54 a. t. schofielD;, m.d., on science and the unseen world. 



was now employed as nurse in a family I knew, I thought the case 

 worth investigation, and found the following was what had actually 

 taken place. 



About 1882 she joined the Salvation Army as a soldier, her 

 blindness exciting great compassion. For seven years she remained 

 in the same state, the "Army" as such not holding "faith-healing" 

 meetings. On March 25th, 1889, however, a "Major" P., an aged 

 officer, came to Bayswater, and held on his own account a " faith- 

 healing " meeting at the local barrack. M. D. heard of course of 

 the meeting, and the day before told everyone where she lodged 

 that she was going to receive her sight the next day. She started off, 

 telling the people that she would never need her stick and dog again. 



At the meeting she was seated in front with other cases of bad 

 eyes, imperfect speech and lameness awaiting healing — who, by the 

 way, were all healed — one girl, S. D., now in Australia, also regain- 

 ing her sight. " Major" P describes what took place as follows : — 



" M. D. was healed miraculously by the Lord in answer to prayer 

 and faith. As directed by James v, I anointed her and prayed 

 over her in great faith, after which she kept quiet for about twenty 

 minutes, then suddenly rose to her feet crying out, ' Bless the Lord I 

 I can see everybody in the place ! what will my mother say when 

 she gets to know ' Everyone was amazed, for they saw it was the 

 work of the Lord." 



Her own account is that her eyes (closed) were rubbed violently 

 for some minutes, and then, after a while, when she looked up she 

 saw light clearly for the first time, and jumped up and clapped her 

 hands. She found her way down off the platform and looked at her 

 friends' faces. She was astonished to find them look so large, having 

 imagined them to be much smaller. She walked home without her 

 stick, never using it, or her dog, again. 



A grocer (who is no follower of the Salvation Army) on being 

 questioned told me there could be no doubt as to the change in her 

 sight since March 25. She would come into his shop now and see 

 not only him but also his wife's shadow on the red curtain behind 

 the shop. 



In a short time she got a place, as I have said, as nurse-girl. I 

 called and saw her in service. vShe went there daily having to walk 

 a mile from her home to the house, a small villa in a long row, 

 which she could only distinguish by the number ; once or twice she 

 had gone to the wrong house. She took the children out in the 

 perambulator. I found on examining her that her sight was still 

 very imperfect. But such as it was it filled her with delight. She 

 could tell colours and objects readily, and was learning to read. She 

 knew her letters already. She had great difficulty in seeing objects 

 below the level of her eyes, but could see them well above. Some 

 considerable change in her sight had undoubtedly taken place, and 

 as far as I could gather, at the said meeting. 



