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ankle which would doubtless have got well of itself in a day 

 or two, and which recovered as quickly under the influence of 

 prayer, was soon magnified until it was a broken limb which 

 had healed under the miraculous touch of the inspired Blum- 

 hardt. The morning he was to depart, Mr. Shaler strayed into 

 the little chapel and there he saw in front of the chancel Father 

 Blumhardt, a transfigured being, standing grandly erect, his 

 face lit up with the light of heaven; and the prayer that fell 

 from his lips for unfaltering confidence and beseeching power 

 Mr. Shaler always said was the most tremendous he had ever 

 heard. Suddenly the priest stopped and took from the arms 

 of a peasant woman, kneeling in front of him, her child, lame 

 and sick unto death. He breathed upon it, and then went on 

 with his invocation, asking as only a believing soul could ask, 

 for its recovery. At last he bowed his head, gave the child 

 back to its mother, and she with perfect faith set it upon its 

 feet ; and hand in hand the two walked out into the sunlight ; 

 the miracle (for the time being at least) had been performed. 



