He withhold 
 from them that walk uprightly." All that comes and 
 all that is withheld must be good for that time, at least. 
 During these years we have entertained hundreds of 
 guests, traveled thousands of miles in answer to calls, 
 answered many thousand letters, held hundreds of 
 meetings with the blessed, saving, sanctifying and heal- 
 ing power of God upon many, besides giving Bible read- 
 ings to all who come to "Beulah." 
 
 We have seen hundreds healed, and all manner of 
 diseases, including broken bones and dislocated joints 
 — the bones coming into place without human touch 
 by the power of God alone in answer to prayer, show- 
 ing us that it is very easy for Him who has made the 
 bones of the human body to put them in place when 
 out, and to mend them when broken, if fully trusted 
 to do so. 
 
 We regret that we do not know the addresses of some 
 of those who have been niiraculousty and instantly 
 healed of cancers, tumors, and paralysis, but will relate 
 a few incidents of such cases that are fresh in memory. 
 
 One lady for whom w^e had prayed was advised by 
 physicians in Chicago, where she had been for treat- 
 ment, to return home and arrange any matters she 
 might desire before they operated upon her for cancer- 
 ous tumor. She was induced to come here before re- 
 turning to Chicago. Upon her arrival while passing 
 through the hall she was converted and healed, and was 
 well the last w^e heard. 
 
 An old lady came in great pain. While coming up 
 the walk to the house the pain left, and the Holy Spirit 
 filled her. As we met her at the door she exclaimed: 
 "Truly this is holy ground." 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 99 
 
 One evening an old gentleman, dragging his right 
 foot and with his hand hanging helpless by his side, 
 called, asking for prayers. Perceiving that he "had 
 faith to be healed" Mr. Dudley and I anointed him in the 
 name of the Lord and prayed with him. He began prais- 
 ing God for the healing, and arose, leaping for joy. 
 He went out of the house like a bounding youth, filled 
 with the life of Jesus. The next day he went at his 
 carpenter w^ork, climbing about and using his saw and 
 hammer as well as ever. We have never seen or heard 
 from him since. 
 
 Another gentleman came whose right side was par- 
 tially paralyzed; he had no power to hold anything in 
 his hand. Mr. Dudley and I prayed with and anointed 
 him in the name of the Lord; before we could give him 
 a pencil he had taken his own from his pocket and bold- 
 ly written his name and walked away, rejoicing in the 
 strength of the Lord. 
 
 A lady who had a painful sore upon her breast, which 
 had begun to discharge, came to us after the doctors 
 had pronounced it cancer and said it should be taken 
 off at once. After she had been here a few days and 
 received Bible instruction, while we were praying with 
 her, she experienced a strange sensation in the af- 
 flicted part, that extended in streaks to her chin, under 
 her arm, and wherever the pain had been. 
 
 It was healed at once; the next day the scab came 
 off, and there was no appearance of the disease save a 
 little redness, which soon passed away. 
 
 Many more have come into lives of consecration. 
 
 Some who have thus found Jesus at "Beulah" are 
 now in foreign lands winning souls for their beloved 
 Redeemer. Others have been called to the better world, 
 
100 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 where they behold the face of Him they love, and join 
 in the great redemption song. 
 
 Colonel and Mrs. Campbell, of the Christian Cru- 
 saders, and many of the bands in our own and other 
 States, have accepted the faith of the four-fold gospel 
 through our teaching, and are living and teaching these 
 precious truths, with blessed results in their own and 
 other lives. 
 
 We feel that if this alone were all that had been 
 accomplished "Beulah" has not been opened in vain. 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 101 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 PHYSICAL TESTS. 
 
 A few years ago Mr. Dudley and I were called to 
 Lansing, where some persons were healed. 
 
 I much desired to visit a dear friend at the college, 
 and made quite an effort to do so, without realizing 
 that I had not carefully consulted my Lord whom I had 
 promised to follow. 
 
 Arriving just as my friend was leaving for a journey, 
 I immediately returned; a chilly rain set in, I was not 
 prepared for the long drive and was thoroughly chilled, 
 and remained cold all night, and was conscious of much 
 pain; I said nothing about it, and after breakfast we 
 started for home. I continued to grow worse. 
 
 Upon reaching home I found many letters awaiting 
 me, among them a call from the Rev. Mr. Kellogg, pas- 
 tor of a Congregational Church in Muskegon, asking 
 my assistance in watchnight services. I was too ill to 
 realize what it meant, but said, "I must sleep before I 
 can do anything," and slept the remainder of the day, a 
 painful, broken sleep. At night I found myself unable 
 to undress alone and in great suffering, retching and 
 vomiting very severely. While my dear husband was 
 holding my head, my aged auntie came into the room 
 saying, "I will bring some hot w T ater to settle your 
 stomach." I could not speak, but breathed my soul 
 
102 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 thought to God, that I would not touch even water as 
 a remedy, but would trust Him if I died. When she 
 returned with the water I was lying upon the pillow, 
 and could speak, and said, "Auntie, I would die before 
 I would take anything to settle my stomach. If the 
 Lord does not settle it, it will never be settled/' I be- 
 lieve, had I taken the water, I should have lost my faith, 
 perhaps my life. 
 
 Through the night I had broken sleep, was full of 
 pain, with burning fever, but in all blessedly conscious 
 of the everlasting arms underneath me. 
 
 The next morning, the last of the year, Mr. Dudley 
 anointed me, and we claimed the promise. The pres- 
 sure upon my heart and lungs was very great, so that I 
 had no power to rise from my bed. 
 
 New Year's Eve a voice spoke to my heart, saying, 
 "Are you a child of God?" I answered emphatically, 
 "Yes, I am." The voice again said, "What are you here 
 for, under Satan's power, when you ought this very hour 
 to be telling lost souls of a Savior?" A great horror 
 seized me with this thought — some one may be lost 
 because you are not there to give the message the Lord 
 would have you give. I cried, "Lord, why am I here, 
 please tell me?" The grieved voice whispered, "Did 
 you not run on one of your own errands, unnecessarily 
 exposing yourself, when you had promised to go only 
 on mine?" "I see, I see; Lord, forgive me." 
 
 I realized that I was on the very verge of the grave; 
 that Satan was trying to clip the thread that held my 
 life, but he could not quite reach it. 
 
 He told me repeatedly, "You will die;" but I was 
 assured this was one of his false assertions, and that I 
 should not die, but live. 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 103 
 
 The diseases proved to be la grippe and pneumonia. 
 The third day was the regular meeting day at "Beulah." 
 In the morning friends prayed that I might be able to 
 attend. 
 
 The pressure upon my chest was so great that I 
 could not breathe when raised up, but in the afternoon, 
 in the name and strength of Jesus, I dressed with help, 
 went down and assisted Mr. Dudley in the meeting, 
 remaining to tea and worship. 
 
 I found it very difficult to ascend the stairs at night, 
 even with my husband's help. The next morning the 
 pain in my head, back and lungs w T as intense. I asked 
 the Lord if he wished me to go to my West Side meet- 
 ing that afternoon, that He would enable me to reach 
 my room and give me sleep and a conscious touch of 
 divine power. I fell into a sweet sleep, awaking after 
 some hours, realizing a cooling, restful sensation in 
 every afflicted part. I slept again; was awakened by 
 the announcement that a dear sister wished to see me. 
 She was surprised to find me in bed, and prayed for me, 
 before she asked my prayers for a relative who was very 
 ill and a wicked man, that he might be spared to care 
 for his family of little children and have time to repent. 
 We prayed, and that prayer was answered. 
 
 Soon two ladies called from out of town. I at first 
 felt that I could not see them, it was so near meeting 
 time; then came the thought this may be my only 
 opportunity to speak to them of Jesus. Each desired 
 prayers for unsaved members of her family. One was 
 in great unrest. I gave such passages of Scripture as 
 the Holy Spirit brought to mind. She entered into a 
 place of abiding rest and peace, where she remained 
 until her death. Some of the friends for whom we 
 
104 SOME OP THE FRUITS OP 
 
 prayed have been converted. I now realized that I 
 was healed. 
 
 Before I had finished my dinner, an editor from an 
 adjoining city called. I spent a few moments telling 
 him of Jesus' love and power, and then took the car for 
 the meeting. 
 
 The Lord led me to talk upon "Trials." All present 
 were greatly blessed, none more than myself. Once 
 while I was talking the dreadful suffocation seized me 
 and I nearly lost my breath; however, was soon able to 
 resume my lesson. 
 
 That night after I had taken my supper the most 
 distressing symptoms came rushing upon me, and I 
 felt that I could not get to our room without assist- 
 ance, but the Holy Ghost showed me not to lean even 
 upon my husband. With the greatest effort, in the 
 name of Jesus, I ascended the stairs. Attempting to 
 kneel, I found myself prostrate upon the floor. Finally 
 I was enabled to rise and reach my bed, and then came 
 a fierce fight. The pressure upon my heart and lungs 
 was like a huge weight, rendering it almost impossible 
 to catch one breath after another, It was as though 
 two persons were having a hand-to-hand fight within 
 my afflicted body. Satan was determined to destroy 
 the action of my heart and lungs, but the Holy Spirit 
 was preventing him. 
 
 I at once commenced to cast the devils out in the 
 name of Jesus; thus through that all-powerful name 
 putting myself with the Holy Ghost against Satan. 
 The longer I continued to do this the more severe the 
 struggle. After an hour or more, suddenly the mighty 
 weight rolled off, and I rested w^ell that night, and next 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 105 
 
 morning went about my duties as usual. I had a few 
 symptoms afterward, no one but Jesus knew. 
 
 The lesson taught in this trial was to "hearken dili- 
 gently and obey the voice of the Lord/' walking in His 
 ways only, not allowing the least human remedy to 
 come between God and us to weaken or destroy our 
 faith, and to keep trusting when the battle was fiercest 
 until the victory was won. 
 
 Two years later Dr. B., the new pastor of our church, 
 called to inquire concerning my faith. I told him the 
 foundation of my belief. He said, as did our former 
 pastor, that he knew little or nothing about Divine 
 Healing. He bade me God-speed in my good work, 
 and said he would gladly assist me should I call upon 
 him. 
 
 Not long after this his little daughter was taken with 
 diphtheria and died; he also had the same disease and 
 was quarantined six weeks. The great cry of my heart 
 to God was that Dr. B. might know our precious Jesus 
 as the Healer. 
 
 One night soon after I was awakened, groaning with 
 severe pain. I could scarcely move. Mr. Dudley prayed 
 for me and I soon fell asleep. In the morning it was 
 with the utmost difficulty that I could dress. I went 
 down to breakfast praising the Lord, wishing no one 
 to know of my suffering, but the effort every movement 
 cost me showed that something was wrong. Mr. Dud- 
 ley anointed me, and I was relieved for a time, but not 
 healed, as was usual when he anointed me. The pain 
 increased until each breath was a groan. I would also 
 say with every groan, "Praise the Lord!" All day this 
 continued. During the night I slept a painful sleep, 
 often waking, and asking the Lord to show me the les* 
 
106 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 son He would teach. Several times the thought came 
 to me, send for your minister to anoint you. I replied: 
 "I have been anointed." Again and again it came — 
 send for Dr. B. to anoint you. Saying, "I will, Lord/' I 
 fell asleep, awaking in the morning with the pain, sore- 
 ness and lameness so great that I could scarcely move. 
 I sent for Dr. B.; he came, prayed with me and anointed 
 me. The moment the oil touched my head I was made 
 whole; and overflowing with praise, I told him I was 
 healed, and would go to my West Side meetings that 
 day. He replied, "Mrs. Dudley, you must rest," but he 
 was not out of the hall before I was up and dressing; 
 ate my dinner, ordered my horse, and was at his house 
 almost as soon as he was, telling him what the Lord 
 had done for me. He appeared surprised at seeing me 
 out, and warned me to be careful, as it was one of the 
 most severe days of that winter. 
 
 I returned on the cars late after the evening meet- 
 ing, walking several blocks, rejoicing in God for the 
 perfect deliverance He had given, and praising Him 
 for the privilege of being used to answer my own pray- 
 ers, in showing the healing power of my blessed Jesus. 
 
 I recall another instance when it was given me to 
 suffer in exemplification of niy own teachings. 
 
 There was a dear sister in the Home who often said, 
 O dear! and groaned much. I had been trying to teach 
 her the blessedness of saying instead, Praise the Lord! 
 but she would only say, "If you suffered much you 
 could not always say Praise the Lord." In the morn- 
 ing of a day when there were to be two meetings in dif- 
 ferent parts of the city I was suddenly taken with 
 pneumonia. My blessed Lord gave me strength to at- 
 tend the meetings and reach home again ; after prayer 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 107 
 
 I fell asleep, but was called from my bed to pray with 
 this sister, when I nearly fainted. I could only draw 
 sufficient strength from the Lord to reach her side; no 
 prayer was given me, only the words of the Holy Ghost, 
 "You must praise the Lord," and I dropped upon the 
 floor, where I lay for a long time gasping, "Praise the 
 Lord." 
 
 His healing hand was laid upon us both; I again 
 retired, and awoke in the morning quite w r ell. The dear 
 one greeted me with, "Oh, you poor child, you had to 
 suffer this to show me that you would say 'Praise the 
 Lord' whether you could breathe or not." 
 
 Beloved, there is victory in saying with your lips, 
 Praise the Lord. In giving the shout before the walls 
 fall. 
 
 I was called to a Northern town to give Bible read- 
 ings one Sunday in the absence of the pastor. Symp- 
 toms of a cold w T ere coming on, which I handed over to 
 my loving Physician, but in the morning I found there 
 was much congestion; my lungs were sore and quite 
 painful. I was being entertained by dear friends who 
 themselves knew T the Divine Healer, and I asked them 
 to pray for me at morning worship. Three appoint- 
 ments, several miles apart, had been planned for me 
 for that day and evening. I knew the strength of the 
 Lord would be sufficient, and I must not consult my 
 feelings in the least. I was not made free, but was 
 wonderfully sustained in all the services, and several 
 persons w T ere healed. 
 
 When my day's work was done, and I laid my weary 
 body down to rest, I thanked God for the courage and 
 grace he had given me, and fell asleep, awaking in the 
 morning refreshed and healed* 
 
108 SOME OP THE FRUITS OF 
 
 Soon after this, late one day I was similarly attacked, 
 but with greater severity. It was with difficulty I 
 could get my breath. The atmosphere was very chilly, 
 a heavy mist was falling, and it seemed an utter impos- 
 sibility for me to attend my regular meeting in another 
 part of the city that evening. 
 
 Mr. Dudley prayed for me, then asked: "Are you 
 sure the Lord wants you to go?" It had been made very 
 clear to me that I must go, and we started. I had to 
 stop several times to recover my breath before we 
 reached the car; an open car with wet seats, the wind 
 whipping the water from the drenched curtains upon 
 us during our four miles' ride. Before reaching our 
 destination we were told to change cars; the street was 
 torn up, and we were compelled to walk a considerable 
 distance, climbing over piles of stone and dirt. My 
 breath and strength seemed failing at every step. 
 After leaving the next car there were also several 
 blocks to walk. When at last we reached the place of 
 meeting I was unable to speak. Only believers were 
 present; dear Sister Nevins was the first to pray, and 
 she prayed for me; a great load rolled from my lungs 
 and I was free. It was the last time I have ever had a 
 touch of congestion of the lungs, though this was a 
 number of years ago. 
 
 I learned many precious lessons in these tests, and 
 proved to myself and others the keeping power of God. 
 Even when the conditions remain the same we may be 
 lifted above them all, and in His strength, with praises, 
 do whatever lies before us to do. 
 
 Do not speak of trials, nor talk about them afterward 
 only to help some one else gain a victory; never for the 
 sake of exciting human sympathy, but simply to show 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 109 
 
 how God will use His obedient ones, even more won- 
 derfully, perhaps, when they are bravely trusting Him, 
 and acting their faith by giving no heed to the trial, 
 doing what is before them in His almighty strength, 
 fearing no bad results. 
 
 Some dear ones spoil their testimonies by complain- 
 ing and talking so much about their bad feelings. 
 Upon meeting them and saying, "How do you do?" as 
 is customary in our country, they begin at once to talk 
 of themselves; before they are aware of it, the conver- 
 sation is just what the devil w r ants it to be, and those 
 who have listened go aw T ay to say, "These healed 'faith 
 cure' people who give such glowing testimonies in meet- 
 ings are always grunting." 
 
 Beloved, let us for the glory of God be very guarded 
 in this particular: See that every clay our words and 
 acts are in faith. "Walk in wisdom toward them that 
 are without." Col. 4:5. 
 
 I have lost only four days from illness since the first 
 edition of this book, and these were not altogether lost 
 days. 
 
 Let no one think he must have similar experiences. 
 God knows just w r hat each one needs. I have asked 
 to be an "overconier," and I see clearly that I cannot 
 be unless there is something to overcome. - 
 
 Your loving Father will give you the trials you need, 
 for He will have a tried people. His grace is always 
 sufficient if you will take it, and not yield to suffering 
 and say, "I can't." Be true, be brave. Your words 
 and actions will powerfully affect your feelings, either 
 for good or bad. 
 
 Praise the Lord! 
 
 "Let the redeemed of the Lord say so." 
 
110 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 MIRACULOUS ANSWERS AND DELIVERANCES. 
 
 Miraculous, indeed, have been God's dealings with us 
 in these ten years. I will relate a few instances for 
 His glory. 
 
 When niy dear husband came to "Beulah" he had 
 some money, which he used entirely for the work, deny- 
 ing himself in every way to help others, first paying a 
 part of the mortgage and my personal debts before 
 mentioned; the remainder of his money going toward 
 the support of the large family, toward meeting the 
 expenses of conventions, and in the general work. 
 When this was gone the pressure upon us was often 
 great. 
 
 At one of these times, when things in the larder had 
 become very low, so much so that there was almost 
 nothing in the house to eat, a lady who in our meetings 
 had been converted from an infidel, wished to come with 
 her attendant, both from homes of plenty. I dared not 
 refuse to receive them, but said, "Lord, thou knowest 
 all about it, do not let this test weaken the faith of the 
 one so recently converted, whom Thou hast permitted 
 to come here in this time of need." 
 
 We gathered enough fragments for the first meal. 
 
 The hens just now stopped laying, so there were no 
 more eggs. Before dinner time the cook said to me, 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. Ill 
 
 "We have a squash, some dried corn, and a little corn- 
 meal, but not a cent to get sour milk to make a cake." 
 I told her that I would go to a friend about a mile away 
 and try to get some. Taking a pail I started with a 
 merry, happy heart, singing, "I'm a child of the King," 
 as I met old acquaintances in their fine livery who 
 scarcely noticed me. Hallelujah! I was as happy as a 
 child of the King should be. 
 
 My friend had no sour milk, but gave me some sweet 
 milk. A little vinegar and soda, with our cornmeal, 
 made a very good cake, and we thanked God and ate, 
 making no excuses. 
 
 Tea time drew near; again the cook said, "All we 
 have is a little graham flour." I said, "Make some 
 gems with water." "But," said she, "that will be all, 
 and there is not much." "Well," I said, "I will not eat 
 any." I returned to the sitting-room, when one of the 
 ladies placed a five dollar bill in my hand, and we had 
 a good supper. The next morning the following letter 
 was received: 
 
 Millbrook, Mich., Nov. 5, 1890. 
 Dear Brother and Sister Dudley: 
 
 Perhaps you think I have forgotten what I said about 
 sending some potatoes and garden vegetables to you, 
 but such is not the fact. For some cause our potatoes 
 did not yield enough for our own use; but I have filled 
 two barrels with turnips, cabbages, apples and beets, 
 and some pork and beans. Am now about to take them 
 to the K. B. station. 
 
 This is a "free will offering." Perhaps the Lord will 
 command some other "Eaven" to supply the potatoes, 
 if he has not already. I will prepay charges. 
 
112 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 My heart is full of praise and thanksgiving for all He 
 has done for me and mine. Would like to write more, 
 but must close and take the things to the depot. Write 
 to us if they reach you safely. 
 
 Am quite sure the Lord will not let them freeze. 
 Pray for us. 
 
 Your brother and sist3r, 
 
 A. C. West and Wife. 
 
 This letter written by our dear brother West gave 
 us much joy. He had been healed of varicose veins, 
 the worst case ever brought to my attention. He was 
 obliged to sit with his feet in a chair much of the 
 time. 
 
 The next day after the letter the barrels came, and 
 we had a genuine hallelujah time when we opened them. 
 It seemed they had come straight down from Heaven. 
 
 Once just before Thanksgiving we were out of every- 
 thing; really had not enough for a meal. We had 
 asked our Father for a Thanksgiving dinner, but the 
 evening shades fell upon us and it almost seemed God 
 had forgotten, but not so. The dear friends at Cedar 
 Springs had been very busy preparing a Thanksgiving 
 box for "Beulah." I only wish they could have seen 
 our happy faces and heard our praises to God when 
 we received and opened it Thanksgiving morning, and 
 known the gratitude of our hearts as we partook of the 
 good things the dear Lord had prompted them to send. 
 I am sure our hallelujahs reached the ear of God. 
 
 Another year we asked Him to send us a turkey for 
 Thanksgiving; we fully expected one, but it did not 
 come, and we had very little of anything. We thanked 
 God for the little. 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 113 
 
 At Christmas a turkey came; and two persons said 
 they really intended to send us a turkey for Thanksgiv- 
 ing, but neglected to do so. 
 
 Father had not been unmindful of our cry, but the 
 hearts of those He had spoken to, by the Holy Spirit, 
 were not obedient. Thank God for hearkening ears, 
 obedient hearts and willing hands. Many times have 
 our calls for money, food and fuel reached the heart of 
 our compassionate Lord, and He has used His faithful 
 children to answer our prayers. Surely they have re- 
 ceived great blessing, for He declares: "It is more 
 blessed to give than to receive." We were so blessed in 
 receiving, they must have been much more blessed in 
 giving. 
 
 At other times Jesus has increased the food for us. 
 Once when the house w as full of poor people, who re- 
 mained three days for Bible study, we had no flour, a 
 few vegetables, and only a small piece of butter. Some 
 bread w r as sent in. Before each meal the cook would 
 say, "There is not more than butter enough for another 
 time." All ate what they wished, and our supply, like 
 the widow's meal, "wasted not." The guests knew 
 nothing of our extremity. 
 
 I remember one time when there w^as no flour and 
 little else. We had a season of prayer for money. The 
 mail brought five dollars from a lady in Maine whom we 
 had never seen. Another time we all knelt in the 
 kitchen to ask for flour. The sponge was ready to 
 make the bread. We prayed and waited. A little 
 child of one of the helpers said: "Listen for the rap at 
 the door," expecting some one to bring the flour, but no 
 rap came. Suddenly I recollected that a neighbor upon 
 leaving her home for a time had told me to go and get 
 
114 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 whatever was in the house that w^e could use for our 
 table. Taking the key we went into the house, and lo! 
 there was flour and many other things. The child's 
 faith was strengthened. 
 
 When I first came into this work I asked my Lord to 
 please give me a fur coat, and that I would like an 
 Astrakhan. Six winters came and went, I was thinly 
 clad and many times cold, when in a wonderful way all 
 His own came the desired garment. I never put on 
 the warm coat without thanking my Heavenly Father 
 for it. 
 
 Expenses had accumulated, fifty dollars must be 
 raised at once. In the night my heart was greatly bur- 
 dened, and the Lord heard my cry. A few days later a 
 letter containing twenty-five dollars came from Cali- 
 fornia, the brother saying he was enabled to give be- 
 cause the Lord had prospered him. We thanked him 
 heartily, saying surely the Lord led him to answer our 
 prayer in sending help to meet a pressing obligation. 
 In a few days twenty-five dollars more came from the 
 same brother, just meeting the demand. Our hearts 
 were full of praise to God and gratitude to the obedient 
 brother. More than a year ago our beloved Beulah 
 Home was sold for delinquent taxes. A little had been 
 given toward it, and the time was drawing near when 
 it must be redeemed. We knew not how to get the 
 money. I felt led to ask a person to lend us the amount, 
 not knowing that he had any money. He answered, 
 "If you had asked me a week ago I could not have 
 granted your request; a little more than you wish has 
 come to me unexpectedly." 
 
 I never realized so fully the meaning of the word 
 redeemed as when our dear home was redeemed. - 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 115 
 
 Later we sold one of the twin cows our Lord had 
 given us and paid the note. 
 
 One morning, the coldest of the winter, our supply of 
 fuel gave out; a small sum of money came in the mail, 
 and wood sufficient to keep fire part of the day was pur- 
 chased. A w r ild storm of wind and snow was raging 
 with increasing force as night approached. Through 
 the shadows and the blinding snow a team was dis- 
 cerned in the driveway by the house, and with great joy 
 we beheld a large load of wood drawn up to the door. 
 Dear brother. Eedmond, in obedience to the call of God, 
 had driven nearly thirty miles that dreadful day to 
 bring us the wood and a dressed lamb. He had several 
 times before brought loads of different things, a way 
 he had of showing his gratitude for the healing of his 
 dear wife. 
 
 The past winter has been one of peculiar trials fol- 
 lowing each other in quick succession. 
 
 All our guests were poor people; we realized that w^e 
 could not keep the home open another week unless help 
 came from some source soon. The remaining cow and 
 such things as we could spare had been sold. 
 
 We all waited upon the Lord, as we had done many 
 times before in self-examination, seeking to learn if the 
 needed means were withheld because we w r ere in any 
 way displeasing to Him. 
 
 After a day of fasting and prayer we could discover 
 no "sin in the canip," so we asked a token of our Lord, 
 that if the work w r as to be continued He would send us 
 immediately the thirty dollars necessary to keep the 
 house open, and also to be pleased to put it into some 
 hearts to make weekly, monthly or yearly offerings. 
 
 The first that came was from a dear little consecrated 
 
116 SOME OP THE FRUITS OF 
 
 band of hard-working people, who said they felt im- 
 pressed to send their monthly offering of five dollars 
 here, this year, instead of sending it to the foreign field 
 as usual. Our hearts were gladdened. At the close 
 of the week thirty-one dollars had been received. 
 
 I was called to a small Northern town, where the 
 people were very poor, and the women were not thrifty 
 housewives. 
 
 After a day of arduous labor I found myself in a 
 very dirty, ill-smelling room, having no possible means 
 of ventilation. By the dim light that flickered through 
 the smoky lamp-chimney I was quite horrified, upon 
 opening the bed, to behold traces of the violent slaugh- 
 ter that had been made by the last occupant, to say 
 nothing of the otherwise soiled bed. I looked at the 
 floor. I could not lie there. I said, "Oh, Lord, why 
 am I here? Surely not for my own pleasure." 
 
 Then I began to thank Him for the privilege of being 
 in that place for Him, and asked Him not to let me be 
 in the least disturbed, nor suffer me to take any of the 
 insects home with me. The prayer w x as answ r ered. How 
 truly he who notes the sparrow's fall cares most ten- 
 derly for all that concerns His trusting people. 
 
 I soon fell asleep, awaking when the light streamed 
 through the dirt-stained windows. 
 
 After breakfast the weary, sick mother sat down to 
 tell me of her many troubles, thanking God with tears 
 streaming from her eyes for the privilege of entertaining 
 one of His children, to whom she dared pour out her 
 heart sorrows. After prayer and imparting much com- 
 fort from Himself and His Word, I saw her healed and 
 rejoicing in the Lord. I praised my God with a full 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 117 
 
 heart for tlie opportunity of ministering in the Holy 
 Ghost to His needy, suffering one. 
 
 Satan has tried several times to destroy my life. 
 Three times I have had miraculous escapes when horses 
 took fright and ran. Once a wheel crushed and let me 
 out of the vehicle unhurt. Again, the team freed itself 
 from the sleigh, and no harm came to us. Not long ago 
 the horse I drive became frightened and overturned the 
 carriage; the lady who was with me received only a 
 few scratches, although she w T as throw^n out over me. 
 I struck upon my head and was dragged some distance 
 over the stones, helplessly bundled in the top of the 
 buggy; suddenly my great body, weighing over two 
 hundred pounds, was lifted by angelic hands, Psa. 
 91:11, 12, out of the crashing mass and I was set upon 
 my feet. There were some bruises, which the Lord soon 
 removed. I have a more exalted consciousness of the 
 all-protecting care of our merciful Father, who, ? mid 
 dangers seen and unseen, tenderly guards His own. 
 
 For many years I have traveled thousands of miles 
 each year, by all sorts of conveyances, always placing 
 myself and those who journeyed with me in His dear 
 hands, proving His word true, "He that keepeth thee 
 will not slumber. The Lord shall preserve thee from 
 all evil. * * * * The Lord shall preserve thy go- 
 ing out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even 
 for evermore." 
 
118 SOME OP THE FRUITS OF 
 
 CHAPTEK XIV. 
 
 ASLEEP IN JESUS. 
 
 About the time the first edition of this book was pub- 
 lished I married Mr. John H. Dudley. As this edition 
 goes to press I have to add a chapter that in some ways 
 is very sad to me, but glorious for him. 
 
 Jesus wanted my precious husband, and has taken 
 him to Himself. His last days were beautiful, and his 
 departure triumphant. 
 
 Our union was very sweet. We loved with more 
 than a natural affection, for He who brought us to- 
 gether imparted to each His own holy love. 
 
 My dear husband was a very choice spirit; tender, 
 gentle, quiet, and always kind to every one. Few of 
 the gentler sex possess so fine an organism. 
 
 His conversion was very marked in early life before 
 his first marriage. While alone in the field at w^ork 
 the Holy Ghost came upon him like a mighty rushing 
 wind; he was conscious of being emptied and filled, 
 filled with a holy power, peace, joy, and physical health, 
 with a buoyancy and elasticity which seemed to lift him 
 above earth, and he walked and talked with God. 
 
 All his prayers were answered, and the knowledge 
 of the answer was given him before the manifestation 
 came. 
 
 This joy in the Holy Ghost continued unbroken for 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 119 
 
 three months — then, like a lightning flash, as it came, 
 it left. He was thrust into darkness and gloom as great 
 as his peace and joy had been. Not knowing this was 
 a temptation of the enemy, he accepted the despair and 
 thought he was lost, diseased conditions which had 
 caused him much suffering returned w^ith great fury, 
 and he continually mourned over his lost blessings. 
 
 After a time this affected his mind, and his friends 
 feared self-destruction. 
 
 His sorrow was very deep at the death of his dear 
 wife, also when a few years later his widowed mother, 
 with whom he had lived, was called home. 
 
 Afterward he came to me for prayer and seemed 
 somewhat encouraged. He then visited my Home, 
 remaining from week to week, making himself very use- 
 ful, for he had the faculty of turning his hand to any 
 work, in a very quiet manner. After a few x months he 
 surprised me one day by asking me in a business-like 
 way to become his wife, saying he had for many years 
 believed this way of faith to be the true way, and had 
 come into a place of consecration of himself and what- 
 ever he possessed, that he had never before known, and 
 that he would like to be with me in this blessed work 
 the remainder of his life. 
 
 I had not thought to marry again, but after waiting 
 upon my Lord, He clearly showed me that He could use 
 us together better than alone, and gave us the sweet, 
 holy love for each other before alluded to, which came 
 upon me like a mighty shower, and has never left 
 me. 
 
 I did not know of his real condition. I knew he was 
 melancholy, but the dear Lord withheld from me the 
 knowledge that it was a form of insanity. 
 
120 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 He had great faith for others, but not for himself. 
 He held up my hands in every way. Not one word of 
 complaint escaped him when I had to leave home for 
 days together. He could not always accompany me. 
 We both knew he needed me, but when God called an- 
 other way, we each said, Amen. 
 
 One Sunday, a few months after our marriage, we 
 sat in our room together, when suddenly he threw down 
 his reading and sprang to his feet, exclaiming, "I can- 
 not endure it, I will cut my throat!" and rushed past 
 me with a wild, fiery look. I ran after him and caught 
 his coat, crying out, "Don't!" He loosed himself from 
 my grasp, and declaring wildly, "I will," was out of my 
 sight in an instant. 
 
 I went to my closet, and upon my face cried to God 
 to hold him from his mad purpose and to heal him. I 
 was received into a cloud of glory, and these words in 
 glowing letters of light flashed upon my vision: "I will 
 do exceeding abundantly above all you ask or think." 
 This was God's promise to my heart that my loved one 
 should not destroy himself and would be healed of the 
 diseases he then had. 
 
 I was filled with ecstatic joy and exclaimed, "Glory! 
 glory! glory!" 
 
 I arose and resumed my Bible study, when suddenly 
 my spirit seemed to be caught away above earth, and 
 in rapturous exultation I looked down upon my motion- 
 less body. For fully an hour I realized that I was eat- 
 ing the flesh and drinking the blood of the Son of God, 
 while about me in words of fire flamed the same won- 
 derful promise. 
 
 When my spirit returned to my body I finished my 
 lessons with great blessing, and taking the Christian 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 121 
 
 Alliance paper went down to the hammock and read 
 until it began to grow dark, when I heard footsteps, 
 and looking up saw my dear husband coming toward 
 me with his hands full of wild flowers,, which we both 
 loved so much. 
 
 His face was bright; he seated himself beside me, 
 and we talked of God's goodness and love until quite 
 late, not alluding to the experiences of the afternoon. 
 
 He used to say that these attacks would come upon 
 him without a moment's warning, and he had no more 
 power to control himself than he had to control the 
 wind. 
 
 We recognized this to be satanic power, and often 
 cast the devil out in Jesus' name, gaining many vic- 
 tories. 
 
 Satan had sought all these years to make Mr. Dudley 
 destroy himself, and would drive him from his home 
 and friends for a longer or shorter period, ever holding 
 before him the lost blessings of his early life, working 
 upon his delicate, sensitive nature until he became 
 morbidly conscientious, and suffered beyond descrip- 
 tion. 
 
 He had frequent glimpses of Beulah Land, and we 
 would think the promise about to be fulfilled, when he 
 would be thrust down again. 
 
 I was summoned by telegraph to Battle Creek. 
 When Mr. Dudley left me on the train I saw the gloom 
 upon his dear face; but I was clear to go, and said, "I 
 will return on the first train to-morrow, dear, be sure to 
 meet me." He kissed me and w r ent sadly out. 
 
 In the morning before I left for home a dispatch 
 came with these words: "Mr. Dudley has gone away." 
 I asked the Lord to keep him, and expected he would 
 
122 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 meet me; but he did not, and had not been seen or 
 heard from. 
 
 Thinking every moment that he would come, and yet 
 he did not, a horror seized upon me that he might de- 
 stroy himself — and as the hours came and went and my 
 precious one came not, I was almost in despair. 
 
 Then the promise given so long ago was applied with 
 new force, and I seemed to be held as I had been in all 
 these years, in times of distress, by those wonderful 
 words. 
 
 Still I felt I must spend the night in prayer for his 
 return. Dear sister Patrick, who was with us for a lit- 
 tle stay, and is now in glory, and our own dear Mrs. 
 Morse, who has been for many years an invaluable 
 helper in our home, watched and prayed with me. 
 Afterward I learned that Mr. Dudley walked twenty- 
 two miles on the shores of Lake Michigan, alone that 
 night, in the fury of the craze. 
 
 At times paroxysms of uncontrollable grief would 
 sweep over me — my dear family would pray — and that 
 promise would again and again blaze forth before me 
 so I could praise God and take courage. 
 
 The awful suspense continued for one week, the long- 
 est week of my life. 
 
 Then a letter came from my darling asking me to 
 come to him in an adjoining town. I pray God I may 
 never see another such a picture of despair. Upon my 
 arrival he was cheered and comforted. He remained 
 at the lakeside in rented rooms during the warm 
 weather. Saturday and Sunday of each week I was 
 with him, the rest of the time attending to home work 
 as usual. This was a great trial to us both to be thus 
 separated, but it was all we could do until greater vie- 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 123 
 
 tories were gained. During these weeks the sweet con- 
 sciousness was mine that I had neither neglected my 
 husband nor my Lord's work, or failed to go at God's 
 bidding. 
 
 But I now saw that I owed my dear afflicted com- 
 panion a duty above all others. 
 
 When we returned to our home he was better in 
 mind and body. Mr. Dudley had faith for all but him- 
 self, and many were wonderfully healed; he was seldom 
 so bad that he could not take hold with real faith for 
 others, and was often delivered himself while praying 
 for them. 
 
 'Many approaching attacks of the enemy were averted 
 by praising God for the promise He had given me that 
 glorious hour. The diseases upon him were held in 
 check, and nearly all the distressing symptoms usual in 
 throat and lung troubles would be instantly removed 
 when we prayed. 
 
 In this way we had grand victories. Many months 
 before Jesus took him he was in rest of mind, and some 
 of the most distressing diseases for which we had 
 prayed so long were healed. Our hearts were filled 
 with praise, and during these weeks of quietness of 
 spirit, persons whom we never saw were marvelously 
 healed while we prayed. 
 
 He was of such a modest, shrinking, timid nature, 
 that we often had greater power in prayer when we 
 were alone with God. 
 
 He always held up my hands and was the most un- 
 selfish person I ever knew; putting himself and his 
 desires entirely aside lest he should stand between God 
 and me. 
 
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 I feel his loss more and more, but the blessed Holy 
 Ghost comforts me. 
 
 He was in bed but one day; that morning I had a 
 severe attack of la grippe. As his trembling lips prayed 
 the blessed Lord to heal his dear wife, all symptoms 
 left instantly, and I have never had a touch since. 
 
 He pressed my hand in recognition three breaths 
 before the last, and as his precious sprit winged its 
 flight upward the glory light of heaven covered his 
 face, and the sweet look of peace remained when we 
 laid his loved form away until the resurrection morn, 
 when Jesus shall call the holy dead to come forth to 
 meet him and the holy living in the clouds of the air. 
 
 For a time Satan sought to thrust the same diseases 
 upon me, and the gloom of my loved one's life swooped 
 over me like a dark cloud. He taunted me by saying, 
 "God promised you His life, and why did he die?" I 
 could only bow my head in my grief and say, "I don't 
 know. God is true, and His word is true, that I do 
 know, and we were walking in all the light we had, and 
 w T ere fully trusting in Jesus, who doeth all things well, 
 and I will praise Kim." 
 
 My heart would cry in the depths of its sorrow, "Why, 
 Lord, when Thou hast healed so many through our 
 pray ers, why was not my precious husband spared and 
 perfectly healed, to work with me the promised seventy 
 years — for he was only sixty-two?" As the weeks went 
 on, and these questions were often asked me, I would 
 reply, "I don't know. I only know God is true and His 
 word is true." 
 
 In all this I was greatly comforted by the thought 
 that we had kept the faith, and I had reason to be- 
 lieve that our prayers had been answered more fully 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 125 
 
 than we realized; that his life had been spared several 
 years and much suffering had been averted because we 
 trusted in the Lord. 
 
 One evening at worship the ninetieth Psalm was 
 read, where David said: "The days of our years are 
 three score years and ten." The Holy Spirit flashed 
 light upon the Word and this truth was revealed to me. 
 
 "Before the flood the days of man's life were several 
 hundred years. In the Jewish dispensation seventy 
 years. At the ushering in of this Gospel age, Jesus 
 Christ finished His work at thirty-three, and Paul, it 
 is said, when he was about sixty." 
 
 In 2 Tim. 4:6, 7, 8, he said: "I am now ready to be 
 offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I 
 have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I 
 have kept the faith; henceforth there is laid up for me 
 a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous 
 Judge, shall give me at that day; and not to me only, 
 but unto all them, also, that love His appearing." My 
 soul w T as filled with delight at this revelation of God's 
 word. For I had reason to believe that my dear hus- 
 band had also finished his work and kept the faith and 
 gone to receive his crow r n. 
 
 The promise so marvelously given me years before 
 was fulfilled for what I then asked for him. 
 
 I am constantly comforted with the precious thought 
 that my dear one did what he could, and is now sheltered 
 from the storms of life, safe in the presence of Jesus. 
 
 All who knew him loved him. None but his dearest 
 friends knew his worth; no one so well as the one who 
 loved him best, and mourns him most, looking eagerly 
 forward to the coming of her glorious King Jesus, when 
 the reunion will be complete. 
 
126 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 CLOSING THOUGHTS. 
 
 There have been but four deaths in our Home in 
 eight and one-half years. One of these was my precious 
 husband, and one a dear friend and co-worker, Mrs. 
 F. L. Childs, who chose to depart and be with Christ. 
 Only two guests, one a gentleman who died when the 
 house was first opened; the other a lady from Ohio, 
 brought in a dying condition, who received rich spir- 
 itual blessing, and, as she said, by coming here was 
 better prepared to meet her Lord. The latter was 
 among the first arrivals after Mr. Dudley's death. 
 
 I rejoice in the knowledge that we are in a measure 
 fulfilling the word of our Saviour to preach the gospel 
 to every nation. Persons representing more than a 
 dozen different nationalities have here been taught the 
 grand truths of this blessed four-fold gospel; I know 
 not how many more from other nations have been led to 
 fully trust in Jesus. Praise the Lord for this privilege! 
 
 The following is an extract from a letter written by 
 the mother of one of our dear missionaries, William 
 Knapp, who has since laid down his life in China : 
 
 "I have some good news which I think will encourage 
 you. In a letter from Will, he says there was a lady 
 missionary returned from China to Glasgow, Scotland, 
 to die; her physician had given her up. Mrs. Birrel 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 127 
 
 (Will's mother-in-law, who lives in Glasgow) loaned her 
 your book "Beulah," which I had sent to Mrs. Birrel as 
 a present. The missionary read it, was healed, and has 
 herself established a faith home for missionaries. 
 Praise the Lord!" 
 
 My heart was overflowing with praise when I re- 
 ceived this letter; for months my soul had been burn- 
 ing to do something for the foreign work, but I saw no 
 way in which by closer self-denial I could possibly do 
 more than I was already doing; therefore it was espe- 
 cially cheering to know that the Lord was answering 
 my heart's desire indirectly, in a way I knew not. 
 
 I cannot thank God enough for the precious conse- 
 crated helpers he has sent us; these have stood faith- 
 fully by us amid all the trials and privations we have 
 been called to go through. 
 
 God only knows what this has meant. I am very 
 sure that every one of them will share with us in the 
 reward by and by. 
 
 I now feel that the Lord would have me conduct the 
 Home on a somewhat different plan hereafter; still, 
 sure we have thus far followed Him, and we will follow 
 as He leads in the future, believing that the trials He 
 has led us through have been steps up to higher places, 
 each one the needful step at the time. 
 
 The fire burns the dross and bands away and brings 
 out the pure gold. He will not let it be too hot nor 
 burn one moment too long. The blessed One has been 
 sitting by us, and the form of the fourth has been in 
 our midst. 
 
 I have asked to be like Jesus, and have found that 
 meant much more than I knew. My prayer is that the 
 blessed Holy Spirit shall baptize these pages, that they 
 
128 SOME OP THE FRUITS OF 
 
 may be blessed a hundredfold more than those of the 
 former edition, filling the heart of each one who shall 
 read them with the love-life of the Son of God. 
 
 May many receive the Holy Ghost (heavenly Guest) 
 to abide within them. 
 
 May He open hearts to help carry forward this work 
 of love for Jesus, and still further use us to help prepare 
 many for the Bride of Ghrist. That whether we wake 
 or sleep we may be caught up together in the clouds in 
 the air to meet Him, King Jesus. 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 129 
 
 TESTIMONIALS. 
 
 Mrs. F. L. Childs, Grand Kapids, Mich. — Having been 
 interested in the Beulah Home of Grand Rapids ever 
 since it was founded, and quite familiar with all of its 
 workings, I can truly say that a vast amount of good 
 has been done through this plan of Gospel Healing. 
 In this faith God has revealed Himself to me in a won- 
 derful manner. But alas! alas! how many long years 
 it has taken me to learn this beautiful lesson, having 
 made a profession of religion for forty-six years. Dur- 
 ing all this time I suppose I have lived as many pro- 
 fessed Christians have done, and what I now call fol- 
 lowing Jesus afar off. Truly, much of the time I had 
 a desire to do good, and even more, lead others to 
 Christ. But whenever I attempted to direct others to 
 Him, I seemed to lack words. I had not the vital 
 experience. I could not direct others to the many, 
 many precious promises of Jesus because I knew not 
 fully their meaning; such as Isa. 26:3: "Thou wilt 
 keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on 
 Thee, because he trusteth in Thee." I thought I was 
 trusting Him; but was it a perfect trust, when I had 
 never learned that I could fully place my body in His 
 hands for healing, as well as my soul for salvation? 
 Thereby part of the blessing was withheld, both for 
 soul and body. But after being repeatedly invited by 
 Sister Griffin to attend some of the faith meetings held 
 in Grand Kapids, I at last consented to go. I was more 
 
130 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 than gratified with what I heard and saw. Every 
 prayer seemed to come from the hearts of those who 
 prayed, and as though they expected an answer. The 
 scriptures w^ere explained and listened to, with so much 
 sincerity and earnestness, and the truths were brought 
 out in His Word so clearly on the subject, it seemed 
 that no child could help but understand. I at once 
 began to search for myself, attended nearly all the 
 meetings, and, so far as others were concerned, believed 
 that it was the way, but could not see it for myself. 
 Then the passage came to my mind, "God is no respecter 
 of persons"; and another, "According to your faith be 
 it unto you." I began to claim the promises, as though 
 they were written expressly for me. Could I then claim 
 them for healing? I was not sick, had never been 
 tested. Soon after this, one very hot day in J11I3 7 , while 
 every nerve in my body seemed to be quivering, I was 
 preparing to lead a ladies' prayer meeting in the 
 church, when I made the remark that I did wish I 
 could get something to take away this trembling and 
 nervousness. A young man who heard it quietly re- 
 plied, "Take it to the Lord in prayer," as I had often 
 told him. I felt condemned, and said, "Why not?" 
 This set me to thinking. I had been much afflicted 
 with this nervousness, brought on by nervous prostra- 
 tion some six years before, and was scarcely ever free 
 from it. My head would many times tremble so it 
 w r as perceptible to others and embarrassing to myself. 
 One day soon after, the Lord seemed to fill my soul with 
 joy, and I was crying unto Him to mold and fashion 
 me after His own image, make me a fit temple for His 
 own use, when the thought came, how much this ner- 
 vousness hindered me in the active duties of life, sing- 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 131 
 
 ing, etc. A still, small voice whispered, Why not be 
 anointed for this? I said, Yes, Lord, I will. That 
 evening Sister Griffin came to our house. I told her 
 I was ready to obey the simple command of being 
 anointed in the name of Jesus, according to James 5:14, 
 and trust Jesus fully. She anointed and prayed with 
 me, and immediately all the quivering of the nerves 
 stopped, my head ceased to shake, and my soul was 
 full of joy and praise. From that time a new field of 
 labor opened before me; scarcely a day has passed 
 since that there have not been opportunities in which 
 I could do personal work for Jesus in my daily occu- 
 pation, meeting the sick, among the converted and un- 
 converted people. My Physician was ever present with 
 me, whispering, "Point them to me." The Bible is a 
 new and precious book to me. I can appreciate the 
 words, "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace," etc. 
 "Delight thyself also in the Lord, and He shall give 
 thee the desires of thine heart." Ps. 37:4. In fact, all 
 the promises of the Old and New Testaments were made 
 clearer and brighter than ever before. Since I was 
 anointed I have felt the touch of the enemy's power 
 several times, with different ailments (for we are taught 
 that Satan is the cause of all diseases), but have always 
 found it so precious to fly to Jesus for refuge, trusting 
 Him rather than the arm of flesh. And the spiritual 
 blessing has always been double after the victory is 
 won, and even when suffering I always felt that Jesus' 
 own precious hand had touched my body, and I could 
 not help but praise Him and tell to others the wonder- 
 ful works of God. He got all the glory. I once learned 
 a very sweet lesson while calling on a lady who had 
 sickness in her home. A physician was there. After 
 
132 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 he left she spoke in great praise of him and his skill 
 in his profession, then related a simple incident of her 
 child, ten years of age, of what he said the night before: 
 "Why, papa and mamma, we ought to think the world 
 of this doctor; only think what he has done for me," 
 holding out his arm that had once been broken and 
 was badly set, so when it was healed it was crooked. 
 This physician had broken it over and set it again, and 
 when it healed it was all right; "and now see what he 
 has done for baby." I thought, Where did Jesus get 
 any glory for his recovery? Had he been taught to 
 take Him for his Healer, whom then would he have 
 told everybody to love? 
 
 About a month after I was anointed, my husband 
 was anointed for night sweats that had been troubling 
 him for nearly five years; had tried many physicians 
 and much medicine. None helped but for a short time. 
 But, praise the Lord, Jesus was victor; he has never 
 had a return of them since. How blessed for families 
 to be united in this faith! Previous to accepting this 
 faith I had little or no time or strength for Christian 
 work; could not afford it; could scarcely attend the 
 church prayer meeting, let alone other church work. 
 But when I learned that the great Phvsician was ever 
 with me; that health and strength were purchased for 
 me more than eighteen hundred years ago, as well as 
 salvation for my soul, and all I had to do was to reach 
 out and take it by faith, how quickly the Lord gave 
 me new life, new zeal! His presence seemed to per- 
 meate every part of my being; my youth was renewed 
 and I felt the force of the promises in Isa. 40:29-31. 
 I also found that He could bless my basket and store 
 (Deut. 28:5), and not only give me time and strength 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 133 
 
 to do more faithful church work, but I have attended 
 nearly all the meetings at Beulah when I was in the 
 city, besides many evening faith meetings in different 
 parts of the city; never enjoyed any work better; and 
 while absent this summer in the Northern Peninsula, 
 had the privilege of presenting this glorious truth and 
 the grand work of the Beulah Home to many different 
 ones who became interested. One dear sister, Mrs. 
 George Bedell of Hancock, was wonderfully helped in 
 answer to prayer. She had not walked without a cane 
 for six months, and was taking medicine all the time 
 for a complication of diseases; laid it all aside, and 
 also her cane, walked forth quite comfortably in the 
 name of Jesus; afterward came to Beulah and received 
 great benefit, both spiritually and physically. My con- 
 stant prayer is that Christians will wake up to this 
 blessed privilege and better way of serving God. 
 
 Numberless times our beloved sister and co-worker 
 testified that the five years she had been trusting the 
 Lord for health were the healthiest years of her life. 
 
 I give an extract from the Coroner's report in a city 
 paper, showing how the Lord can give health and 
 strength when all the diseased conditions remain. (Ed.) 
 "One of the post mortem examinations revealed the 
 strangest complication of diseases. It was that of a 
 lady who died last February at Beulah Home, after 
 being sick in bed only two days and having no treat- 
 ment except that of prayer. Indeed, she got up to pray 
 with the rest of them the very day she died. The post 
 mortem revealed a cancerous condition of the liver, 
 perforation of the duodenum, general peritonitis, the 
 gall bladder full of gall stones, old inflammatory adhe- 
 
134 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 sions in the pelvic organs, and inflammation of the 
 pleura." 
 
 Mrs. Mary A. Ferris, Ada, Mich. 
 
 "O God, my God, I cried unto Thee and Thou hast 
 healed ine." 
 
 I have felt for some time that I should bring my 
 healing, which was in answer to prayer, before the 
 public, and I gladly accept this opportunity of doing 
 so. I earnestly pray that my testimony may be used 
 of the dear Lord in bringing many suffering ones to 
 trust in His promise as given in James 5:14, 15. 
 
 From my early childhood I have been troubled with 
 a skin disease of one of the worst forms. By some of 
 the physicians it was called a species of leprosy. I have 
 been treated by some of the best physicians in the 
 state. I took mineral baths for two years, but no cure 
 was effected. I only received temporary relief. Each 
 time it took on a worse form; and for the last six years 
 I have never been free from it. How I have suffered 
 God and myself only know, for no one can possibly 
 imagine anything about it. At times the itching and 
 burning were terrible, and my nervous system became 
 so weakened that for weeks I feared for my reason. 
 I could not sleep, as I could not endure the warmth 
 of the bed or the heat of the stove; and when I went 
 into a cool room, nervous chills would seize me. In 
 this way I put in long days and still longer nights. 
 Was it any wonder I feared for my reason? At this 
 time a friend said to me : "Why don't you trust in 
 Jesus for the healing of your body?" It was a new 
 thought to me, and I could not understand how to do 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 135 
 
 so, and I thought no more of it. I continued to grow 
 worse all the time, until I was literally covered with 
 the loathsome disease. I don't think one could put his 
 finger on my person from the crow T n of my head to my 
 feet that was not covered with sores and white scales. 
 I was so weak that I could scarcely walk across the 
 floor. I generally rested on a couch away from the 
 fire. 
 
 One physician who had treated me for two years 
 (and during that time had removed a tumor from the 
 top of my head), in whom I had perfect confidence as a 
 physician, told me that he had done all that could be 
 done, and that it was not in the power of man to cure 
 me; I could only receive temporary relief at the most. 
 He also said that if I lived long enough, the flesh would 
 undoubtedly drop off my bones. 
 
 For years I had suffered greatly with sciatic rheuma- 
 tism, so at times I was almost helpless. I had taken 
 strong medicines every hour; my stomach had become 
 so weakened that it seemed that every dose would burn 
 it through. Then I began to cry mightily unto the 
 Lord, asking Him what I should do, for I did not feel 
 that I could live much longer in this way if I did not 
 get relief. Then the thought again came to me, Why 
 don't you trust in Jesus for your healing? I said at 
 once, The Lord helping me, I will. I then said to my 
 husband: "I have taken my last dose of medicine; I 
 will give myself to the Lord, and if I live I will live 
 to glorify Him, and if I die I will die rejoicing in His 
 holy name." 
 
 This was February 22d, and on the 23d he went with 
 me to "Beulah." Thank God for "Beulah"! We had 
 six miles to ride, but I told him I knew that the Lord 
 
136 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 would give me strength to go; and He did, praise His 
 holy name. I gave my soul and body, sin-sick and 
 sore, to the Lord, and He healed me. I received the 
 anointing by Mrs. Griffin, and after making a public 
 consecration of my entire being to the Lord (at the 
 faith prayer meeting held at "Beulah" the same day) 
 1 requested united prayers for my recovery. The dear 
 heavenly Father did hear and answer our prayers just 
 then; for I was instantly relieved from all suffering. 
 All the pain and stiffness caused from the rheumatism, 
 all the itching and burning of the leprosy was instantly 
 taken away. My soul was filled with praises and re- 
 joicing to my loving Saviour for His kindness toward 
 me. I rode home that night with the most perfect 
 ease, for I felt that the Lord was giving strength to 
 my body all the way. 
 
 I reached home, not feeling a bit tired. I prepared 
 the tea, ate a hearty supper, washed the tea dishes, 
 then sat down by the stove and warmed, without any 
 itching or burning. Before retiring, I brushed from my 
 body more than a dustpan full of scabs. I went to 
 bed and slept well all night, and have not lost a night's 
 sleep since. Next morning I arose and did a two-weeks' 
 washing, a thing I had not done for years before. All 
 the sores, scales and eruptions left my body, and my 
 skin became as smooth and fresh as a child's. I have 
 had perfect health since. We live on a farm and I 
 have done all my own work, including washing, iron- 
 ing and house cleaning, ever since. I had been able 
 to do very little before this. 
 
 O how my heart rejoices that I have found such a 
 Saviour and Physician; one who is ready to heal all 
 who trust in Him. 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 137 
 
 Satan has been permitted to test my faith a little 
 at times; but I do not fear, for I know in whom I 
 trust. 
 
 The symptoms of leprosy have shown themselves on 
 my face, but it has been attended with no suffering but 
 once, and that was relieved instantly in answer to 
 prayer. I know that the Father has some wise pur- 
 pose in thus trying me for a little season, and I know 
 that when I learn the lessons He wishes to teach me, 
 He will remove every trace of Satan's marks. I will 
 trust Him, though He slay me; I will sing praises unto 
 Him as long as I have breath. 
 
 Blessed be the name of the Lord! 
 
 " Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, 
 
 Just to take Him at His word; 
 Just to rest upon His promise; 
 
 Just to know, thus saith the Lord." 
 
 I never look upon the clear, fair flesh of our sister 
 but I think of Naaman of old. I praise God with her 
 for the perfect work He hath wrought, and for His 
 keeping power. — [Ed.] 
 
 Mr. S. A. Plummer, Fort Wayne, Ind. — In 1883, June 
 16th, I was traveling in Iowa. The train I was on 
 was about forty miles west of Dubuque, going at the 
 rate of thirty-five or forty miles an hour, when we 
 were struck by a cyclone. Three of the cars were car- 
 ried above the treetops and came to the ground a per- 
 fect wreck about eleven rods from the place where 
 they were taken up. My injuries were very severe, 
 I was so badly cut open that my bowels came out ; was 
 
138 SOME OF THE FUUITS OF 
 
 carried to a hotel where I received good care and medi- 
 cal treatment. Finally I was sent to a hospital in 
 St. Paul, Minn., where I remained thirteen months. 
 While there I recovered so that I could be up and 
 around some, although I suffered continually from 
 hemorrhage of the bowels. Would often bleed until 
 my strength was almost gone. I went to Grand Eapids, 
 Mich., where I again consulted physicians, who told 
 me that there was no help for me unless I had an opera- 
 tion, and that might prove fatal. Before this took 
 place, I heard of the faith prayer meetings being held 
 in the city by Mrs. Griffin. I was led to attend the 
 dedication of the Beulah Rest in February and also an 
 especial meeting which was held in the morning after, 
 for some who wished to receive the anointing. I was 
 a Christian, but w r as in a very cold state, and as I heard 
 the blessed truth there in regard to full an free salva- 
 tion for both soul and body, I realized as I never before 
 had the importance of being wholly the Lord's, and 
 getting where I could believe His Word and trust His 
 power alone to deliver both soul and body. Accord- 
 ingly I gave myself anew to God to be filled with 
 His life and love and power. I received the anointing 
 and had prayer offered for my recovery. Immediately 
 I was conscious of the healing power of Jesus in both 
 soul and body. Glory be to His name! The pain, 
 soreness and hemorrhage entirely left my body, and I 
 felt a mighty baptism of the spirit filling my soul with 
 joy unspeakable and full of glory. I can truly say 
 that my Lord hath wrought a perfect cure, for I have 
 never since been troubled w^ith the injuries I received 
 in that cyclone. 
 After this I went to Fort Wayne, Ind., where I was 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 139 
 
 suddenly seized with a stroke of paralysis. They 
 thought I was going to die, and sent for my children 
 living in Chicago. They came and insisted upon my 
 haying a doctor, but I told them no, I could not, as 
 I was looking to Jesus to heal me. After my faith was 
 severely tested for a few days, I was raised up in answer 
 to united prayer offered at "Beulah" for me. I was 
 well again until the summer following, when our city 
 was visited by a malignant form of typhoid fever, which 
 for some time carried off from twenty to twenty-four 
 each week. I was stricken down with the same fever, 
 with which I was sick eighteen days. I was brought 
 right down to death's door. I sent word to "Beulah" 
 of my illness and requested prayers for my recovery. 
 Just as soon as Mrs. Griffin received my request, she 
 called the family together and prayed for me, and at 
 that very hour the fever left me and I fell into a sweet 
 sleep. I awoke free, and soon gained my strength so 
 that I could go about my usual work again. The great 
 spiritual blessings that have been given me since I 
 gave my body to the Lord are more than I can express. 
 In all my many trials and tests my soul has been kept 
 in perfect peace. And I find such a delightful rest and 
 joy in being able to trust in the "living God." 
 
 Mrs. Esther Hufford, N. Grand Bapids. 
 
 "Bless the Lord, oh my soul, and all that is within 
 me bless His holy name." 
 
 For many years I had the asthma and tried many 
 remedies, but found nothing to cure me until I came 
 to Jesus. Through the prayers of Mrs. Griffin I was 
 healed instantly. 
 
140 SOME OP THE FRUITS OF 
 
 Sister H. wishes to add to her testimony: 
 
 After all these years I want to say for the glory of 
 God, He has kept me. Twice I have been unable to 
 walk from rheumatism, and was instantly healed while 
 Brother and Sister Dudley anointed me. 
 
 Mrs. Susan E. Miller, Grand Eapids. — Healed 
 through faith; praise God for it. When I was twelve 
 years of age I felt the need of a new heart. I asked 
 God for it and He gave it to me. I am now forty-six 
 years old, and oh how wonderfully the Lord has led 
 me. I must say there is nothing so grand and glorious 
 as to know we are of God's chosen ones. When I came 
 to Grand Eapids five years ago I became acquainted 
 with Bev. S. B. Shaw^ and his very worthy wife. I saw 
 them live by faith alone for all things, both spiritual 
 and temporal; and of them I learned how to consecrate 
 myself wholly unto the Lord. 
 
 I had been afflicted with rheumatism from a child, 
 and had spent large sums of money for my recovery, 
 but could only find relief for a few weeks at a time. I 
 was sick and helpless in bed with inflammatory rheu- 
 matism, when I heard through Mrs. Shaw of Mrs. Dora 
 Griffin. I sent for her to anoint me; after she had 
 done so and while she was praying for my recovery, 
 the Lord touched my body and I was healed that very 
 same hour and have never been troubled with it since, 
 praise God. One year after, the piles came upon me, 
 and I suffered greatly with this. After trying many 
 remedies and doctors without relief, I said, The Lord 
 has healed me and He will heal me again; so I went 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 141 
 
 to "Beulah," and after prayer and anointing I was 
 healed and went home saved and happy, both soul and 
 body, praise His name forever. 
 
 Dear friends, you who are sick of sin and sick in 
 body, come to Jesus and be healed, soul and body. 
 
 "Beulah" is a good place to learn of God's dealings 
 with man. 
 
 Mrs. Critchlow, of Cannonsburg, Mich., writes, Jan- 
 uary 18, 1888: My little son, eight years of age, had 
 become very deaf from catarrh, with a rumbling and 
 roaring sound in his head. Special prayer was offered 
 for him at "Beulah." In a few days his hearing was 
 entirely restored. This was nine months ago. He has 
 had hard colds since but has never been deaf. All 
 praise to God. 
 
 Mrs. E. A. Adams, Kockford, Mich. — I have been an 
 invalid for forty years from a complication of diseases. 
 Have not been able to walk alone for ten years. I heard 
 of the Faith work at Grand Rapids and wrote to Mrs. 
 Griffin asking prayers. She answered they would join 
 me in prayer at a certain time. I should lay aside all 
 human means and trust "Jesus only." I laid aside my 
 medicine with God's help. I could not do this alone, 
 and was blessed in a gradual way. I afterward sent 
 for Mrs. Griffin to come and administer the anointing. 
 I was spiritually blessed, but improved slowly physi- 
 cally. I soon gathered strength from the Lord to go 
 to "Beulah" with the aid of one crutch ; this, however, 
 I only used twice after reaching there. I was greatly 
 blessed in every way, and when I returned after a few 
 
142 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 days' stay I left my crutch as a memento of God's great 
 goodness to me. I was met at the carriage to be assist- 
 ed into the house. I stepped out alone and walked into 
 the house while they were looking for my crutch. 
 Neighbors said, "That cannot be Mrs. Adams walking 
 that way." I praise God that it was, and I am rejoic- 
 ing in an increasing amount of the precious resurrec- 
 tion life of Christ for soul and body. My soul sings 
 praises to Him as the days go by, and in the place of 
 the oft repeated "Oh dear" I now say "Praise the Lord." 
 My mother was very fond of snuff and used it many 
 years. I have had from my earliest recollection a love 
 which amounted to a passion for it transmitted to me, 
 and I used it with her, have kept it by me and used it 
 freely for over forty years; it did seem to me that I 
 could not live without it. I have tried many, many 
 times to give it up, and each time failed. Now with 
 God's help I have laid it upon the altar. I pray this 
 testimony may help some other bound souls to give up 
 their evil habits, in His name and strength and by His 
 power. 
 
 Truly this dear one hath renewed her youth. She 
 is now living on borrowed time and appears much 
 younger than when her testimony was given, eight 
 years ago. She is full of praises to her Lord that He 
 so wonderfully preserves her. — [Ed.] 
 
 A. 0. Barkley, Crosby, Mich. — I consider it a pleasure 
 to add my testimony with the rest and tell what the 
 Lord has done for me. "I will praise thee forever, 
 because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 143 
 
 for it is good before thy saints." Psa. 52:9. In June, 
 1884, while engaged in the grocery business in Reed 
 Cit} T , Michigan, 1 lifted a large cake of ice to the top 
 of my butter cupboard somewhat higher than my head, 
 and in doing so I exerted my whole strength and felt 
 something give way in my intestines. I immediately 
 commenced running down, soon being unable to be 
 on my feet any length of time, and in August was very 
 sick. I consulted physicians, who pronounced it a 
 strain or rupture of the intestine connecting the larger 
 with the smaller, and inflammation set in and the inner 
 coating passed off and formed a stricture. From that 
 time until July, 1885, I doctored with three of the best 
 physicians of Eeed City and one of the best in Grand 
 Eapids, without any material benefit. My wife was 
 obliged to take almost entire charge of the business. 
 Although living in rooms adjoining the store, I was 
 not able to get in there sometimes for weeks. 
 
 My wife came home from prayer meeting one night 
 in July and said there was a stranger at the meeting, 
 a lady who believed the sick could be healed in answer 
 to prayer. I said I should like to see her, and the 
 more I thought about it the more I thought it might be 
 true. Soon after she called on me, and after hearing 
 her reasons for believing as she did I asked her to pray 
 with and for me. We all prayed that I might be healed. 
 The Lord came graciously near and enabled me to grasp 
 the promise, Jas. 5:15, "The prayer of faith shall save 
 the sick and the Lord shall raise him up/' and I felt 
 that I was better. This was on Friday, and on Tuesday 
 she called again and prayed with me and told me that 
 she w r ould be glad to see me at a prayer meeting in 
 another part of the town about half a mile away, on 
 
144 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 Thursday afternoon. When the time came I could 
 hardly have faith enough to think that I, who had 
 hardly walked two blocks at a time for eleven months, 
 could now walk a half a mile and back, but it seemed 
 that the Lord kept saying, "Go tell what I have done 
 for you." So I started, but went out of the back door 
 for fear my clerk would see me and laugh at me. To 
 my surprise, I had not gone over a block before I 
 experienced a strange sensation that is difficult to 
 describe. It seemed to me that I could feel the strength 
 coming right into my body. I shall never forget the 
 feeling. I walked up and did "tell what He had done 
 for me," and came back without fatigue. From that 
 time I went about my business feeling quite well until 
 the first of September, when I had an attack of dysen- 
 tery, and although the Lord had so wonderfully helped 
 me before I thought I must call a doctor, and after 
 so doing I seemed to lose the faith I formerly had. 
 And my later experience is that I cannot pray with so 
 good faith while using remedies, knowing that when 
 
 well I will be likely to give all the credit to Dr. , 
 
 or if not, the people will think so, anyway, thus robbing 
 Him of the glory. I was very sick, the doctor coming 
 sometimes three times a day. But after a time I began 
 to gain, and by November was able to attend to my 
 business some. About December 1st I sold out and 
 came to this place and gained strength slowly until I 
 felt quite comfortable, but still obliged to be careful 
 and always a slave to medicine. In June I again over- 
 did in some way, still being in the grocery business, 
 and my old difficulty came back. I again had recourse 
 to the physician in Grand Eapids, in whom I had so 
 much confidence, and he treated me for several months, 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 145 
 
 but I received but very little benefit from anything, 
 and the last of September had another attack of dysen- 
 tery. I then employed another very skillful physician, 
 who cured me of the dysentery, but the old difficulty 
 remained, and although taking three or four kinds of 
 medicine, I was confined to the house, and a good part 
 of the time to my couch, until February, sometimes 
 thinking I was a little better, but still not able to stand 
 on my feet any length of time. 
 
 In February I went to Muskegon for a visit, my 
 friends thinking the change would do me good. The 
 trip tired me and I grew worse instead of better, and 
 my sister-in-law called in her physician, who was con- 
 sidered very skillful, who after an investigation seemed 
 to agree with the others as to what ailed me, but 
 thought medical skill could never perform a cure, so 
 I could ever be able to stand on my feet much; said 
 the difficulty was so far inside that outward applica- 
 tions could do but little, and so remote that it was 
 difficult to keep the inflammation down with medicine, 
 thus caused by food passing through the strictured in- 
 testine, and that he did not care to undertake the case. 
 
 But for about tw r o months back something within 
 had kept telling me that I ought to seek some higher 
 power for my healing, and I had studied my Bible on 
 this point, and some passages, especially James 5:14-16, 
 looked very plain to me, and on my way home I stopped 
 at Grand Rapids to spend a few days with friends 
 there, and took the opportunity to call upon Sister B. T. 
 Parish, who is a believer in prayer cure, and I believed 
 to be a Christian of great faith, and told her that I 
 believed if she Avould pray for me it would do me good; 
 but she advised me to see Mrs. Dora Griffin at the 
 
146 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 "Beulak" Home, and with iny consent took me to "Beu- 
 lak," wkere, after giving my reasons for coming, Sister 
 Griffin gave ker reasons for believing wkat was spoken 
 by Esaias, tke propket, and quoted in Matt. 8:17: 
 "Himself took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses"; 
 but it was an easy matter, for I already believed. For 
 in reading I kad found among otker tkings, 1 Cor. 6:9: 
 "Wkat? know ye not that your body is the temple of 
 the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, 
 and ye are not your own?" and I felt that if I was really 
 a Christian and that if my body was a temple in which 
 His Spirit dwelt, that He would not wish to see it all 
 run down and out of order, any more than people would 
 wish to see their dwellings in disorder. And the more I 
 studied, the stronger I became in the belief that the 
 Saviour considered the healing of the body an impor- 
 tant work. Mark 6:5: "And He could there do no 
 mighty work save that He laid His hands on a few 
 sick folk and kealed them." And from Matt. 15:32: 
 "Then called Jesus His disciples unto Him and said, 
 I have compassion on the multitude because they con- 
 tinue with me now these three days and have nothing 
 to eat, and I will not send them away fasting lest they 
 faint by the way." And from the preceding verses I 
 learned that the Saviour had compassion on people for 
 their bodily ailments as well as spiritual. 
 
 And from Heb. 13:8: "Jesus Christ the same yester- 
 day, to-day and forever." I felt that the prayer of 
 faith would save the sick. And I asked ker for prayer 
 and anointing, according to James 5:14, wkick I re- 
 ceived and went my way. Tkis was tke last day of 
 February, about eleven montks ago. Tkat day I had 
 been having a cold-water pack and was taking tkree 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 147 
 
 kinds of medicine, but from that time laid aside all rem- 
 edies and have not taken a mouthful of medicine since, 
 but began to recover. My recovery this time was more 
 of a gradual gain than before, taking several weeks 
 before I became really comfortable. Although having 
 had so much trouble with my bowels on account of 
 the disease, I cannot remember any eleven months 
 when they have been more regular than the past. I 
 had been reduced so long that my digestion became 
 impaired, which very soon became regulated, and I 
 could eat anything I wished without feeling any incon- 
 venience. And by the middle of April I felt that I 
 was "at the wheel" again, feeling a little weak; but 
 by the first of June I felt first rate and have been well 
 ever since, and now go ahead with my work, some days 
 doing what w r ould be a hard day's work for anybody, 
 except that I do not lift heavy articles, such as oil 
 or sugar barrels, by advice of friends, and partly 
 through fear of straining myself again. But I feel well 
 and lack only two pounds of my heaviest weight, and 
 have not worn either bandage or truss (one of which I 
 wore for two years) for about ten months. 
 
 To you, Sister Griffin, who have been the agent in 
 God's hands of leading me in the way of truth, I would 
 say: "Now the God of peace that brought again from 
 the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the 
 sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 
 make you perfect in every good work to do His will 
 working in you that which is well pleasing in His 
 sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever 
 and ever. Amen." Heb. 13:20, 21. 
 
 Many have heard our brother testify, especially in 
 the last year of his life, how perfectly the Lord had 
 
148 SOME OP THE FRUITS OF 
 
 kept hiru during the eight years since his healing, and 
 that he had strength to lift and do all that any man 
 of his size could do. 
 
 The following extract from a short biography read 
 at his funeral service shows something of his subse- 
 quent experience: 
 
 "In three months' time (from February, 1887) he was 
 well, and from that day to the time of his death never 
 took a drop of medicine, and with the exception of one 
 severe attack of erysipelas, for which he used no reme- 
 dies, and an occasional cold, he was always well and 
 strong till within a few days of his departure, when he 
 was stricken with pneumonia Sunday afternoon. The 
 final summons came the following Tuesday. His wife, 
 realizing that he was very sick and knowing the opin- 
 ion of people in general, asked him, 'If you should be- 
 come very sick and unconscious, shall I call a physi- 
 cian?" Looking up with a smile he said, 'What for?' 
 and that if the Lord did not help him the doctor could 
 not. 
 
 "Monday afternoon after he became unable to speak 
 he was asked if he wanted a physician. With a smile 
 in his eyes he shook his head. Asked if his trust was 
 in Jesus, he nodded in assent. 
 
 "Great as was the physical blessing in these years, 
 it was not to be compared to the deep spiritual experi- 
 ence which this reliance on the Lord brought to him, 
 the consciousness of God's individual care for him. 
 
 "And now — 'he is absent from the body,' but we truly 
 believe 'present with the Lord.' " 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 149 
 
 Mrs. C. B. Jameson, 62 Brainard street, Grand Rapids. 
 — About two years ago I was stricken down with par- 
 alysis. In eight weeks I had a second shock worse 
 than the first. For three months I was nearly help- 
 less, my right shoulder drooped an inch or two, and my 
 arm hung perfectly helpless at my side. There was a 
 constant roaring and clashing in my head like the work- 
 ing of heavy machinery. 
 
 My eyelids were so weak I could only partially open 
 my eyes. My Avhole nervous system was so prostrated 
 that the least movement or noise caused the greatest 
 distress. While in this wretched condition my friend 
 Mrs. Cutler, who had been attending the faith prayer 
 meetings, brought Mrs. Dora Griffin to see me, I de- 
 cided to give up my medicine and physician, and trust 
 my case entirely in the hands of the great Physican 
 Jesus. I received the anointing, James 5:14, 15, after 
 which Mrs. Griffin said to me: "In the name of Jesus 
 lift your hand." Immediately I raised my hand to my 
 head. All the distress left my head in an instant. My 
 eyes, shoulder and side became natural and strong, so 
 that in a very short time I was able to do my house- 
 work. 
 
 During the month of August, 1887, I suffered from 
 dysentery, which reduced me very much. Before I 
 had recovered from this I had three severe shocks of 
 paralysis, which followed one another in quick succes- 
 sion. When Mrs. Griffin came I was so sore I could not 
 bear the weight of a sheet over my body. After prayer 
 the pain and soreness instantly left me. During this 
 sickness I came very near death. I thought my hour 
 had come, and asked Mrs. Griffin to pray for me that 
 I might have dying grace. She said she could not offer 
 
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 that prayer, as she did not feel that my work was done. 
 I soon became cold and rigid, and sank into a state of 
 unconsciousness, and to all human appearance I was 
 dying. My eyes were fixed, and a death pallor and cold 
 perspiration spread over me, my breath grew less fre- 
 quent and shorter, my pulse was nearly gone. This 
 continued about ten minutes. Mrs. Griffin anointed 
 me and claimed the promises. When I became con- 
 scious I had no power to speak for nearly an hour. I 
 had scarcely recovered from this when I was seized 
 with a severe attack of inflammatory rheumatism, 
 which remained about two weeks. I was always re- 
 lieved and found rest in answer to prayer and fully 
 recovered without any medicine, and I give all praise 
 to Jesus, who is my life and deliverer. 
 
 I shall be glad to see anyone who wishes to call upon 
 me, or answ T er any correspondence if stamp is enclosed. 
 I am well and happy in the Lord. 
 
 Mrs. Dora Griffin: This is to certify that I have had 
 a weak back and kidney troubles for several years, and 
 have been entirely cured by the prayer of faith adminis- 
 tered by you, and I feel that I have received the new 
 birth of the soul in the image of Christ also. 
 
 Yours in the love of Jesus, 
 
 C. L. Peck. 
 Coopersville, Mich., Feb. 24, 1888. 
 
 Dear Sister in Jesus: When I was at "Beulah" I re- 
 quested prayer for our little daughter. I will tell you 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 151 
 
 of her condition. She was afflicted with bladder disease 
 so that she had no control over her urine, either day or 
 night. She would wet her bed very badly, and her 
 clothes would have to be changed quite often. We 
 could not take her to church or Sunday school on ac- 
 count of it. 
 
 She was in this condition over two years, and was 
 treated by four physicians without any permanent re- 
 lief. Thank the Lord she is now well. Through the 
 prayer of faith she was healed. She has not w^et her 
 clothes in four months, so we feel safe in saying that 
 she is cured. 
 
 In the Lord, 
 Mr. W. H. Lintz. 
 
 Constantine, Mich., March 5, 1888. 
 
 Lyman H. Wilmot, Deerfield, 111., June 26, '95. 
 
 "Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord." 
 
 "Four years ago to-day Sister Dora Dudley, of Grand 
 Eapids, Mich., came to my home in response to my call 
 as per James 5:14. At that time I had been unable to 
 walk for three years without the aid of crutches, or of 
 crutch and cane. 
 
 In August, 1887, I severely injured the ligament un- 
 der the cap of my right knee. I was at that time living 
 alone on a ranch at Evergreen, Colo. I suffered a good 
 deal with it for some two or three weeks, when I began 
 to improve slowly, and after two months' time I did 
 not notice it much in walking, but it was very sensitive 
 and often got hurt. In December, 1887, I came east 
 to my old home in Deerfield, 111. On March 10, 1888, 
 I again hurt my knee. This time it grew rapidly worse, 
 
152 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 and in four days it was badly swollen and inflamed. 
 Dr. Weston, of Chicago, advised me to keep still, and 
 wrap it up in flannels wrung out of hot water. I fol- 
 lowed his advice, but with little if any improvement. 
 My business called me out upon the road, riding, and 
 greatly irritated my knee and made it worse; it con- 
 tinued to grow worse until I was unable to get around 
 without much suffering. 
 
 I had for some years believed in "Divine Healing," 
 and I entreated the Lord to heal me of this affliction, 
 but did not comply with His word as I should have done. 
 Over three months passed in this way, w x hen I consulted 
 a physician, who prescribed an ointment which I was 
 to use for one week; if not better by that time, he would 
 put my leg in splints to keep the knee joint still. The 
 ointment greatly increased the inflammation, and the 
 doctor came, bound up my knee, and kept it bound for 
 thirty days; by this time my limb looked like a skele- 
 ton, while the knee appeared as before. 
 
 Months passed. I had a council of physicians; they 
 talked of tapping my knee, and several times came pre- 
 pared to do so, but I trusted the dear Lord to guide and 
 order this matter, and each time the operation was 
 postponed. 
 
 After the splint was taken off it was found that a vein, 
 under the knee, had been injured by being too tightly 
 drawn over the brass splint, so that when my foot was 
 let down on the floor it would fill with blood and be- 
 come purple in two minutes. The ankle became so 
 badly swollen and so painful that suppuration was 
 feared, and continued in this condition for three months. 
 During this time I discontinued all medical attendance 
 and looked to the Lord alone to heal me. Soon after this 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 153 
 
 my left knee began to feel weak, and in a short time 
 gave out entirely, and became worse than the other had 
 been at any time. Twenty months rolled by, with 
 ever increasing bondage, and afflictions multiplying. 
 
 During all this time I had been searching the Scrip- 
 tures daily and found so much comfort and blessing 
 that I did not feel the time was lost; but now there 
 came a sudden and great change — one so unlooked for, 
 that my God and Saviour should suffer my eyes to be 
 smitten; I had been using them in obedience to His 
 command, "Search the Scriptures." I had to be shut 
 up in a dark room for over sixteen months. My eyes 
 were so sensitive to the light that I could only glance 
 at the green grass or trees. A white handkerchief, 
 or even my hands in a dark room, would greatly in- 
 crease my suffering. 
 
 In February, 1891, the Christian Alliance published 
 an account of several remarkable cases of healing in 
 Michigan, where Mr. and Mrs. Dudley had been called 
 to pray with and anoint the sick ones. 
 
 I informed my pastor, Kev. 0. N. Dubs, of the Pres- 
 byterian Church, that I desired to comply with God's 
 word, James 5:14, 15. Some weeks later, at a conven- 
 tion of the Christian Alliance, Brother Dubs met Sister 
 Dudley and invited her to visit me. She came and 
 anointed me in the name of the Lord, taking from my 
 eyes the heavy blue goggles I had worn so many months. 
 We also claimed the promise of our dear Lord, found in 
 Matt. 18:19. After the anointing service and prayer I 
 was left alone. Those were hours of trial and testing 
 that will never be forgotten. 
 
 I had not borne the light of day for more than six- 
 teen months, and had not walked for three years, I 
 
154 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 must do both now. I had complied with God's word 
 to the sick; had taken a definite step. Now I must 
 obey God when He called me by the Spirit so tenderly 
 and lovingly; bringing this Scripture to my mind contin- 
 ually, "In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up 
 and walk." Oh, the struggle of those hours! How 
 could I walk? I had tried once before without comply- 
 ing with the Word, and utterly failed, and suffered so 
 much more for months because of the rash act. 
 
 Oh, how the enemy tried to detain and entertain me, 
 to hinder me from obeying the call of God, but the Lord 
 helped me to obey the Spirit's voice. I arose to my 
 feet and walked, and have walked every day since. For 
 weeks, it was a moment by moment, trusting God for 
 strength to bear the light. I never again put on those 
 dark glasses. 
 
 God is always ready to do His part, when we take 
 Him at His word, "Without Me ye can do nothing." 
 This was one of the great lessons I had to learn during 
 my sickness. It is so hard for us to think that we are 
 nothing and can do nothing. The very faith to take 
 God at His word is divine, is not a plan of earth. We 
 must look to, and trust Him for it, who is the author 
 and finisher of our faith. 
 
 In conclusion, will say, I have been working a large 
 farm for three years, doing all kinds of work, trusting 
 Jesus every day. I have often felt the truth of our 
 Lord's words, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but 
 by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of 
 God." 
 
 I would like to say to all sick and suffering ones, "Fix 
 your eyes upon Jesus; take Him at His word, and you 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 155 
 
 will find it true, 'Jesus Christ, the same yesterday and 
 to-day and forever.' " Heb. 13 :8. 
 
 Yes, healing is in the atonement, and it is for who- 
 soever will come and do His will. 
 
 Blessed be the name of the Lord forever. 
 
 Miss Rachel Sterling (now Mrs. Arnold), Matron of 
 the Orphans' Home, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 9, 1895. 
 — I wish to add my testimony to the Lord's goodness in 
 answering prayer for me in so many ways. 
 
 I had been a Christian for many years, but did not 
 understand how to come to the Lord in the prayer of 
 faith, until I met at "Beulah," Grand Bapids, Mich., 
 dear Sister Dudley, and read Miss Judd's book, "The 
 Prayer of Faith." From that time I have prayed with 
 more courage, zeal and understanding, believing God 
 means what He says. 
 
 My first experience in Divine Healing was that of a 
 felon on my finger. I was just like a little child learn- 
 ing to walk, but God honored my trust and the finger 
 was healed. I had trouble with my eyes and suffered 
 with them for years, While I was at "Beulah" the 
 prayer of faith was offered, and they were healed that 
 very night. I laid aside the glasses I had worn fifteen 
 years, and have not used them since, now nearly seven 
 years. 
 
 I have seen the conversion of dear ones in my own 
 home, also friends whom God has given me saved and 
 healed through united prayer. 
 
 I gave the little book, "Beulah," to an old gentleman 
 who had suffered from asthma twenty years, and while 
 reading it he was healed. 
 
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 A hard swelling came in my throat which nearly 
 choken me; it appeared outside, half the size of a hen's 
 egg. On my way to Utah I went to "Beulah," w T as 
 anointed and prayed for. The enlargement disappeared 
 and I have never felt it since. 
 
 I scarcely know where to begin telling of the answers 
 to prayer for myself and others since coming to the Or- 
 phans' Home. I have been here over three years; dur- 
 ing that time we have been safely carried through all 
 the contagious diseases which have come. Two chil- 
 dren were healed directly in answer to united prayer. 
 All have been raised up, and none left with any troubles 
 such as usually follow. Physicians and neighbors 
 acknowledge the hand of God. 
 
 In our great need the means was given, in answer to 
 prayer, enabling us to have a chimney built, costing 
 nearly one hundred dollars. The house was new, but 
 the chimney was badly constructed, and the rooms were 
 filled with smoke for months, but Ave prayed and the 
 money came. Another direct answer which always 
 makes my heart rejoice I will briefly state for the bene- 
 fit of those who think the dear Lord takes no note of our 
 temporal affairs. He has promised to supply all our 
 needs, and in this case our need was pressing. I went 
 to my room; told Him He knew all about it, and asked 
 Him to make it possible for our washing to be done at 
 the laundry. That evening the proprietor of a laundry 
 came to our president and proposed terms which were 
 accepted; now for over two years it has been done for 
 less than one-third of the regular price. 
 
 While passing through trials which, I believe, would 
 have crushed me but for the help of God, I sent for 
 united prayers to the friends of the Christian Alliance 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 157 
 
 in New York and to the Beulah Home. It seemed that 
 I could not live through these trials, and that they 
 would never end, but grew to a white heat, yet He sat 
 as the refiner, and precious lessons were burned into 
 my soul, that perhaps I could or would not have learned 
 any other way. 
 
 I had a very dear friend wonderfully saved from 
 death and healed in mind and body, preserved through 
 trials, and in the midst of difficulties that to human 
 appearances were insurmountable, financial aid com- 
 ing when despair was settling upon her heart. Her 
 gratitude could not find expression. 
 
 I have learned that God is greater than our circum- 
 stances, if we will take victory above them and trust 
 Him. He is good to all who put their trust in Him. 
 
 Mr. George Spencer, N. Grand Rapids. — I had in- 
 flammation in my eyes; was blind for six months. My 
 best eye was taken out. The inflammation was so bad 
 in the other that I could not see. The doctor said that 
 if I had any business to do I should have to do it blind. 
 I went to a gospel meeting at the Union depot, and there 
 I met a lady who told me where I could go to get my 
 sight. I went to Mrs. Dudley, and she told me Jesus 
 would give me sight. She prayed for me and anointed 
 me in the name of the Lord. I could see at once, and 
 my eye continued to grow stronger. I have done busi- 
 ness for nine years. I am past seventy years of age. 
 
 All glory to Jesus. 
 
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 Mrs. Etta Orton, Moline, Mich., September 25, >95. 
 
 "The Lord hath done wondrous things for me whereof 
 I am glad." 
 
 I want to give my testimony of Jesus' power to heal 
 and keep. More than six years ago Jesus took this 
 poor, sick, nervous body, and gave me a sound, healthy 
 one, and I have had perfect health ever since. Praise 
 His blessed name! In His great goodness He has not 
 allowed any sickness to come upon me, but has kept me 
 by His mighty power. My heart is full of praise and 
 thankfulness for the great blessings that have come 
 to me through Beulah Home. Ever since my childhood 
 I have had diseases of the stomach and liver, and have 
 suffered extremely from vicarious menstruation by the 
 bladder. Weaknesses were brought upon me while 
 standing upon my feet clerking. For fourteen years 
 one sickness after another came upon me until I did 
 not see a well day, and do not believe there was a sound 
 organ in my body. I tried many remedies, getting 
 little or no relief. When I had nearly given up all 
 hope of ever being well again, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley 
 were called to our town to hold meetings in the hall. 
 I went and listened to every word, then went home to 
 search my Bible to see for myself if it read as it was 
 given, and to fall on my knees before God seeking to 
 know if it was His will for me to look to Him for my 
 healing. I was blessed in a wonderful manner as I 
 inquired of Him; still I could not make up my mind to 
 be anointed, thinking it must take a great amount of 
 faith, and fearing I should fail and dishonor my Lord, 
 not knowing that all Jesus requires is perfect obedi- 
 ence and trust. I prayed many times that night for 
 more faith, and to be directed in the right way. At 
 
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 last it was clear to me that I must use the faith I had 
 and trust His word, knowing that the blessed Savior 
 would not require of me anything I could not do. I 
 determined if the dear Lord would give me strength to 
 get to meeting the next evening I would go forward 
 and be anointed in His name. I went, was anointed 
 in the name of Jesus and was healed of all my dis- 
 eases. All praise to the great Physician! Now 
 for over six years I have been a well woman. The Lord 
 has given me three beautiful little daughters to gladden 
 our lives. Glory to His name! 
 
 Mrs. Margaret Lattin, Cob Moo Sa, Oceana Co., 
 Mich., May 13, 1895. — I can testify to the power of Jesus 
 as an all-sufficient Savior and Physician. For the past 
 five years He alone has been my Healer. Previous to 
 that time I had a three years' sickness from spinal trou- 
 ble, nervous prostration, and very serious uterine dis- 
 placement, enlargement and inflammation, with all the 
 attending distresses. And I had doctored continually, 
 having the best of medical aid, which only relieved the 
 symptoms temporarily, but they would keep returning 
 faster than medicine would conquer them, until 1 almost 
 despaired of ever being able to do without medicine or 
 be out from under doctor's care. After having spent 
 all my money, the savings of years from school teach- 
 ing, I was at a loss to know what to try next. 
 
 But I asked the Lord to direct me, and in a few weeks 
 Mrs. Dora Dudley came to our village and taught Jesus 
 as our Physician. It was the first I had ever heard the 
 good news, and the truth sank deeply into my heart. I 
 
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 felt convinced that this was the way the Lord was lead- 
 ing me. Immediately I gave up all my remedies and 
 trusted Jesus alone. He at once took all of my symp- 
 toms, and soothed them one by one, as they arose from 
 time to time, and my strength came gradually. Blessed 
 Jesus! 
 
 In about a year I was married and took charge of 
 housekeeping on a farm. I feel that my strength comes 
 from a higher source just as I need it. It is such a re- 
 lief to be free from medicine. 
 
 God has given me two healthy little boys who have 
 never tasted medicine. We have never used it in our 
 home, and have never had to call a doctor. To God 
 alone be all the praise! 
 
 In the birth of my younger child I am a wonder to 
 all who know me. On the day before he was born I did 
 my housework as usual, retired at night, and slept 
 soundly until after midnight, when I awakened with a 
 little pain. I at once spoke to my husband, w T ho arose, 
 dressed, lighted the fire, and called my aunt, wiio occu- 
 pied an adjoining room. She dressed as quickly as pos- 
 sible, and while she was coming into my room the baby 
 was born without even the slightest groan from me. 
 My husband said it was not more than ten or fifteen 
 minutes after I awoke him. Baby weighed nine pounds 
 and six ounces. We had a blessed time of praise. 
 
 For the glory of our prayer-answering God, I would 
 add another testimony. 
 
 Eleven years ago my father, D. L. Bipenburg, after a 
 summer of hard work on the farm and poor crops in the 
 fall, commenced mourning over the hard times until he 
 fell into a state of melancholy insanity. He gave up 
 all interest in everything; could not be persuaded to 
 
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 do the smallest chore, much of the time refusing to eat, 
 or to rise from bed, and slept but very little. 
 
 He moaned and groaned all the time, and thought 
 that he was just at the point of death. After terrible 
 trial with him for two years my poor mother sent him 
 to the asylum for the insane, in Kalamazoo, hoping that 
 he would be cured there. 
 
 But they could give us no encouragement that he 
 would ever be any better. In a short time he was re- 
 moved to the new asylum at Traverse City. Here the 
 opinion was just the same, that his was a hopeless case, 
 and would never be any better. He remained there 
 nine years. But last year it came to me that he might 
 be healed in answer to prayer, for with the Lord all 
 things are possible. I began to hold him before the 
 Lord in prayer, and also sent a request to the Beulah 
 Faith Home, Grand Eapids, that he might be prayed 
 for. In the fall the superintendent wrote to us that 
 there had been a surprising and unlooked for change 
 in my father. His health had become good, he was 
 interested in all his surroundings, walked out daily, 
 read much, and attended church, which he had not done 
 before since he was there. Then he became anxious 
 to get home again. The doctors did not know how to 
 account for the change. But I praise the Lord, the 
 victory is all His. He alone hath wrought the change, 
 and the prayers of God's children in the faith have been 
 wonderfully answered. Glory to His name! 
 
 Mother sent for father to come home, and all winter 
 he has continued well, helping her with the work, and 
 now this spring he is greatly interested in making gar- 
 den, and often takes a drive to see some of his old neigh- 
 bors. We trust that the Lord will continue to keep 
 
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 his mind and body in health, and that his last days 
 may be his best days. He is now sixty-two years of 
 age. 
 
 We quote from one of Mrs. Lattin's letters the fol- 
 lowing : 
 
 "Mrs. Skinner in this neighborhood is well. Emma 
 Seymour, of Hesperia, does her own work. Mrs. Bas- 
 sett is just the picture of health. All healed by the 
 Lord, under your anointing. My own dear husband has 
 not taken medicine since we were married, and he says 
 he was never so well as now. Aunt Martha Croft's ear 
 has remained well ever since its healing, and her hear- 
 ing, which had been much impaired, entirely restored. 
 All redness and hardness have disappeared/' 
 
 Extracts from letters by D. E. Croff, of Hesperia, 
 Mich.: 
 
 March 1, 1892. 
 
 I have been talking with Mrs. Lattin upon Divine 
 Healing, and feel that I need more light. But what I 
 most desire is healing for my mother's ear, which has 
 been afflicted for fifty years. It is a terrible looking 
 thing; for five years it has discharged almost continu- 
 ally a very offensive pus; it is badly swollen and in- 
 flamed. Her ear, the side of her face and neck have 
 become a solid scab. Some doctors have said it was 
 erysipelas; others pronounce it cancer. I have been 
 thinking of taking her to the Medical and Surgical In- 
 stitute at Ann Arbor, but I believe God can heal it. 
 Will you join me in prayer for her? 
 
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 May 31, 1892. 
 
 Your letter received within a few moments of the 
 time you named to pray for mother. We knelt and 
 prayed, and God came into our hearts in a wonderful 
 manner. Mother ventured to trust Him to heal her 
 ear, and took Him for her Physician. Since then her 
 ear has improved constantly; the roaring in her head 
 and all discharge from the sore have ceased; the sore- 
 ness has disappeared. It is all well as far as feeling is 
 concerned, only a little redness remains. 
 
 Oh, praise our God! 
 
 Mrs. Marian Skinner, Cob Moo Sa, Mich., July 7, 1895. 
 — I had been in poor health for twenty-six years. For 
 ten long months before my healing I could not stand 
 upon my feet because of paralysis and other troubles. 
 During this time, all through the heat of the summer, 
 my feet and limbs were so cold, warm bricks were kept 
 constantly about me. I had the best physicians we 
 could get, but grew worse until I could take no more 
 medicine. 
 
 Praise God! Help was sent me from our Heavenly 
 Physician, through Sister Dora Dudley, of Grand Eap- 
 ids, October 29, 1889, who, after listening to a recital of 
 my distresses, greatly surprised me by asking if I knew 
 I had been telling of the devil's works? 
 
 She then gave me a Bible lesson. The Holy Spirit 
 made it very plain to me. I had my medicine all cleared 
 away from the room, and she, with Elder Wells, of Hes- 
 peria, anointed me according to James 5:14. I was 
 raised up immediately. My sister brought my clothes, 
 
164 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 and with a very little help in the strength of the Lord 
 I put them on. 
 
 With Sister Dudley walking by my side repeating 
 the words, "Step by step, in Jesus' name. Blessed Je- 
 sus !" I walked to my chair at the table, and ate dinner 
 with my loved ones, for the first time in ten months, 
 eating the same heart} 7 food the others ate. 
 
 Soon I rode ten miles in a lumber wagon, and sat up 
 until ten o'clock at night visiting my friends. For days 
 I was filled with the power of God and the fullness of 
 the Spirit. I felt as though I must go from house to 
 house and tell what the Lord had done for me. There 
 was no keeping still; I had to tell it to everyone I 
 saw. 
 
 I thank Thee, kind Heavenly Father, for Thy chosen 
 ones. May Thy blessing ever rest upon the Beulah 
 Home, and dear Sister Dudley, who is doing so much 
 in the name of Thy Son, to relieve poor suffering hu- 
 manity. 
 
 All glory to that name! 
 
 Mr. W. P. Smith, Grand Eapids, Mich. — Almost my 
 earliest recollections are of the Sabbath school where 
 I learned to reverence the Bible as a divinely inspired 
 book. I believed it to be true as I understood it, but 
 my understanding of it was very limited, because my 
 knowledge of it was very limited. 
 
 I gave my heart to God when about sixteen years of 
 age, and then studied the Bible about as the ordinary 
 Christian does to-day. I believed in the miracles that 
 Jesus performed, but supposed they were for a certain 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 165 
 
 purpose, and confined to a certain time, and for the ben- 
 efit of only the few who received their benefit at that 
 time, and at the hands of Jesus in person. 
 
 In 1863 I had a slight attack of inflammation in my 
 eyes, which was followed by others at different periods, 
 and sometimes very severe, until finally ulceration of 
 the cornea was the result. I employed the best doc- 
 tors and oculists, spending much time and money, but 
 growing worse all the time, until I was pronounced a 
 hopeless case. Sometimes I would be quite well, and 
 then my eyes would ulcerate again, and for a time I 
 would be blind, and suffer the most excruciating pain, 
 until I was compelled to resort to the use of morphine 
 to deaden my nerves. This continued for more than 
 twenty years, until my nervous system gave out, and I 
 became a physical wreck, and without hope of human 
 assistance any further than a little temporary relief at 
 times. I never heard of what is now known as Divine 
 Healing, or Jesus for the body, until about 1885, and 
 when I did hear of it I only sneered at it, although for 
 some years there had been a strange longing after God, 
 and at times a faint hope would come into my heart, 
 that somehow and at some time the Divine One would 
 heal me, but all the time expecting it would be done 
 through human agency. Oh, how we dishonor God 
 when we limit His power to blessing of the poisonous 
 drugs, which Satan makes us believe we ought to take 
 into our systems to counteract the deadly virus which 
 he succeeded in ejecting into our first parents in the 
 garden of Eden. 
 
 For God has provided, not a remedy, but the remedy 
 in His Son Jesus Christ, for all sin and uncleanness, and 
 the results thereof; for He declares that Himself took 
 
166 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 our infirmities and bare our sicknesses. Matt. 8:16, 17: 
 And learning this fact after so many years of suffer- 
 ing, I went to Beulah Home in Grand Eapids, Mich., 
 and was anointed by Mrs. Dora Dudley according to 
 James 5:14, nearly six years ago, and the blessed Lord 
 verified His promise that "the prayer of faith shall save 
 the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up." Glory to His 
 name! 
 
 I have been a well, strong man ever since, and the 
 blessed Lord has used me as an instrument to carry 
 this blessing to others. Not one drop of medicine have 
 I taken, or have I put in my eyes, since that time, Jesus 
 being my Physician for spirit, soul and body. Halle- 
 lujah! 
 
 Colonel C. W. Campbell, of the Christian Crusaders, 
 Mt. Pleasant, Mich., September 17, 1895. — With an in- 
 tense desire to please the Holy Ghost and to help exalt 
 our precious Savior, I write these few lines of testi- 
 mony. 
 
 For eight years the Holy Ghost has been abiding with 
 me. The knowledge that the precious blood cleanses 
 from all sin is mine, and during this time I have wonder- 
 fully enjoyed the experience of being wholly sanctified. 
 My whole ambition has been to walk in the spirit and 
 make my life a blessing to others. Four years ago this 
 present month, through the faithful efforts of Sister 
 Dora Dudley, I was led to see that it was my blessed 
 privilege to have Jesus as my Physician, and to draw 
 from Him each moment physical as well as spiritual 
 health and strength. I do not think for a year I had 
 seen one well day. Still I kept at the work to which 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 167 
 
 the dear Lord called me, going from place to place try- 
 ing to encourage the hearts of my comrades and help 
 to lead sinners to Jesus. Oftentimes, one-half hour 
 before meeting-time, I would be in bed so sick that I 
 could scarcely raise my head. I would say, Now, Lord, 
 I must go to meeting; help me and give me strength, 
 and I would get up and go, but I could see that it would 
 be but a short time before I would be entirely broken 
 down and unable to work. I would use one kind of 
 medicine, then another, but without the desired results. 
 After listening to Sister Dudley's Bible reading and 
 talk, I went to my room to take another dose of medi- 
 cine, when the Lord asked me if I believed what I had 
 been hearing. I replied, Of course I do, Lord, it is your 
 own precious word, how can I help believing it? 
 Again He said, Do you think it is for you? Yes, I re- 
 plied, after a moment's thought. Why not accept Him 
 now as your Physician? I said, I will, and immediately 
 I stepped to the table and picked up the bottle of med- 
 icine I had just paid one dollar for, and stepping out of 
 doors, I poured it upon the ground, and while it was 
 running out, praise God forever, I felt that distressing 
 pain in my stomach go away. I was healed, never have 
 I had one symptom of the disease since, and, Oh, how 
 my whole being was filled with His gracious presence! 
 Since that time I have had many trials of my faith, 
 which have proven to me more precious than gold tried 
 in the fire. I have only been privileged to visit "Beu- 
 lah" three times, yet each of these have been a source 
 of spiritual profit to me. Many of my comrades have 
 gone to "Beulah," sick and worn out, and after a week's 
 stay have returned to their work again strong and well. 
 A few have gone there with diseases pronounced in- 
 
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 curable by physicians, and in a short time have re^ 
 turned fully recovered. Of gold and silver we have had 
 but little to offer, yet we have always been made to feel 
 by Brother and Sister Dudley and those in charge that 
 it was our Father's house, and have received a welcome 
 which was not affected, but real, and our prayer shall 
 ever be, Lord, make "Beulah" more of a blessing to man- 
 kind than ever before. 
 
 Miss Gertie Wright. — It is with praise to God that I 
 write of what He has done for my daughter Gertie. In 
 September, 1891, when she was about fifteen years of 
 age, Gertie received a fall which injured her spine so 
 severely that it caused St. Vitus' dance a few weeks 
 later. Her health had not been good for some years 
 before, and her mind had been over-taxed with study; 
 therefore the fall seemed to affect her the more serious- 
 ly. We took her to a physician in E. 
 
 After a careful examination he said it would be 
 months before she recovered; but he seemed to doubt 
 her ever being well, and said she would never be able 
 to study again, for her mind was as badly affected as 
 her body. When she began the treatment she could 
 walk, talk and feed herself, but she grew worse instead 
 of better, and would often say, "I never can be better 
 if I take medicine, for I believe the Lord would heal 
 me." 
 
 At this time we knew nothing of Divine Healing, only 
 as we heard Major Campbell and his wife tell of Beulah 
 Home, Grand Bapids, and some of the wonderful things 
 the Lord had done for those who took Him as their 
 physician. 
 
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 So I sought the Lord's direction; asking, that if He 
 would rather have the glory of healing Gertie, I might 
 know by the effect the medicine had upon her. If it 
 was His will to heal her poor mind and body by His own 
 mighty power, that the medicine should seem to make 
 her worse, but if it was His will that we should use the 
 means of earthly help within our reach, and ask His 
 blessing upon means, that the remedies used might 
 have the effect intended. 
 
 The result was, she grew worse and worse. The doc- 
 tor changed the medicines several times, yet without 
 the least help from them, and he said he could not 
 account for the way the medicine affected her. At one 
 time just after taking it she became perfectly prostrate, 
 unable to move any part of her body except her head. 
 
 We knew her condition was critical. I saw that the 
 Lord alone could heal her, but did not know how to come 
 to Him for healing. Every one opposed her giving up 
 taking medicine and trusting the Lord alone, so it re- 
 quired a great deal of His help to do this. I asked 
 the Lord that the way might be opened for me to take 
 Gertie to "Beulah." 
 
 She had not been dressed for nearly two weeks, at 
 times could not speak, nor swallow her food. All said 
 it was the worst case they ever saw. She was opposed 
 to going, said she could be healed at home. I asked the 
 Lord to strengthen, and make her willing, as it seemed 
 His will she should go. All at once she expressed a 
 willingness to go, and was enough better to be dressed 
 and take the journey from Bannister, near Owosso, to 
 Grand Bapids. It was nearly midnight, November 30, 
 when we reached "Beulah," and that night, for the first 
 time in many weeks, my poor girl had rest, and slept as 
 
170 SOME OP THE FRUITS OF 
 
 peacefully as a child. On the second day at evening 
 Sister Dudley anointed her in the name of Jesus, ac- 
 cording to James 5:14, 15. The raging fever she had 
 all through her sickness left her. From that hour she 
 improved without treatment of any kind. The next 
 day we went home. Gertie walked around and waited 
 upon herself, yet nearly all my friends said,* "If she were 
 healed by the Lord it would be an instantaneous and 
 perfect healing, not such a slow process." I met with 
 a great deal of discouraging talk from even the most 
 earnest Christians. 
 
 About the 6th of December we moved to another field 
 of labor (we were then in the Crusade work); the jour- 
 ney which Gertie took in a two-wheeled cart brought 
 her down again worse than before. The terrible contor- 
 tions of her body w^ere indescribable. When attempt- 
 ing to seat herself in a chair, or to lie upon a couch, she 
 would be thrown upon the floor or thrust uncontrolla- 
 bly across the room. 
 
 Even during sleep the perpetual, involuntary move- 
 ments of nerves and muscles required much of my 
 strength to hold her in bed. Then came a fight to keep 
 the victory over all the opposition I had to encounter. 
 
 Every one thought I was doing wrong not to employ 
 a physician, although she was as much opposed to 
 taking medicine as before, and when urged to do so 
 said: "No, if the Lord wants me to get well, I shall get 
 well, and if He w r ants me to die, I will die, without tak- 
 ing medicine." 
 
 And so again we went to "Beulah," where faith in God 
 was strong. Immediately she began to improve; her 
 spine, which had been curved, became perfectly 
 straight, This time we staid a little over two weeks, 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 171 
 
 The day we went home Gertie walked more than a 
 mile; the awful jerking, twisting and unnatural move- 
 ments of her body were nearly gone. In less than 
 three months she had better health than before her fall. 
 I have given only a meager account of the experience 
 with our suffering daughter. 
 
 I wish I were able to tell how wonderfully the Lord 
 led me through it all, how he taught me to leave her in 
 His hands without worry or anxiety, believing that He 
 would do just right, and to say, "Thy will, O Lord, be 
 done." 
 
 For nearly tw r o j r ears Gertie has been working as 
 compositor in a printing office, has enjoyed better 
 health than for years before her sickness, and there are 
 no signs of the dreadful diseases caused by her fall. 
 
 Our Lord has all the glory! 
 
 Mrs. A. M. Wright, 
 
 Holly, Mich. 
 
 Mrs. Henry Youngblood, Dowagiac, Mich., June 26, 
 1895. — About six years ago I was lieutenant in charge 
 of the West Side corps of the Salvation Army in Grand 
 Rapids. I attended Mrs. Dudley's prayer meetings. I 
 learned by her Bible instructions that Jesus was the 
 Savior of the body. 
 
 One year ago last winter I was, through my own 
 prayers and alone with God, wonderfully and instantly 
 healed of what I have reason to believe was a cancerous 
 tumor. Before I went into the army work one Chris- 
 tian doctor refused to fill out the certificate because of 
 the weak, diseased condition of my lungs. 
 
 After my first child was born I noticed a change in 
 
172 SOME OF THE FRUIT'S OF 
 
 my lungs, which steadily grew worse, until consump- 
 tion was fully developed. I was drawn over, and my 
 chest sunken in. I sent to "Beulak" for prayers that 
 I might be made straight and that my chest might be 
 filled out. 
 
 At the hour of prayer, while joining with the "Beulah" 
 friends, I seemed to hear a voice say, "Go and look in 
 the glass." I unfastened my clothes, and saw that the 
 cavity was filled out, the awful soreness was gone, and 
 I was straight. Glory to the Lord! 
 
 The cough did not leave; then I wrote to Mrs. Dudley 
 again, and asked prayers that the cough should be taken 
 away. While they prayed it left me. 
 
 I felt the Lord wanted me to work for Him and tell 
 what He had clone for me; as soon as I obeyed, I found 
 myself perfectly well and happy in the Lord. 
 
 About a year afterward I met with much opposition 
 and shrank from following Jesus. Little by little I 
 found the old diseases coming back upon me, until I 
 was worse than I was the first time. I would advise 
 every one to do what the Lord wants him to do, that he 
 may not have to learn the lesson the second time as I 
 had to do. 
 
 I became discouraged and went to a specialist, Dr. 
 D. A. McDonald, instead of seeking Divine help again. 
 He told me in the presence of his wife that I had bron- 
 chial consumption in the second stages, and it was a 
 question of a very short time with me unless I had 
 speedy help. My whole constitution was broken down. 
 My heart was in a very bad condition. I had such 
 extreme weakness all over me I could not stay up long 
 at a time. Could scarcely use my right arm, or lift it 
 above my head. My stomach was very weak; day and 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 173 
 
 night there was constant tendency to vomit. In each 
 sickness my eyelids were granulated and sight affected. 
 In short, my sufferings were beyond human description. 
 I had taken the doctor's medicine just one week when 
 Mrs. Dudley came to Dowagiac and sent for me to come 
 and see her, not knowing I was sick again. As soon as 
 I got into the buggy to go to her, I felt my lungs were 
 instantly healed. When she anointed and prayed with 
 me my body was made whole again. Praise the Lord! 
 He has seen fit to prove me this time, and has given me 
 some precious fiery trials, for which I praise Him. I 
 have been very, very happy in the midst of all, and more 
 than conqueror. These trials have made me what I 
 am. I pray that this my experience may be the means 
 in God's hands of leading other dear ones to fully trust 
 Jesus. 
 
 Mrs. George Walters, Grand Kapids, Mich. — I suf- 
 fered for years with diseases of heart, liver, kidneys, 
 and spine, from uterine weakness, also inflammatory 
 piles of the w^orst form. I would lie from one to three 
 days in a week with sick headache, and it was impossi- 
 ble for anyone to come into the room without giving me 
 intense pain. No one but Jesus knew what I suffered. 
 I supposed that I was bearing pain to please the Lord. 
 
 My eldest son was also a sufferer from infancy. The 
 doctor said it would be impossible for him ever to 
 do a hard day's work. That he might possibly live to 
 fourteen years of age, but would never reach twenty. 
 
 He was troubled with inherited diseases of liver, kid- 
 neys and bladder, often being kept under ether for days 
 at a time, because of the great pain. The least weari- 
 
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 ness would throw him into one of those distressing 
 spells, and then he would lie for weeks under the doc- 
 tor's care, being bloated so that he was a sight to 
 behold. 
 
 Oh, how I praise God for the time when I found Jesus 
 a Healer! 
 
 I first met Mrs. Dudley at an afternoon prayer meet- 
 ing. I remember well the first lesson I heard her give, 
 its subject "Faith." Oh, how I praise God for that 
 lesson; it fed my very soul, for I was then sure that 
 was the only way to become well! 
 
 I had been going to these prayer meetings for about 
 four months when we were all taken sick with la grippe, 
 all excepting my husband who had typhoid pneumonia 
 instead. 
 
 He was a very sick man, his temperature at 103 de- 
 grees. The doctor said the fever could not be broken, 
 the disease must run its course. I was nearly dis- 
 tracted, as there was no one to wait upon us. It was 
 truly a house of pain and woe. 
 
 In the evening Sisters Dudley, Xevins and Coryell 
 came to see us. It seemed as though they brought the 
 very presence of God with them, for as they laid their 
 hands upon me in the name of Jesus, in an instant I was 
 healed, and my three children also in the same manner. 
 My youngest son, who was about four years old, jumped 
 up, and clapping his hands, exclaimed, "Jesus makes 
 me well." My eldest son has been in perfect health 
 since. My husband's fever left him, and the entire 
 household was made free in Jesus. It is about four 
 years since we were healed, and my son is strong and 
 well. I can truly praise the Lord, and His praises are 
 continuallv in mv mouth. 
 
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 Mrs. E. L. McLaine, Edgerton, Mich. — In July, 1890, 
 I was thrown from a carriage into a ditch where brush 
 and logs had been cast. My left shoulder was dislo- 
 cated and my head seriously hurt. 
 
 Some time before my injury a neighbor had a similar 
 injury. He procured the best medical aid at hand, 
 which was not successful. He afterward went to Grand 
 Rapids and had the bones reset. However, he was left 
 a cripple in his shoulder and arm. This made me afraid 
 to trust myself in the hands of any doctor. 
 
 The pain continued in my arm and shoulder until No- 
 vember 5, 1891. During this time I was a perfect wreck. 
 My husband went to the "Beulah" Home, in Grand 
 Rapids, and asked prayers that the pain might be 
 removed, so I could ride twenty miles to "Beulah." The 
 prayer was answered, and I had no more hard pain. 
 Miss Agnes Schultz, of the Fourth Michigan Crusade 
 Band, came from "Beulah" in October and told of how 
 the Lord had healed her of throat and lung trouble, 
 and the wonderful work of the Lord there. This gave 
 me hope, but I could not move across the room without 
 increasing the pain. 
 
 I was to go the following day, but the storm pre- 
 vented. As soon as the weather would permit I went, 
 and found Mrs. Dudley absent from home. I heard 
 when she would return, but the word did not reach me 
 until it was too late to meet her at that time. 
 
 Then Mrs. Dudley wrote to me w T hen to come. I 
 went to that dear "Beulah Home" January 25, 1892. 
 My shoulder had dropped two or more inches, was set 
 and helpless. My shoulder blade was not right. The 
 flesh seemed loose from the bone and dropped in a 
 
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 roll over the elbow. My hand seemed lifeless and per- 
 ishing. 
 
 During day and evening Bible readings were given. 
 At the close Mr. and Mrs. Dudley anointed me. Imme- 
 diately the power of the Lord came upon me, and my 
 shoulder, which it was impossible for me to move, be- 
 gan to work up and down. This continued about half 
 an hour. The joint and bones came into place and the 
 life came into my hand and the flesh became natural 
 upon my arm, and I could lift my hand to my head for 
 the first time in seventeen months. My whole being 
 was filled with the Holy Spirit and praise to God. All 
 glory to Jesus! I have had the perfect use of my arm 
 and shoulder since. 
 
 At the same hour of my healing, Mrs. Mary Hender- 
 son, of Cedar Springs, who was also waiting upon God, 
 was instantly healed of insanity, and is now caring for 
 her family and doing her housework, rejoicing in the 
 Lord her Healer. 
 
 The next morning I was attacked with a severe sick 
 headache, to which I have been subject since I was 
 fifteen years of age (I am now forty-nine). I think few 
 ever suffered as I did in this way. I would faint as 
 fast as I could be brought to. This would continue for 
 hours. The Lord healed me entirely of this, also. I 
 have had no symptoms of it since. I was at the same 
 time healed of a numbness that quite frequently came 
 over me, so I had to arise at night and manipulate my- 
 self to bring back the sense of feeling. I had a bad 
 cough left from la grippe, of which I am entirely 
 healed. "The same hour He healed them." 
 
 I give this brief testimony for the glory of God, pray- 
 ing that some poor sufferer who reads it may see their 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 177 
 
 privilege in the atoning blood of Christ for spirit, soul 
 and body. 
 
 Captain Haight, of the Christian Crusaders. — Ships- 
 hewana, Ind., May 5, 1895 — It is now nearly four years 
 since I paid my first visit to "Beulah," 85 Baxter street, 
 Grand Rapids, Mich., Mrs. Dudley's home. I had read 
 her book, and upon my visit received further instruc- 
 tions concerning the truths of the gospel in connection 
 with the doctrine of Divine Healing. 
 
 I at that time accepted Jesus as my Healer, my phys- 
 ical life by faith on the authority of His Word, just as 
 simply as I at first received Him as my Savior, and a 
 few months later as my Sanctifier. I have been very 
 actively engaged in evangelistic work almost continu- 
 ously ever since, both summer and winter. I have been 
 tempted and tried, but my Physician has never failed 
 me. In all that time I have not lost a single evening 
 service because of sickness. The blessedness that has 
 been mine in a spiritual sense has scarcely been less 
 than that in connection with my physical life. I have 
 found a sweetness and rest in Jesus more precious than 
 I had known before. It has not been like healing in the 
 natural way, but to draw upon Jesus day by day for all 
 my need. Others have been taught the way, and have 
 joyfully testified to their victory through the name of 
 an all-sufficient Savior. One lady, Mrs. H. C. Campbell, 
 of Centreville, Mich., was an invalid when we went 
 there to hold the series of meetings recently closed. 
 She had inherited Bright's disease, had been obliged 
 to wear a truss for a long time, and also wore glasses. 
 The truss and glasses she removed, accepted Jesus as 
 
178 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 her physical life, was anointed, and the Lord wonder- 
 fully healed her. She went to work where she had to 
 sit in a draught, a thing she had not been able to do 
 before without taking cold. What cold she had left her, 
 and she has been very joyful in the Lord. Five others 
 there accepted Jesus as their physician and were 
 anointed. 
 
 The Lord has been using us more for the spread of 
 this part of the Gospel in the last few months. Have 
 anointed thirteen or more since the beginning of last 
 winter, who through our teaching largely have accepted 
 Jesus as a full Savior. 
 
 If God's suffering "little ones" will only receive His 
 truth as a little child does, they may be saved from 
 their suffering, with the joy of the Lord instead. 
 
 Yours in the fullness of the blessing of the Gospel of 
 Christ. 
 
 Miss Stella E. Wyatt, now Mrs. Smythe, of Ypsilanti, 
 Mich. — For five years I had spinal trouble, two years of 
 that time confined to my bed. Before the last year I 
 had been able to sit and to walk about the house by the 
 use of a steel brace, but this support became insuffi- 
 cient, and in February, 1887, I was taken down again 
 with but little hope of recovery, as every means had 
 been tried which we could reasonably hope to be bene- 
 ficial. I was very weak, and any attempt to sit or 
 stand produced great distress in my head and in my 
 spine, which was curved in two places. I tried not to 
 be impatient, for I thought it was God's will for me to 
 suffer, but, oh, I wanted to be well. I sometimes won- 
 dered if it was His will for us to be deprived of health, 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 179 
 
 for I remembered that Jesus healed all that had need 
 of healing, and never turned any away. The more I 
 thought of it the more reasonable it seemed to believe 
 that He has the same tenderness for us, who live only 
 a few hundred years later, for I noticed it does not say 
 that He healed them because of any peculiarity in the 
 people or the times, or even to glorify Himself, but be- 
 cause He had compassion on them. And His promise, 
 "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the 
 world," seemed very significant in this connection. Yet 
 I clung to my doubts -and would not believe it meant 
 me. 
 
 I wrote to Miss Judd, and she encouraged me to ask 
 Jesus for my health and to come as simply as those 
 wiiose cases are recorded in the New Testament; and 
 said they would remember me at their meeting Sep- 
 tember 29th. This was about two weeks before, and I 
 looked forward with most intense interest to that day. 
 I thought and prayed about it a great deal, but saw so 
 much I could not understand that I was much troubled. 
 On the afternoon of September 28th I was left alone at 
 my request. I felt that I must know what the dear 
 Lord would have me do. I asked Him to show me, and 
 told him how the perplexities seemed to thicken as I 
 studied the matter, and I was tired of trying to make 
 it clear to myself, and now r I would leave it all to Him. 
 I asked Him to guide me as I should open my Bible, 
 and the first words my eyes fell upon I would take as 
 His answer. These were the words, "Fear not." I 
 closed my eyes, it seemed so wonderful — then read the 
 rest of the verse, "It is you Father's good pleasure to 
 give you the kingdom." I shut my Bible and thanked 
 Him. My prayer was answered. I did not doubt any 
 
180 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 longer, it all seemed so plain. Just at that moment a 
 young lady came in. She asked how I was feeling. I 
 was just replying, "About as usual/' when it came to me 
 that it would not be right to say that, when I had just 
 told Jesus I believed He had answered my prayer. I 
 stopped and changed it to "I am well." She looked 
 surprised, and said she was glad. I asked her to pray, 
 that I might have faith to get up. She knelt soon and 
 began praying for me, and after a few moments I felt 
 that the dear Lord would help me, because I knew He 
 had led me to believe I was well. So I said, "I will get 
 up now." She took my hand and I walked to the ward- 
 robe, dressed myself and went out into the sitting- 
 room, where we knelt together and thanked God for 
 His wonderful works. Then I asked her to read. I did 
 not want to speak, but just to keep close to Jesus, and 
 she read His precious promises, and I knew they were 
 all for me. We sat there an hour, and then my mother, 
 who had been out riding, came in, and what do you 
 think she did? Why, she began to cry, "Dear, -dear, not 
 her, not Stella !" She thought I was trying in my own 
 strength, which would have been rash indeed. My 
 disease was healed according to His promise, and al- 
 though for some time I was not very strong, I have been 
 enabled to do more than I ever could before. 
 
 Last winter I went to school, where I had to climb 
 three flights of stairs two or three times a day, and walk 
 from twenty to thirty blocks. I am so glad to owe 
 everything to the dear Lord. I think it brings us so 
 near Him to depend upon Him this way, and trust Him 
 alone for health. 
 
 The very day and hour that I was healed they were 
 praying for me at "Beulah," but unknown to me, as the 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 181 
 
 request had been sent by a friend without my knowl- 
 edge. 
 
 Mrs. Annie Palmer, Manton, Mich., April 9, 1894. — 
 Born of sickly parents; from both I inherited disease, 
 and was never well. Have had many different diseases, 
 and been under the treatment of twenty-three different 
 physicians. 
 
 For twenty years I suffered greatly from a badly dis- 
 ordered condition of the stomach. God only knows how 
 intense was my suffering, and how much I longed to die. 
 For a year before my healing a very offensive diarrhea 
 afflicted me. My father died of consumption of the 
 bowels, and the doctor said I was now in a fair way to 
 go- as he had. I took all that doctors prescribed, and 
 patent medicines of various kinds, but nothing did me 
 any good. I was a burden to myself and to all my 
 friends. Because of neuralgia in my head, I was par- 
 tially deranged for a while. Altogether miserable! 
 
 One day a friend called, and when I spoke of sending 
 by her for some more medicine, she gave me a pamphlet 
 telling of "Beulah Home," and expressed a wish that I 
 could go there and receive help. As for me to go was 
 out of the question, I told her that I would write, that 
 I had always thought Jesus would heal just as He used 
 to do, if we only had the faith. 
 
 "After I wrote to "Beulah" requesting prayers, how 
 Satan did try to discourage me; telling me I was not at 
 all worthy, and need not hope for healing. I knew per- 
 fectly well that I should die if the dear Savior did not 
 help me. 
 
 When the answer to my letter came, telling me at 
 
182 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 what hour they would join with me in prayer, I told no 
 one, but went away alone, and tried to pray, and to 
 examine the passages of Scripture Mrs. Dudley had di- 
 rected me to read. Satan was by, as usual, endeavoring 
 to discourage me, but I kept on praying, when, at the 
 hour they were to join me, I felt something like electri- 
 city go all through my being. It seemed that Jesus 
 was present, and in Him I was supremely happy. I just 
 sang and praised God. I was healed, body, soul and 
 spirit. Praise the name of our God forever! 
 
 Six years ago I was healed. Can eat anything now 
 without discomfort. Many have been my answers to 
 prayer since then. If sickness comes, I take it to Jesus 
 in this blessed way, and He has always heard and 
 helped. 
 
 A few years ago a lump, half as large as an egg, made 
 its appearance in my breast. My daughter was alarmed 
 and wished me to consult a doctor. Upon examination 
 he pronounced it cancer, and advised that it be cut 
 out at once; but I preferred to entrust the whole mat- 
 ter to the dear Lord, who had done so much for me. I 
 went down to Grand Eapids to "Beulah Home," was 
 anointed, and prayer offered for me by the company 
 present. There was no manifestation of healing, but a 
 peaceful, restful feeling beyond description filled me. 
 "Beulah" is a blessed place. You can feel at once the 
 Divine presence there. 
 
 When I returned home the weather was very warm. 
 Company came to stay a day or two. There was no 
 one to help me, and I had to keep up. All the time my 
 breast hurt me terribly, the intense burning seemed un- 
 bearable. How Satan did try me! He told me I should 
 have listened to my friends and staid at home, that I 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 183 
 
 wasn't healed, etc. But I wrote Sister Dudley all about 
 it, and again they prayed for me; then I felt that I was 
 healed. I think the dear Lord wished to show me that 
 He was the one to trust; that He could heal me at my 
 own home as well as at "Beulah." 
 
 I love Sister Dudley very dearly, and my blessed 
 Savior would show me that my trust was in her more 
 than in Himself. Sister Dudley told me not to touch 
 my breast, nor give attention to its condition. It pained 
 me at times, and Satan tried to discourage me, but my 
 trust was in the Lord. This is written to encourage 
 some poor afflicted one to trust in Jesus. Since enter- 
 ing this life of faith I have learned sweet lessons and 
 have but one desire, to know and do God's will. 
 
 Praise His dear name forever! 
 
 From a letter written by Mrs. Palmer, June 26, 1895, 
 we give this extract. (Ed.) 
 
 "You ask about that bunch. It is gone entirely, and 
 there is no soreness whatever. Praise the Lord! I 
 can, and do trust Jesus for body and soul, now and for- 
 ever. Oh, Pm so glad I ever learned to trust Him. I 
 feel like shouting, Glory, hallelujah! 
 
 Mrs. Rosa Nevins, Six Lakes, Mich., June 3, 1895. — 
 I was all my life a great sufferer from salt rheum on 
 my hands. My finger nails came off very often. I 
 first thought of taking the Lord for my Healer by read- 
 ing the little book "Beulah." 
 
 Then Mr. and Mrs. Dudley came to Moline, where we 
 then lived, to hold meetings. I w^as anointed, did not 
 
184 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 get better, but grew worse for two weeks. Some power 
 seemed to hold niy hands and arms, and kept telling 
 me my hands would never be well unless I put some- 
 thing on them. But for two weeks I kept saying, Xo. 
 The last day I was sitting, holding my hands, they 
 were paining me very much, when Satan said: "You 
 had better put something on your hands or they will 
 never get well." I answered: "I will not; I am trust- 
 ing in Jesus, and I am going to trust Him." 
 
 Then that power left my arms, and I was filled with 
 joy; the victory was the Lord's. My hands got well 
 very fast. That was six years ago, and they are well. 
 Praise the Lord! 
 
 After I was healed, one of my daughter's hands be- 
 came sore with salt rheum. I had to prepare her food 
 upon her plate and she could hardly feed herself. I 
 told her to show her hands to her father. He said 
 she ought to have something done for them. I re- 
 plied: "The same that cured mine is good for hers." 
 He said the medicine that I had taken cured mine. 
 But I sent to "Beulah" for prayers and her hands were 
 healed without any medicine. 
 
 "What a wonderful Saviour is Jesus my Lord." 
 
 Mrs. Emma Sampson, Greenville, Montcalm Co., 
 Mich., P. O. Box 88. — With pleasure I will try to write 
 of my healing, which is only one of the instances of 
 God's mercy to His children who trust Him fully and 
 take Him at His word. 
 
 I was not of a strong constitution, and after becom- 
 ing a mother was somewhat of an invalid. Troubled 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 185 
 
 with my back, and with general weakness. Had also 
 terrible headaches, which would last two or three days, 
 when I would be obliged to lie in a dark room and be 
 very quiet, always feeling, after an attack, that I had 
 passed through a hard sickness. 
 
 For five and one-half weeks after the birth of my 
 third child I did not stand upon my feet. On the last 
 day of that time our house burned, and I received a 
 shock from which I was soon threatened with spinal 
 fever; but God was there, and when I was most dis- 
 couraged, said to me: "Only trust, and thou shalt be 
 made whole." But, sad to say, I did not know how, 
 and although our God had declared many hundred 
 years ago, "I am the Lord that healeth thee," the words 
 were meaningless to me. Different doctors were tried 
 until four had exhausted their skill— and patience, 
 too, I think. One confidently affirmed that but for the 
 remedies used my heart must have failed long ago. 
 Many times I felt that there were but a few hours left 
 me, and would give away the things I prized. There 
 was congestion of the spine and brain, and extreme 
 nervous prostration. I can find no words to express 
 what I suffered. Obliged to be in total darkness the 
 greater part of the time. Unable to sit up. Lying at 
 times for four weeks in succession without having my 
 pillows or bed stirred or hardly touched. Could not 
 turn my bod} 7 , head, or eyes, or be moved by anyone 
 without the most dreadful sensations, as though I were 
 whirling about, flying over the head of the bed, or fall- 
 ing upon the floor. 
 
 Such awful feelings had full possession of me that I 
 died a thousand deaths. I could not straighten my 
 lower limbs or use but one arm. My heart and stomach 
 
186 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 were very bad. I was always cold, yet covered with 
 sweat; if a draft of air reached me I had neuralgia. 
 
 When I could be moved, two persons, one at my 
 head, the other at my feet, carried me in the morning 
 to another bed and back at night. In this condition I 
 lay for four years. Trying everything I could to get 
 well. Had treatment by electricity for nine months; 
 at the end of that time could just lift my head off the 
 pillow, only to let it drop suddenly down. But the lit- 
 tle book, "Beulah," was sent to me. There were times 
 when I could hear someone read a very little; so my 
 mother, who was always with me, read this to me, as I 
 could bear it. 
 
 Very forcibly were the words of truth applied to my 
 mind. I remembered God's word to me in the first of 
 my sickness: "Only trust, and thou shalt be made 
 whole." 
 
 Immediately I left off all medicines, including the 
 laudanum, of which I took a great deal, and sent for 
 Mrs. Dudley to come at once, but received word that 
 she could not come then. At this time a dear ac- 
 quaintance, Mrs. Aggie Nevins, of Moline, who had just 
 been healed, came and prayed with me. I felt the heal- 
 ing power in my back and neck. Could at once turn 
 myself without being dizzy; lie on my left side for the 
 first time in all these years; and even rise up in bed 
 without assistance; but did not understand that I 
 must claim perfect deliverance. 
 
 Later Mrs. Dudley came and anointed me. Upon 
 the following day I walked out to dinner. Had to bor- 
 row clothes to wear. Oh, the great joy of having on a 
 dress, and shoes — to walk again, and to sit in a chair! 
 Only those can tell who, from entire helplessness, have 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 187 
 
 been raised to strength and life. The same week I 
 went to the neighbors and to prayer meeting. Steadily 
 growing stronger. Not long after I was doing my own 
 work, caring for my family, and we live upon a farm. 
 
 Ever since I have found Jesus a present help in time 
 of need. In less than two years after my healing God 
 gave me a nice healthy boy, and he is always strong 
 and well. He is especially dedicated to God, because 
 of His great mercy to me. 
 
 My children trust God instead of taking medicine, 
 and have many times been wonderfully healed. Their 
 simple faith as they unite with me in prayer is often 
 stronger than my own. 
 
 One day, wiien my son Leon was about seven years 
 of age, just before the time he usually brought in the 
 wood for night, he was taken with pain in his stomach 
 — so severe that he lay upon the floor on his face, crying 
 in distress, unable to straighten up or stand. We be- 
 gan to talk of asking God to help him bring in the 
 large chunks of wood. He said he had asked Him, but 
 the pain hadn't stopped. 
 
 I told him of the ten lepers whom Christ healed as 
 they went, and suggested that maybe God wanted him 
 to begin bringing in his wood. He arose with a de- 
 termined effort and went out. As he stooped to lift 
 the first stick all pain left him, and he returned to the 
 house, giving God the glory. Our youngest child, four 
 years old now x , wishes God to pull out the slivers that 
 get into his flesh. And he will go off by himself and 
 talk to the Lord about giving him things, or doing 
 something for him, in a way so simple and trusting that 
 is both touching and amusing. Time fails me to tell 
 
188 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 of all God's mercies. Would that everyone might see 
 and believe His blessed truth. 
 
 Be strong in the Lord! I find that, as I trust Him 
 moment by moment, strength comes just when needed. 
 
 I wish it were possible to describe Mrs. Sampson's 
 appearance when she first walked from her bed to a 
 chair, and back again. She has spoken of the whirl- 
 ing sensation from which she suffered so much. When 
 she first stood upon her feet and attempted to walk, 
 her spine actually had a twisting movement, swaying 
 her whole body. I did not wonder that her brain 
 whirled. — [Ed.] 
 
 Mrs. Reynolds, Six Lakes, Mich. — When living near 
 Greenville, I was sick for about three months. Doc- 
 tored all the time. Was not able to hear much talk- 
 ing, or to talk myself. One Friday morning Mrs. Nev- 
 ins came to see me and told what the Lord had done 
 for her; also, that they had sent for Mrs. Dudley to 
 see Mrs. Sampson. I said: "I wish she would come 
 to see me." Mrs. Nevins promised to bring her when 
 she came. They came the next afternoon, and told me 
 how the Lord had raised Mrs. Sampson that morning. 
 They prayed with and anointed me, laying their hands 
 upon me in the name of the Lord. I arose, dressed my- 
 self, walked across the room and sat down in the door- 
 way, and was healed. 
 
 When my eldest son came home and I told him what 
 the Lord had done for me, he said it did him more good 
 than reading the Bible a year. The next day I told my 
 son to get the carriage. I wanted to go for a ride. 
 We went a mile and a half to call upon Mrs. Stone, who 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 189 
 
 had been to see me the day before I was healed, and 
 who thought I could not live long. When she saw r my 
 son she was frightened and feared I w^as worse. He 
 asked her to come out to the buggy; when she saw me 
 there she was astonished. I went in and told them all 
 about it. The next day I went to work and did all my 
 housework. That was six years ago. One year ago, 
 while my youngest son was sick with lung fever and 
 under the doctor's care, I was taken very sick. One of 
 my friends brought a lady physician. I took her medi- 
 cine until the Lord told Mrs. Nevins to come and pray 
 with me; then I saw my sin and took no more medi- 
 cine, but seemed worse. My son said: "Mother is go- 
 ing to die, and Mrs. Nevins will be to blame." But I 
 got well before he did. Praise the Lord! 
 
 Mrs. Nellie Oonant, Montrose, Mich., October, 1889. — 
 I learned of Mrs. Dudley and her work for Jesus, 
 through her little book, "Beulak." I had been in poor 
 health for several years, when I was taken with typhoid 
 fever and spinal disease, and in four months was so 
 reduced I could not help myself in the least, nor speak 
 a loud word. I left myself in Jesus' hands, seeing He 
 had shed His blood for my body as for my soul and was 
 willing to heal me. One time, when it was thought I was 
 going, my spirit was caught up and I saw Heaven; 
 there were angelic beings, crowned and robed. Filled 
 with glory, I fell at Jesus' feet. He said to me: "You 
 must return to earth and stay awhile." I was then 
 led to send to Mrs. Dudley a request for prayer for my 
 recovery. And at the very hour that united prayer 
 
190 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 was offered for rue, my room was filled with light and 
 glory; Jesus came and spoke peace to my soul, and 
 said, "Arise, thou art whole." He strengthened and 
 lifted me up, and I walked for one-half hour, praising 
 God. 
 
 I am fully consecrated to work and live for Jesus 
 anywhere. God's word is the law^ of my life, and a new 
 beauty, power and holiness seems to shine out on every 
 page. I have complete satisfaction and rest in Jesus. 
 
 Since my healing there has been no response within 
 my nature to temptations from without. Oh! how I 
 praise God for His full and free salvation as it is mani- 
 fested to me. 
 
 Witnesses: Eev. William Coombs, Mrs. 0. R. Coombs, 
 G. W. Ruggles, E. Euggles. 
 
 Mrs. G. Hoebeke, Grand Rapids, Mich., May 22, 1895. 
 — It is with gratitude to my Heavenly Father, and for 
 His glory, that I give my testimony of what He has 
 done for us. 
 
 In the fall of 1893 I first heard of the work Mrs. Dud- 
 ley was doing. Being a sufferer from heart disease 
 and stomach trouble for many years, I thought I would 
 like to see her, and ask if it could be the Lord's wall 
 that I should be sick all the time. I thought, like so 
 many others do, that it was, and, if so, was willing to 
 bear my cross patiently. O, how glad I was when Mrs. 
 Dudley showed me from God's Holy Word that He is 
 willing to heal all that have faith to be healed, and 
 that it is His will that His children should be well. 
 Saturday afternoon, November 11, 1893, I heard these 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 191 
 
 glad tidings. Mrs. Dudley asked me if I was ready to 
 be anointed, and I said, "Yes, I believe the Lord will 
 heal me." I was anointed, the prayer of faith offered, 
 and Jesus healed me instantly. The terrible beating 
 of my heart stopped, all tired and sick feeling left me, 
 and I felt a new strength flow through my whole 
 being. I shall never forget that moment. "Jesus the 
 same, yesterday and to-day and forever." Praise His 
 Holy name! O, that many of God's children might see 
 their privilege in Christ, and see that He bore our sick- 
 nesses, as well as our sins, in His own body on the tree. 
 
 It is a year and a half since I was healed, and we 
 have not had a doctor or used any medicine in our fam- 
 ily since. 
 
 The Lord delivers us from all our diseases. I cannot 
 praise Him enough for giving us all faith to trust Him. 
 When the children have any pain or trouble they say, 
 "Mamma, will you ask Jesus to make us better?" 
 Often they are healed in answer to their own prayers. 
 Divine Healing brings us so near to God, and gives us 
 such spiritual blessing. 
 
 My daughter had catarrh for fifteen years; we tried 
 many remedies and doctored for it, but nothing did 
 any good. She was healed in December, 1893. My 
 eldest son had a bad cough for years, and was always 
 worse in winter. He also took the Lord for his Healer, 
 and was healed. 
 
 Mr. Hoebeke had what the doctor called blood poi- 
 son; red spots breaking out on neck and hands every 
 spring; it being worse each year than the year before. 
 We took it to the Lord and it did not appear last spring. 
 Glory to God! 
 
 Last summer one of the bovs had a sore mouth. His 
 
192 some of the fruits of 
 
 tongue, gums and lips were so sore that he could not 
 talk or eat for two days. We prayed with him, but it 
 got no better. We took him to the meeting and he was 
 anointed. When we arose from our knees he could 
 talk, and the next day was well. 
 
 In the fall he was taken sick and showed the same 
 symptoms as those of my sister's little daughter, who 
 died with brain fever. He had terrible headache, high 
 fever, and w T as very delirious. We did not have a doc- 
 tor, so do not know w^hat it was, but think it was brain 
 fever. O, how sweet it is to trust in Jesus; no anxious 
 care, but a full trust that the prayer of faith shall save 
 the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up. He was 
 anointed on Friday afternoon. The Lord tried our 
 faith and permitted him to get worse until Saturday 
 morning; from that time he recovered rapidly, so that 
 he was up and dressed Sunday. On Saturday a friend 
 said: "You cannot keep that boy." When he came 
 again on Monday he was still better. 
 
 The Lord has done wonderful things for our youngest 
 child, now T four years old. He was always ailing and 
 very weak, but since we took him to the Lord he is 
 strong and healthy. A year ago last winter he had the 
 measles; he was anointed and a few moments later 
 said: "I am all better; put my clothes on." We did; 
 and then he began to play. Another time he had a 
 fever for a few days. I went to the Alliance meeting 
 to ask prayer for him. There was to be another meet- 
 ing in the evening and someone asked me if I were 
 going. I said: "Yes, if baby is better; if not, then I 
 do not like to leave him again." They said : "Did not 
 we ask the Lord to heal him; cannot you believe that 
 He did?" 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 193 
 
 I answered: "Yes, Lord, I believe." It was then 
 about half-past four o'clock. When I reached home 
 I found him better, and asked my daughter how he had 
 been. She said that during the afternoon he had been 
 worse than in the morning; he moaned all the time, 
 and she had to stay with him, holding his hand, until 
 half-past four, when he began to be better at once. I 
 went to that meeting in the evening full of praises to 
 my Lord. 
 
 Last spring he put a small piece of coal in his ear; 
 we tried to get it out, but it went in further. We 
 trusted the Lord to make it come out and went right 
 to sleep, not worrying at all. If we had not trusted 
 Jesus I would not have slept much. The next morn- 
 ing we could not see it, and thought it was out all right; 
 but a few days later there was a swelling near his ear. 
 I asked prayer for him. In the meeting Mrs. Dudley 
 prayed that if it pleased the Lord I might find the piece 
 of coal when it came out, so I could show what our 
 Lord will do for those who trust Him. When I came 
 home the pain and swelling were gone, and I thought 
 again that it was out and lost. Six months later it 
 came out, without pain or anyone doing anything to it. 
 I have it now. 
 
 Last winter he took his brother's sled (without my 
 knowledge) and went sliding on a steep hill, near our 
 home. He had his little hands on the front of the sled, 
 but, being too small to steer it, ran against a tree. To 
 all appearance his right hand was broken; it was 
 badly swollen and he could not lift it up. I took him 
 to Mrs. Dudley, who anointed him, and immediately the 
 swelling went down, and he began to move his fingers, 
 and the next day used his hand again. 
 
194 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 For three years I was troubled with a swelling in the 
 roof of my mouth. It came slowly; at times would 
 pain me badly, sharp pains to my eyes. I went to a 
 doctor and said: "Please tell me just what this is; it 
 won't frighten me, for I shall trust the Lord to take it 
 away.-' He said that it would without doubt be a can- 
 cer, unless opened at once. I was anointed for it, and 
 in three days it had disappeared. Oh, how I love my 
 Jesus! I am so glad I ever learned this beautiful faith. 
 
 Extracts from the letters of Mrs. Cora Elmore, Boon, 
 Wexford Co., Mich., December 11, 1894. — I have been 
 confined to my bed, battling with neuralgia, until my 
 strength is gone; my spine and limbs nearly paralyzed. 
 I ask you, in the name of Jesus, pray at once that this 
 pain may leave me. 
 
 From my birth I have had heart trouble. When 
 about thirteen years of age was so badly injured by a 
 fall that for years I have been a cripple from curvature 
 of the spine. I now apply to the Great Physician, and 
 from this time put myself wholly in His care." 
 
 Later. — I would tell you that your prayers for me 
 were being answered; even before I received your letter 
 I felt a newness creeping through my benumbed limbs; 
 the great weight was taken from my breast; something 
 seemed to say: "Arise and walk." Startled, I listened. 
 Again the voice said: "You have been asked in my 
 name to arise and walk; my strength is sufficient for 
 you." Immediately I arose and walked about the room 
 without pain or fatigue. In a few days discovered the 
 bones in my back to be as straight as they had ever 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 195 
 
 been. The old curves had disappeared, and I was in- 
 deed made whole! O, what rejoicing and thanksgiv- 
 ing filled our hearts and mouths when we saw mani- 
 fested the goodness of God. 
 
 On receipt of the first letter Mr. Dudley and myself 
 knelt in our room. Mr. Dudley voiced the prayer. I 
 felt the answer was given, and could only praise the 
 Lord that He had heard. We were not surprised when 
 the letter came telling of Mrs. Elmore's healing. — [Ed.] 
 
 Mrs. Agnes Peck, Staff Captain of Christian Crusa- 
 ders, Dutton, Mich., September 18, 1895. — My girlhood 
 days were spent largely in pleasure, and especially in 
 the ball-room; in consequence, I soon found a peculiar 
 swelling upon one of my ankles, which was caused by 
 exposure and excessive dancing. 
 
 At the age of seventeen I was converted, and in 1889 
 entered the Crusade work; but all the time my foot 
 grew worse, until I would often fall upon the street. 
 And as doctors told me they could do me no good, and 
 that I would only grow worse and worse as long as I 
 lived, I took no medicine nor treatment for some time 
 before I heard of "Beulah." 
 
 At first I thought that was a Christian Science insti- 
 tution; but when Mrs. Captain Keed went and brought 
 back good news, I concluded to go and see if it would 
 do me any good. I went, and, praise God! although 
 my lungs, too, were so bad that few of my friends ex- 
 pected recovery, yet the Great Physician undertook 
 my case, and I was completely restored, so that my 
 lungs have become strong and my ankle has been 
 
196 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 stronger than it was before my affliction. For five 
 years I have been enabled to walk and work in meet- 
 ings as though I had never been a cripple. What a 
 wonderful Saviour, "Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; 
 who healeth all thy diseases/' 
 
 "Jesus Christ, the same, yesterday, to-day and for- 
 ever." 
 
 There are many witnesses to the above statements. 
 Should any doubt, let them inquire of Staff Captain 
 Mrs. Eeed, Shelby, Mich. 
 
 Mrs. Susie George, 721 Hall Street, Grand Rapids, 
 Mich. — In 1883 I was taken with nervous prostration. 
 Had severe pain in my head; was unable to read, work, 
 care for myself, or even talk with my friends. 
 
 In 1885 I went to Petoskey, Mich. One night, while 
 kneeling in prayer, the devil said to me: "You need 
 not ask for sleep, you've had all you'll ever have in 
 this world." I said: "Then I shall die." He said: 
 "You will, soon." I replied: "I will pray for sleep, 
 anyway." I did pray, and retired. The devil stood at 
 the head of my bed; I could see him in a cloud. He 
 talked to me thus: "The Lord says, 'He that giveth 
 His beloved sleep.' You have not slept for a long time, 
 and will sleep no more; so you can't be one of His be- 
 loved." I answered: "I thought I was one of His be- 
 loved." He said: "Then the Bible is not true, for 
 He does not give you sleep." I cried: "I am undone; 
 what will become of me?" It was an awful moment. 
 It seemed I should die. I exclaimed: "I know the 
 Bible is true, and I know I am His beloved." 
 
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 Then I saw Jesus standing at the foot of the bed, 
 Satan having moved to one corner of the room. As 
 Jesus came where Satan had stood he vanished, and I 
 fell into a sweet sleep, which lasted for hours. But I 
 was not healed; I was taking remedies. 
 
 I soon met dear Sister Chipman, who gave me her 
 experience in Divine Healing. The more I thought 
 about it the more I wanted to take Jesus as my Healer. 
 I said: "Lord, I will give up all remedies and trust 
 Thee." At night I suffered intensely with my heart, 
 but used nothing for relief. All at once the palpitation 
 ceased and I fell asleep. 
 
 A few days later the Lord gave me victory over a ter- 
 rible pain in my head, with the assurance that I was 
 healed and should sleep, and I slept sweetly. On my 
 return to Grand Kapids I was tried by dreams and rest- 
 lessness. I attended Mrs. Dudley's meetings, where 
 she had prayer for me, and for eight years I have had 
 none of this trouble. 
 
 A dreadful cough and night-sweats came upon me 
 last summer. I grew very weak; none who saw me 
 thought I could ever be any better. I wrote to "Beu- 
 lah" for prayers, and the next day all was gone. Since 
 that time the Lord has healed me of serious stomach 
 trouble, and now I can eat whatever I like. My soul is 
 continually blessed. O, praise the dear Lord for what 
 He has done for me. He has never failed me when I 
 have fully trusted Him. 
 
 Mrs. C. Osterle, Grand Bapids, Mich., July 25, 1895 — 
 Two years ago I was very much bloated, and suffered 
 
198 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 much from the dropsical condition of my whole body. 
 I attended the Faith prayer meetings held by Sister 
 Dudley on the west side. 
 
 After hearing the Bible lessons I was anointed and 
 healed of dropsy. At another prayer meeting I was 
 filled with the Holy Ghost. Later I was healed of what 
 the doctor said -was a tumor in my side. While pray- 
 ing by myself and getting ready to die, the Lord told 
 me to go and water my garden. I did so, and the tumor 
 all went away. I do not know where it went. 
 
 Last winter I was taken very sick with la grippe, fol- 
 lowed by erysipelas in my head and face. I was un- 
 conscious for some time. Again the Lord healed me. 
 After my flesh began to heal, the skin peeled off, and 
 my hair came out; nice, new hair came in. This sum- 
 mer, before I left for my southern home, in Clairmont, 
 Va., I had a dreadful attack of what a doctor called 
 acute congestion of the kidneys and bladder. For a 
 few hours the suffering was awful. I sent for Sister 
 Dudley, was anointed and instantly healed. 
 
 Praise the Lord! He is so good to me; He has done 
 so much for me. 
 
 Mrs. Martha Trankler, Grand Kapids, Mich. — Nearly 
 eight years ago I was suddenly attacked with terrible 
 suffering. Our family physician was unable to afford 
 me any permanent help. My health became so poor I 
 saw scarcely a well day, and was constantly under the 
 doctor's care, or taking highly recommended patent 
 medicines. 
 
 In the fourth year a council of doctors (the best in 
 Grand Eapids) was called at two different times. Some 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 199 
 
 of them pronounced the trouble gall-stones, while oth- 
 ers believed it to be neuralgia. I would not go over 
 four weeks, at the longest, often only a day or two, 
 without these terrible spells, lasting twenty-four hours 
 at a time. Nothing but opiates would relieve me, and 
 afterward my lips and nails would turn nearly black, 
 and my skin yellow. 
 
 . Sister Dudley was holding faith meetings in our 
 part of the city. Some of my neighbors, who believed 
 in Divine Healing, called and invited me to attend. I 
 was a professing Christian, had accepted Jesus as the 
 Saviour of my soul. I attended one meeting and did 
 not enjoy it very well, for I thought I could not give up 
 my medicine. I began to search the Scriptures; tried 
 to find a place where Jesus told me to use remedies; 
 but could find nothing to satisfy myself. Almost 
 every time I opened my Bible I would find where Jesus 
 had healed someone. 
 
 "He healed all that were sick." That meant, He 
 would heal me. It also said: "Himself took our in- 
 firmities and bare our sicknesses." Yes, my sicknesses, 
 as well as my sins. The New Testament is full of prom- 
 ises to heal, and the only remedy He showed me was 
 to be anointed with oil in the name of the Lord. So 
 blessed and simple! 
 
 The night before I took the Lord as my Healer passed 
 in communing with Him. The still, small voice kept 
 asking: "Why don't you give up medicine and accept 
 Jesus as your healer?" I promised that I would. In 
 the morning was able to sit up only for a short time, 
 and the enemy persuaded me to wait a little longer, 
 so I took my medicine, as usual. Soon I began to feel 
 very strangely, 0! everything looked so dark I fe't 
 
200 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 as though God had left me all alone. I sent for dear 
 sister. She said the Lord was leading, and wished me 
 to trust Him fully. She read God's promises and 
 prayed with me ; then left me alone with Him. 
 
 I asked Him to let me know His will for myself. He 
 knew I was in earnest; He, alone, knows the prayer. 
 The first that I remember, I was sitting up in bed, say- 
 ing: "No, Lord, I won't take the medicine." I had 
 fully yielded to Him, ready to live or die, as He saw 
 best. I arose much better, worked some that day, and 
 by spells was very happy. That night I fell asleep for 
 a little while, but soon awoke with a chill; fever fol- 
 lowed, and in all my life I never passed such a terrible 
 night. My room seemed to be full of devils ; all were 
 pointing daggers at me and saying: "You will take 
 medicine." I would answer: "I will not; Fin going to 
 trust Jesus." When morning came they left me, very 
 weak. My husband begged me to take the medicine, 
 but I said: "No; I have promised to trust Jesus; He 
 will heal me, if he wants me to live; if not, I am ready 
 to go." I felt very bad all day. At night I asked the 
 dear Lord to let nothing disturb me, and I slept as 
 sweetly as a child. O, how I did thank the Lord when 
 I awoke, and felt a great deal better, and continued to 
 improve. 
 
 Sister Dudley was holding meetings about eight 
 blocks away. After a few days I walked to the meet- 
 ing, and was prayed for and anointed in the name of 
 the Lord for perfect deliverance. I realized no 
 change, but believed God's promises were true. The 
 next morning I felt well, and my whole being was full 
 of praise. When the Lord heals His children He gives 
 them greater blessings than they can ask, or think. I 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 201 
 
 was well for two years, then, through overwork, had 
 other attacks with my stomach. But the Lord always 
 healed me; sometimes, instantly; always, more quick- 
 ly than when remedies were used. I have learned that 
 it means a very humble, close walk with the Lord, if 
 we would retain our healing. I know by experience 
 it pays to trust the Lord for our bodies as well as for 
 our souls. Let us glorify God in our bodies and spirits, 
 which are His. 
 
 Our children have had sicknesses, but the Lord has 
 always healed them. It is a blessed way to teach the 
 children. When ours are sick they at once ask me to 
 pray for them. At one time, my little girl was very 
 sick with erysipelas. We had prayer for her, but she 
 seemed no better. I asked if she wanted the doctor. 
 She said, No, I wish you would send for Mrs. Dudley. 
 She came, and Alta said she felt better while she w T as 
 praying for and anointing her. To God be all the 
 glory! We give none to Sister Dudley, neither does 
 she want any. I praise God that He so wonderfully 
 uses her to point the suffering ones to Jesus, and I pray 
 earnestly that some may be benefited by reading this 
 and be led to Him who is more willing to give than we 
 are to receive. "According to your faith be it unto 
 you." 
 
 "Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him, 
 
 How I've proved Him o'er and o'er, 
 Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus! 
 
 Oh, for grace to trust Him more." 
 
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 Mrs. EL A. Crane, Sparta, Kent Co., Mich. — Four 
 years ago last March I was much troubled with my left 
 ear. I was somewhat deaf, and from a gathering in my 
 head there was a very offensive discharge, for at least 
 six weeks, when a peculiar worm-like substance v> T as 
 expelled, the discharge continuing. At this time I 
 went to Beulah Home for a short visit. 
 
 Mrs. Dudley, observing the cotton I had in my ear, 
 spoke of it, asking if I did not know it was liable to 
 cause deafness. Then I told her my trouble. She re- 
 plied: "Let us have it healed." I removed the cotton, 
 we knelt, and I was enabled to believe that the Lord 
 would heal me. I just took my healing from His hand 
 as I would take a gift from a friend, and could at once 
 see that there was no more discharge from my ear; no 
 tenderness; and my hearing was fully restored. The 
 wax formed in a natural way, and the ear has been per- 
 fectly well ever since. 
 
 Mrs. Lizzie Miller, Casnovia, Kent Co., Mich. — All 
 glory to Jesus for His healing power ! 
 
 I had what the doctors called the old-fashioned ling- 
 ering consumption for fifteen years. The year before 
 I was healed there were frequent hemorrhages of the 
 lungs. Dr. Luke, of Canton, Ohio, where I then lived, 
 said that my left lung was entirely gone and the right 
 one badly affected. In 1879, when I left Ohio for Mich- 
 igan, Dr. Scott said I could not live six weeks. I could 
 not walk alone. Had not spoken aloud for more than 
 three months. On my arrival, Dr. Coon was called and 
 said I was in the last stages of consumption, I began 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 203 
 
 to study my Bible and to believe I could be healed by 
 the Lord. I gave up all human means and in three 
 months was perfectly well. In 1892 Dr. Coon exam- 
 ined me for a life insurance policy, and was surprised 
 to find that I had two strong lungs and could expand 
 them three inches. In 1888 a tumor came in my left 
 side. It was very heavy and growing so fast I could 
 not get around without great pain. To satisfy my 
 parents, with whom I was staying, Dr. March was 
 called, who thought best to perform an operation for 
 its removal, but upon examination, finding that I had 
 Bright's disease also, he refused to operate upon the 
 tumor, saying I could not live long. I was bed-fast sev- 
 eral weeks; but knew I should get well. I told the 
 doctor, and he said I would better call some one to 
 pray for me; there was no human help for my case. 
 No one would pray for my healing, for they believed 
 I was going to die. I prayed all the time, and kept my 
 hand upon the tumor. I knew it would go suddenly, 
 and I wanted to feel it go. One day I became discour- 
 aged and was thinking of calling another doctor, when 
 a voice said to me: "Can't you trust Jesus and take 
 Him as your physician?" I arose, knelt, and exclaimed: 
 "Yes, I can." When I arose I felt like a new person. 
 I was alone, went to work, did a two-weeks' washing, 
 took up the kitchen carpet and washed a part of that, 
 prepared supper, did up the work, and walked a mile 
 to prayer-meeting in the evening. Upon retiring for 
 the night I arranged the pillows for my sitting up, as I 
 had been obliged to do for a year. The voice said to 
 me: "Why don't you lie down? You are healed." 
 
 I lay down and was soon asleep. My husband kept 
 waking me. He thought I was dying, as the doctor 
 
204 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 had told him I was liable to drop away suddenly. In 
 the morning the tumor was gone, and my kidneys w^ere 
 well. I went about my work singing praises to my 
 Healer. 
 
 In 1890 I returned to Michigan and attended a Chris- 
 tian Alliance Convention, held in the Division Street 
 M. E. Church, Grand Bapids, where I met Mrs. Dudley, 
 of whom I had heard before leaving Ohio. Soon after 
 I was attacked, suddenly and severely, with inflamma- 
 tion of the kidneys and bladder. I could not get the 
 victory alone, as I had done before. I wrote to Sister 
 Dudley for prayer, and was healed as soon as she re- 
 ceived the letter and prayer was offered. 
 
 Later I was taken with severe pain in my stomach 
 and bowels. I was bowed together with the pain and 
 could in nowise lift up myself. Dr. Vanderveen, who 
 lived in the same building, pronounced it inflammation. 
 I sent for Sister Dudley and was instantly healed while 
 she prayed for and anointed me. I arose and walked 
 with her down a flight of stairs and to the street corner 
 with perfect ease. 
 
 Last winter I had very bad spells with m.j heart. 
 One day I was with my sister-in-law, in Dr. Whiteagle's 
 office, when the doctor, noticing my condition, said 
 there was no cure for such an inherited heart disease. 
 I went to "Beulah" for prayer. This time was not in- 
 stantly healed, but learned sweet lessons of trust while 
 the healing went on. 
 
 All praise to Him, who did strengthen and heal my 
 heart. It is good to trust in Jesus, my Saviour, Sancti- 
 fler, Healer, and coming Lord. 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 205 
 
 Mrs. Mary Halladay, Stetson, Mich. — To honor and 
 glorify my dear Saviour I write the story of my healing, 
 trusting that the Holy Spirit may use it to lead other 
 suffering ones to search the Scriptures for deliyerance 
 from all the power of the enemy. 
 
 I was an invalid for oyer eight years, with troubles 
 such as many of my sisters haye. During the greater 
 part of that time I was unable to do eyen a little sew- 
 ing. I would be in bed for months at a time, and was 
 almost constantly under the care of a physician, or was 
 trying some remedy that had been recommended to me. 
 At times I would get a little relief and gain a little 
 strength, but would soon be as sick as ever. At last I 
 strained my side, from a very slight exertion, and 
 shortly after was taken down so ill and weak that I 
 could not turn in bed when the weight of the bed cloth- 
 ing was resting upon me. Then I became so weak that 
 I could not turn myself at all, or even feed myself. I 
 had read some testimonials of healing in the Christian 
 Alliance. Had heard, too, in other ways, of some who 
 had been healed by the Lord. I had been treated so 
 much by physicians, with so little success, and as I was 
 getting weaker, I believed that there was no other help 
 but in the Lord. I threw aside my remedies, for I did 
 not believe I would be trusting the Lord if I depended 
 upon them. I believed that God was able and willing 
 to heal me, but did not quite understand hovr to take 
 the healing. My husband sent for Mrs. Fletcher, of 
 Toronto, who kindly came and taught me many Bible 
 truths that I had not known before. She anointed me, 
 and the Lord gave me courage to arise in His strength. 
 Praise His name! I was healed. 
 
 But it was just according to my faith that I received 
 
206 SOME OP THE FRUITS OF 
 
 strength. Satan discouraged me with symptoms. I 
 wrote to Mrs. Fletcher about it. She wrote, in reply, 
 that it was the enemy who was troubling me, and that 
 I was to press forward in the strength of the Lord, be- 
 lieving that I was healed, as I had obeyed the command 
 in James 5:14. I began to sew, and after doing a large 
 quantity of that, I commenced doing my own house- 
 work. I continued doing it until the next summer, 
 wiien the enemy made me believe I had been working 
 too hard. I was taken so ill it seemed that I could not 
 live, but did not feel that I could take healing unless I 
 again obeyed the command in James. During my first 
 illness we were living in Canada ; after my healing we 
 moved to Michigan. As it was not then convenient to 
 send for Mrs. Fletcher, my husband wrote to Mrs. Dud- 
 ley, of Grand Kapids; but as I grew weaker and sank 
 so rapidty, and very soon could not move nryself, he 
 telegraphed for her to come at once, and to pray that I 
 might live until she reached me. 
 
 Satan hindered her, she was directed to the wrong 
 boat, missed the train, and was delayed twenty-four 
 hours. They told her at the station that I might not 
 be alive, as I had been in a dying condition for several 
 days. She reached me late in the evening. 
 
 After prayer, in the strength of the Lord I turned 
 myself in bed. Bible instructions were given me in 
 the forenoon of the next day, I was anointed, and in 
 the name of the Lord arose and dressed, with a little 
 assistance, walked a few steps, and sat up some time. 
 On the next day went out to my meals and began to 
 help about the work, and soon to do it with better 
 health than before. Praise His name! 
 
 My sister gave her heart to Jesus at the same hour 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 207 
 
 that I was healed. We immediately opened cottage 
 prayer meetings at the hour of the "Beulah" meetings, 
 with much blessing. I have learned to take the life of 
 the Saviour and to praise Him more. If we do not 
 praise the Lord for what blessings we have received, 
 we need not expect much more until we have done our 
 duty. Phil. 4:6. What a complete Saviour we have. 
 One who has made full atonement for our sins and 
 sicknesses. Oh, that more of God's children would see 
 their privilege as it is in Jesus. 
 
 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me 
 bless His Holy name! 
 
 Mrs. L. Crowell, 723 Hall Street, Grand Bapids.— I 
 had nervous prostration, heart trouble, and indigestion; 
 could eat very little, and everything I did eat distressed 
 me. There was great irregularity of the bowels, awful 
 weakness; could not be on my feet at all without in- 
 creasing the difficulty. There was much pain in the 
 back of my head and neck; could neither sew nor read. 
 
 During these years of suffering five doctors attended 
 me. The last one, Dr. Fuller, gave his opinion that 
 there was no hope of cure unless it should be in a surg- 
 ical operation, full of risk and attended with great un- 
 certainty as to its results. The more medicine I took 
 for my stomach the worse it became. I depended upon 
 a nervine to sustain me; was always worse when I 
 stopped taking it. Dr. Fuller advised me to use no 
 medicine except the nervine; I was much discouraged. 
 
 After a few months I went with Mrs. George to the 
 weekly prayer meeting at "Beulah" ; there I requested 
 
208 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 prayer, and the pain left my side for the first time in 
 months. I continued to attend the meetings, and 
 through the instructions given was led to trust Jesus; 
 received the anointing and was healed. 
 
 Within a year I was taken very severely with 1^ 
 grippe; fell back, and resorted to cough medicines, but 
 derived no benefit. My lungs were very sore. I had 
 chills, fever, and night-sweats. My strength was fail- 
 ing rapidly. I visited "Beulah," received Bible instruc- 
 tions, prayer and anointing, and was made well and 
 happy. 
 
 Mrs. Libbie Proud, Manton, Wexford Co., Mich., De- 
 cember 20, 1894. — From my youth up I have always 
 been sickly. Besides having all the diseases of child- 
 hood, I had chronic inflammatory rheumatism, a severe 
 attack of brain fever, two attacks of typhoid fever, and 
 black erysipelas very badly. I believe now that my 
 life was spared in answer to the prayers of God's people. 
 
 During ten years of my married life could but just 
 keep about in pain and suffering, because of weakness 
 peculiar to my sex. There were several premature 
 births; at the last I came very near to death, and doc- 
 tors said that uterine ligaments of the right side were 
 broken. I was obliged to wear a support and use rem- 
 edies and expected to suffer on as long as I lived, but 
 our kind Heavenly Father sent Mrs. Dudley this way, 
 and I learned that it was not necessary for me to en- 
 dure such distress, or to trust in human means for re- 
 lief, and I was enabled to lay my sickness and infirmi- 
 ties over on Jesus, my burden-bearer. Now, for nearly 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 209 
 
 six years, I have been proving that the Great Physician 
 is all I need. 
 
 A number of times since my healing I have sinned 
 through overwork and worry and suffered in conse- 
 quence, yet have been healed each time through faith 
 in the Divine Healer. When my faith became too small 
 and weak I have written to the "Beulah" Home for 
 prayers. 
 
 Within four years I have given birth to three chil- 
 dren, the last a nice ten-pound boy; a very short and 
 easy confinement ; almost no sickness, and with scarce- 
 ly any discomfort. 
 
 Oh, my suffering sisters, praise the Name of our De- 
 liverer! 1 Tim. 2:15. Prayer and trust are better 
 than drugs. The life of Jesus keeps one well and happy 
 and readv for His service. 
 
 Miss Ida L. Conrad, Ludington, Mich., May, 1895. — 
 For years I was troubled with a very weak back, so 
 that I was not able to do any heavy work, especially 
 anything requiring me to stoop over, as in washing. 
 Sometimes, after I had taxed my strength too far, I 
 suifered from backache for weeks; but I bore it patient- 
 ly, thinking there was no remedy for it, and that what 
 could not be cured must be endured. 
 
 But the Lord saw, and had compassion on me, send- 
 ing His servants, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley, to tell me that 
 the Lord meant just what He said when He declared 
 to us, His people, that "Himself took our infirmities and 
 bare our sicknesses." 
 
 They showed me plainly from the Word of God that 
 
210 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 Jesus is the Healer of soul aud body, "The same yester- 
 day, to-day, aud forever," aud the Holy Spirit brought 
 the truth home to my heart, so that I dared uot reject 
 it. Praise His uame! 
 
 As soon as I saw that the Lord had made it my privi- 
 lege to claim healing, it also became my duty, and I 
 stepped out upon His promises of healing as did the 
 children of Israel upon the promised land, and claimed 
 what my feet trod upon, in the name of the Lord. And 
 He speedily gave me the victory; but not without cour- 
 age and action on my part; for at this time my mother's 
 health had broken down and I was called home to re- 
 lieve her of the housework on the farm, and my strength 
 was about failing, when the Lord sent me this word of 
 His willingness and power to heal. I at once took Him 
 for my strength, and though I was tired and had a very 
 lame back, so that it seemed impossible to go on with 
 my work, I arose in the name of the Lord and did a large 
 washing, and to my joy found myself actually rested 
 when it was done. 
 
 From that time I have had strength for all my Lord 
 has given me to do. So I know by experience that what 
 He has promised He is able and will perform. For 
 three years Jesus has been my only physician, and at 
 every time when the enemy has attacked my body He 
 has delivered me, and I never before enjoyed such good 
 health. The Lord has taught me that He is the source 
 of life and I can draw from Him continually; or, in 
 other words, He is in me a well of water springing up 
 into everlasting life. 
 
 O, praise Him for His name Jehovah Eophi. 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 211 
 
 Miss Carrie Johnson, Mission Worker, Grand Rapids, 
 July 22, 1895. — Through overwork and exposure my 
 lungs became much diseased, extremely sore, and pain- 
 ful, and I was taken very ill with chills, fever, and 
 night-sweats. A severe cough, raising a great deal of 
 phlegm, especially in the morning. After one week of 
 great suffering I sent for Sister Dudley and was anoint- 
 ed and prayed with. 
 
 The weakness was so great it was all I could do to 
 kneel, or w^alk across the room. I was very much 
 helped, but I felt I needed rest. Some friends thought 
 I ought to go and help in the evening meeting. I walked 
 to the Mission, about four blocks away; took charge of 
 the young people's meeting, and played the organ in 
 the regular service. I began to grow weary and start- 
 ed for home; was taken with a chill, followed by hard 
 pain in my right lung. This continued three days, then 
 went to my side. The cough increased, I lost flesh rap- 
 idly, and the devil told me I would die of quick con- 
 sumption in about two weeks, and my friends thought 
 so, too. 
 
 I said: "Lord, if my work is done, I am willing." 
 But I did not believe it was; and asked Jesus, if He 
 would heal me, to take those thoughts from my mind. 
 They left me at once. 
 
 I soon went to "Beulah," and remained ten days. I 
 had been there five days w'hen the chills, fever, and 
 night-sweats left me. Gradually the cough and all 
 other symptoms went away. I regained flesh and 
 strength. Praise the Lord! From that time, now one 
 year, I have been in health, and have worked night and 
 day in the Mission, singing in the nightly open-air meet- 
 ings. I realize, more and more, with a heart full of 
 
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 praise and gratitude, what the dear Lord has done 
 for me. 
 
 Mrs. Nettie Pratt Card, of Corunna, was converted 
 at the age of eleven. The same year she fell from a 
 swing backward, seriously injuring her head and spine, 
 causing many years of suffering. Some years later, 
 fell again upon frosty steps with her arms full of wood, 
 and for eight years suffered great pain in her hand and 
 arm. Was again prostrated and placed under severe 
 medical treatment, which resulted in very little good. 
 Another fall rendered her almost helpless, with in- 
 creased suffering, baffling the skill of the best physi- 
 cians. About two j^ears before her healing, a severe 
 cold terminated in asthmatic bronchitis; came near 
 death. Her doctor sent the wrong remedies, which she 
 could not take; when he came and discovered his mis- 
 take, was glad she had not taken them. This illness 
 left her with chronic bronchitis, also with weak eyes. 
 
 In February, 1889,^ she was again seized with acute 
 bronchitis, extreme inflammation of the eyes with 
 granulation of the lids. For many months she was 
 obliged to remain in a darkened room alone; and yet 
 not alone, for her Saviour was with her. She suffered 
 much, and the thought of being blind was terrible. 
 Her physician said she must not cry under any circum- 
 stances, and must stop whistling and singing the 
 hymns which had cheered her lonely hours, lest her 
 throat become worse; stating frankly that her dis- 
 eases were incurable, and advising her to consult Dr. 
 Flemming Carrow, a specialist, of Bay City, who cor- 
 roborated the statement of her horae physician, but 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 213 
 
 advised her to return and remain under his daily treat- 
 ment. 
 
 In a few days a friend, Miss Eva Lindsley, who had 
 been healed through the united prayers of Mrs. Dora 
 Dudley, of Grand Eapids, and Miss Carrie Judd, of Buf- 
 falo, called to see her, and related her wonderful ex- 
 perience, saying God was no respecter of persons, and 
 He w ould also heal her. After praying with her, Miss 
 Lindsley told of Mrs. Dudley and of the "Beulah" Home, 
 in Grand Rapids. 
 
 As she was unable to be taken there, a friend, Miss 
 Libbie Murray, wrote, requesting prayer for her. That 
 evening she gave up all remedies and sought the Lord 
 for healing. Soon she was taken with neuralgia of the 
 stomach, and the evil one whispered : "Now you'll have 
 to send for the doctor and take medicine again." She 
 answered : "No, I have placed myself in the hands of 
 the Lord; by His grace I will not yield."' In a little 
 time the pain ceased and she rested well. The next 
 day she asked Jesus to strengthen her eyes so that she 
 could see to read her coarse print Bible. Her joy was 
 great as she once more read the sacred Word. She ex- 
 pressed a wish to attend the weekly prayer meeting. 
 Eva replied: "Maybe the Lord wants you to go; why 
 not ask Him?" She had not walked so far for more 
 than four years. When she stepped upon the veranda 
 a strange sensation very like electricity thrilled her, 
 but she did not realize that she was healed. 
 
 A letter was received from Mrs. Dudley, naming the 
 hour they would pray for her. During the three days 
 of preparation by prayer and Bible study the Lord 
 seemed very near, and gave her some hard questions 
 to answer. Among them were: "Are you willing to 
 
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 glorify my name if you are healed? To give up worldly 
 pleasures, and all your friends for my sake? Are you 
 willing to die?" She replied: "To die is gain." At this 
 decision the glory of God filled the room. She felt the 
 presence of her Saviour and His loving hand rested 
 upon her head. She seemed to stand at the gate of 
 Heaven with only a breath between her and the bliss of 
 paradise, thinking how x sublimely happy she would be 
 to pass into the city beyond, when a sw T eet voice said: 
 "You are not to go now, for I have healed you." 
 
 The following day she attended church, morning and 
 evening. This seemed like a dream to her, as she had 
 not seen a well day for eleven years. At the hour 
 prayer was to be offered for her at "Beulah" a few 
 friends met with her to wait upon the Lord; His pres- 
 ence was very manifest and His dear hands rested upon 
 her head during the entire meeting, and she exclaimed: 
 "Oh, the rapture of His presence; the fullness of His 
 love!" She immediately went about household duties, 
 gaining rapidly in strength, and able to eat anything 
 she chose. 
 
 November 16, 1890, Mrs. Card went to Beulah Home 
 for Bible instructions, and was so greatly blessed she 
 was strongly impressed that if her neighbor, Mr. Iver- 
 son, should visit the Home he also would be healed. 
 He had been thrown from a moving train of cars, 
 breaking one rib from the spine and one in front; also 
 something about the collar bone and shoulder were 
 broken; the doctors did not quite agree what it was. 
 Also the elbow was injured. Each doctor said he could 
 cure him, but he grew T worse, suffering very much night 
 and day. He could not feed himself w T ith his right 
 hand, and, if in one position long at a time, could not 
 
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 move it without doing so with the other hand. He 
 could not change his clothes alone. After hearing sev- 
 eral Bible readings he received the anointing, and, 
 while Mr. and Mrs. Dudley's hands were yet on his 
 shoulder, all felt the working of the shoulder while 
 the Lord was doing the work. When they arose 
 from their knees they said: "In the name of Jesus, 
 stretch forth your hand." He did so. Truly, it was 
 as whole as the other. He said he felt the heal- 
 ing begin in a very sore spot in the back and 
 work up the shoulder and neck, and dow^n in the front 
 and then he realized he was healed. He at once began 
 to test the genuineness of Christ's healing power by 
 moving his arm with perfect ease in every direction; 
 also by feeding and dressing himself. He has been w^ell 
 and in good working order ever since. 
 
 Three years later Mrs. Card paid another visit to Beu- 
 lah. For some time she had been suffering with neu- 
 ralgia of the stomach and inflammation of the bladder. 
 Her husband joined with her in prayer, but the victory 
 did not come at home. While at Beulah she learned 
 beautiful lessons of faith, was healed, and filled with 
 the Holy Ghost. She has never had the least desire to 
 return to physicians or any human remedies. 
 
 Miss Libbie Murray, Chesaning, Mich., September 
 12, 1895. — From the effects of a cold she had a bad 
 cough, and what the doctors said was consumption, 
 and a form of congestive chills; they had told her 
 mother she could not keep her Libbie long. 
 
 After Eva Lindsay w T as healed she wrote to "Beu- 
 lah" for prayers for herself and Nettie Pratt. The ene- 
 
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 my whispered : "You will have to take quinine to keep 
 off those chills." Very soon she felt a chill coming upon 
 her, and her mother, as usual, went to help her. Libbie 
 said: "Mother, let's pray first; I have taken Jesus for 
 my physician." (She had not wanted anyone to know 
 this.) Then Jesus asked her if she would tell that she 
 had taken Him. She was willing, and soon became 
 warm, slept sweetly, and the next clay was as well as 
 usual. 
 
 Each fall for three of four years she was threatened 
 with chills; but after she had no more fear of them she 
 was no more threatened with them. After having la 
 grippe five years ago she was nearly blind in her right 
 eye; both eyes troubled her very much. Some months 
 later she w^ent to "Beulah" and was much benefited 
 both physically and spiritually. Has been there three 
 times and learned sweet lessons of trust. Now she 
 praises the Lord, for her sight is nearly perfect, saying: 
 "Oh, it pays to trust Jesus." 
 
 At another time she had rheumatism; her feet and 
 limbs were swollen, and so tender she could not endure 
 anything to touch one. She wrote to Mrs. Dudley for 
 prayers, and Thursday afternoon during their prayer 
 hour she was healed, and has never had any rheuma- 
 tism since. It is now eight years since she saw it her 
 privilege to trust Jesus for her body. She says that 
 she has not always felt well, but has trusted Jesus, and 
 been drawn nearer to Him. He is very precious to her 
 and she has no other desire than to trust Him fully. 
 
 Miss Maggie E. Townley, leader of the Eevival Band 
 Mission Work in Grand Bapids, was blessedly healed 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 217 
 
 of a complication of diseases, and called into the Evan- 
 gelistic work. For several years she was lacking in 
 Scriptural knowledge on the subject of Divine heal- 
 ing, and was not able to hold the blessing of health by 
 faith, but depended upon many little remedies. 
 
 When she came to Grand Rapids to engage in the 
 Waterloo Street Mission work, she became acquainted 
 with Mrs. Dudley, and her clear spiritural teaching on 
 full salvation for soul and body. She at once accepted 
 God's gracious promises made for His consecrated, 
 trusting children, and became strong in the Lord and 
 in the power of His might for every good word and 
 work. Since engaging in the Revival Band work in 
 Grand Rapids, a violent attack of la grippe left her 
 in a weak, suffering condition, and with a hard cough. 
 Mrs. Dudiey was called to see a young man at the Mis- 
 sion building, and while there prayed with and anoint- 
 ed Miss Townley, and the blessed Holy Ghost quick- 
 ened and healed her. She has a very frail constitution, 
 but has learned to take Divine strength and health for 
 all the great work God has committed to her care. 
 
 Mr. Edw x ards of Fremont was instantly healed of 
 chronic erysipelas in the nose and upper lip, of six 
 years' standing, which had caused him great suffering. 
 He w^as at the same time delivered from the appetite 
 for tobacco, to which he had been a perfect slave for 
 thirty years. 
 
 He told Mr. John Miller of Mrs. Dudley's visit to 
 the place and how he was healed through her prayers. 
 Mr. Miller sent at once for Mrs. Dudley to come and 
 
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 see his wife, who had been sick a long time with cancer 
 and tumor, and had been given up by the doctors. She 
 was a great sufferer and had not walked or stood for 
 four months. Her mind also was in a pitiful state, 
 causing her to wring her hands and cry, lost, lost. 
 
 Mrs. Dudley closed the door upon all, and alone with 
 the sufferer first cast out the devils in Jesus' name, 
 and asked the blessed Lord to bring His quietness 
 upon her and fill her with Himself. 
 
 She immediately became quiet, was then anointed 
 and prayed for. At once she rose from her bed, dressed 
 and walked out to dinner, and ate just what the others 
 ate — meat, potatoes, cabbage, mince-pie, etc. She had 
 not been able to take any hearty food for several 
 months. While she was at the table her husband, who 
 had been putting out his team, came into the kitchen, 
 and was so surprised that he did not come into the 
 dining-room. She arose from the table, went into the 
 kitchen, stood and talked with him, then she returned 
 and finished her dinner. Her son was told that his 
 mother was dressed and walking about, but he said 
 he did not believe it. Several months later he said: 
 "Things have been very different in our home since 
 mother was healed." 
 
 He has since given his heart to Jesus. Mr. Miller 
 said it was the power of God, for his wife could not 
 stand any more than that stick which he held in his 
 hand. Mrs. Miller says she has never done larger 
 washings or harder work than she has done since her 
 healing. 
 
 None of the healed ones are more filled with the 
 Holy Spirit and overflowing with praises and thanks- 
 giving than dear Sister Miller. 
 
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 Mrs. Humphrey, Cedar Springs, Mich., October 14, 
 1895. — Many years ago, when Mrs. Humphrey lived in 
 England, one of her lower limbs broke out in sores 
 from the effects of milk-leg. She suffered much, but 
 often while dressing the sores she would get so blessed 
 that a near neighbor would call to inquire the cause of 
 her happiness, when she would tell her she felt the 
 assurance that the Lord was going to heal her; but it 
 grew worse, and for w T eeks at a time she could not do 
 her housework or step upon the diseased foot. The best 
 medical treatment availed nothing. After coming to 
 America her general health failed and she was con- 
 fined to her bed the greater part of the time. 
 
 She had a wonderful Christian experience and when 
 she first heard Sister Dudley declare the Gospel of 
 healing, the truth was acceptable; but her mind not 
 being clear upon some points, she continued to em- 
 ploy a physician and was brought very low. Her 
 limb was terribly swollen, of a dark-purple color, and 
 full of corruption. There were seven running sores 
 upon it, from which pieces of bone had been discharged, 
 and a large, hard swelling under the knee would not 
 soften. 
 
 She was reduced to a skeleton; the urinary discharge 
 was very copious and nearly as dark as ink; there was 
 awful pain in her spine, and for seven nights sleep 
 could not be induced. 
 
 At this time two sisters were led to go and pray for 
 her healing. When they reached her she was so low 
 that, although intimately acquainted with them, she 
 did not know who they were. Her eyes were glassy; 
 the presence of death could be felt. The sisters knelt 
 to pray and in the all-powerful Name laid their hands 
 
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 upon her. Soon Jesus manifested Himself, and the 
 three began to shout and praise God aloud. Sister 
 Humphrey said she plainly saw Jesus upon the cross, 
 and as the hands were laid upon her in His name, she 
 felt a prickling sensation and a strange quickening go 
 through her whole body, especially in the dreadfully 
 diseased part. She sat up and moved the limb with- 
 out pain. The glassy look left her eyes. She ate and 
 slept; the swelling broke and discharged without 
 pain, poultice, or medicine; nearly all the sores healed. 
 
 Sister Dudley was sent for and anointed her, after 
 which her recovery was very rapid. 
 
 All discoloration was removed, the sores entirely 
 healed, and though she had suffered for twenty-five 
 years, she was soon able to walk two miles to church, 
 to tell of what the Lord had done for soul and body. 
 
 Mrs. Addie Kies Whedon, 429 Lansing Avenue, Jack- 
 son, Mich. — "Bless the Lord, O my soul; and forget not 
 all His benefits, who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who 
 
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 How my soul goes out in praise and thanksgiving 
 to God for the healing of my poor diseased body, after 
 three physicians had decided that nothing could be 
 done for me except I should undergo a most dangerous, 
 painful and delicate surgical operation. I had suf- 
 fered for three years with two uterine lacerations, the 
 edges of which were calloused and covered with hard 
 bunches, with inflammation, enlargement, and prolap- 
 sus, accompanied with a very, very disagreeable and 
 offensive discharge. 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 221 
 
 My kidneys were also so diseased that the odor of 
 the evacuation was like decayed meat, and the suffer- 
 ing and pain I endured were so excruciating that I 
 often cried for death. 
 
 My throat and bronchial tubes were badly diseased; 
 it hurt me to move my arms in any way, or to rise up 
 when lying down. 
 
 Disease had so weakened my mind that I could not 
 remember even my own name at times. My nervous 
 system was prostrated, and such fear took possession 
 of me that I was afraid of my shadow. I was often 
 confined to my bed for weeks at a time, and nothing 
 relieved me. 
 
 A friend, Mrs. Winchester, told me about the Beulah 
 Home, Grand Eapids; she wished me to go there and 
 meet Mrs. Dudley. 
 
 I spoke to my physician about Divine Healing, and 
 he said if the Lord could set a bone and heal it, then 
 I might be cured, for my disease came under the same 
 category. 
 
 I asked the Lord to direct me in a clear way, that I 
 might know if it was His will I should be healed. At 
 last I fully decided to trust Jesus. The time I planned 
 to go to Grand Eapids (which was the day of the week- 
 ly meeting at "Beulah") I was taken with heart failure 
 and brought down to death's door; the marks of death 
 were on my face and finger nails, and purple spots 
 were all over my body. 
 
 As I did not reach "Beulah" in time for the meeting 
 united prayer was offered for me, and at that very 
 hour a great change came over me for the better. The 
 following week I was carried to and from the hack 
 into the car. When I reached Charlotte I thought I 
 
222 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 would have to take the return train home, but I cried 
 unto the Lord and strength was given, so I finally 
 reached "Beulah." 
 
 Mrs. Dudley gave me a Bible reading on the Scrip- 
 tural causes of sickness. The Spirit pressed home the 
 truth, but I rebelled at the thought that sin was the 
 cause of my diseases, and that I was under the curse. 
 I went to my room, and after a great struggle God 
 gave me the victory. In the evening Mrs. Dudley 
 anointed and prayed with me. I could feel my old 
 diseased self pass away, and my whole being was 
 filled with a new life. 
 
 I was instantly healed and seemed as light as a 
 feather. Praise the Lord! I came home Monday 
 evening. Tuesday afternoon I walked three-fourths 
 of a mile to see a lady who thought I would die on the 
 train. I have gained fifteen pounds in six weeks. I 
 can never express what God has done for me. As I 
 go about my daily duties my heart is overflowing with 
 praise continually. Dr. Littler says niy disease had 
 assumed a cancerous form, and my healing was a 
 miracle. 
 
 Miss Carrie M. Atherton, Indianapolis, Ind. — At a 
 critical period of my mother's life she had a very severe 
 sickness. She was prayed with and anointed for her 
 healing, but was not able to leave her bed. Your lit- 
 tle book, "Beulah," reached me about 7:30 A. M. I 
 took it up stairs for mother to read. She read until 
 about 10 A. M., when she received a great blessing. 
 She immediately got up, praising the Lord, and staid 
 up, and does not take any medicine. She has been 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 223 
 
 sick many times since, but the Lord always raises her 
 up in answer to prayer. 
 
 A few weeks since she was very sick from blood 
 poisoning. Your book has been such a comfort and 
 help to her all the w r ay through these tests, and it has 
 been a blessing to many others, also, to whom I have 
 loaned it. 
 
 My visit to "Beulah" has been a great blessing to 
 me, and the remembrance of it will always be very 
 precious. The Bible instructions you gave me on 
 praising the Lord at all times, and many other im- 
 portant subjects, have been a great means of grace to 
 me and others who have received these truths. We 
 have studied your Bible readings with great profit, 
 and I have been wonderfully strengthened in my home 
 work and cares, and have answered God's call to serv- 
 ice in various ways outside. 
 
 Praise God for all His wonderful blessings of love. 
 
 Mrs. Phoebe Ewing, Lentz, Mich. — I gladly testify 
 of what the Lord has done for me, that other sick and 
 suffering ones may look to Jesus the Great Physician 
 for soul and body. I had been in poor health for 
 twenty years, and for sixteen years I could do but lit- 
 tle work of any kind. I could not be on my feet much, 
 and had suffered greatly from pain in my head and 
 spine. I have been treated by many good physicians, 
 sometimes with benefit, but nothing that was lasting. 
 
 In the fall of 1890 I was afflicted with inflammation 
 in my eyes, caused, the doctor said, by poor health; 
 our family physician attended me, but as I was not bene- 
 
224 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 flted I went to St. Charles, where I took treatment from 
 December 18th to March. Had to sit blindfolded in a 
 darkened room all the time, but was no better. From 
 there I went to Saginaw, where I was treated by Dr. 
 Ball, a noted oculist, who temporarily cured the sore- 
 ness and inflammation, but I was not well; suffered 
 continually with pain in my eyes, head and spine. 
 My nervous system was in a sad condition. I could 
 neither rest nor sleep because of sharp, darting pains, 
 and was losing strength all the time. 
 
 I again went to Dr. Ball, of Saginaw. He said the 
 optic nerve was affected, but gave no hope of cure; 
 could only help to make me more comfortable, and 
 said I could never do any more work. 
 
 In December I heard of a friend who had been healed 
 at "Beulah," Grand Bapids. My first thought was, If 
 the Lord can heal others He can heal me. And in a 
 few days I decided to go to "Beulah," and felt that I 
 ought not to take any more medicine, but yielded to 
 the suggestion that I had the medicine and it would 
 be some time before I could go, so I took a dose and 
 retired; but I could not rest or sleep for the pain in 
 every part of my body. This I endured until the 
 fourth night, when the Lord showed me I was not to 
 trust any longer to human skill, so I said, Lord, HI 
 not take any more medicine; if I am to trust Thee for 
 healing, I will commence now and trust all to Thee. 
 Asking for more faith to be given me, I soon fell asleep 
 and rested well all night, feeling better in the morning 
 than I had for a long time. 
 
 I went to "Beulah" February 10th, 1891. Sabbath 
 evening, the 15th, I was anointed and instantly healed. 
 Oh, the happiness of that hour! I felt that I could go 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 225 
 
 out and walk to the ends of the earth, praising the 
 Lord. I went up stairs to niy room feeling as light as 
 a feather; before that it had been hard work for ine. 
 I continued to wear glasses, but made a great mistake 
 in doing so, for really I do not think it was necessary. 
 
 I returned home and went to work, doing all the 
 work to be found in a farmhouse, besides making gar- 
 den in the spring. I walked to church and to all my 
 neighbors. In a few months I weighed twenty-five 
 pounds more than I ever weighed before. I have had 
 many tests of faith; once from overwork and poison 
 from wall-paper causing inflammation in my eyes. 
 Indeed I was almost blind. 
 
 When my son-in-law took me to "Beulah" I was in 
 a worse condition than I had ever been before. The 
 least ray of light gave me most intense suffering. I 
 could not see the cars, and when we reached "Beulah" 
 I could not see the house. I asked the Great Physi- 
 cian not only to take away the pain, but to restore my 
 sight, and enable me to see without glasses — not so 
 much for my own comfort as that others might see 
 what the Lord would do for those who trust Him fully. 
 
 One evening soon after I was anointed at our family 
 worship Mrs. Dudley gave me a coarse-print Bible, and 
 asked me to read. I told her I would be glad to do 
 so, but I thought she would have to excuse me this 
 time. Mrs. D. said, "How do you know you can't read; 
 try it and see." I said, "I will." I opened the Word 
 but could not see the coarse print at the top of the 
 page. Mrs. D. laid her hands in Jesus' name on my 
 head and prayed. After a little I saw the words, "I 
 will"; then, in a short time, other words came out 
 plainly, and I read to the end of the line. Then fol- 
 
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 lowed a long time of waiting upon the Lord before I 
 could read any more. 
 
 Mrs. Dudley prayed with me three times, and com- 
 menced singing. I sang with her, and soon the print 
 became plain to me, so that I read this verse through : 
 "I will never forget Thy precepts, for with them Thou 
 hast quickened me." I was able to see well after this 
 without the aid of glasses, and have never worn them 
 since. 
 
 Before returning to my home I requested prayers for 
 my unconverted daughter, that she might be saved. 
 When I reached home I found that our prayers were 
 answered. 
 
 Praise the Lord! 
 
 Mrs. Carrie Chamberlain, Wayland, Allegan Co., 
 Mich. — At the birth of my first child, because of the 
 doctor's hurry, ether was administered, and instru- 
 mental delivery occasioned serious laceration of uterus 
 and perinaeum. 
 
 The suffering that followed cannot be described. 
 Could not leave my bed for twenty-two weeks. Em- 
 ployed various physicians, patent remedies, and every- 
 thing that promised the least relief, but my recovery 
 was only partial, and I was never well. I had no 
 thought of Christ, no concern about my soul. 
 
 Six years after my first sickness a premature con- 
 finement occurred, which was immediately followed by 
 severe malarial fever, and next an attack of la grippe. 
 There was complete nervous exhaustion, and all the 
 horrors of nervous dyspepsia to be endured. For 
 seven months I could do absolutely nothing; could 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 227 
 
 not stand upon my feet at all, or sit up but for a few 
 moments at a time. The excitement occasioned by the 
 call of a friend would last for hours, and I feared to 
 see anyone. There were innumerable sinking spells 
 when it seemed that life must go out. 
 
 At this time I was induced to try the treatment of 
 a Christian Scientist. At first experienced relief, but 
 soon sensations of unrest and increased nervousness 
 instead. This was my condition, when one day a 
 young girl w ho was helping with the work of my home 
 said: "Why don't you go to 'Beulah' and be healed ?" 
 
 To my inquiries as to the whereabouts of "Beulah," 
 she replied that she did not know, but thought it was 
 in an adjoining town where her father, Mr. Hyden- 
 bourgh, went and was healed of nervous dyspepsia, 
 through the prayers of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley, who were 
 holding meetings there. She procured Mrs. Dudley's 
 book and I heard it read, and her mother proposed to 
 write and solicit prayers for me. To this I willingly 
 consented. 
 
 Upon the day prayer was to be offered for me at 
 "Beulah" my weakness was extreme. Several friends 
 called, and my exhaustion was complete. Suddenly, 
 indescribable sensations of peace and rest filled my 
 bod} 7 , a strange, new strength possessed me. I sat up 
 and visited with my friends, surprised at myself, but 
 conscious that I was better. After the last caller went 
 away the expected reaction did not occur. It was 
 found, upon inquiry, that the marked change for the 
 better in my condition took place at the very hour my 
 case was presented to the Great Physician by the be- 
 lieving ones at the Faith Home. For several days I 
 
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 continued to improve, then, through worrying over 
 household matters, there was a relapse. 
 
 With the return of weakness and distress came 
 strong desire to visit "Beulah" and learn more of the 
 Healer, concerning whom I was so very ignorant. Ar- 
 rangements were soon made for my leaving home. My 
 friend, Mrs. Hydenbourgk, was to accompany and care 
 for me, but on the morning of the day we had selected 
 for our trip to Grand Eapids I felt entirely unable to 
 make a start, that once accomplished it seemed I could 
 never endure the suffering and fatigue of the journey. 
 
 When we reached Grand Eapids I could not stand 
 one moment alone. Was kindly assisted from the 
 train. The hackman carried me up the steps at "Beu- 
 lah," I was helped to a couch, and the pain and weak- 
 ness of that hour can never be forgotten. Mrs. Dudley 
 came, and laying her hands upon me, prayed that all 
 debility and suffering might be removed. I felt 
 stronger very soon and ate heartily at dinner, and what 
 I ate did not distress me. Yet for a long time I had 
 been unable to take scarcely any food without discom- 
 fort. Under the forceful Bible lessons and searching 
 inquiries regarding my soul-life, I became painfully 
 conscious that I was a sinner, beheld Jesus, and ac- 
 cepted Him as my Saviour. Yielded myself to Him, 
 and received Him as the Healer of my body. 
 
 Oh! these days of which I write were blessed days. 
 The waves of Divine life were distinctly felt through 
 my whole system — driving out the disease and pain, 
 bringing rest and quiet to the tortured nerves. My 
 attendant left, while I remained two weeks, growing 
 stronger every day, taking considerable exercise about 
 the house and out of doors, walking several blocks at 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 229 
 
 a time. My spine, which had been so badly affected 
 that I could not step up one stair without falling over 
 backward, now permitted me to ascend wdiole flights 
 with ease. When I must leave the place which had 
 become very precious to me and return to my home, 
 I wrote a sister whom I wished to visit, informing her 
 of my intention and when to expect me; but a slight 
 change in the time of trains had just taken place and 
 on entering the depot in Grand Eapids found that the 
 train I should have taken had been gone fifteen min- 
 utes, and I waited six long hours for another. 
 
 At the station, one and a half miles from my sister's 
 home, there was no one to meet me. Rain was falling 
 and there was no other way but to walk the distance, 
 which I did in the strength of the Lord. Within three 
 weeks was at home, hard at work, doing my house- 
 cleaning, doing all myself, and I was well. 
 
 In the following year my little girl was born, with 
 none of the trouble which attended the former sick- 
 ness, and for three years more I enjoyed good health. 
 During these years of trust I had many answers to my 
 prayers and experienced a blessed sense of security, 
 quietness and rest such as had never been mine before 
 I knew the Lord. 
 
 Miss Helen J. Salver, Ann Arbor, Mich. — "Ask and 
 ye shall receive that your joy may be full." 
 
 It was in April of 1887 that my dearest friend, Miss 
 Josie Davidson, asked me, one day, if I believed in 
 Divine Healing. I answered, Yes, I do. Then she 
 told me of Mrs. Dudley and her work, I said, Caa I 
 
230 SOME OP THE FRUITS OP 
 
 go to "Beulah?" She answered, Yes, and I went, ar- 
 riving in the afternoon with a raging sick headache 
 such as I was accustomed to having about three times 
 a week. Mrs. Dudley came to my room to invite me 
 down to prayer meeting and found me very sick. On 
 coming to my side she said: "Gh, you poor, dear child; 
 I have been verj' busy; I did not know you were so 
 sick." 
 
 She commanded the enemy to leave, and in Jesus' 
 name laid her hands upon me and offered prayer. Then 
 I went down to the meeting, where I was anointed and 
 gave my body to the Lord for time and eternity. I 
 was born with a weak, sickly body, and from my baby- 
 hood my mother was told she would never raise me. 
 
 At eight years of age I was taken out of school be- 
 cause of valvular difficulty of the heart. I was never 
 any better of this until I committed it to Jesus. I was 
 a great sufferer in other way s, and the physicians said 
 I could not be relieved unless I submitted to a very 
 delicate and dangerous operation. I also had a seri- 
 ous kidney affection which, after careful examination, 
 the physician said he would not dare say was not 
 Bright's disease. This caused me much pain and in- 
 convenience; but two years ago the dear Lord spoke 
 to me and bade me believe I was healed from that mo- 
 ment and the symptoms would gradually disappear, 
 and they did. Glory to His name! 
 
 While I remained at "Beulah" I was busy every 
 day. These were happy days. There I received the 
 baptism of the Holy Ghost in power. For months I 
 had been trusting the Lord, standing on the promise 
 found in 1 John 5:14, 15. This promise has been an 
 anchor to my soul ever since, especially in testing times. 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE, 231 
 
 I have pleaded it in prayer, and on its sure foundation 
 have taken the thing asked for, praising the Lord for it. 
 
 When I came home from "Beulah" I had proved the 
 Lord my Jehovah Eophi. For three nights I had only 
 slept five hours. However, next day I drove over forty 
 miles with a friend who was strong and healthy, but 
 was less tired on our return than she. In a few weeks 
 we moved into a house that needed papering. I pa- 
 pered the parlor, a room fifteen feet square, and with 
 help papered five other rooms. 
 
 For seven years I have not taken a drop of medicine. 
 I have been twice healed of la grippe, and for three 
 years have been kept from even taking cold. I go up 
 and down stairs from fifteen to thirty times a day, and 
 have done this for four years. 
 
 My mother and sisters have been wonderfully healed 
 many times. My friend Josie has also been healed 
 in answer to prayer several times; once from poisoning 
 through inhaling corrosive sublimate in gasoline, and 
 once she was instantly healed, when a twenty-five- 
 pound weight, falling the distance of six feet, had 
 crushed her foot. 
 
 The Lord enables me to "In everything give thanks" 
 and to count all the trials of life but stepping-stones, 
 which I mount with a shout of praise, and each new 
 difficulty seems to be driving me as a weight is driven 
 by the master-builder deeper and deeper into God's love 
 and fullness. Glory to God! Hallelujah! 
 
 Mrs. Fannie McD. Hunter, Singing Evangelist, Ful- 
 ton, Ky.~I was a very ambitious, pleasure-loving girl, 
 
232 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 desiring every educational advantage that would de- 
 velop me into a brilliant woman. Early in my career 
 disease crept into my body and took a stronger hold 
 upon me each year, so that my plans for education 
 were in a measure defeated. The past twelve years of 
 my life have been years of intense suffering. Had a 
 complication of diseases so that every organ in my 
 body was affected. I used every human means in my 
 power for recovery. I visited springs, changed cli- 
 mate, and took medical treatment from specialists, but 
 with very little temporary benefit. 
 
 In the fall of 1889 I heard teaching on Divine Heal- 
 ing, gave up remedies, but did not receive the Divine 
 touch, so I stopped seeking. I still believed God had 
 power to heal, but my faith seemed paralyzed so I 
 could not take hold on God for myself. I steadily grew 
 worse. I was afflicted with catarrh all through my 
 body. It had gone to my stomach, and I expected to 
 die with consumption of the bowels. In the spring of 
 1894 I read accounts of the healing of one of our Ken- 
 tucky school presidents. This inspired hope that God 
 would undertake for my healing. Soon after this the 
 way was opened for me to visit Dr. Dowie's Home, in 
 Chicago. Here, in answer to prayer, I received my 
 first healing touch from Jesus. 
 
 I went from there to Beulah Home, Grand Rapids, 
 where I received the greatest blessing of my life. Mrs. 
 Dudley anointed me with oil according to James 5:14, 
 15, and I received the anointing of the Holy Ghost. 
 The healing power of the Holy Spirit went through 
 my entire being and I was healed of indigestion, from 
 which I had suffered many years. I was also delivered 
 from serious catarrhal affections which had weakened 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 233 
 
 and disabled me in every way. I left at Beulah a 
 truss, which I had been obliged to wear many years 
 because of weaknesses; have not needed it since. 
 Nearly a year has passed since T was healed, and I 
 praise God for His keeping power. I am very busy at 
 work in His vineyard, and it is marvelous the strength 
 and endurance I have to bear the hardships of evangel- 
 istic work. 
 
 Mrs. Clara S. Eedmond, Evans, Mich. — For God's 
 glory I wish to relate some of His dealings with me. I 
 inherited disease, was sickly from childhood, could 
 not eat like others, and suffered continually up to the 
 time the Lord healed me in April, 1892. In 1882 I was 
 consecrated and experienced the blessing of holiness, 
 but was a constant sufferer. 
 
 By my doctor's advice I tried change of climate with 
 some benefit. I was much blessed by reading the tes- 
 timonies of some who had been healed in answer to 
 prayer, and was impressed to send for Bev. E. Wigle 
 to pray with me for healing. He came, and while he 
 prayed the pain left me and I received blessing, but 
 being very ignorant of Satan's devices I was easily 
 overcome and soon returned to medicine. Six years 
 later, after hours of the most excruciating suffering, 
 a little girl was given us, only to gladden our hearts 
 for a moment and was gone. It was a long time before 
 I recovered sufficiently to do light work. Then I be- 
 gan to fail very rapidly and my sufferings were great. 
 I was in constant fear and torment. Could not sleep, 
 or eat scarcely anything, nor could I even hear God's 
 word read. 
 
234 SOME OF THE FRUITS CF 
 
 About this time Elder Middleton and wife called to 
 see me and told of the Beulah Home, Grand Rapids. 
 I sent for prayers and the dear little book, "Beulah," 
 which husband read to me with great blessing. I 
 began to see the way for me to be healed. My pastor 
 was requested to come and anoint me, which he did 
 not do. I was then led to send for Mrs. Dudley. While 
 awaiting her coming, I examined myself and conse- 
 crated all to my Lord in a deeper sense than ever be- 
 fore. 
 
 Mrs. Dudley gave us Bible readings. I at once ac- 
 cepted the truth that Jesus had purchased health for 
 me. Praise the Lord! Previous to this I had laid 
 aside all remedies, and during the anointing such 
 sweet peace filled my soul that I wept for joy. That 
 night sleep came. In the morning I arose and dressed, 
 worked all the forenoon, and in the afternoon rode a 
 mile to a quarterly meeting. The people were much 
 surprised to see me and hear me tell what the Lord 
 had done. While at the meeting a stove smoked so 
 that others were in tears, but it did not affect me. The 
 atmosphere was heavj^ and it began to rain, but Jesus 
 kept me from taking cold. 
 
 During the night I was taken with severe pain, but 
 I praised the Lord and it all ceased, so I fell into a 
 quiet sleep. Husband dreamed there was trouble at 
 the barn and went out to see about it. When he re- 
 turned I awoke and was about to complain when the 
 Spirit reproved me. We talked awhile, and I was wide 
 awake when I saw the word Truth in large letters on 
 the wall. I said, What is truth? and the Spirit re- 
 plied, "Thy Word, God, is truth," 
 
 I then saw a Bible rapidly revolving in a bright 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 235 
 
 light, every letter in motion. A light cloud then en- 
 veloped me and I began to shake; feeling God was 
 there. I said, Speak, Lord, for Thy servant heareth. 
 God then showed me the work He had for my husband 
 and me. to do. John 15:16. My right arm was raised 
 and held up quite a wdiile as the Holy Spirit revealed 
 to me our Christian privilege of being endued with 
 power from on high, so that these signs should follow 
 them that believe, Mark 16:17, 18, and that I should 
 anoint with oil for healing those who wished it. Since 
 then the Lord has healed several in answer to our 
 prayers. Our home is open to God's people. 
 
 While God w^as showing me my work a sense of great 
 unworthiness came over me, and I thought, Can it be 
 possible God chooses such weak ones to work with 
 Him? I then ceased shaking and became quiet, as I 
 realized the commission in John 17:23. Feeling the 
 life of Jesus all through me, I shouted, Glory, Glory! 
 "My soul doth magnify the Lord!" And I continued 
 to praise the Lord until morning. 
 
 O, how God did speak these words all through my 
 soul: "All things are possible to him that believeth." 
 Toward morning the cloud of glory gradually disap- 
 peared. My husband felt the power of God, saw my 
 shaking, and heard me talk with Jesus. I also spoke 
 to husband about the w r ork God w r as giving us, to 
 which he said, Amen! 
 
 I arose in the morning perfectly healed. I drank 
 cold water and ate breakfast with a relish. All the 
 organs of my body have been perfectly healthy ever 
 since. The news of my healing rapidly spread, and 
 people came from far and near to see if I really was 
 Well and could eat like others. On July fith, 1895, after 
 
236 SOME OP THE FRUITS OF 
 
 three hours' slight sickness, the Lord gave me a bright, 
 perfect little son, and we claim the promise given in 
 Luke 1:15. We had no doctor, and took no remedies. 
 Three persons who were in the faith were with me. 
 The Great Physician did wonderful things. Praise His 
 name. All who know, think my sickness and recovery 
 marvelous. 
 
 Praise His holy name! 
 
 Mrs. Dorlisca J. Wheeler, Bangor, Mich., August 6, 
 1895. — In thanksgiving to Him who is able to do ex- 
 ceeding abundantlv above all that we ask or think — 
 the Lord who has heard my supplications — I comply 
 with your request to write my testimony of healing 
 through Divine Power. 
 
 On December 8, 1890, I underwent a delicate surg- 
 ical operation at the U. B. A. Home, Grand Bapids, 
 Mich. On the 21th of December my surgeon said if I 
 could be carried from the hack into the car I might 
 return to my home in Spring Lake. For about four 
 weeks my strength gradually returned, when one 
 morning on awaking I thought the windows and furni- 
 ture were whirling past me, and a sensation seized me 
 that my feet were elevated and I was spinning on the 
 back of my head. I called out, and my husband, who 
 was in an adjoining room, came and raised my quiver- 
 ing form. For days I was bolstered upright in my 
 bed. I will not attempt to describe those dreadful 
 hours when it seemed I was sinking out of life. 
 
 In addition to this I had repeated attacks of a 
 stomach trouble, from which I had suffered since child- 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 237 
 
 hood, and which had baffled the skill of the best physi- 
 cians on all the charges we had served. At last, 
 through sheer distraction, I was helped out of my bed 
 into a chair in the family sitting-room, with nerves so 
 prostrated that I could not look at the twigs of the 
 trees, as they swayed in the breeze, without experi- 
 encing a sensation of passing away; and, in order to 
 keep from falling, I had to close my eyes whenever a 
 person passed me. 
 
 At this time Mr. Wheeler wrote to the surgeon who 
 performed the operation. (God bless all my kind phy- 
 sicians.) I here pen an extract from his reply: "The 
 strains of going through the operation, as well as the 
 thinking about it before, and the shock of it, may have 
 something to do with it and may not. At all events, 
 it is proper to put off attending to the proposed work 
 (another operation) until nerves and health are bet- 
 ter; at some time I strongly advise the carrying out 
 the intended work, believing that the benefit from 
 first operation cannot be secured without the second 
 one." 
 
 Nothing seemed to rally my prostrated nerves. For 
 weeks I was not left alone five minutes at a time for 
 fear, in a sinking spell, I might fall to the floor. Many 
 were the times I felt I was going — going. I would ask 
 Mr. Wheeler to pray God to hold me, and ahvays re- 
 ceived instant help. 
 
 O, that I had known how to trust the Blessed One 
 for complete deliverance. I shall never forget how 
 precious the Word of God was to me. It was my con- 
 stant companion. 
 
 One morning in March, as I came out of my room, I 
 looked back at the pillows that had bolstered my head 
 
238 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 so many weeks, and thought that not once had I fallen 
 to sleep, night or day, except from sheer exhaustion and 
 always awakening as from dreadful night-mare; and 
 on entering the sitting-room said, "I believe I shall have 
 to remain, night and day, in my chair." Soon I recog- 
 nized one of those dreadful sinking spells coming over 
 me. I grasped my Bible and looking up, implored the 
 Father to keep me from falling. I also asked Him to 
 show me something in His Word to assure me of His 
 help in time of need. An impression akin to a voice 
 directed me to read what James told the twelve tribes 
 which are scattered abroad to do in case of sickness. 
 I answered, "Yes, Lord, but that doesn't mean me." 
 But I turned to the Word and read, and someway I 
 was strengthened. I told Mr. Wheeler, but he soon 
 put all niy hopes to flight by saying this was not an 
 age of miracles, and that they were only performed 
 by the apostles to establish the faith in the Christian 
 church. He did not deny that even in this day some 
 were healed in answer to prayer, and argued pro plus 
 con as long as I could endure to listen, dwelling much 
 on the nature of the oil used, and said that if a minister 
 were called to pray for and anoint the sick he might 
 not have faith, and then how sad would be the conse- 
 quences. 
 
 God only knows what I suffered that day, mentally 
 and physically. I could not lie down — my pillow 
 seemed full of thorns of terror, and I thought death 
 would soon end my sufferings here. At 2 p. m. I again 
 began to feel myself sinking. I grasped my Bible; 
 sent up another petition for help; the same answer 
 was given. I turned to the Word and began to think 
 that God was not a respecter of persons. The Spirit 
 

 ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 239 
 
 illumined the truth and I tried to reach out by faith 
 and claim the promises mine through the atoning 
 blood of Christ. 
 
 My husband marshaled every argument to persuade 
 my poor weak mind to drop the subject; but I had 
 called upon the Lord, and He did not allow the feeble 
 spark of faith to be quenched. At evening I felt myself 
 sinking, as on occasions before mentioned; I raised 
 the same cry to the Lord, and the same answer was 
 given. I said, "Surely this is of the Lord." I felt sure 
 that Mr. Wheeler would be convinced that God's Spirit 
 was leading. But, no, no. He began w r ith renewed 
 vigor to persuade me not to think of anything so rash. 
 I called him to my side and three times read James 
 5:13, and asked him if he thought they were directions 
 for God's children to-day. He answered, Yes. Then 
 I said James wrote the following two. I then told him 
 he was the only Elder in the Methodist church on 
 whom I could call, and asked him to pray for me. 
 
 How I poured out my soul before the Lord. I told 
 Him the way w x as all new; I did not know whether 
 He wished me to lay aside all remedies or not; but I 
 did want Him to come to my relief. As we waited 
 before Him, I could feel that Mr. Wheeler was getting 
 wonderfully in earnest; doubts w T ere giving away to 
 faith. Presently a peace born of Heaven filled my en- 
 tire being — heart-beats, nerves, mind — all in a natural 
 condition. Directly a drowsiness possessed me, some- 
 thing I had not known for weeks. I immediately re- 
 tired. I will not attempt to describe the sense of lux- 
 ury that came over me as my head pressed the pillows. 
 In five minutes' time, without the aid of medicine, I 
 fell mto a deep sleep. Yes; slept like an exhausted, 
 
240 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 worn-out child until the clock struck two. The peace 
 of the Lord was with me. I again fell asleep and at 
 seven awakened with a sense of complete restoration. 
 I said to my husband, I feel strong enough to begin 
 work. I could not keep from singing, for I was blithe 
 as a bird; but before I left the room I took a dose of 
 medicine and repeated it, as the directions had been 
 given, and at eleven o'clock had fallen back into my 
 previous condition. 
 
 I tried to look to the Lord, but found no comfort. 
 Everything that physician and kind friends could do 
 was done, but my strength rapidly failed, and I seemed 
 to be approaching the end. One week from the day the 
 Lord so wonderfully blessed and guided me I deter- 
 mined that I would stop taking remedies and trust the 
 Lord for w r hat might develop. What an hour it was 
 of reaching out to know God's will, for I fully realized 
 what it meant in Job: "All that a man hath will he 
 give for his life." 
 
 Presently an impression came that I should send for 
 Mrs. Dudley, of the Beulah Home. I quickly replied, 
 No, as I had no faith in her teaching, and had judged 
 her to be working the works of witchcraft and feared 
 her presence. But impressions came again and again, 
 and I dared not disobej^, so asked Mr. Wheeler to wire 
 for her. Then I fell to praying, that if it was not God's 
 will to hedge up her way so she could not come. All 
 day I prayed, Lord, if her teachings are not of Thee, 
 forbid her approach. 
 
 The six o'clock evening train came, and with it Sis- 
 ter Dudley. Praise the Lord! I still dreaded to meet 
 her, but as she entered the room one glance at her face 
 dispelled all my fears. I grasped her hand, and wel- 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 241 
 
 corned her in the name of the Lord, and then the hours 
 that followed as she unfolded the Scriptures! I could 
 but exclaim, again and again, "How precious." I had 
 invited two trusting sisters, Mrs. J. Perham and Mrs. 
 Westley, to be present. 
 
 When Mrs. Dudley read Isa. 53:4 and said that 
 "grief in the Hebrew signifies sickness, and then read 
 Matt. 8-17, "Himself took our infirmities and bare our 
 sicknesses," I cried out, Blessed Jesus, didst Thou upon 
 the cross bear my sickness as w x ell as my sins? 
 
 Just then a mighty pulsation seized me; my whole 
 frame shook so that the chair in which I sat moved with 
 the movement of my body. I thought perhaps God 
 had sent to call me home. I had no fear. Wave after 
 wave of glory flooded my soul, and the weight of His 
 presence rested upon all that were in the room. Sister 
 Dudley exclaimed: "You are healed." I then request- 
 ed her to anoint me, as I wished to omit nothing which 
 the Scriptures required. 
 
 The next morning I went to the breakfast table, and 
 for the first time in my life appreciated the significance 
 of asking God's blessing on my food. The old stomach 
 trouble was gone. In a week's time I was eating arti- 
 cles of food that for years I could not use. I could say, 
 "Surely He satisfieth my mouth with good things." 
 
 My other difficulties began gradually to melt away. 
 One other deliverance I would like to mention. A year 
 from the following summer I had an attack of lung 
 trouble. Mr. Wheeler, and a dear trusting sister, Mrs. 
 S. Clark, united in prayer in my behalf, and God won- 
 derfully manifested Himself to each of us, but no relief 
 was granted. I trusted on for days, as I knew God had 
 heard our prayers, and was sustained by 1 John 5:14, 15. 
 
242 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 During this period, my mother at Grand Rapids re- 
 ceived a dangerous injury and I was summoned to her 
 bedside. For days we watched over her; my lungs 
 by this time had reached an alarming condition, and I 
 was growing weaker day by day. 
 
 The tempter did not fail to tell me my faith was all 
 in vain; but I found strength in 1 Peter 1:6, 7. 
 Mother, sister and friends were very solicitous for me, 
 and strongly urged that I should consult the physician 
 who was making regular visits at the house. It seemed 
 to them that I was willfully committing suicide, as 
 three sisters and one brother had died of consumption. 
 I would plead that nowhere in God's word could be 
 found that a change of climate, blisters, lung balsams, 
 or anything but the prayer of faith would heal the 
 sick. 
 
 Five weeks passed, and almost every paroxysm of 
 coughing caused hemorrhage. Still I feebly held on to 
 the word till one morning I arose after a night of more 
 than usual suffering with a feeling of extreme prostra- 
 tion. I called upon the Lord for help, but the heavens 
 seemed brass above me; I walked back and forth in 
 agony of mind, nearly persuaded that I had made a 
 mistake in not applying for medical aid. I cried, Lord, 
 take the field and fight the battle for me. But I only 
 heard the whizzing of the bullets from the enemy's 
 musketry. 
 
 At 3 p. m. the doctor was summoned to the house to 
 care for my sister, who was taken very ill. My breath- 
 ing was so labored that she could hear the whistling 
 sound as I sat by her bedside, and when I saw her dis- 
 tress concerning me I consented to her earnest entreaty 
 to have my lungs examined; I did not tell the doctor 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 243 
 
 that I had been prayed for and anointed, so he kindly 
 left remedies and told what to use externally. 
 
 How the enemy seemed to triumph over me. I 
 looked into the glass containing the medicine and said, 
 Must I, after all these weeks of suffering and waiting, 
 rely upon the arm of flesh for relief? No, Father, I 
 will trust Thee. Immediately peace like a river filled 
 my soul, and during the rest of the day and night I had 
 no paroxysms of coughing. The next morning I went 
 to the Beulah Home. On entering I began coughing. 
 Sister Dudley arose, laid her hand where the severest 
 pain had been and began praying, but suddenly stopped 
 and asked Brother Dudley to join her in "laying on of 
 hands," and claiming Matt. 18 :19. A cooling influence 
 filled my lung; great joy filled my soul, and the work 
 was done. 
 
 I might add many other instances where God has de- 
 livered me from sickness, sometimes manifesting im- 
 mediately to my body the answer to prayer, and at 
 others allowing me to walk by faith that I may learn 
 to rely upon His word. Nearly four years and a half 
 have passed since I have taken any medicine; I am 
 relying wholly upon Him who is able to deliver. It 
 is so precious always to have a physician in the house 
 who understands our bodies, and is able to supply all 
 our needs. For "all power is given unto Him in heaven 
 and in earth." 
 
 In conclusion let me say, I have no arguments for 
 the grounds I have taken except, the Spirit of God leads 
 — I follow, taking Him at His word and finding a 
 greater refuge than I could have found had I not been 
 placed in a condition to prove His promises. To His 
 glory be it said that I have been walking in a different 
 
244 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 spiritual realm, and the country is filled with wondrous 
 beauty. God's "whosoevers" are all my theme. His 
 "whatsoevers" are a part of the legacy. Let us claim 
 all He in mercy hands down to us. 1 John 3:22, Ps. 
 34:15, Ps. 145:18, 19, Prov. 15:29, 1 John 5:14, 15, Matt. 
 7:9, 10, 11, Matt. 21:22, Mark 11:24, John 14:13, John 
 15:7, Ps. 50:14, 15. 
 
 Moreover, I most thoroughly indorse Sister Dudley's 
 teachings, believing they will stand in the great day. 
 I have ever found in the Beulah Home an atmosphere 
 sent from above. I am also glad to say that Mr. 
 Wheeler is an ardent advocate of Divine Healing, and 
 gladly goes to pray for and anoint all who call for 
 him. 
 
 Mr. T. Saxton, Grand Eapids, October 14, '95. — About 
 five years ago I fell down an elevator shaft in a factory, 
 a distance of thirty feet, injuring my back very much. 
 The pain was so great that it often interfered with my 
 duties, and for six months after the fall stooping caused 
 me extreme pain. 
 
 At that time Eev. Newton, of California, was holding 
 meetings in the Second Street M. E. Church, teaching 
 Divine Healing. At an anointing service, in which 
 Mrs. Dudley, Miss Blakney and others assisted, I was 
 anointed in the name of the Lord Jesus for healing. 
 Praise the Lord, I have suffered no pain since, and 
 wish to give this testimony to the glory of His name. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Gould, Middleville, Mich. — "I am the Lord 
 that healeth thee." 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 245 
 
 With gratitude to God and the dear Beulah Home in 
 Grand Hapids I briefly testify to the power of the great 
 Physician. The Holy Spirit taught me the first lesson 
 of Divine Healing soon after I was converted. For 
 several months I had been suffering extreme pain in my 
 head and shoulder from neuralgia. One day, when the 
 agony was very great, I went alone before the Lord and 
 asked him to heal me. He heard my prayer and healed 
 me instantly. I confess with shame that I once en- 
 joyed smoking, but in answer to prayer the Lord de- 
 livered me from the appetite. 
 
 In 1886 cancer made its appearance. It developed 
 quite fast from the first. My brother, Dr. Palmer, of 
 California, said I should at once submit to a severe and 
 painful treatment, the same my mother, who died of 
 cancer, suffered so much from. This I had feared from 
 the first, and at once exclaimed, "God forbid, I will 
 trust Hira." I believe the disease was stayed from that 
 hour, and held in check for three years. I laid aside all 
 remedies, and trusted as far as I had light. I was sur- 
 rounded by unbelief. 
 
 In February, 1889, 1 had a very severe test, and could 
 not exercise faith for myself. I had heard of the Beu- 
 lah Home, felt very much drawn to go there, and did 
 so. Was met at the door by Sister Dudley. I stated 
 my case briefly, and requested prayer according to Jas. 
 5:14. The pain left me soon after I entered the house. 
 Experienced no other change at the time. That night, 
 after I retired, a sweet influence stole over my whole 
 being, with the blessed assurance the work was done. 
 At the same time I was healed of a very severe stomach 
 trouble that had caused me much suffering for many 
 years. In 1892 I contracted a hard cold, which rapi dly 
 
246 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 developed into all the symptoms of consumption, and 
 that disease was, I believe, thoroughly seated. The 
 cough was severe, I raised a great deal, the soreness and 
 pain in my lungs and shoulders was very distressing. 
 My throat and head were so badly affected that my ears 
 became painfully susceptible to the most balmy air. 
 
 When Sister Dudley laid her hands in the name of 
 Jesus upon me, I felt a lifting and smarting sensation 
 in my right lung and head. The work was done. In 
 less than a week every symptom of the disease was 
 gone. Praise the Lord for all His benefits. 
 
 Two years later I was taken with a violent form of 
 la grippe. I struggled with the enemy about three 
 weeks, then sent for Sister Dudley. She came at 11 a. 
 m. I was instantly healed w x hen she anointed me in the 
 name of the Lord. 
 
 My faniity were surprised at the great change that 
 took place in me. I was again attacked; went to "Beu- 
 lah" and remained there nearly three weeks; received 
 Bible instructions, saw marvelous works wrought by 
 the mighty hand of God in that sacred place. 
 
 Blessed of God indeed is Beulah Home. I have re- 
 ceived many rich blessings there, and hope I may live 
 to see that dear home free from all incumbrance and 
 richly provided for, till Jesus comes. My brother, Wal- 
 do Palmer, was reclaimed and healed there. I give an 
 extract from his letter: "My heart has not troubled me 
 since that evening at Beulah. Praise the Lord! He 
 cured me of creeping paralysis and disease of the stom- 
 ach. Bless His name forever! How much better it is 
 than to be doping medicine down three or four times a 
 day. I trust in the Lord, and He keeps me by His 
 mighty power. Nothing is impossible with God. I have 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 247 
 
 had heart trouble for fifteen years or more, and God for 
 Jesus' sake healed me that evening at the Home, and I 
 give Him the glory." 
 
 My son was converted at "Beulah," and my prayer is 
 that it may be the birth-place of many precious souls. 
 
 Mrs. Emma Thomas, 66 S. Waterloo street, Grand 
 Eapids, Mich., July 13, 1895. — I have always been 
 troubled with salt-rheum. Mrs. Dudley was called to 
 Kent City, where I then lived, to pray with and anoint 
 my sister-in-law, Mrs. Mary McKelvey. I was anointed 
 at the same time. The little finger of my right hand 
 had been very bad for a long time. After I took the 
 Lord for my healer and was anointed, my entire right 
 hand became a mass of corruption, so I w^as obliged to 
 dress each finger separately and could scarcely feed 
 myself. My finger nails began to decay. This con- 
 tinued for more than six months. I came to the place 
 in this long testing, where I said: "I will continue 
 trusting the Lord if my hands rot off." When I pre- 
 sented myself for prayer I told them I was not sick 
 only my little finger. I think the Lord wanted to show 
 me I needed more than I realized, for my blood was full 
 of the disease, and must be purified by faith in Him. 
 
 During this long waiting time I learned it meant 
 more than I thought it did at the time. I was taught 
 many precious lessons, and began gradually to im- 
 prove. After a few months was entirely healed and no 
 scars left. This I had not expected, for it seemed they 
 must be scarred, the sores were so deep. And my finger 
 
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 nails are all right. My hands have been perfectly well 
 for two years. All praise to my glorious Healer! 
 
 Last January I was suddenly taken with a very sore 
 throat. My tongue seemed paralyzed at the roots, so I 
 could scarcely move it. My throat was black and pur- 
 ple, capped with white spots. I had a burning fever, 
 very severe pain in my head, and my whole body w^as 
 full of pain. I sent for Sister Dudley to pray with me. 
 The fever and pain left me at once. I was weak, and 
 my throat remained sore for some time, when I grad- 
 ually received perfect health, and have sung in the 
 open air in the Salvation Army work with perfect ease. 
 Using my throat for Jesus, Hallelujah! We would wit- 
 ness to the truth of this testimony. 
 
 George Thomas. 
 
 Lizzie Miller. 
 
 Ann Thomas. 
 
 Mary McKelvey. 
 
 Mrs. Minnie La Fave, Salvation Army Soldier, 16 
 King St., Grand Eapids, July 13, 1895. — About seven 
 years ago I was taken very sick. My chest was so sore 
 that I could scarcely move mvself anv wav. I coughed 
 very bad, and every time it seemed to tear my lungs. 
 The doctor did not tell me it was consumption, but my 
 friends said it was. 
 
 I was advised to go to Beulah Home. I had not been 
 out for several weeks, and could not walk. I rode there, 
 was prayed for and anointed; instantly healed, and 
 walked home, a distance of one and one-fourth miles, 
 as happy as I could be. My lungs have been strong and 
 
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 well ever since. All glory to Jesus! Every time I think 
 of it it makes me rejoice and praise the Lord. 
 
 My little four-year-old daughter had been very deaf 
 for several months, as the result of a severe attack of 
 typhoid fever. I had her prayed for and anointed at 
 the time I was healed, and her hearing was instantly 
 restored and has remained good ever since. 
 
 Praise the Lord for His goodness! 
 
 Mr. T. A. McMillan, Grand Eapids, October 12, 1895. 
 — Mark 9:38-12. When I first heard of Divine healing, 
 like John in the above text, I questioned its truthful- 
 ness and divine origin. Like many others I supposed 
 the day of miracles was past. Then the Savior's words, 
 as in Mark 6:12, 13, came to me, and also James 5:11, 15. 
 
 During the winter of 1892 I began to seek for the 
 faith that heals the body through the atonement of 
 Jesus Christ; still my faith was weak .and wavering. 
 In December of the following year I was thrown from 
 a sleigh and broke a rib. I sent for Sister Dudley, who 
 anointed me in the name of the Lord. A sister who 
 accompanied her also joined Sister D. in faith, but 
 I could not believe that Jesus would heal just now, and 
 so I endured three long weeks of intense suffering; 
 could neither lie down nor rise up without almost un- 
 endurable pain. Then God led me to go to "Beulah," 
 with a determination to seek with my whole heart. I 
 praise His holy name, that when we are fully given up, 
 the work is soon done. 
 
 When Sister Dudley, with two others, laid their 
 hands upon me in the name of the Lord, a little grating 
 
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 sound, as of bones rubbing together, was distinctly 
 heard, every breath I drew. Sister D. asked the Lord 
 to bring the bones into place; we all felt them move 
 as she did so, and the pain was gone; a soreness re- 
 mained. She asked the Lord to remove the soreness, 
 when it left immediately. I arose from my knees, giv- 
 ing God all the praise, and had no more trouble with 
 that. The day after I rode eighteen miles and began a 
 revival service which I continued more than three 
 months, holding five services on Sundays and three 
 each week day, walking or riding from one to three miles 
 every day. 
 
 During this time I bore too much the burden of the 
 work, lost my appetite and could not sleep. I returned 
 home, and went to one of Sister Dudley's Bible read- 
 ings, thinking I would not speak of my sickness, but 
 God had more work for me to do, and he laid a great 
 burden upon our sister's heart to supplicate the throne 
 of grace for some one, she did not know who. I dropped 
 upon my knees and began to weep; asked to be anoint- 
 ed and was healed. In this of all the meetings I ever 
 attended, Jesus seemed the most precious. I now ate 
 my meals with relish (had not been able to eat any- 
 thing scarcely for three weeks) and slept well. 
 
 The next day a telegram from our superintendent of 
 Baptist Sunday School Missions called me to work in 
 another part of the State, where, amid many difficul- 
 ties, but with much blessing, I organized a church. 
 
 Last summer rheumatism attacked my hand; it was 
 badly swollen and very painful. After being anointed 
 I still favored it. In a little talk with Jesus about it 
 He showed me I must use mv hand. This cost me a 
 
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 great effort at first, but suddenly the pain left and it 
 was "whole as the other." 
 
 Oh, how can w^e distrust such a w T onderful Jesus! 
 
 Mrs. Captain Reed, of the Christian Crusaders, Shel- 
 by, Michigan, May 23, 1895. — About five years ago my 
 husband and I were called of God to go out into work 
 for the salvation of lost souls. We thought surely we 
 must have mistaken the call, for I had suffered from 
 poor health nearly all my life, being much of the time 
 unable to do my own housework. 
 
 We consecrated our lives to God, to obey Him and 
 walk in His way. Saying, Lord let us make no mistake. 
 Very prayerfully we asked Him to show us by mes- 
 sages from His word. He gave me Ezek. 12:4-7 and 
 Isa. 62, my husband getting his message in a different 
 w^ay, but the call was very plain. 
 
 I had never heard of Divine healing only as I read 
 of it in the Word, and thought that medicines must of 
 course be used in sickness. At this time the book 
 "Beulah" came into my hands. It was read with great 
 interest. Praise the Lord for the little book that gave 
 me rny first* teaching upon this subject; for the light 
 that led me on until I had learned the secret, Christ for 
 the body as for the soul. We then made the necessary 
 preparations for leaving home, and were soon out on 
 the promises, going from place to place, moving as often 
 as five or six weeks from that time to this. 
 
 Marvelously did the dear Lord strengthen my w^eak 
 body, though I knew very little of how T to appropriate 
 His promised strength. 
 
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 While attending a camp meeting I listened to a con- 
 versation held by three preachers of the gospel. One 
 was advocating Divine healing, but knew little more 
 than I about it, and was not sufficiently acquainted 
 with the subject to give the scriptural proof sustaining 
 his position. The arguments against the Doctrine, and 
 those in favor of the use of means were so forcibly pre- 
 sented that I wavered and thought, "It does look like 
 fanaticism to insist upon laying aside the use of human 
 remedies. Certainly we niay ask and expect His bless- 
 ing upon our best efforts to help ourselves." Praise the 
 Lord! Only to teach me a needed lesson, did He give 
 me over to Satan for a time. 
 
 For nearly eight months I was sorely afflicted with 
 hemorrhoids, suffering intense pain, employing every 
 remedy within my reach which promised the least re- 
 lief, occasionally finding something that would help for 
 a little while; often so weak that my knees would trem- 
 ble when I attempted to walk. I went to Cedar Springs 
 to stay with Sister Patrick, who knew something of the 
 Beulah Home, and whose little daughter was after- 
 ward instantaneously and most wonderfully healed of 
 paralysis and St. Vitus' dance. Made whole at once by 
 our mighty Healer when anointed by Sister Dudley. 
 
 Sister Patrick advised me to go to "Beulah," and 
 about the same time a letter came from Captain Haight, 
 saying: "I wish you would go to Beulah." 
 
 I went and spent about two hours with Sister Dudley. 
 She gave me three Bible readings greatly blessed of 
 God, viz., Scriptural Causes of Sickness, Sickness from 
 Satan, and Scriptural Means of Health. These read- 
 ings are now in print, and very helpful to many. When 
 she reached the last text, Mark 15:23, the words struck 
 
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 me with convincing force, and instantly it was all made 
 clear why those who trusted Him for healing could not 
 use human means for help. I felt that for myself I 
 could drop all remedies and trust the Lord alone, but 
 ho^K about my baby? With her I had always used a 
 medicine for constipation and the Devil kept me awake 
 nearly all night, telling me I would be obliged to use 
 the medicine for her; that if I did give it up 'twould be 
 only to go back to it again. 
 
 Next he suggested, "Your baby may get the whoop- 
 ing cough, and then you will have to give her medi- 
 cine," but I said, "Lord, if it will be for your glory and 
 make me a better Christian, show me by making the 
 baby's bowels all right to-morrow morning without the 
 usual means." And she was well in the morning. Then 
 my heart said: "Lord, your w r ord is true, though all 
 men be liars." 
 
 I went to Sister Dudley and was anointed, expecting 
 to be instantly healed, but the Lord knew w x hat I 
 needed. This illustration which she gave greatly 
 helped me. When a tree is girdled it is dead, although 
 the leaves may remain green for some time. On my 
 return I was attacked by Satan with some lung trouble, 
 accompanied with a burning fever. The Captain came 
 to me, saying: "The Lord w^ants you to lead the meeting 
 to-night;" to which I made answer: "I am so sick you 
 will have to pray for me or I cannot go." We took it 
 to the Lord and I arose, praised Him for victory, went 
 into the meeting and to work, as if feeling perfectly 
 well, and soon fever and pain all disappeared, and I 
 had a grand time with the Lord. 
 
 Then in less than a week, whooping cough seized the 
 baby. We sent for Sister Dudley, and according to 
 
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 Jas. 5:14, 15 she was anointed and wonderfully healed. 
 Glory to God! At the same time Major Campbell, of 
 the Christian Crusaders, being present, was brought to 
 see Jesus as the Healer of his body. He threw away 
 his bottle of patent medicine just purchased, received 
 Jesus as his physician, and has since been used to lead 
 many into this glorious life, Jesus for the body as well 
 as for the soul. It was six weeks from the time I was 
 anointed before the suffering from piles was removed. 
 Satan suggested often: "The Lord would cure every- 
 thing but this." 
 
 God's own word, "I am the Lord that healeth thee," 
 Ex. 15:26, was my strength, and when the needed lesson 
 was learned I was as well and better than I had ever 
 been. Have been better able to help others because 
 of precious lessons taught me while waiting. "Ye have 
 need of patience, that after ye have done the will of 
 God ye might receive the promise." Heb. 10 :36. 
 
 While we were working at Croton our baby suffered 
 for two weeks from bloody dysentery, having from six 
 to ten movements at night, and more than a dozen dur- 
 ing the day. No appetite; could eat nothing but a few 
 berries. She grew too weak to raise her head. We 
 anointed her; called for others to pray with us, and 
 wrote to "Beulah" for prayer. 
 
 As I was partly asleep one day there came before me 
 a little open grave. Satan said, "Now the baby is going 
 to die." After a hard struggle I said, "She is the Lord's 
 to live or to die." Then the victory came, and she be- 
 gan to improve, to laugh and play. We all praised God 
 for the trial and the triumph of our faith. 
 
 Then the Lord gave us a little boy, and for three 
 months he cried nearly all the time, only when asleep. 
 
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 He grew rapidly, but going about among the people as 
 we do, a great many remedies for colic were offered me. 
 I said the Devil shall not have his way, this baby is the 
 Lord's and He will bring him out of this in Ills time. 
 He was then taken with la grippe and suffered terribly. 
 Neighbors came with remedies; a minister wanted to 
 get the doctor. 
 
 The baby cried so I couldn't tell why I would not give 
 him anything; only said I knew the Lord would heal 
 him. The minister declared that to be Christian 
 Science, Spiritualism, Fanaticism and a lot of things. 
 But we anointed the baby and prayed; he went to sleep 
 and slept all night, and awoke in the morning well. 
 He has never had a drop of medicine; is now more than 
 two years old, the picture of health. Just what the 
 Lord intends our children to be, if we will only learn 
 to trust them to Him instead of filling them with the 
 Devil's poisons. 
 
 Before we learned to trust in Jesus as our physician, 
 two little ones were taken from us by death from the 
 effects of teething. 
 
 The two we now have we anointed in the name of the 
 Lord to be kept through teething, as Satan did not fail 
 to remind us that when they cut their teeth they would 
 die or be very sick. There were several trials of our 
 faith with the older child, but the Lord always gave 
 the victory as soon as we learned what He would teach. 
 The younger one never saw a sick hour from teething, 
 and cut the eye and stomach teeth in August and July. 
 
 These children know what to do if any of us are sick. 
 The baby came to me one day, saying, "Ma sick, let me 
 pay fo' 'oo." I said, "Well, pray." He knelt by the bed 
 and said, "Lord make ma well for Jesus' sake, amen," 
 
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 and jumped up praising the Lord and shouted, "Now ? oo 
 well ma, 'cause me prayed." 
 
 "Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast 
 perfected praise." Satan had always tried to make 
 me believe if my babies should have the croup, I would 
 be obliged to use remedies for immediate help. We 
 were awakened one night by our little four-year-old 
 girl choking with croup. I said, "Captain, please pray 
 for Allie at once." We first, in Jesus' name, bade Sa- 
 tan leave, and told her to praise the Lord. It seemed 
 she could not do it. Just as soon as she could say praise 
 the Lord she did not choke again, and has not had the 
 croup since. 
 
 In the summer of 1894 I again expected to become a 
 mother, but accidentally falling into a lake, was im- 
 mediately taken sick. My husband had been called 
 away and there was no one to offer the prayer of faith. 
 Had no power to act faith for myself. When my hus- 
 band reached my side friends stood weeping about my 
 bed, expecting to see me die. At times I would feel 
 my breath leaving me. Nearly all the blood had left 
 my body, and what remained seemed turned to water. 
 My body was so bloated, my eyes were nearly closed. 
 My husband had all others leave the room and stayed 
 by me, praying and praising God for victory. When 
 morning came I breathed quite easily. In the after- 
 noon my body was full of pain, and I sought to know 
 what the Lord w^ould teach me. All was clear between 
 God and myself; then I asked him to touch me and 
 make me whole. For three hours the pains continued. 
 Constantly and aloud I praised the Lord and asked my 
 husband to sing, "Leaning on Jesus I'll walk at His side, 
 Leaning on Jesus, my Shepherd and Guide." 
 
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 And Jesus laid His hand upon me and healed me. 
 Glory came thrilling my soul. It seemed that the win- 
 dows of Heaven were open, and its light and glory 
 shone all around me. Such a sweet rest possessed body 
 and spirit. The Lord filled my mouth with praises; I 
 told of His love, His wonderful love. My brother came 
 in and thought me delirious, and insisted upon bringing 
 a doctor. I told the doctor of what the Lord had done 
 for me; that I was not sick now, only weak; he an- 
 swered, "You are very sick," but did not urge me to 
 take the medicine. 
 
 Some said, "O, what wonderful faith." I replied, 
 "No, only simple trust, and the wonderful Savior." I 
 felt so well the next day I arose without asking the 
 Lord what He would have me do, and thus going be- 
 fore I was sent, lost the victory. For two weeks was 
 again bloated with dropsy, and could scarcely walk. 
 We sent to "Beulah" and to other trusting ones for 
 united prayer, and at the time it was offered I began to 
 gain. Improved rapidly, and two days after walked 
 half a mile without any weakness resulting. A few 
 days later walked five miles and led the meeting at 
 night without feeling tired. Truly the "joy of the Lord 
 is my strength." Eleven years before this I had passed 
 through the same kind of sickness, and w x as an invalid 
 for four years, much of the time not able to stand upon 
 my feet. Trusting all the while in earthly means, pay- 
 ing hundreds of dollars in doctor's bills. O, how much 
 the dear Lord has done for me and mine; truly, more 
 than we can tell or ask or think. During the past four 
 years we have been permitted to see many brought into 
 this blessed way of full salvation for soul and body. 
 
 Brother and Sister Woodberry, of Muskegon, Mich., 
 
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 had a little cripple girl and were making preparations 
 to give her hospital treatment, when the Lord directed 
 us to go and advise them to take her to "Beulah" in- 
 stead. They did so and after receiving Bible instruc- 
 tion, they retired to their room to lay the matter before 
 the Lord, returning in a short time with tearful faces, 
 saying, "We will trust out little daughter with Jesus." 
 
 In the evening Mrs. Dudley gave a talk on Consecra- 
 tion, after which the parents consecrated themselves 
 to the Lord and were filled with the Holy Ghost. Bro. 
 Woodberry had been called some years before to preach 
 the gospel, but had said, "Lord, I want to make a cer- 
 tain amount of money first. This was permitted, but 
 when it was done he was no nearer ready to heed the 
 call. 
 
 Several times this occurred and he had accumulated 
 the specified amounts, but was still unsatisfied. During 
 this Bible talk he and his wife were brought to see, as 
 never before, the meaning of consecration, and led to 
 lay all upon the altar. Upon leaving for their home 
 they took with them some copies of "The Christian Al- 
 liance and Foreign Missionary Weekly." In one week 
 they returned to "Beulah" enroute to New York city 
 to attend Mr. Simpson's Missionary Training College, 
 having in this short time, in answer to prayer, sold 
 their business and beautiful home. To-day they are in 
 Tien Tsin, China, working for the lost. They have named 
 their home there "Beulah." May they come home at 
 last bringing many golden sheaves. 
 
 I would mention another case; that of an M. E. min- 
 ister, who was stubbornly opposed to the doctrine of 
 Divine Healing, declaring it to be fanaticism, and that 
 
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 he would shut the doors against us if we came to his 
 charge teaching it. 
 
 We prayed that God would give him light. After- 
 ward he wrote us that he had the unbelieving wax out 
 of his ears. Had taken the Lord for his Healer, as had 
 many of his people. One sister had been gloriously 
 healed. That the little tracts we sent him, "Divine 
 Healing from a Medical Standpoint/' "Why are Believ- 
 ers in Divine Healing Ever Permitted to be Sick?" and 
 "How to Eeceive Divine Healing," were doing much 
 good. We praise God continually for His goodness to 
 us. May His richest blessings rest upon Sister Dud- 
 ley and her Home for the suffering. Eternity alone 
 will reveal the good done through my first visit to 
 "Beulah." 
 
 I write this for the glory of God, praying that it may 
 help some suffering ones to take Jesus for all. 
 
 Staff Capt. D. A. Beed, of the Christian Crusaders, 
 Shelby, Mich., September 25, 1895. — I was born in Can- 
 ada. Mother died when I was two years of age, asking 
 my grandfather to tell me as soon as I could under- 
 stand to get ready to meet her in Heaven. Bless God! 
 I am ready to meet her now. Oh, as I look back and 
 think how mercifully my heavenly Father has dealt 
 with me I praise Him for His loving kindness. Had I 
 been dealt with according to justice I should be in hell. 
 
 At the age of twelve, at a Baptist revival, the blessed 
 Spirit showed me that I was a very bad boy, and on the 
 road to hell. I was converted ; everything was changed, 
 but I met with no encouragement at home, for my 
 
260 SOME OF THE FRUITS OF 
 
 grandparents, who belonged to the Church of England, 
 did not believe in such mysteries, or that children could 
 know anything about them. 
 
 I asked grandpa if he did not think I was a better 
 boy. He said he thought I was. I told him it was 
 Jesus who made me so. He w r ould not believe it; said 
 I was too young to know anything about salvation. 
 
 Let me here say to parents, I know what it is to go 
 to different places in the barn kneeling, praying, crying 
 and wishing some one would speak an encouraging 
 w^ord to me, and help me to lead a Christian life. When 
 I asked grandpa if he had been converted he was very 
 angry, and said he had belonged to the church for fifty 
 years, but he would often lose his temper, and some- 
 times swear. He always kept liquor in the cellar and 
 the boys drank with the men. Many do worse to-day in 
 keeping cider. 
 
 When I was fourteen years old the old homestead was 
 sold, with its belongings, for $4,500. Grandpa gave 
 me twenty-five cents, telling me to gather up my 
 clothes (which consisted of a clean shirt and a pair of 
 socks), that I must find work and take care of nn self. 
 I said "good-bye" and started off feeling down-hearted 
 enough. I knelt by a chestnut tree and prayed I might 
 find work and have money to carry me through this 
 world. I got up feeling as happy as a lark. Glory to 
 God! The first man I asked gave me work without set- 
 ting a price. I was but a small boy and the work re- 
 quired the strength of a man. The blessed Lord helped 
 me, and the foreman was well pleased. After working 
 for three months I asked for my pay. If the man had 
 given me fifty cents a day I would have been satisfied, 
 but to my surprise he gave me one dollar. Truly God 
 
ONE CONSECRATED LIFE. 261 
 
 answers prayer. I worked until late in the fall, when I 
 had one hundred and fifty dollars. Then I worked at 
 a trade, getting thirty dollars the first year, thirty-five 
 the second and forty the third. Then started in busi- 
 ness; forgot the mercies of God, smoked, swore, drank, 
 but always made money. Grandpa came to w r ant; I 
 took care of him for two years. 
 
 God gave me a good wife, who ahvays stood by me. 
 I came to Shelby, Mich., and opened a business; worked 
 from five o'clock in the morning till ten at night. Drank 
 fifty cents' worth of whiskey a day to keep up my 
 strength; was trying to pay for a little home for my 
 family, but spent more for drink than I paid on the 
 home; I fell in with a rough class of gamblers and in- 
 fidels, who scoffed at religion, with whom I spent more 
 time than with my family. This education fitted me 
 for eight years of misery such as words cannot express. 
 I was breaking the heart of my loyal wife and bring- 
 ing disgrace upon the children God had given me. I 
 became downhearted and blue; so full of misery I 
 wished I could die; drank to get over it, drank again 
 to bring it on. Death seized one of my blessed little 
 children; my heart was still harder; I cursed God and 
 drank to drown my trouble. Misery, misery until the 
 dread messenger came and took my little boy. As I 
 saw his precious form lowered in the grave I said to 
 God and to myself, I will meet that little one in Heaven. 
 
 I came home, lay on the bed and cried until I heard 
 a little voice saying, "Come this way, papa, come this 
 way." Could stand it no longer; got up and went to 
 that cursed cup to find relief, but was only heaping 
 misery upon misery. I now decided to take my own 
 life; came home drunk, took my revolver to do the 
 
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 awful deed. My blessed wife plead with me for six 
 hours before I could realize the aw T f ul thing I was about 
 to do. I promised her I would quit drinking. This I 
 had promised dozens of times, but she w r as so true to 
 me she believed it every time. The appetite was there 
 and I could not help myself; went to some of my as- 
 sociates, who told me I must have my regular drink. 
 This advice pleased me. Drink has since taken them 
 both into eternity. 
 
 My hatred of the word God increased; I talked 
 against it freely. The devil gave me some real good 
 arguments, which seemed to me true. I spent much 
 time in the saloon and at the card table, where I found 
 ready listeners who flattered and encouraged me in 
 this belief. The devil helped me through them, until 
 it seemed I was right while I was talking, but at some 
 midnight hour, as I was nearing my home where my 
 faithful wife was looking for me, a still, small voice 
 would say, "What have you been talking that stuff 
 for? You know better. Your mother said she would 
 meet you in Heaven and you have tw^o little children 
 there." I would say, "Yes," but soon forget all about it. 
 
 Soon after our little ones were taken from us my 
 blessed wife found Jesus as her Savior, and was ready 
 to meet our darling children in Heaven. My wife was 
 anxious I should join her. The kind Christian friends 
 who came to our relief in our bereavement and had said, 
 "Look to Jesus," had a meeting at our house and asked 
 if they should pray for me. Keluctantly I said "Yes." 
 
 Dear reader, see how the devil will work when he 
 has one under his control; the next day he sent one of 
 his agents along in the form of a traveling man selling 
 buggies. This man took from his pocket a little Testa- 
 
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 ment and showed me "how the Scripture contradicts 
 itself." After three hours' talk the foul bird devoured 
 the "good seed" that had been sown. My good wife was 
 expecting our home to be happier, but alas, the Devil 
 had taken another hold upon me; I was cross; noth- 
 ing suited me. My wife asked what was the matter. I 
 could not tell. When the Devil gets into people he 
 makes them mean. 
 
 I ate my supper and started for the saloon and card 
 table, telling the people there that I was the happiest 
 man walking Michigan soil. What a lie! I was really 
 the most miserable man. 
 
 The next thing the Devil put into my head was to 
 leave my wife if she joined the church. She said then 
 she would not join the church, but she could not give 
 up her Lord. I had said to the minister and to the kind 
 friends who had spoken to me about my wife joining 
 the church that I had no objections, so they must know 
 it was my fault if she did not join. The Devil always 
 likes to have people look well on the outside. I told 
 my wife she could join the church, but, Oh, what a big 
 Devil there was inside of me in the form of that old, 
 ugly temper, then too, he led me to drink twice as hard. 
 
 I added to my carriage and blacksmithing business a 
 livery and sale stable, making lots of money and drink- 
 ing more than ever; would not spend fifteen minutes 
 at home day or night; slept in the office at the barn; 
 was seldom at home with my wife, and Mamie, my 
 only child, who would sometimes perch herself upon 
 my knee and put her little hands to my face and say, 
 "Papa, you ought to be a Christian." It w^ould touch 
 my heart until tears would come to my eyes; then I 
 
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 would put her down and go to my drink, trying to 
 drown my feelings. 
 
 On I went until often in the morning I could scarcely 
 get the cup of coffee to my lips. Mamie would hold the 
 cup w T hile I drank. Misery upon misery! Though I 
 was making money, had money in the bank and ap- 
 peared to my neighbors to be happy; have spent a hun- 
 dred dollars on one drunk; was losing my mind; could 
 not remember anything ten minutes; became so dis- 
 couraged I made up my mind to drink myself to death 
 as soon as possible. The saloonkeeper told me I would 
 take ten drinks before leaving the saloon, and return in 
 an hour for more, as if I had not had a drop. 
 
 One night as I came from that hell-hole I looked up 
 into the heavens, when a voice spoke to me very loudly, 
 saying, "If you don't stop drinking you will go to a 
 drunkard's grave, and to a drunkard's hell." The words 
 startled me and I said, "I will sober up." I went into 
 my office, fastened the door and window, so no one could 
 possibly get in, thinking probably I would have to 
 stay two full days. I lit the lamp, started a fire in the 
 stove and went to bed, dropped to sleep and awoke 
 about twelve o'clock, feeling more clear in mind than 
 usual. I was very thirsty; had no water, but deter- 
 mined I would not go out of that office until I was so- 
 ber. I thought of a bottle of whisky on the shelf be- 
 hind the stove; thought I would drink that to quench 
 my thirst, but to my surprise could not move. The Lord 
 was warning me for the last time. I tried to believe I 
 was dreaming or had the nightmare; would count the 
 spots on the wall; tried to move my fingers but could 
 not; got a glimpse of them; they looked as large as 
 my wrist. Seemingly my head began to sink until my 
 
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 breath left my body. I thought I must die. Oh, the 
 awful pain; a drunkard's hell was opening before me, 
 still no thought of God. At last my good wife and Ma- 
 mie, with the little ones who had gone to be with Jesus, 
 stood before me. I realized the disgrace and wished I 
 could drown myself so that my loved ones would never 
 see me, but they will find me dead here and know that I 
 died drunk. 
 
 Again a voice spoke to me, saying, "You have said 
 God never did anything for you; you would not ask 
 Him. You had better ask Him now to help you." In that 
 dreadful moment I spoke these words, "If there is a 
 God, help me out of this." In a moment I was out of 
 bed, walked to the stove, but did not think of the whisky 
 on the shelf. Oh, what a merciful God! Then the voice 
 said, "You had better pray." I replied, "I never pray; 
 the last prayer I made w r as under the chestnut tree 
 when I w 7 as a boy." The voice said, "You know 7 what 
 to pray for." "Yes, I know; I will pray, for I want to 
 get rid of this terrible appetite and nervousness, and I 
 don't want to be shut up in a dark room as I have been 
 many times." I dropped upon my knees and cried to 
 that merciful God, "If there is a God, take this appe- 
 tite for drink away from me, and don't let me be ner- 
 vous in the morning, and I promise I will never touch 
 another drop of liquor, and I'll never again deny there 
 is a God." Praise the Lord! I went to bed and slept. 
 In the morning had no desire for drink. My nerves were 
 steady. How good God has been to me. I meant all 
 I had promised. I did not tell anyone my experience, 
 not even my wife, for a year. 
 
 I spent five hundred dollars traveling about trying 
 to get salvation; told my wife I was going to be a Chris- 
 
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 tian, but wouldn't let anyone know it. Then the Devil 
 told me all church members were hypocrites. I went to 
 hear Sam Small and Sam Jones preach; the latter told 
 me if I did not like hypocrites to get out of their com- 
 pany and not go to hell, where I'd have to spend all 
 eternity with them ; got me to promise I would not say 
 anything more about them until I had tried being a 
 Christian myself. 
 
 I returned home, five hundred miles distant, went to 
 the old church where I had called them all hypocrites; 
 deep conviction settled upon me; I went home, swear- 
 ing I would never go inside another church. But the 
 next night found me there; two men came to talk with 
 me; my wife told them I knew what was right, but 
 would not yield. I was very angry and said to her, "I 
 will," starting at once for the front. Seemingly every 
 light in the church went out. As I sat down on the 
 front seat the Devil said, "You've made a big fool of 
 yourself. Everybody will laugh at you to-morrow." I 
 said, "I don't care, I am going to be a Christian." I 
 settled up with God and promised I would do the 
 things a Christian ought to do, even to vote against 
 whisky. Praise God! Even before I knelt at the altar 
 I was saved. 
 
 When I arose from my knees I told my old chums I 
 was saved, and I knew I was without a doubt. 
 
 I found great pleasure in talking and working for the 
 Lord for about three months, when one day my temper 
 got the start of me, and I found that in my heart I was 
 a murderer, for I hated my brother man. 1 John 3:15. 
 There are many such murderers to-day. Inborn sin 
 caused me much trouble and hindered my work for 
 God; I did not know how to help it until I learned 
 
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 through God's word it was the "old man" Jesus came 
 to destroy. Praise the Lord! when I brought all the 
 tithes into the store house the "old man" passed out, 
 and the blessed Holy Spirit came in and I knew I was 
 free. 
 
 At this time I realized I was called to some work for 
 the Master, but did not know what, until the Christian 
 Crusade work started six years ago. I went into the 
 work, taking with me my wife and daughter Mamie. 
 
 Four years ago my wife was nearly an invalid; at 
 times could scarcely walk; we tried so many kinds of 
 medicine we were carrying about quite a drug store of 
 boxes and bottles, but they helped only for a short 
 time. Providentially we heard of Beulah Home, 
 Grand Kapids. My wife went there, received Bible les- 
 sons and took Jesus for her physician; returned to the 
 work, had quite a trial until her faith "touched the hem 
 of His garment," and she was made whole. Praise God! 
 I also was a slave to medicine; took quinine nearly 
 every night before meeting to keep up strength, but 
 through Mrs. Dora Dudley was led to accept Divine 
 Healing. Thank God for Beulah Home. 
 
 Four years have passed into eternity and the blessed 
 Jesus has defeated the Devil in every trial, as Mrs. 
 Keed's experience shows. 
 
 While holding meetings in N. Muskegon _ was great- 
 ly burdened for the salvation of the people, but had 
 such a serious attack of la grippe that I was quite un- 
 able to get out of bed. I worried a great deal, thought 
 I must be in the work, did not like to leave the meetings 
 in charge of the members of the Band. While they were 
 at the meeting I inquired of the Lord what lesson he 
 wanted to teach me. He said, "The work is mine; I am 
 
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 more interested in souls than you can be; would you 
 be willing to lie here if I want you to, no matter what 
 people think ?" I said, "Yes, if you want to teach me a 
 lesson of patience; I will take it just as you w^ant me 
 to." I praised God and left myself and all in his hands. 
 In the morning I called my wife and the members of 
 the Band to cast out the Devils and lay hands on me 
 in the name of the Lord. Some laughed, some cried, but 
 as each prayed the glory of the Lord shone around us. 
 
 I arose and dressed. From that time was able to at- 
 tend the meetings every night. When we have learned 
 the lessons God would teach us the victory will come. 
 Hallelujah! 
 
 Since we have been in the Lord's work our heavenly 
 Father has given us two little children, the same num- 
 ber He took to Himself when He touched my hard 
 heart. We are a happy family, for we all have faith; 
 even little Willie, not yet three years old, will call on 
 the Great Physician in any time of need. If he hurts 
 himself he will say, "Pay for me;" then he will say, 
 "Paise the Lord." No more crying after he says, 
 "Paise the Lord." 
 
 For over five years we have been in the battle every 
 night, bringing souls to Jesus. We have seen over 
 3,000 souls brought to His feet, and have seen many 
 healed, and are stronger than when we began. 
 
 We believe in and teach the four-fold Gospel, Jesus 
 our Savior, Sanctifier, Healer and Coming King. "He 
 which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quick- 
 ly. Amen. Even so, come Lord Jesus." Eev. 22:20. 
 
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 Salvation, Salvation we mean to tell it all the world around. 
 Salvation for the body, 
 Salvation for the mind, 
 Salvation for all people, 
 I am glad you all may find. 
 
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 "Gathered Treasures," a book of inspiring helpful 
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 Eight Bible Headings upon the Second Coming of the 
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 given light to many, and can hardly fail to lead the 
 earnest seeker after the truth of God into closer self- 
 examination, and to the wise determination to be ready 
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 Three Bible Headings upon Divine Healing. These 
 God has used to bring hundreds into the knowledge of 
 their privilege through the atonement and resurrection 
 of Jesus Christ; that physical health and life, as well 
 as spiritual, are theirs through Him. Price, 4 cents. 
 
 Christian Science, Counterfeit of Divine Healing, 
 clearly shows the wide difference between the true and 
 the false. Price, 3 cents. 
 
 From Whom Is Our Expectation? 1 cent. 
 
 Salvation Made Easy. 1 cent. 
 
 Kest in Labor. 1 cent. 
 
 My Invitation and Prayer. 1 cent. 
 
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