"Born of the Spirit;" or, Gems from the Book of LifeOsborne, Zenas
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"Born of the Spirit;" or, Gems from the Book of Life
Osborne, Zenas
Free Methodist Church of North America; Osborne, Zenas
On a good many occasions, the blessed Jesus
has wonderfully blessed, and healed, both soul and body. God has at
times, touched my heart, and given to me faith for others, and in
answer to prayer, I have seen them raised up to health. I have not
always had faith for myself, nor for others.
I have been sick, have suffered pain, but could not cause the heavens
to bend, seemingly a single inch towards my deliverance--when at the
same time my soul was blessed and happy in God. I will mention a few
cases where God in answer to prayer healed them almost instantly.
Twenty-five years ago our conference was held at Binghamton, N. Y. A
number of preachers were kept at Sister Sparks. One of them was very
sick, with an intense fever. We sat down to the table for our tea.
The burden came on me for this suffering brother, I could not eat,
and proposed that prayer should be offered for him. In a few moments
the fever was checked, and a copious perspiration followed. The
brother got up, took tea, went to church, exhorted after the sermon
as though he had never been sick in all his life.
At a camp meeting, a sister, one of my members, tenting with the
Rose pilgrims as we had no tent on the ground, was taken sick with
what seemed to be, Asiatic cholera. Her case was so alarming after
a night’s suffering the Rose preacher came to me and said, Brother
Osborne, that sister is so sick that you must have her taken off the
ground as none can stay in the tent except those that wait on her.
Instantly my faith took hold on God for her recovery. I did not know
until that moment that she was sick. I went into the tent where she
was. I saw she was very sick. I said to her, “you know that Jesus
can make you well in a moment.” She answered, “Yes.” I said, “don’t
you think that He wants to make you well now?” She replied, “I think
He will if you ask him.” In less than three minutes she was on her
feet praising God with all her might. She dressed herself, ate her
breakfast, went about her Master’s business and enjoyed the meeting
the rest of the time as though she had been on Pisgah from the
beginning.
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