"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
I heard a voice saying, yes! He can. The next moment I was believing
in God with all my heart. Something said, why not believe that God
will do his work, and _do it now_! I said Lord, thou _wilt_ do it
now! Just then I felt a very strange sensation going all through my
body; and with it a conviction that the work was done. I felt glory
to God! all through my soul and body. It flowed from my heart, like
oil from a flowing well; and continued to bubble up just as Jesus
promised it should do. “The water that I give you, shall be in you a
well of water, springing up unto everlasting life.” Praise our God
forever! The next morning, soon after coming out of the crib, I met
the head physician. He said good morning Van; how are you? I am well,
I replied,--glory to God! Van, what do you mean? I mean that the good
Lord came right down into the crib last night and healed my soul and
body--glory to God! glory! glory! glory! forever and ever! amen!
amen! The doctor looked wild, and said: Van be careful, or we shall
put you up in No. “11.” (The hall where the incurable cases were
kept.) The brother constantly affirmed that God had made him whole,
every whit. Within four weeks from the time the superintendent wrote
this brother’s wife that her husband was incurable, he wrote her that
he was so much better that she could come after him; but did not
state how he was cured.
Three years after, I met this Brother on the cars. His first
utterances were, as I approached him, Glory to God! Brother Osborne,
the Lord saves me soul and body. He said that he had not had a
symptom of his old disease since his last night in the crib. Our God
is mighty to save!
XII.
JUSTIFICATION.
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