Is there no clergyman in this village who can pray? I can do nothing here!
Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
James 5:14
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
JOHN CHRISTOPH BLUMHARDT was born in Stuttgart, July 16, 1805. He began to preach in 1828. He had a strong faith in God—a faith that took absolute hold on the promises of the Word and rested upon them in calm confidence. After a short service as pastor of Iptingen, in 1838 he removed to Mottlingen, a village in the Black Forest of the kingdom of Wurtemberg. The whole place was pervaded with a spirit of vice and superstition. Unbelief was rampant; the vilest uncleanness almost universal, and a sort of spiritism, or practice of the old incantations of the black art, prevailed to an astonishing degree. As the darkest hour is just before the dawn, so the most terrible manifestation of Satan’s power was to precede the coming of the Holy Ghost upon the sinful village.
KATARINA DITTUS.
Gottliebin and Katarina Dittus, two sisters in Mottlingen (Germany), were strangely and un- accountably affected by Satan’s power. For a period of two years Blumhardt had them constantly on his mind, and presented them to God in prayer. But all this time they grew worse, and the attacks became more frequent. To careful observers the symptoms appeared to coincide with those of the demoniacs in the time of Christ. All medical treatment was unavailing, and at last the physician, ap- palled by the manifestations, exclaimed, “Is there no clergyman in this village who can pray? I can do nothing here!” With characteristic modesty Blumhardt wished to retreat, but some of his people said to him, “If you do not want to shake our faith in your preaching, you cannot retreat before the evil one.” After a little time he replied, “You are right; but to be in accord with the Word of God you also must unite with me in supplication, according to James 5: 14.”
Prayer was made and the fulfilment of the promise claimed. But Satan would not give up without a struggle. Katarina’s symptoms became terrible, almost beyond belief. Several strong men were obliged to hold her in a chair, and even their efforts were unavailing to control the frightful convulsions and contortions which racked her body. Through an entire night this continued, Blumhardt praying unceasingly and with rising faith.
An unnatural voice, not her own, would speak from the poor woman’s throat and strive to engage the pastor in argument or conversation; but he steadily prayed on. This voice distinctly proclaimed its Satanic origin, and at intervals gave utterance to a horrible cry of despair and fear, which issued from her mouth, without any intermission, for a quarter of an hour at a time. Again the voice addressed Jesus, demanding that, as he (the voice), was a high minister of Satan, Christ should not compel him to leave this woman in the ordinary way; but that he should cast him out by some wonderful and mighty miracle. Still the pastor prayed, and toward morning the struggle culminated, the demon was vanquished and cried out, with a great and terrible cry, heard by almost the entire village, “Jesus is Victor! Jesus is Victor!”
When the sun arose the afflicted one was whole. During the whole of Blumhardt’s life, the humble, grateful woman, who was afterward happily married, labored with the pastor for the souls and bodies of the hundreds who came to Bad Boll; and now upon her tomb- stone we may read the words that marked her marvellous deliverance, “Jesus ist Sieger’ (Jesus is Victor).
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Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
James 5:14
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
JOHN CHRISTOPH BLUMHARDT was born in Stuttgart, July 16, 1805. He began to preach in 1828. He had a strong faith in God—a faith that took absolute hold on the promises of the Word and rested upon them in calm confidence. After a short service as pastor of Iptingen, in 1838 he removed to Mottlingen, a village in the Black Forest of the kingdom of Wurtemberg. The whole place was pervaded with a spirit of vice and superstition. Unbelief was rampant; the vilest uncleanness almost universal, and a sort of spiritism, or practice of the old incantations of the black art, prevailed to an astonishing degree. As the darkest hour is just before the dawn, so the most terrible manifestation of Satan’s power was to precede the coming of the Holy Ghost upon the sinful village.
KATARINA DITTUS.
Gottliebin and Katarina Dittus, two sisters in Mottlingen (Germany), were strangely and un- accountably affected by Satan’s power. For a period of two years Blumhardt had them constantly on his mind, and presented them to God in prayer. But all this time they grew worse, and the attacks became more frequent. To careful observers the symptoms appeared to coincide with those of the demoniacs in the time of Christ. All medical treatment was unavailing, and at last the physician, ap- palled by the manifestations, exclaimed, “Is there no clergyman in this village who can pray? I can do nothing here!” With characteristic modesty Blumhardt wished to retreat, but some of his people said to him, “If you do not want to shake our faith in your preaching, you cannot retreat before the evil one.” After a little time he replied, “You are right; but to be in accord with the Word of God you also must unite with me in supplication, according to James 5: 14.”
Prayer was made and the fulfilment of the promise claimed. But Satan would not give up without a struggle. Katarina’s symptoms became terrible, almost beyond belief. Several strong men were obliged to hold her in a chair, and even their efforts were unavailing to control the frightful convulsions and contortions which racked her body. Through an entire night this continued, Blumhardt praying unceasingly and with rising faith.
An unnatural voice, not her own, would speak from the poor woman’s throat and strive to engage the pastor in argument or conversation; but he steadily prayed on. This voice distinctly proclaimed its Satanic origin, and at intervals gave utterance to a horrible cry of despair and fear, which issued from her mouth, without any intermission, for a quarter of an hour at a time. Again the voice addressed Jesus, demanding that, as he (the voice), was a high minister of Satan, Christ should not compel him to leave this woman in the ordinary way; but that he should cast him out by some wonderful and mighty miracle. Still the pastor prayed, and toward morning the struggle culminated, the demon was vanquished and cried out, with a great and terrible cry, heard by almost the entire village, “Jesus is Victor! Jesus is Victor!”
When the sun arose the afflicted one was whole. During the whole of Blumhardt’s life, the humble, grateful woman, who was afterward happily married, labored with the pastor for the souls and bodies of the hundreds who came to Bad Boll; and now upon her tomb- stone we may read the words that marked her marvellous deliverance, “Jesus ist Sieger’ (Jesus is Victor).
Copied from the book Pastor Blumhardt: Selections from his life and ministry
Is there no clergyman in this village who can pray? I can do nothing here!
Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
James 5:14
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
JOHN CHRISTOPH BLUMHARDT was born in Stuttgart, July 16, 1805. He began to preach in 1828. He had a strong faith in God—a faith that took absolute hold on the promises of the Word and rested upon them in calm confidence. After a short service as pastor of Iptingen, in 1838 he removed to Mottlingen, a village in the Black Forest of the kingdom of Wurtemberg. The whole place was pervaded with a spirit of vice and superstition. Unbelief was rampant; the vilest uncleanness almost universal, and a sort of spiritism, or practice of the old incantations of the black art, prevailed to an astonishing degree. As the darkest hour is just before the dawn, so the most terrible manifestation of Satan’s power was to precede the coming of the Holy Ghost upon the sinful village.
KATARINA DITTUS.
Gottliebin and Katarina Dittus, two sisters in Mottlingen (Germany), were strangely and un- accountably affected by Satan’s power. For a period of two years Blumhardt had them constantly on his mind, and presented them to God in prayer. But all this time they grew worse, and the attacks became more frequent. To careful observers the symptoms appeared to coincide with those of the demoniacs in the time of Christ. All medical treatment was unavailing, and at last the physician, ap- palled by the manifestations, exclaimed, “Is there no clergyman in this village who can pray? I can do nothing here!” With characteristic modesty Blumhardt wished to retreat, but some of his people said to him, “If you do not want to shake our faith in your preaching, you cannot retreat before the evil one.” After a little time he replied, “You are right; but to be in accord with the Word of God you also must unite with me in supplication, according to James 5: 14.”
Prayer was made and the fulfilment of the promise claimed. But Satan would not give up without a struggle. Katarina’s symptoms became terrible, almost beyond belief. Several strong men were obliged to hold her in a chair, and even their efforts were unavailing to control the frightful convulsions and contortions which racked her body. Through an entire night this continued, Blumhardt praying unceasingly and with rising faith.
An unnatural voice, not her own, would speak from the poor woman’s throat and strive to engage the pastor in argument or conversation; but he steadily prayed on. This voice distinctly proclaimed its Satanic origin, and at intervals gave utterance to a horrible cry of despair and fear, which issued from her mouth, without any intermission, for a quarter of an hour at a time. Again the voice addressed Jesus, demanding that, as he (the voice), was a high minister of Satan, Christ should not compel him to leave this woman in the ordinary way; but that he should cast him out by some wonderful and mighty miracle. Still the pastor prayed, and toward morning the struggle culminated, the demon was vanquished and cried out, with a great and terrible cry, heard by almost the entire village, “Jesus is Victor! Jesus is Victor!”
When the sun arose the afflicted one was whole. During the whole of Blumhardt’s life, the humble, grateful woman, who was afterward happily married, labored with the pastor for the souls and bodies of the hundreds who came to Bad Boll; and now upon her tomb- stone we may read the words that marked her marvellous deliverance, “Jesus ist Sieger’ (Jesus is Victor).
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