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James H.
Taylor of West Roxbury,
Mass.,
wrote of a meeting of Wigglesworth’s in Washington, D.C.: ‘I think
it will help our testimony to state that we had seats in the second row
(front) from the healing corner, so that what happened during the healing
hour was almost within hand reach. Just before the meeting began, we had
noticed that a young girl, with crutches, was coming in. She was assisted by
a man and woman. Her legs absolutely dangled, with the feet hanging
vertically from them. From her waist she seemed to be limp and powerless.
Room was made for her in the front row. When the invitation to be saved was
given, she attempted to go forward aided by her assistants. Brother
Wigglesworth, on seeing her start, said: ‘You stay right where you are. You
are going to be a different girl when you leave this place’. When the rest
had been dealt with Brother Wigglesworth turned to the girl and, having been
told her trouble, said to the people: ‘This girl has no muscles in her legs;
she has never walked before’. He laid his hands on her head and prayed and
cried: ‘In the name of Jesus Christ, walk!’ Looking at her, he said: ‘You are
afraid, aren’t you?’ ‘Yes,’ she replied. ‘There is no need to be. You are
healed!’ he shouted. ‘Walk! walk!’ And praise God she did – like a baby just
learning! Twice she walked, in that characteristic way, the length of the
platform! Glory to God! When we left the room, her crutches were lying on the
seat, and on reaching the sidewalk we saw her standing, as others do, talking with two girl friends. Glory to
God in the highest and on earth – healing
to those who believe. Amen.
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The woman
who assisted her forward was her mother, and the man was her uncle, who wept
like a child during her healing. He testified in the evening meeting that she
walked up the stairs at her home without assistance, repeated the fact that
she had never before walked, and stated that her mother, who went forward for
healing for a swelling on her breast, when asked about it said: ‘It’s gone!’.
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From:
Stanley Howard Frodsham, Smith Wigglesworth:
apostle of faith, Assemblies of God Publishing House, Nottingham, 1974,
page 47
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