Show A MODREN MIRACLE thousands of latter day saints can testify to the fact that the power of god Is ia manifest in our age in the beginning of the history of the church through signs and won wonders diErs following the believers in the gospel the healing of the sick and even the raising up of persons to all appearances dead have been witnessed but the world is slow to accept the testimony because it is felt that its acceptance requires logically to admit the truth of the claims of joseph the prophet as to the divinity of his mission the following article is a testimony from outside the church impartial and unimpeachable it appears in the zanesville 0 daily signal of december under the caption A modern miracle it relates to an event mentioned in a letter to to the deseret news and published mong among recent missionary correspondence but it gives the fhe remarkable occurrence in greater detail and will be read with much interest it is as follows lows mr matthew gray of the seventh ward ard is perhaps the happiest person in zanesville today so he seemed at least when seen at his pleasant abington avenue home by a signal representative senta tive at an early hour this morning and too there is nothing strange or re remarkable marble about mr grays happiness though it was the result of one of the strangest and most remarkable faith tests ever enacted in this city and the story of mr grays miraculous cure of a relentless affliction will willbe be read acad with muth much interest in october three years ago matthew gray was stricken with paralysis the terrible disease affecting his entire left side for a year to the month mr gray was able to walk with the help of crutches but during the following october two years ago he was the recipient of a second stroke of paralysis and from that time until yesterday mr gray had been deprived of all use of his left side the entire left portion of his body being apparently dead his left arm being limp and palsied at his side and his left foot and leg was in the same inanimate condition I 1 such in brief has been matthew grays 3 rays condition for more than three years and two years of that time he has either sat helplessly in hla his large arm chair or has laid in bed seemingly waiting for the death angel to relieve him of his suffering last thursday two ly clad knocked at the gray homestead and were granted admission to I 1 the afflicted mans chamber these visitors were two mormon elders eldera who have been in zanesville for tha th past few weeks and whose mission missid ti to the play city has been regarded with only passing interest they have apparently patently ly contented themselves with the performance of the simple task 6 oil distributing tracts and making ft house to house canvass of the city iq ift the interest of their peculiar and rather degenerate creed mormonism in no iL instance stance however did either of of the strange visitors Int intrude 6 upon any person or make themselves obnoxious be it said to their credit they visited only where a wel welcome corne was wad extended them and where their earnest efforts bade tair fair to meet with some sort of success to many homes they have been admitted out of curiosity from some doubtless they have been barred and in some instances doubtless they have been treated kindly they dame here for the mere purpose urpo of performing a peculiar duty th names of four of these disciples all ak polygamy are elder fred J worth of taylor idaho elder J X IL 25 wilson jr of logan utah elder edward P turley of colonga juare chihuahua mexico and elder 9 R P malan ogden enow now for the interesting part of the story related to a signal reporter by br mr gray himself and given as near OH as possible in his own words liast last friday these tour four mormon ders called at my home here they were very genteel in appearance and actions and asked me if I 1 like to look over some of their tracts ete etc and also asked me if I 1 would not let them cure me by faith I 1 consented and they impressed upon me ve very strongly that I 1 should not have fat faith in them but should place all ay m Y faith in god as it was him and not them that my cure would be accomplished shed this liberal statement ou oil their part and their own on sincerity aided me materially tor for I 1 always knew that god alone could cure me and do you know I 1 have always thought that fv god cod would cure me As I 1 said before I 1 consented and they set sunday afternoon at 2 for the time of holding the meeting and additionally stated that from then themi friday morning until after the falth meeting they would not eat cat anything as a period of fasting seemed necessary sunday afternoon or yester yesterday dak abw at hernoon ter noon at 2 the four eidew came here to my home and after jiey repeatedly peat edly instructing me to put my mr faith in god they knelt at my in prayer my wife being the occupant of the room g this first prayer and while I 1 was sitting here in my big arm j hair bir one of the elders liberally anointed my head with oil sacred oil and after that was done they formed a circle around my chair each one placing his hia right hand on my head and all placed their left hands oneace on each others shoulders I 1 had perfect faith in all that they were doing and while each athe of the four elders earnestly prayed 1 I too bent my head in reverence and appealed with all the faith at my command to god for deliverance from my affliction binally Pl VI tally nally they concluded and one of th the elders commanded me to walk all at once I 1 became possessed of an al superhuman desire to get up and walk and aad when I 1 tried to after my muscles quivered tor for a brief instant I 1 raised my left arm and then stood up I 1 took a step and found I 1 could move wk vay left leg I 1 took another step and walked out into the kitchen and back after awhile I 1 made the round trip to the kitchen again and while on the third trip my left ankle turned slightly aad I 1 ut sat down r while I 1 am profusely thankful to the four elders for the interest that they tb Y manifested in my case I 1 want it distinctly understood that I 1 look to god as my deliverer and not to them when en seen by the signal represent ladde bauve this morning mr gray was sitting in his big arm chair with his left foot boot in a bucket of hot water a household remedy for sprains to illustrate the extent of his cure the happy gentleman eman shook hands with the writer JIS using ill first his I 1 right hand and next his t hand and the latter member which or three years had remained dead al angst at his side contained a strong and hearty grip many times he raised hla his bat lef leftare tarm arm abo above ve his headid head end waved it to an and d fro to illustrate the positive use aft had of the member and while renting the above experience he gesticulated tiou as freely with his left arm as ith the right many times he lifted the lett left foot loot from the water without apparent effort and accompanied thin the pleasant movement with a smile X ganoot almost weaning glorious in its extent and matthew gray is a well known citizen j of zanesville he was born and raised in iii muskingum ngum county and he and lind linchis hla his good wife have reared a family of ton ten children all but one of whom reside in inthe the county mrs bert poe the estimable wife of the foreman of the times recorder press room is a daughter and their tour four youngest children are attending the city schools f vr mr gray entered the army in 1862 1863 AM a member of the new york reserve artillery and was later a member of the regiment 0 V I 1 in 18 1864 64 ae b was honorably discharged from the regiment and entered the navy remaining there a year in 1866 he was married to miss sarah straub of this who is yet a helpmate and who hus cared faithfully for him during his three years of affliction |