The third payment was met by funds raised by solicitation, about which
there seemed to be nothing remarkable. Other payments were made by gifts
clearly sent in connection with the appeal of the believer, but the last
payment was the most unaccountable of all. Three one-hundred-dollar
bills were pushed under the door of the church study by some one never
discovered, and a certificate of mining stock worth seven hundred
dollars was sent from Butte, Montana, without other signature except
that on the face of the certificate. The blank for the purchaser of the
stock was blank. Public efforts were made to find the givers, but
without success. Well might the people feel that the voice of the organ
was the voice of the Saviour.
When the organ was dedicated and Dr. D. D. Wood led the devotion with
inspired fingers and sightless eyes the church's congregation was a
beautiful sight--like a sea sparkling with tears. When the great chorus
was singing the hymn, "God moves in a mysterious way his wonders to
perform," a large number of the singers were so choked with emotion that
they ceased to sing and Doctor Wood said the event was one of the most
thrilling in all his experiences with choirs.
These are "the simple annals of the poor," but they illustrate and
inculcate great principles which are applicable to any work for the
Lord.
Chapter III
Healing the Sick
The health and happiness of mankind depend in a great degree on faith.
Every emotion of the body and every action of the mind is an exhibition
of faith. Persons who believe they are well, even if they are ill, will
soon recover, and persons who believe that they will not be sick are
seldom ill. There is no department of human life so dependent on belief
as that connected with health. Millions would arise, take up their
couches and walk, if they could be made to believe that they could do
so. To believe a falsehood has cured many people, and consciences waver
between the duty to tell a patient the clear truth when he is very ill
and to make him believe a lie in order that he may get well.
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