Remarkable Case of Healing

The brother referred to was in declining health, and seemed to be succumbing to tuberculosis. When we arose from our knees, this brother described the experience which had come to him. He said that while Mrs. White was praying, there passed through his body a sensation which he described as an electric wave, and immediately he realized that he was healed of his disease.AGP 312.2

Thirty-five years later I met this man on a street in Sydney, in good health. He told me that he had never had a trace of tuberculosis since that morning in the fisherman’s hut, where we knelt in prayer.AGP 312.3

This powerful manifestation of God’s presence with us made a profound impression upon all. Mrs. White said in substance: “Brethren, God is here with us! Why did He come so near and grant us this signal blessing? I accept it as evidence that we are in the right place!” We agreed then to take the property.AGP 312.4

But the doubts entertained by some returned to disturb them—and us. The counsel of land experts who were consulted was disquieting. W. C. White, writing to the Secretary of the Foreign Mission Board, under date of June 10, said:AGP 313.1

“Nearly all of the men of influence with whom we have come in contact, shake their heads when we speak of the district. The Department of Agriculture after examining samples of the soil, said it was sour, and would require a ton and a half of lime to the acre. Then the Government fruit expert was sent up to examine it, and his report I will enclose with this. True, it was a rainy day, and we were short of time, and he did not see the best of the place, and yet, it sometimes makes me feel blue, to hear all of these men who know a great deal, condemn the place.”