HEALED BY PRAYER by Alfred S. Combs

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 1, 1901

HEALED BY PRAYER.

By Alfred S. Combs

ALFRED S. COMBS.

(Stillwater, O. T.)

For the encouragement of those doing Woman's Gospel work and all others, I would like to make a statement in the REVIEW. For over two years my wife has been a sufferer with tuberculous abscesses. Three physicians pronounced the disease incurable. I had her treated at the Oklahoma City Sanitarium. There Drs. Kellogg and Paulson examined her, and also pronounced the disease incurable. We called in Brother McReynolds, and he anointed her. We returned home, and afterward went to camp-meeting, and there Brethren Shultz, Kilgore, Giddings, and Howard prayed for her; and last winter I sent to those conducting the Woman's Gospel work a request for prayer for her. Sister Irwin wrote me that she would be remembered.

One night at worship, about three months ago, I read a chapter in A. F. Ballenger's book, “Power for Witnessing,” and made some remarks on the power of God in conversion. The power manifested in healing is no greater than that which takes a man in his sins of the blackest dye and makes him as white as snow. Jesus, when on earth, healed the worst cases of physical deformity that came to Him; and His power and willingness are just as great to-day. A canvasser was with us on this occasion; and praise the Lord, such a power came over every one present as we had never felt. After prayer, my wife said, “I believe that my left side (that had been very painful all winter) is healed.” It has never pained her since; and two abscesses in that side began to diminish, and in ten days stopped running, and are now well. Praise the Lord.