Christ - The Great Physician - Gordon Lindsay

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ChristThe Great Physician

This book is one of a series of studies on Divine healing andhealth, that should be in every home. Christthe GreatPhysician, sho s ho Divine healing can be a !ractical realityin the home. "t sho s ho a family can solve the !roblem ofsickness and disease.

#ickness is a serious !roblem indeed, even from a financialstand!oint. $eader%s Digest says each family should !ut aside&'(( a year against illness. )any families s!end more, not tos!eak of the inconvenience, suffering and trouble resulting from

!rotracted illness.)rs. Gordon *indsay has shared in the !re!aration of the

book. #he relates ho various sicknesses attacked their family,ho the battles ere faced, the strategy used and ho victoryand deliverance ere attained.

These incidents related, taken out of the !ages of real life,ill !rove to be a strong stimulus to the faith of believers, most

of hom sooner or later ill be faced ith many of the samecrises.

+hat to do +hen cancer strikes. "f your child is cross eyed. "f a son loses sight in one eye.

"f an - ray sho s that the dreaded T. . has struck. +hat to do hen death strikes.

/nd hat about the infectious diseases, mum!s, measles,etc., hich !eo!le say children ill get sooner or later. "s itnecessary for them to have these diseases0

"n each case God gave the *indsay family clear cutdeliverance and victory. Gordon *indsay analy1es the im!ortantelements that ent into each deliverance. 2o they met andovercame the stubborn cases. 2o they obtained a miracle,hen a miracle as necessary.

3o one can read this book ithout reali1ing that Divinehealing is a reality and that the days of miracles are not over.


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ChristThe Great Physician

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Contents

; 2o +e 7vercame #ickness "n 7ur 2ome ..............................' Ptomaine Poisoning .............................................................6 Mother Healed of Cancer ...................................................10 Marriage ............................................................................12

? 7ur 8amily Doctor .................................................................;@The Dreaded Tuberculosis! ................................................13Cross "es ..........................................................................16 The Car #ccident ................................................................16

#ngelic Protection ..............................................................1$ # Deadl" Carbuncle! ..........................................................1$ %&our 'o"(s )ight "e *s 'lind!+ ......................................1,The Mum-s! ........................................................................21%He That D elleth in the /ecret Place+ ............................22hat to Do hen Death /tri es .........................................2The De il /tri es 4na ares ...............................................26

* 5earn the /eriousness of M" Condition ...........................2$

The 'attle 'egins ................................................................2The 'attle )ages .................................................................2 # Premature 7ictor" ...........................................................2, # Tric of the nem" ..........................................................2, Had * 5ost M" Healing8 .....................................................30


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1 How We Overcame Sickness In Our Home

The !roblem of sickness is one of the most serious mattershich a family has to face. / recent article in a nationalmaga1ine declares that the average family should lay aside fortydollars a month to take care of !ossible medical bills. This isnearly five hundred dollars a year. #ome families are fortunate,and do not s!end that much. 7thers are involved in medical andhos!ital bills that amount to thousands of dollars. #ome !eo!le,as a result of !rotracted sickness in the family, have been forcedto mortgage their homes to defray the cost of e9!ensivetreatments.

This is only one side of the !icture. "t does not take intoaccount those ho suffer years of e9cruciating !ain, not to s!eak

of being unable to live a normal life. 7r orse, one may besuddenly cut off, leaving behind sorro ing and grief strickenloved ones. Physicians are often able to alleviate !ain, and insome cases effect remarkable cures, nevertheless, theythemselves recogni1e their limitations. They frankly make noguarantees that their !atients ill recover.

#ickness often attacks ithout arning. Cancer maysuddenly strike an other ise healthy !erson. "f the disease is inan early stage, a surgical o!eration may stay its !rogress. /gainit may take the !erson a ay in a short time, even thoughthousands of dollars are s!ent in securing the best hel!, medicalscience has to offer. 7thers more fortunate may recoversufficiently to get around, but are unable to resume their formerork, or fulfill the normal res!onsibilities of life.

#ickness and disease are enemies of the human race.

Perha!s one of the strangest delusions entertained in the name ofreligion is that hich regards sickness as the ill of God, a

blessing sent in disguise. Those ho teach this, ho ever, sho by their actions that they do not really believe it. +hen they become ill, they invariably send for the doctor in the ho!e of

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being cured. "f they !racticed hat they are su!!osed to believe,ould they not thank God for their sickness rather than try to

evade the ill of God by getting ell0 The fact is, sickness is ofthe devil, as the ible !lainly teaches. ABob ? >, /cts ;( @ E "nthe follo ing !ages e tell the story of ho God hel!ed ourfamily to defeat sickness in our home. +e believe that it illhel! you to do the same thing.

+e do not ant to give the im!ression that one secures the blessings of Divine healing and health ithout a struggle. +e

have been tested time and again, and on occasion have faced ades!erate onslaught from the enemy. /t such times it as notthe matter of some minor ailment such as a cold or a case of theflu. +e have had the devil strike ith the sting of death, andonly by means of a miracle of God did e survive. +e have hadto face such diseases as cancer. 7nce my mother at advancedage suffered a stroke effecting her mind. "n each case Godrought a miracle. +e have had a son born ith cross eyes,

ith one eye so defective that it ould lie half ay under the bridge of his nose. /nother child ent blind in one eye. )orethan once death itself seemed to come into our home.

3evertheless e are able to testify that God has never failed us.2e gave us more than grace to bear u! under the blo . 2eans ered our !rayers and brought us deliverance in every case.

7n the follo ing !ages e tell the story of ho God met ourfamily in dealing ith the sickness Fuestion. 2o 2e hasenabled us to en oy the blessings and benefits of healing andhealth. +e trust that this true story ill give encouragement and

blessing to others. 8or, hat God has done for us, 2e ill do foryou.

Ptomaine Poisoning

5arly in my ministry, in fact during my first revivalcam!aign, hich as conducted in a tent in a small city of#outhern California, " as stricken do n ith hat turned out to

be an almost fatal case of !tomaine !oisoning. +e ere neverFuite certain hat brought about the attack, but it undoubtedly

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Ho e ; ercame /ic ness *n ;ur Home

resulted from something that " had eaten. )y friends had gonesome here for the day. "t as about noon hen severe !ains

began to sei1e me, and " lay do n thinking that !resently "ould be better.

This " shouldn%t have done. 8or, had " taken dominion overthe thing at once in the 3ame of the *ord, no doubt " ould havesecured relief. "nstead, in a very short time, agoni1ing cram!s

began to strike me at brief intervals, hich left me ithout breath or strength to !ray. " believe right there " made a mistake

that many Christians make. "nstead of rebuking the enemy henhe a!!ears ith the first sym!tom, !eo!le yield to the thing, and before they reali1e it #atan has secured a foothold.

+hen my brethren returned, they sa that " as in a baday. They !rayed for me and others !rayed, but at that time "received no visible deliverance, and rather, the cram!sa!!arently increased. " have no desire to e9aggerate, but thesuffering seemed as intense as it is !ossible for a human being toe9!erience. 5veryone kno s ho !ainful a brief cram! can be,

but these attacks ere not for a moment, or an hour, or a day, but ere to continue at intervals of a fe moments, over a !eriod of t o eeks.

3aturally my brethren became some hat disturbed over thefact that my condition did not im!rove. Certain kind neighborsho attended our meetings, volunteered to take me into their

home. ut in s!ite of the best !ossible care, " sho ed noim!rovement and steadily gre orse. 7f course " could eatnothingH the very thought of food increased my nausea. /fter afe days hen they sa no sign of im!rovement, these goodfolk became alarmed and insisted that a !hysician be called. "thank the *ord for !hysician friends, but " must testify that asGod has revealed 2imself as my Great Physician, " have al aysfelt that " must lean u!on 2im alone. esides, had e not been

!reaching to the !eo!le that Christ could heal, and no if " couldnot sho these folk that " trusted the *ord for myself, ould notthat !art of our !reaching have been in vain0

The family ith hom " stayed, as in a dilemma. They

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kne little of Divine healing e9ce!t hat e had !reached. /llevidence seemed to sho that " as getting orse ra!idly, and

that unless something as done, " ould die on their hands. "nsuch event, they reasoned, !erha!s correctly, that they ould bein trouble ith the health authorities. To them, there seemed noalternative. 5ither a !hysician must be called, or they dare notkee! me in their home.

8ortunately, Dr. Bohn G. *ake, ho at that time as in #anDiego, sent ord for me to be brought to his home. " shall ever

be grateful for his kindness and hos!itality. The ride to #anDiego, of si9teen miles, as agoni1ing although the driver asas careful as !ossible. Dr. *ake, ho had !rayed for tens ofthousands, and had seen multitudes delivered, !rayed for meeach evening. 3evertheless, it seemed that nothing could staythe !rogress of the affliction, hich no had reduced me to acondition of e9treme hel!lessness. "n my mind, though " hated tothink of it, came the recurring thought that death as

a!!roaching.Gradually eakening in body and racked ith constant

!ain, " resigned myself to death. 4et " !ondered the reason forall that had ha!!ened to me. +hy should " be cut off at the very

beginning of my ministry0 +hy, in a fe hours of time, must atelegram be sent to my mother ith the ords, 4our son !asseda ay at such and such an hour0 " thought of the grief thatould come to her. " had anted to !reach the Gos!el of GoodTidings more than anything else in the orld. 3o it a!!earedthat my ministry ould end ith abru!tness. +as this the +illof God0

ut God as to sho 2imself. 8irst, through 2is +ord.#ister *ake had been kind enough to give me some ty!edsermons by her husband on the sub ect of healing. /s " readthose messages, my attention as taken from my suffering to the

!o er of the $isen Christ. 5ven as " read, " began to feel themoving of faith in my soul. Certain #cri!tures came to me ithforce and vividness. The ords Fuoted by Peter in /cts ;( @ ,concerning Besus, who went about doing good, and healing


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all that were oppressed of the devil. left a dee! im!ressionu!on me. /gain in *uke ;@, Besus, in healing the oman bo ed

over, sho ed that the infirmity as caused directly by the binding !o er of #atan. "t da ned u!on me that it as not the+ill of God that " should die, but rather the ill of the devil. "tas he ho ould be !leased if he could end my ministry beforemy time.

/nother #cri!ture came es!ecially to my attention. "t as)ark ;; ?? ?I, and is yet today my favorite !assage. The ords,

What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that yereceive them, and ye shall have them, fascinated me. / lightas da ning, and " began to understand the difference bet een

!assive and active faith. 2ere as a direct arrant for myimmediate healing if " ould dare to acce!t it.

" could ait no longer. /n emergency bell as beside my bed and " gave it a ring. / nurse in the household came, andinFuired of me hat " anted. " re!lied rather unceremoniouslythat " anted my clothes, so that " could get u!. " do notremember her ans er, e9ce!t that she hesitated, !erha!s notkno ing hether " as in my right mind. ut faith had fired mysoul and " as insistent. Come, " said, 4ou have been !rayingfor my healing. elieve your o n !rayers and bring my clothes.

3ot kno ing hat further to ans er, the lady decided to humorme and my clothes ere brought. 2o " got into them " do notkno , for " as very eak, and though the cram!s had lessened,they had not ceased. ut my thoughts no ere not my !ains,

but u!on the living reality of the !romise of God. " kne " ashealedJ

" had lost t enty five !ounds, and my clothes hung u!on megrotesFuely, but " gave no heed to this. /s my feet touched thefloor, " began to !raise the *ord for healing. /t that instant mycram!s vanished. /nd for the first time in many days " felt thesensation of hunger. " sat do n to a hearty meal to theastonishment of everybody e9ce!t the *ake family, ho ereused to seeing miracles take !lace.

" as healed indeedJ ut there as one thing that God

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sho ed me in my healing that " have never forgotten. "f Godcould heal me after " had been so close to death, ho much more

could 2e deliver me and !rotect me from sickness. "t as !lainto me that God desired to fulfill 2is !romise by kee!ing me freefrom sickness. /nd so during the !ast many years, " and myfamily have !roven that the *ord is not only healer of ourdiseases, but that 2e can kee! the !lague from our d elling. 2ehas not failed us, and e can fully recommend Christ as the2ealer to every home.

#umming u!, " had learned t o great lessons;. 8aith is an act. /fter !rayer is made for healing, there is

a time to act u!on the +ord of God. Deliverance cameto me at the moment that " acted u!on the +ord of God.

?. Though it is onderful to be healed, it is better to bedelivered from sickness before it overtakes us. The+ord of God clearly teaches that Divine health rather

than Divine healing is God%s !lan for the believer.A59odus ;' ?=E

Mother Healed of Cancer

8or about ten years, " en oyed the blessings of health, rarelye9!eriencing anything more than the discomfort of a cold. Thenone day hile " as some three thousand miles from home "

received a letter from my father. )other usually did the ritingand hen " sa that the letter as ritten in father%shand riting " kne something as rong. " soon found out thatthere as. )other as des!erately ill. 59amination !roved thatshe had the dreaded cancerJ +hat terror that ord strikes in theheart of many !eo!leJ

/ !hysician recommended an immediate o!eration hichould be Fuite e9!ensive and ith no more !romise than a brief

!ost!onement of the inevitable. ut mother ho had great faithin God determined to trust God for healing.

" as far from home. " anted to go to mother%s bedside, butthe de!ression as on, and having no money, " drove out to an

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old school house. #ome of the indo s ere broken, and if mymemory serves me correctly, the door hung on one hinge.

Kneeling by a bench, " laid the ible do n and o!ened it to oneof the great !romises of God, What so ever ye desire when yepray, believe ye receive and ye shall have. " did not !raylong. "t seemed that God%s !o er as all around me. " said, 7God, although mother is @,((( miles a ay, you have all !o er. "have !rayed for others and they have been healedH no mother%slife is at stake. /t this moment " believe that your !o erdestroys that cancer and she shall live. +hen " arose, anassurance came to me that deliverance had comeJ

Three or four days later " ent again to the !ost office andfound that an air mail letter a aited me. "t as in mother%shand riting, and standing in the !ost office lobby, " hastily torethe letter o!en. Do n the !age " could see the ords,2allelu ahJ Praise the *ordJ God has done a miracle.The cancer is goneJ

"t seemed that about the time that " had !rayed, t o ladiescame to mother%s home. 7ne as a oman of faith. The other%sfaith as not very strong. /s they aited on the *ord in !rayer,suddenly mother said, #omething is taking !laceH " believe " amhealed. 7ne of the ladies ran out into the kitchen crying andsaying, Poor 5ffieJ Poor 5ffieJ #he%s goingJ 7ne of myrelatives felt the same ay, and he died the ne9t day. They allthink they are getting better ust before they dieJ ut mothersaid, 3o, this is the touch of God. #oon she got out of bed,ent to the bathroom and thre u! the cancer. #he as indeedgloriously healed. / fe months later, she made a tri! toCalifornia to testify to friends and relatives. " met her there.+hat a thrill it as to kno that God had done the miraculous,and faithfully fulfilled 2is !romiseJ

The lessons God taught me in this e9!erience ere these

;. +hen a deadly disease strikes, do not !anic. 4ou cannothave faith and have fear. 4ou cannot have fear and havefaith. Do not look at the sym!toms and allo fear tostrike your heart. *ook at the +ord of God and let it

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ins!ire you to believe.

?. 8aith o!erates instantly and at any distance. /t themoment that " !rayed and believed God, healing came tomother ho as three thousand miles a ay. ecausesomeone ho has faith is not !resent in !erson to !rayfor you, do not des!air. God has !re!ared resources forevery situation.

@. /fter you are healed, stand on the !romise, and believethat God kee!s you healed. " have heard of cancer

returning to some after they ere delivered. This isunnecessary, as much so, as for a !erson to backslideafter God has saved his soul.

Marriage

The time came that " as married to a young lady ho livedin the city of Portland. #he as an e9cellent Christian and hadgreat faith in God. 2o ever, she had not been taught strongly inthe truths of Divine healing. "t as not long before she astested in believing God for healing and health, even as " had

been tested. ut " ill let her tell her o n story.

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2Our Family octor

'" Mrs. :ordon 5indsa"5very family needs a good !hysician, for it is doubtful that

anyone goes through this life ithout needing hel! at one timeor another. *et me introduce you to our 8amily Physician.

#hortly after rother *indsay and " ere married, t entyt o years ago, e ent to illings, )ontana, to start a nechurch. +ith the ork small, and having mostly untrainedhel!ers, " found myself song leader, #unday #choolsu!erintendent, young !eo!le%s !resident, anitor, etc. esidesthis, rother *indsay and " ere going from house to housedaily, !assing out handbills and inviting the to ns!eo!le to ourservices.

"t as unseasonably rainy. The ater see!ed into the roughtabernacle, soaking the sa dust and leaving large !ools ofstanding ater, before the condition could be corrected. /fterleading the singing each night, " ould come from the !latform,many times !ers!iring, and sit in the crude benches, my feet onthe et sa dust, and ith the atmos!here dri!!ing ithhumidity.

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T. . +hat a horrible ordJ ", too, as afraid that " had it, but " ould not let myself think about it. ut no my sister

intimated that " as its victim. Could it be true0 #t the insistence of m" famil"< m" lungs ere = ra"ed. The

result> the best lung as entirel" s-otted ith T.'.? the other< so full of li@uid that it sho ed u- onl" as a blur. The remedy oneyear in bed, either in a sanitarium or herever " could getconstant and good care. Perha!s " ould recover. )y youth asabout the only thing in my favor. +hat a bleak future for a bride

of a fe monthsJ/bout this time, my husband%s !arents ere greatly stirred.

They had lived in Lion City, "llinois, under Dr. Do ie, herethey had seen many miracles. #o they immediately called theirson. 2aving received the message, he got into his car, drove the;,((( miles back to Portland, sto!!ing only along the side of thehigh ay to get a fe inks of slee!.

3o he stood by my bed. +ith real faith and determination,he encouraged me in the *ord. 2e suggested " s!end theremainder of the day !re!aring my heart, and then he ould !rayfor my healing.

" e!t and !rayed before the *ord confessing any unbelief,and asking God to erase any sin of omission. The #cri!ture "Bohn @ ?;, as Fuickened to my soul #f our hearts condemnus not, then have we confidence toward $od.

" felt no sense of condemnation. " as no ready for !rayer.rother *indsay !rayed a fe minutes ith me, and then e

began thanking God for ans ering us. 3o immediate change asa!!arent, but " stood on the healing !romises. " got u!, alkedabout for a little hile, then lay do n again. " re!eated thisseveral times during the day.

y the third day, e ere on our ay back to illings,)ontanaJ +ithin a month, " had regained most of my strengthand as able to resume my duties at the church and in my home.Through the years, by taking a short rest !eriod each afternoon, "have been able to lead a more than active life, ith many

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demands u!on my time and strength. 2o ha!!y " am today,that in #atan%s first all out attack to cut my life short, " turned

my case over to our 8amily Doctor, and " have never had arecurrence of T. . since.

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law,AGal. @ ;@E /nd Deut. ? ?? tells us that a !art of this curse isconsum!tion or T. . Praise GodJ

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indo , s eet relief had come and " had the assurance that thevictory as on.

The Great Physician as !resent, and " am still healedtodayJ

Cross%&yes

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father ke!t a vigil over her. #he never suffered any ill effects norscars, and one eek later, as e attended a 8ello shi! )eeting

at the church of rother *indsay%s sister and brother in la ,$ev. and )rs. *. D. 2all, her face had nearly entirely healed,ith ne baby skin covering the bruises. The )aster #urgeonhad done a beautiful !iece of !lastic surgeryJ

'ngelic Protection

+hen Gilbert as four years old, e lived in the lovelymountain resort of /shland, 7regon, in the !arsonage hich asne9t door to a large gas station and garage that serviced huge,cross country vans. 7n this !articular day, Gilbert as kneelingon the side alk, tying a toy to the rear of his tricycle.

#uddenly, as the station attendant atched, one of thoselarge trucks began backing right in the direction of our child.The man shouted loudly, but the trucker, due to the noise of the

motor, failed to hear him and ke!t right on backing. Theattendant thre his hands over his face, feeling certain that thechild ould be crushed to death. ut in that s!lit second, thedriver, for some unkno n reason, thre on the brakes. Theservice em!loyee ran to the side of Gilbert, ho ascom!laining that that old truck tore my stocking. The truckhad torn the sock from the child%s foot, but left him unharmedJ/ fe more inches, and he could have met death. 2o relieved

e ere to have committed our child at the beginning of thatday to 2im +hose eye never slumbers nor slee!s.

' !eadly Carbuncle"

2aving resigned our church in /shland, to begin !ublicationof The 7oice of Healing , e found ourselves living in the Dee!#outhin lovely #hreve!ort, *ouisiana.

/s the children ere in school, e felt it best for me to stayith them during the school year. )y husband often ent on

s!eaking engagements. 7n this !articular tri!, he had gone toaltimore, sitting u! most of the night in a drafty air!ort

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aiting room. The ne9t night he as u! again until almost da nto hel! a fello minister. ut he noticed a soreness in his neck,

hich became steadily more !ainful in the ne9t several days.y the time he as to return home, his neck as giving him

serious troubleJ #to!!ing off at )em!his, Tennessee, he entFuickly to a doctor%s office for an e9amination. The doctordiagnosed it as a carbuncle at the to! of the s!ine, and urged himto go to the hos!ital at once for an o!eration. rother *indsaytold him that it as necessary for him to com!lete his tri! to

#hreve!ort. 7nly ith the !romise that he ould see a doctorimmediately, did the ). D. reluctantly release him. )y husbandassured him ithout delay, u!on his arrival home, he ould getin touch ith his Aamil" Doctor.

/rriving home from the office, " found him lying on thesofa, his face dra n in !ain. 4et, " did not get the full im!act ofhis condition at once. +e !rayed, but for several days the backof his neck increased s elling, hile the carbuncle took on areddish, ominous, dark hue. 8riends dro!!ed in. #ome intimatedthat it had gone into blood !oisoning. /nother very dear friendcalled a onderful Christian doctor, ho advised an o!eration atonce due to the danger of s!inal meningitis setting in, because ofthe location of the carbuncle.

The first fe days at home, he urged me to bring from theoffice a medical book so that he could read the information

under the ord carbuncle. " read it at the office and this ishat it said / very !ainful and dangerous infection ... often inthe na!e of the neck... causing great e9haustion from the

!oisoning... death often follo s. " decided right then and therethat he did not need that kind of encouragement, so neglected to

bring it each night.

ut no , he rarely talked to anyone, kee!ing his face to theall most of the time. #hould he go to the hos!ital0 2e chose tostay at home. The doctor suggested " !ut hot !acks on his neckto give some relief. This " did, des!erately clinging to God.8inally, after hat seemed an eternity of blackness, the light

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e kne God had heard. +ithin a fe hours, the carbuncle tookon multi!le heads, all of hich seemed to break at once, hile a

tea cu! of !us ran from them. 8our days later, he as in the2ouse of the *ord, magnifying the Great DelivererJ

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before !raying. efore he as ready, one #unday night, thechildren and " attended a revival at a 8ull Gos!el church, held by

one of our deliverance evangelists. / !rayer line as formed. "caught my little boy%s attention as he sat on the front ro . 2ea!!eared to be about half aslee! as " nodded for him to get in theline. 2e shook his head several times, 3o. /s " !rayed silently," sa him get u! slo ly and make his ay to the rear of thechurch, as by no the line had become very long. 7nly one tinygirl as behind him.

y the time the evangelist !rayed for all those !eo!le, heas very eary. +hen he came to our boy, he Fuickly said,God, heal this little boy, and !assed him on. eing Fuitehuman, " as disa!!ointed. " thought, The evangelist didn%teven ask hat as rong ith him, and hat a short !rayerJ2o ever, as e drove home, " felt a rebuke for having felt theay " did, so determined not to make a negative statement. /se ste!!ed inside the house, " asked Dennis, Did the *ord heal

you0 To hich he re!lied as if sur!rised that " ould ask such asu!erfluous Fuestion, 4es. " took him into the bedroom, a ayfrom the rest of the family, locked the door and !ointed to alarge number on the calendar, having covered his good eye.+ithout any difficulty he read the figures. 3e9t " !icked u! myible. 2e read it !erfectly. Then " tried him on a very small ty!etestament. 2e could read very little.

"n the !resence of the family, e ent through the sametests. +e !raised God for hat 2e had done. Turning to Dennis" said, 3o tomorro morning before you go to school, eshall let you read out of the small testament. 2is vision assome im!roved by the ne9t morning. The second morning, hemissed only a fe ords, and on the third, !raise God, he couldsee every letter clearlyJ

y this time, Dennis had been transferred to a ne school, built about four blocks from our home. Kno ing that the nenurse ould have all the old records, " made an a!!ointmentith her to have Dennis% eyes checked. This she did, saying hehad ?( ?( visionJ ut hen she !ulled out his card, she as not

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as my husband and " !rayed. +ithin a fe hours, the s ellinghad gone do n, his fever left, he ate normally and !layed all

day, hile e sang the !raises of God. 7ur #!ecialist in Child%sDiseases had brought the cureJ

#everal eeks !assed, and rother *indsay as again out ofthe city. 7ne day " noticed that my a s ere giving me troubleas " che ed. The discomfort increased as time !assed. 7n#unday night, " returned from church to find " had a badheadache. Thinking " could slee! it off, " ent right to bed. /fter

a fe hours, " a oke ith a raging fever. )y neck as very soreand " kne that " had !icked u! Gilbert%s mum! germs. /llalone, " got on my knees in bed, and served notice on the devilthat he had lost the first battle, and that according to God%sord, he as about to lose the second. /gain and again, " Fuotedthe !romises of God out loud, hile the children sle!t soundlyon, in the ne9t room. 8inally, " fell aslee!, and hen " a oke, "as ringing et ith !ers!iration. The fever had vanished and

" as ellJ 7ur 8amily Physician, ho is never too tired, nevertoo busy, nor out of 2is office, made the call in the middle of thenight, and " as healed.

He hat !welleth in the ecret Place

+hen Gilbert as fifteen years old, he as returning homeone afternoon, from high school. +ith him as a grou! of boys,

all of them running for a bus, hich had sto!!ed for them on busy Befferson street. Gilbert as in the lead, and failed to see acar that as coming very ra!idly. /ll cars in the second lane oftraffic had already sto!!ed for the boys, but the man in the thirdlane said that he actually did not see the boys.

/t that moment, hen Gilbert sa that he as going to behit, he said that he gave a des!erate lea!. The car miraculously

missed him, but caught the trum!et that he as carrying, andhurled it clear across that ide intersection. #trangely enough,hen he !icked u! his horn, neither it nor the case as in anyise damaged. +hen he told us about it, e reminded him thathe had been dedicated to the *ord as a child, and also recalled

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the night that he received his trum!et, hen our hole familyknelt in !rayer and dedicated it to the *ord. 2o onderful and

true the ords of the Psalmist, -or he shall give his angelscharge over thee, to eep thee in all thy ways. hey shallbear thee up in their hands....

2o do others live ithout 2im0 " onder. )any donNt.They go to !remature graves. 5ven some useful Christians arecut short through lack of kno ledge of God%s healing !o er. "feel it ould be criminal to kno the message of Divine 2ealing

and not share it ith a dying orld."n the t enty t o years of our marriage, not including the

time hen our three children ere born, e have s!ent !erha!sa total of t enty five dollars for doctor bills, such as shots hene ere going into a foreign country, etc. ut by the !receding

!ages, you can see that #atan has not left us unchallenged. +hata different story from the conversation " heard a fe eeks agoin a cro ded su!er market.

#aid one man to another, 4ou kno , most of my check forthe !ast year has gone to the doctor. To hich the other re!lied,That%s my com!laint. )y family has had nothing but doctorand hos!ital bills all year, until " feel like turning my holecheck over to the doctor each eek, no Fuestions asked. 2e getsit any ay. 4ou might say, O"%m ust orking to su!!ort thedoctor%.

True, doctors !erform many onderful services, and ithmuch of the orld having little kno ledge of God%s !romises ofhealing, they do a vital ork. ut ho much better it has beenfor us !ersonally, to have invested our resources in the s!readingof the Gos!el and the salvation of souls, thus laying u! treasuresin heaven, and being s!ared many times the !ain of o!erationsand long treatments, and the cost of thousands of dollars byhaving our !ersonal Physician, Doctor BesusJ +e can say frome9!erience, Who forgiveth all thine ini/uities, who healethall thy diseases" Psalms ;(@ @

" do not think that " need to add to my ife%s testimony,e9ce!t to say that it is all true. Divine healing orksJ " ill,

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ho ever, summari1e a fe of the lessons that e learned fromthese e9!eriences e have had. +hile it is true that e have had

some severe tests, nevertheless, ith fe e9ce!tions, e haveen oyed uninterru!ted health. +e can truthfully say that sicknesshas had a very minor role in our lives. /nd hen it has come ehave found that invariably Christ, the Great Physician, as thereto deliver us. 7ur chief interest in recording these things is tohel! others to like ise en oy the great benefits of Divine health."t is really much easier to receive and maintain the blessing ofhealth than it is to be constantly seeking healing from this or thataffliction after it has become intrenched. 8rom our e9!eriences,related in my ife%s account, " ill briefly note a fe of theim!ortant lessons e learned.

;. "n the case hen my ife as struck do n ith T. ., itas a!!arent that she had gone beyond her strength.)any Christians do ust that. :nder the burden of theork, many !astors and !astors% ives overdo, fail to

take !ro!er rest, and as a result have a breakdo n. Thatas the case of 5!a!hroditus. A$ead Phil. ? ?' @(E +ere oiced in my ife%s great deliverance, hich cameith s!ectacular s iftness, considering the seriousnessof her condition. ut e reali1ed that she must take careof her body. 8rom then on each afternoon, she set asidea short !eriod in hich she com!letely rela9ed. Theresult has been that she has been able to do much more,and do it ell, than she had during the time hen shetook no time out for rest.

?. "n the case of the cancer sym!toms, there as noa!!arent change in the sym!toms after my ife as

!rayed for. 2ad she not been instructed, she could havesaid as do countless others, +ell " didn%t get healed thistime, but "%ll try again. 2ad she confessed such

unbelief, she ould not have received deliverance. ut by reckoning God%s ord as true, that the ork asdone, and by confessing faith instead of unbelief, herhealing came and the sym!toms never rea!!eared.

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ho may have a des!erate encounter ith the enemy. 8or aFuarter of a century, " have en oy almost uninterru!ted health,

and on several occasions hen sickness has attem!ted to securea foothold in our home, God miraculously intervened anddelivered us from all the orks of #atan. " say this not

boastfully, but as one ho is humbly grateful for God%s graceand mercy, hich 2e has al ays seen fit to e9tend to us.

/ fe eeks ago, " as engaged in some im!ortant businessin the 5ast. "t reFuired my being u! %till very late hours, and on

some nights, " secured very little slee!. This as nothing ne tome, since ordinarily, t o o%clock in the morning has been thetime " usually retire.

he !evil tri es 2nawares

/bout a day or t o after " began this business tri!, " becamea are that a boil of some kind as forming on the back of my

neck. oils are usually inconseFuential incidents, and " hardlygave the matter a !assing thought. The ne9t day, ho ever, "noticed that the s elling as not the same as that of an ordinary

boil. 2ad " been home, " certainly ould have follo ed my usual !attern of action hen any kind of sickness has seemed tothreaten. " mean by this that at such times " al ays ait u!onGod until " feel that " have dominion over hat may seem to be

!ortending trouble. ut " as at the business !art of my ourney

and matters " as dealing ith ere of such a nature they ereoccu!ying all my attention and time. )y mistake as a commonone!eo!le usually do not get in earnest hen an afflictionthreatens, until the thing becomes securely entrenched.

Concluding my business on 8riday, " found myself at thegreat +ashington, D.C., air!ort, a little after midnight, standing

by for !ossible s!ace on an airliner headed est. "t as at this

time that " reali1ed something as seriously rong. The boilno e9tended over a s!ace of several inches in idth and asFuite !ainful.

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)em!his. ut arriving at the city, " as too eak to !roceedfurther, and so remained overnight in a hotel. y morning, "

found that the infection had s!read across my entire neck, andas e9tremely hard and !ainful hen touched.

# 0earn the eriousness of My Condition

+hile aiting for a !lane, " determined to find out ust hatthe trouble as, and made an inFuiry of a local !hysician. 2etook ust a brief glance and his face !aled. *ooking at meearnestly, he said, #ir, " am sorry to tell you this, but this is amost serious infectionit is a carbuncle, and has develo!ed tothe !oint here it is going to give you great troubleH such thingsoften result in... 2is voice trailed off, and then continued, Theinfection is near your s!inal cord, and can result in s!inalmeningitis. 2e s!oke decisively, 4ou must have medicaltreatment at once.

" as eak and e9hausted and in no condition to argue. #o "said, Doctor, " thank you for this information, but " ill donothing until " reach #hreve!ort. )y !lane leaves shortly. The

!hysician as a kindly man, and he as convinced " did notreali1e the gravity of the situation. 2e admonished, he urged, heca oled, he begged, he almost threatened. ut " as adamant. "fthis as a matter of life and death, then " must thro myself onthe mercy of Behovah $a!ha, the *ord our 2ealerH and eak as "

as, " did not feel that " could convince him. 2e looked at meagain and, almost ith tears in his eyes, said, "f you do not havethe money, don%t orry over that. 4our life is more im!ortantthan money. 7f course, the money as not the ob ect, and "could not but a!!reciate the kindly solicitude of the !hysician.

+hen the doctor sa that " ould not undergo medicaltreatment in )em!his, he turned to me and said, "%ll let you go

on one conditionthat you call your !hysician as soon as youreach #hreve!ort. " re!lied, Doctor, " !romise you that themoment " get to #hreve!ort "%ll call on my Physician. " ke!t that

!romise, even before " got to #hreve!ort. " most earnestly calledon my Physicianthe Great Physician, the #ym!athi1ing Besus.

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he )attle )egins

"n #hreve!ort, the battle began. " believe that an ans erfrom heaven came the first day, but due to an organi1ed attack ofthe !o ers of hell, the result as not manifest immediately.ecause of the !eculiar !art our organi1ation !lays in these greatsalvation healing revivals, the devil evidently believed he couldeffect a damaging blo , if he could get me out of the ay. 3oman is indis!ensable, yet each of us is given a task that is

!eculiarly our o n.

2aving great confidence in the !rayers of others, " sent outtelegrams to several of my brethren containing the follo ingords

The devil has struck me ith a serious infection. " amconvinced as ith Daniel, the ans er has already been sent.:ndoubtedly this attack is tied u! ith the devil%s attem!t tofrustrate the ra!idly gro ing orld. Please hold on to Godith me for the manifestation of com!lete deliverance.

Gordon *indsay

/t this !oint, " ish to e9!ress my dee! a!!reciation for allthose ho held faith ith me, and some ho visited and !rayedith me. +e are members of one ody, and the !rayers and

faith of others are of great significance and im!ortance.

he )attle +ages8or three days the battle raged. " could feel the terrific

im!act of s!iritual forces in action, in hich the carbuncleseemed to be the nerve center of the battle arena. "n the natural,the issue seemed in doubt. ut in the s!iritual realm, God gaveme !eace, and " could feel that the #!irit of God as raising u! astandard against this menacing evil that as searching for my

life. The struggle ent on for hourssometimes in the middleof the night. /fter " had !rayed for healing, " ceased begging orcrying. " have often seen this method used and it is orse thanuseless. " ust ke!t !raising God for the victory that " kne assurely mine.

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7ne other thing " did. " searched my life carefully, and askedthe #!irit of God to turn the searchlight on anything that as

dis!leasing to 2im. /n attack by the enemy should al ays be ameans of dra ing us closer to God. / great mistake, and onealas made too often, is that hen #atan strikes, !eo!le begin tohine and say, " don%t kno hy this had to come on me. /nattack by the enemy, may not indicate any outbroken sin, but itoften indicates that e have let the devil break do n the hedgeof Divine !rotection some here, if only that e have failed toobey the la s of rest, diet, health, etc.

+hen one is in severe !ain, the greatest battle is to re ect thefalse sense kno ledge that denies the !romise of God. "f not

!ro!erly taught, one is almost certain to acce!t the verdict of the !ain, rather than to !raise God for the sure !romise of healingand deliverance.

' Premature 3ictory

7n Tuesday afternoon, " felt that victory had come.#imultaneously the great s elling o!ened and the !oison beganto drain out. 5very hour or so, my ife ould !ut a fresh hot

!ack on the !lace of infection, and the draining continuedithout cessation. The !ain had ceased, and at last " could fullyrela9. God had graciously !revented the affliction from !assingto any other !art of my bodya remarkable e9ce!tion to the

normal and usual course of a carbuncle.

' ric of the &nemy

" ill admit that " as not !re!ared for the ne9tdevelo!ment. /!!arently #atan considered that there as muchat stake in the outcome of the battle and had no intention ofretiring from the field until, he had !layed his last card. )yfather and mother ere visiting us at the time. 8ather, ho isseventy eight years of age, had never been really sick in his life.2e has led a very tem!erate life, and has hardly kno n hatsickness is.

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/t one o%clock on +ednesday morning, my ife asa!!lying cloths, for the !oison as flo ing out very ra!idly. "

had com!letely rela9ed, and as en oying the restful feeling thathad come. /t that moment, my father came into the room. "thought !erha!s he had come to see ho " as, but one look athim, and " kne something definitely as rong. 2is facegrimaced ith !ain. 2e informed us that his kidneys had locked,and " could see that he as in great agony.

" also !erceived that he as suffering so much he ould not

be able to get victory himself. #atan, frustrated, had a!!arentlylashed out against him.

" as distressed. There as my !oor old father, hose handshad soothed my bro many a time. +hen, as a child, " as inneed, he had aited on me more times than ; can remember.

3o there he as in !ain and suffering, begging me to !ray forhim. "t as almost more than " could bear. " arose from my bed,and ith all my strength began rebuking the enemy. ut soonmy strength as e9hausted, and " had to fall back on my bed.8ive or si9 times " arose to rebuke the enemy, but at last " fell

back utterly e9hausted. A8ather recovered, for hich e arethankfulPraise GodJ 2e is no > years old and is entirelycaring for himself in 2is o n home.E

Had # 0ost My Healing4

/s for me, " fell into a fitful slee! of e9haustion. " ould seehallucinations and time after time " ould ake ith a suddenstart. /t length in the afternoon my ife came and looked at thecarbuncle. "t as red and angry, had increased in si1e, and orse

it had com!letely closed u!. #he had little to say. 2er faceas solemn, and the thought came to me, 2ad ", through thisover e9ertion, lost my healing0 Tem!tations hich are nothing

in normal times, loom large hen one%s strength is com!letelye9hausted. 4et, in my e9tremity, God hel!ed me. " grimlydetermined to refuse to acce!t anything but that God had healedme. That as my decision, live or diesink or s im.

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2aving no strength to !ray, " !icked u! the ible and readthe story of 2e1ekiah%s sickness unto death. 2e too had been

afflicted ith a terrible boil or carbuncle, and hen he hadinFuired of the *ord, the !ro!het had brought him ord, etthy house in order, for thou shalt die and not live. " read on." sa ho 2e1ekiah had turned his face to the all, and had

!leaded ith God to s!are him and give him additional years oflife. /s a result of his !rayers, God sent him a message that heshould recover, and live fifteen additional years.

" read further. Though 2e1ekiah had been told of hishealing, yet a!!arently the sym!toms ere still therethehideous, terrible, death dealing carbuncle as still on his body.The !ain as there, and nothing a!!arently had changed. Tostimulate his faith, he asked God for a sign. 2e as given hischoice of hether the shado ould go for ard or back ard tendegrees on the sundial of /ha1. *ooking ob ectively at2e1ekiah, e ould !robably think that the miracle of the

shado moving on the sundial ould be far beyond the merehealing of a carbuncle. ut as " lay there in bed, " couldunderstand ho that terrible, !ainful, boil, loomed larger to2e1ekiah than anything else. 2e asked that the shado go

back ard ten degrees, in order to give him faith for the healingof this affliction, of hich as yet he sa no signs of abatement.

3ot in a moment, but gradually, as " lay there " reali1ed thatGod had given me a greater sign than 2e gave to 2e1ekiahthesign of the #on of )an, by Whose stripes we are healed, andWho too our infirmities and bore our sic nesses. /ndhen 2e did this on Calvary, the sun did not ust retreat ten

degrees, but it ithdre its shining altogetherJ +hen Besus died,darkness came u!on the face of the entire landJ Calvary is a signto every sick !erson that Besus has borne his sickness.

/s " lay in bed, !raising God for the healing, it seemed that ane strength came to me, and a voice seemed to say, Do notdoubt your healing. " fell aslee! believing that victory hadcome, and #atan as defeated. +hen " a oke in the morning, "found that the s elling as going do n ra!idly, and the !oison

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as again flo ing from it. That as Thursday. y )onday, "as back at the. office orking, and that evening " attended a

church service. 2allelu ahJ Praise the *ordJ 2e1ekiah ent u! tothe house of the *ord on the third day. " believe that " could havegone on the third day also, but friends told me " had better aitanother day.

)y testimony is that of 2e1ekiah after he had been healed. he 0ord was ready to save me, therefore we will sing mysongs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in

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