Gems for the Young Folks: Fourth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series. Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-Day Saints.Various
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Gems for the Young Folks: Fourth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series. Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-Day Saints.
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The oil arriving, we administered some to her internally, in the name
of the Lord, when she arose without any assistance, saying, "I am
healed! I am well! but I am blind!" I then anointed her eyes, telling
her that she should see the light of day. Her sight immediately
returned, and the next day, she, with her husband, was on her way to
Illinois.
The cause of her going there so suddenly was that it had been given in
tongues, directly after her recovery, that unless her husband departed
at once from that place, both of them would be poisoned. With what had
just occurred before their eyes, they needed no second warning this
time. This was the same woman that was healed of the cancer.
The signs spoken of include the casting out of devils. This recalls to
my remembrance something of the kind which occurred at the Pomphret
branch, previous to which I had had but very little experience as to
what may be termed the physical power of the devil.
I was then far from the body of the Church, consequently, what I
learned, I had to find out by experience, having no one to tell me.
The case was that of a sister who was possessed, and whom I, with two
other Elders, was called upon to visit. Directly we entered her room,
she called out, "Take your shoes from off your feet; this is holy
ground, the Prophet Elijah is here."
I saw the spirit by which she was influenced, so I walked up to her and
said, "I am a servant of the Lord, I obey no command of the devil."
She became uproarious directly, for all who had gone in previously had
complied with her directions. As soon as we attempted to rebuke the
evil spirit in the name of the Lord, she arose up from the bed on her
feet, without apparently bending a joint in her body, as stiff as a rod
of iron.
From this we saw the power with which we had to contend; and, failing
at first to eject the spirit, we bowed ourselves in prayer before the
Lord, and asked him to assist us.
The evil spirit then came out full of fury, and, as he passed by one
of the brethren, seized him by both arms and gripped them violently.
Passing towards me, something, which by the feel appeared like a man's
hand, grasped me by both sides of the face, and attempted to pull me
sideways to the ground, but the hold appearing to slip, I recovered my
balance immediately.
My face was sore for some days after this. The other brother that was
seized was lame for a week afterwards.
As soon as this was done, the sister partly recovered, so much so that
she obeyed everything I chose to tell her to do, whereas, before, she
was perfectly ungovernable.
Still she seemed to be surrounded by some evil influence. This puzzled
us, for we knew the spirit was cast out, but we learned the cause
afterwards. Just then it was revealed to us that if we went to sleep
the devil would enter one of the brethren.
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