| Show A SIOOIUS VIIKICIK lousands of Latterdas Saints can testify to the fact tint the power ot Go1 la I manifest in our age In the beginning be-ginning of the history of the Church through nlgns and wonders following the believers In the Gospel The healing heal-ing of the sick and even the raising up of persons to all appearances devd hO a been witnessed Hut the world la I slow to accept the testlmonj because it Is I felt that Its acceptance requires logically to ndml Ih truth or the elalm of Joseph tho 1rophet as tc tho divinity of his m nilon The following Ucle Is n 1lImony rrom ut lde tho Church Impartlt amI unlmpechnbl It appears In 111 ZauelIIe 0 DII Ilgnal of Decmber Otl unelr the iptlon A Modern Miracle 11 r Inles to n event menthm1 In loller to the DIeret Nes nnd IHlLIIhed among rcUlI mlsolonn > correspond ne but It gives the remarkabl oc currnce i In greater detail anel will 10 reod with mucb Inleret It Is I s tol lowo i llr Matthew Oroy of tho beventh Jri Is perhaps the happlest person In ilnesvlllo todiy o he seemed at r 1 t r tr I tastiWhcn seen t his pleasant Ablrg ton nvenuo home by a Signal lepn I ninth e at an early hour this murn Ire And too there Is I nothing strange nr n mrlnhl nhoul 311 Oruy 11ppl re thoiiBh It n1Iho result of onVof Ih Btrangest amI most rtmurlnbl fnlth tst r nitlcd In this cits 11 < 1 tho tory of Mr Uro lllmenious cnre or a entlei OIIlIlIon ivlll be Hsd wllb much Interrsl In Octobe Ih yenrs ngo Mat Ihew Orny ns strkltcn with liaraljils the tfrrllU dlsonsc atttctlng his en I tI 10 left side f3r n Jar to the month 31r Cray was nble to wall with the hlp of crutrheii but during the following fol-lowing Molr nvo jeara ago he was lhc itclplent of a tecond ttroke ol rrnl an1 ftom Ihat tllM until tsterdii Mr Oray had been deprived rd uto ot hl < ren side the intlre Irt portion nf hta Kody being nppar ntly dead hli left arm bilnir limp nnd Ihle1 al his side and his left root IIn1 I w iIn the me Inanimate olldl tlon touch In brief has been Matthew Graj B condition for more than thrto jears nnd two jeara of that time hi has either rot htlplosiily In liU large nrm ehlr or tons I I In IKdenlngi wrlllnf ror Ihe I < lIth tOgel 10 relle e 11m or his urrII Ilst Thurolay two vlltorpecllllar IT clad kn rked at the Jla hOIlIt I ad ard were crantiil oImlsslon I Ih nllllctc mall hmbt Th vlltors wr tu MOlmon 111Ir who have been Ir Kamsvlllt for tlte ruit fnw weeks and vhnsL mlnslc to the rias city has bun regarded wlih nU passing IntereM They have np ptrently contenl1 themI wllh the 1Cormant or the ilmph tusk or aittrlbutlnr trurt nnd nnlng a houselol1oU cvas or tho clt > li the Interist of their ecullor nud rllther dogeneiate creedMormonism In no liitnnce how Vei did c 11 her or the btranje vhltors intrud tltomoh ui en nny person or make1 themselves obnoxious lie It said to heir I credit IhlY vlilted onlj where a welcome was extended thm and where their orncst tfforts bado fair to meet with s > me port c f suceess To mahyt homes they have l > Cn admitted out of curiosity from fcome floubtlcs tlioy have been mrred nnd In 901110 Instanced doublet I doubl-et they have been treated kindly Thy esne ttto for th rnoro Iur oC pcrrormlng a eeullar lIut h nnno of four of these disciple f olvoaniy lire Hlder Tied J Vnds worth of Taj lor Idiho rlder J r Wllwn Jr ot Logan Utah rlder lJuanl r Turlcy of Colonla Juarez hlhuihun Jlcxko und Ilder U r Malan Osdcn Now for the Interesting part of the story t elated to n fllgnai reporter by Mr Grny hlmlr and given a nea as tolhl III his 0 word fast Irld I ere fllut 1fornlOn r1 I enllo < 1 I1t my Ime her They were ery genteel In npInrnoc nnd oollon nll lIake1 mo If I wouldnt like 10 look 0 r ome or thrlr tract etc nnll al aked me If 1 would not let Ihm cure me by fultli It consented Ihoy Impresses lelUgr t vcrj strongly thnt t should not have faith In them but should place all m > fallh In God as It was through Him and not thm thnl my cnro would he nccom 1lIrhed Thl IIbral Intemenl on their part nnd Ihelr own slnerltlIld fd me TOlorlall ror 1 nlwa tne that Go1 IIlone eouM cur m IInl el uU Imow f hao ahvny thOught that God would cu meA me-A I Haiti before I consented and he > set Rundaj nfftrnoon nt 2 clock for the lime or hohlng the nl < < lIng anll addlllonolly stated that from Ihen rlday morning until nftei the faith ntellng they would nut tit nnj thing a period ot fasting seemed neces ay Sunda onernoen or eterda nr ternoon nt ocloelt Iho four mdprs cme her to mI home and nftr re entedly Instructing me to put my alth 1 t In nod the knelt nt my bcd lde r V mrhe f1rl n prajer my wife being t the sixth occupant of the room Following this Hrst prayer and while 1 was ilttlng here I my biz arm hair one ot th Hlders liberal pointed mj head with oilsacred oil nd after that was done tho formed n Wt j Ircle I around mj chair I tnch on piai ng his right hand on my head and nil plnceel Ihelr left hnnd on each othor ihouldcrs I had perfect faith In nil hat they were doing and while each or the four Elders earnestly prayed I 100 bont my heo1 In rvremo ao1 ar > eiled with nil the faith at my com monel to Go1 for elIIelance from my n mictlo Ilnolly IheT conlucled and one of the Eldr commno1 < 1 mo to walk All nt onc 1 hecnnte poeood or u nl rost superhuman dolro I to get up nnd valk nnd when t tried to after my muscles quivered for a brief Instant 1 nlsed my left arm and then stood upI up-I tool a Hep nnd found I could move my left leg I took another step and valkcd out into the kitchen and balk After awhile I made the round trip to he kitchen again nnd while on the hlrd trip my left nnklo turned slight 11 and 1 sat down hlle I am profusely thankful to he four Elders for the Interest that hey manifested In my case I want It Ustlnctly understood that look to Qod us my deliverer and not to them When seen by the Signal reprcsen atlvo this morning Mr Cray was sit ling In his ble arm chair with his left fcot In a budet or hot walra houe lold remedy for rpralns To Illustrate he extent of his cure tho happy gen Icman hook hands with the writer using list his right hand and next his left hand nnd the latter memberwhlch for thre nrs had rmolned dnd nl most nt tils side contained a strong nnd h unity grip llany time he raised his left arm above hla head end weved It to nnd fro to Illustrate the positive use he had of the member nnd while re atlng tho hoe experience hj gcs leulated as freely with his left arm as with the right Many times he lifted the left foot from the water without tny apparent effort and accompanied the pleasant movement with a smile nlmoot glorious in Its extent and 1anlng Matthew Cray Is a well known elll zen of Zanesvllle He wn born and rained In Musklngum county and he and ills good wife have rartl a fmlly of ten children nil but one or vhom relde In the county Mn nert Poe the stlmnble wire or the rormnn or the Times llecorder pr room Is a nuhter nn1 Iheir four oune1 hll Ilren ro attending the city school I 3Ir Irny entered the nrmv In 1 61 n a tnomhor of the New York neen rllllery nn1 n i late a mmher or the 150th regiment O V I In 1SC4 I was honorably discharged from the T CKlment nnl entered the navj remaining re-maining there a jear In ISGfi he wal married to Miss Sarah Mrauli of this cits who Is vet a helpmate nnd who has cared faithfully for him during hi three ers of nmictlon |
