It is needless to say that those who come for prayer, with the desire only for experiment, and also those who are withholding their lives or pledges of devotion to Him, need never expect an answer.

CURED OF ST. VITAS’ DANCE.

“Very early in childhood, I was seized with a nervous trouble, something like St. Vitus’ Dance.  As I grew older it did not pass off, but settled into a disease of the muscles.  It became a terrible affliction.  It was usually under my control, but I could not endure protracted work of any kind, or unusual fatigue; I had consulted, in various cities, the best physicians, but they pronounced it incurable.  All that could be done was to be careful of overwork and excitement.  It must have been twenty-five years since I was first taken.

“Doctor Cullis asked me if I could give my body to the Lord to be healed; I felt that I could truly say ‘Yes.’  He then, in a simple manner, prayed that the Lord would restore strength of nerve and muscle.  I went home, touched and improved by the comforting words.  At the end of the week I was startled at the recollection that I had felt hardly anything of my trouble.  My nerves began to feel as if they were held with a grasp of iron.  The muscles refused to move as before at every inclination.  For two weeks this painful tension lasted.  Then I felt a gradual relaxation, and found that I was strong like other people.  I tested myself in the severest way—­walked, wrote and lifted—­after each exertion I could enjoy perfect rest.  The mystery of the miracles was explained to me.  This power of God manifested in the past, is manifest to us still.  Faith can grasp and use it.  Close beside us stands a living Christ.”

HIP DISEASE CURED.

A lady from Brooklyn, N.Y., came to the Consumptive’s Home for prayer cure.

“She had a diseased hip, and had used crutches for twenty years.  Often the hip joint would slip from its socket, so that it was impossible for her to walk without crutches.  She now writes, ’My lameness was incurable, and God interposed in my behalf, in answer to your prayer.  I have been able to walk for five months without the crutches I have used for over twenty years.’”

A BAD DEBT PAID.

A correspondent of Doctor Cullis, who was unable to collect a debt from a refractory and worthless debtor, promised to give it to the Lord, if it was ever paid.  The following is his letter: 

“Perhaps you remember that the writer, some months ago, asked you to pray that some money which had been due him a long time, and which to all human appearance was never to be paid, might by God’s interposition be paid in full.  Enclosed, find the full amount, $25, which was paid a few days since.  All glory to Him, who never, never fails.”