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was told that the gentleman was not at all well and that it was not thought that he would live long, Then this man, who was apparently a beggar and very insignificant, said, There is no necessity for saying that; you will be well in a short time, and he took a pinch of dirt from the ground and using it as a sort of Salve, cured the disease, and the man has entirely recovered. This was told me by a gentleman who has been converted to Christianity and he said that it was true, and this testimony from a Christian, who could not certainly be predisposed to believe the story, has a great deal of weight. These powers come, not from reciting anything, not from merely breathing in a certain way or gazing at anything, but by actually living a life which is poor for a long time. You have perhaps read or heard of many other wonderful things in many different kinds of literature, and I will not detain you longer with accounts of such things.
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