A Present to His Royal Highness - The Prince of Wales — Page 83
83 for the boy’s mother was a widow and had sent him to Quadian from such a long distance, merely out of her love for the faith; so he prayed for him and his prayer was heard and the boy recovered and is alive to this day and goes about his business. This is a miracle which the scientific world is compelled to acknowledge as unique, for such a cure has never before been effected since the creation of the world. Hydrophobia may certainly be averted by appropriate treatment or may be avoided even without any treatment, but after its symptoms have appeared a cure is considered absolutely impossible. This is such a mighty miracle, that having regard to the scientific progress made by the world during recent years, it may be said that God had specially appointed it for this age in order to demonstrate His Power and Glory and to prove to the worshippers of science that He alone has all Power and that He alone gives life and sends death. THIRD MIRACLE. Restoring the Dead to Life Illustrious Prince! It is a fact that God never restores the dead to life in this world, for if it had been so, nobody could have doubted His Power and Mastery. It is written of Jesus that he restored the dead to life, but if that had really been so, can any intelligent person imagine that the Jews would have continued hostile to him and the Romans not have submitted to him? Jesus himself explained that those whom he restored to life had not been really dead, but had either appeared so to the people or their lives had been despaired of. For