This is an actUQI phoTo9raph
of Nino.Virginia BrMci't, Taken aboul' 1910, 5hortly before her tragic accident· and the events told in this true !Jtory.
Thi~ is Vir9inia 5randi after her (lCGident, a complete invalid! For the la~t 5year~ she has been tr¥>~tly
in bed goinq from bad ID wor6e. Ei,ht inches of herSPine have bee", removed. She can move only her ri<Jhtarm and
just barely. She can hardly see or hear or talk.
She
cannot eat. She has tuberculosis of the right lung, and angina pectoris of the heart. Her stomach and
intestines are weak, her legs useless, her feet twisted from paralYsis. She has no hair because of stron9 drU9s. She has become addicted to morphine. Until last week she was an atheist. Its now 5~turdGYevening. Tomorrow morning she will be standing in the pUlpit of her husband's church testifyinq of how Jesus cotnPletely healed her!
Let~go back 5 years for the full, true. story of
Virginia Brandt~ miraculou5 rise
oom EATH8EDroPU T ~OVERNI6HT! • Mlr. «>fT ••••• ..,
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You helve my! ,
permis5ion.
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that I'd like from YOU.
Helovedher
.,~ very much
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: and ...weIL ~he 50rt of 5Polled her. She's always held her own WAY!
like many pampered children. shewo5never
very strong physically.
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She started to live carelessly but soon i)ecame tired ~~--......-,-,.,.""'" of that life.
Thi5 is (lll 50 ...shallow.
I'm bored! J.
She. began to
5he beCCAme very prominent
do social work
raising fund5 for the Crittenden Homes for 9irls. She was
in her
field.
'Iou're CA born promoter, Virginia ~
tireless worker because she ~~I no longer cared about her own
~~llA
health.
She established After. the death many new Homes of Charles CrittenaCr05& the country. den, she became t---"""-~~~~Ithe National Field n,
She became lAn
authorityon "the 9irl problem in America"and gave
Secretary. lecteres on that ~f~~~-~~c~K~~~'~s_ub~~_e_ct_.~~
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But howdi
an Qtheist
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end UP married to Q 'ptAstor. ?
We met in Utah where I sang
'---;,f at ~ farewell reception given in ~'-~.,.-her honour for her 50cia\ work there. She was lAlretAdyengaged to be ~rried, but as I saM"Q,PromiseMe"
we fell in love! We eloped! I . told YOU, Virginia always gets her way! Id
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Later, I sang in her
fathers services and
5ut ~heaccepted it. Now I'In going
to a Bible college! We haven't much whUe listening to him money and we've been living on preach, Jesus changed the fourth floor of lA ten- -my life! --Much to ement building. Virginia's horror! Ha! ~~. ~n-----:
Th0U9h she's weak The only place to and used 10 luxuries, get water is in the
I've watched her getting
pregnancy.
she wont 5toP!
shes had to do heose- basement and she's weaker and work an through herhlAd to carry it UP weake~but five flights of stairs! 1 1
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But Virqinia was not 50 easy 10 convince! The 5POi led Httle 9irl still had t1 strong will of her own. At fir5t, she wouldn't accept the doctor's advice, but in the end she was simply too weak to argue!
Don't worry, Hjalmer. She will (Agree--
she hQs to!
Her improvements were coming slowly -- but ChrittN5 was comir19 quickly!
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A Christmas"
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IClUlt stGnd
this tAnymore !
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...the tAeeortJti0n5...
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tbctor, I'Ve CJOt
"Chril1'lnU In my bona"! I've got to QC) home for Christmas! .~
I don't care
how sick I am ! Tâ&#x20AC;¢.
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50 the next day,
Chri5tmas morning, VirginiCA and . I her baby were sent home in an I~I[]I.........â&#x20AC;˘ ~~ ambulance. The I\;I! weather was cold, Oh I the ~treetswere i . icy" and Virginia 1"1 so ~~~~ WD.5 hcAppy !. excl fed! 'T I
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The doctor~ verdict came in
CA
rone.
quiet, professional
She is PQrtAlysed from the waist down. 1 cen find no reflexes at all. Her back is broken, but only an X-ro.y _cantell us what the injury is. Very little con be done. l'n know more after the X-ray.
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Virginia
VttlS
returned to the hospital. The X-rlAYSshoW-
ed thc1t her back.WClS broken in two places, six incheS apart! The broken bones were Ptessin9 tA9Qinst her
spinal cord. The d~~_~
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very thorough in their 'M51's.
We are fortUl'1Q1e They've donated their time to
to have two famous specialists visiting this city, Dr.Still * and
study this CQ5e. We are all in Qgreement.
Dr. Mayo*.
*WITH Dtt.AN~W ~
TAYLOR STILI.•-"FATHER-OF OSTEOPATHY I THE8R~ OF MEPIClNE DEALING ANI) NER'«!J. PIt CHARLES MAYO- co-FQUNPliR Of THE WOILP fAMOUS
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MAYO CUHIG IN R.OCHE~TER .NEW 'tORK .
The only possibility
is to operate and
remove the. two
broken bOne5 and those inbetween !
A total of
ei.ht
inc •••• !
A similar OPUtltion
was performed on
an l8-vear-01d boy --who~muc.h
stran.r thAn 'too.
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He didn't
survive the operation !
... 999 chances that I'll die and get out of my poor husband's way! I'd rather die. than be CA burden!
I'll make the arrangements.
They were WtAtGhed bY mCAnyother doctors and student doctors...
...and bY one youn9 preacher who prayed the entire time.
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You'll have to
wear CA plaster
ClAst from neck to hips for many month5 unti' carti lage grows over yOur spine.
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She W4~ pUt in
the M!»fer caer
that she would
wear for lA year.
There
Wt1~ Q
slight improve-
ment.
DoYOU feel this?
Hjalmer, it~
a miracle that she.
has made it this far t But due to ~--.... her previous ill health lAnd weak. ""--''-'--ool..-.,I
condition, her body cannot fi9ht off sicknesses. Serious complications are beginning 10 occur Clnd we can do I10thing to stop it.
EDITOR'S NOTE' TOTHf R£APfR: THE !>LOWOETERIORATION Of VIRGINIA &RANDT'S HEALTH OYER THE NEXT 5 YEARS WAS 50 COMPL£TE ANP COl\1PLICATED THAT WE CANNOT &RIEF&.Y TEI.lIT All IN THIS STOR\'. WE WILL SIMPLY STATE HERE THAT THE UST Of INFIRMITIES &IVEN ONlHE FIRST ~ WERE ONLY A PoRTION OF HER AfFLICTIONS, AND THAT, IN TKEENP, THERE WAS UTERAU.V 50METHING WRONG WITH ALMOST EVERY PART OF HER BOPV!
Over the next '+ veos», Virginia was taken on a stretcher from De5 Maine, Iowa, to the Battle Creek SiAnatorium, to St. Louis, Missouri,too.heart specialist then to CorPU5 Christi,Texas, and finally to San fransisco. There Pr.Lutrall and Pr. Rigdon gave the
final advice: Hjalmer, we've examinee( Virginia and studied her mQssive case hi,tory. We both Qgree with the medical opinions that have been slven. 12..
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You've fried everything!
Whvdorit yOU take this poor woman home tineA let her
die in peAce?
or------
That would be
the kindest thing to do!
Then one do.y ... VirtinifA was moved10 HjQ~mer~ Virginia! I've just PtAr~e In discovered seneUki4t\.California. ing wonderful ! to WAIt tor the ' end. (Even her hair was gone!)
rYe prayed fpr you 10 receive JesU5 and 1'0 be completely healed ...
Thi5 continued for months in eRN spare moment.
...and now I KNOW Het~ 90ing to do it! I KNOW it~~_ Praise. <1od !!
50 happy! ...1 can --- .....•• ·listen,for his sake. Virginia had de5Cribed this ---
pain
as an
Butthis time it WQ5
diff ••• t...
....•••"iron hand 9f'iPPin9 and squeeZing my
heart. "
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She remembered the words of lA famous tlthei!>t:
Fear added its grip to her heart ~
I_I'm AfRA'D~ ldorttWGnt Death is like lA to dieL. I great leQPinto . th er.del k ,':,,\ ~'::"':.: cbl't want ". :'.~;:;'.~~.4!~""'~'" .... ~~~
·I todle....
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I,mDYING!... ).
Im clyln~... 111\. ...r••.•... dy... 1\ i~:
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o 6'OO!
it
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If there
G'od,p'ea~'i'
SuddenlY
She then saw" like
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all the fe~r
lease, for rnerGY~ was gone.
a
movie" the whole Sal-
vation 5tOrY, from Genasis to the erose.
sake, show me! 0, Jesus!!! to Easter. If You're r&41, You "re real! ~~~~-=~---; .how •••• ! Reve~1 I know it~ I Vou~lf ...show IN . I .• IWt h« <afraid! Pleca"! I'•••afraid . .;....--1•••••
Htre I CAm pro.ying for YOO to be saved
and healed, and t10W
that you're
saved YOU want
to die! --
You need to be saved 4JI1d healed
so you CQI1 te 11
others how 10 be saved and healed!
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He gave her ~
sermon!
It~ Hlfi.h to die t10W ,.â&#x20AC;¢ Je~!J yJant~to
u~e~ welL.all I know i5 what the Bible 5DN6 Io....::::=;:( Iin JQtne~5: 1'4,15. 50 that~what we'll do!
So,he called some elders
--the PClstors of the three
---'Ill
other churGh0r, in UkiQh.
R;diculous~ The dCAY
of miracles is PAS1- !
The next dtAy he ex-
plained hi$ plan 101hem. Well, what
do YOU SQY?
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Soa definite date W(l~ set.
by claiminCJ definite
This SGturdav?
God's
Vir9inia prepared
Pro",i~ from Word. _ ...t.md the one in ExOdus 15.
Exodus 15=Z' and P&41m 103:3--"Wkoforthine iniquities, Who heclIIth
giveth all
till thydi~";
and Mark.9:2,3· All
thincJs Are ~bIe to him that believ•• eth If; and James 5:111-15.
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The elders left. We lAId what we
could ,.. I10W lis to the Lord !
UP
Theexci'tment,
'I~-------IdNW her
even
closer to death!
A whole week. drt.199ed bY. Her few momet1B
of consciou5l18!6 were filled with naq«Jing doubts.
Saturda'l evening For the first time 8elieI& ?? Believe. Hjalmer was tAWay. she heard -thot I'm hcdIed '! But V.r9iniQ decided still, small voice"! Lord,just lOok to prCl'l. ::--•.W•.•.-.• .I!~"A.~ At my body! I
~-~-----....r"1.:' Lord, whY did"' you heal me ? .
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. things ye de5ire,,::
when ye pray I ::believe that ye = ./ receIVe. . thenL. ~
How ca" I be.lieve 1'", hHlId ?
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You metAn .•. You want me to walk
byfaith-- not bv siqht! OK!1believe it! Evenif
I never see i"t'
1 believe it !
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She could barelY
whisper. ~-l-b-e.-lIe-¥-e.-'{I-o-u~r-f
One: It is the
Word of I
60d --
it C4ftnot fail !
Word just because it~ Your Word!
TV«): It'~God~ Word, He CtIMOt
na I
I GIft healed!
~ ...AbrMam 94ve ~ She raised her Glory 10 God! :; 910ry to GOd ... .: ~o~"_e_goo~_d_11_Qn_d""lr".~. I give glory 0L ~~ roGoo! Glory to God! Glory to God! Glory to 6od! 61ory to eod I qive calory v I
to C1od!
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Its1he "death w(llk"~* You must keep her down!
.'D£ATH wAU<.':lM£ IWf'I£ 6111£1'&li-O-TH-"T-P-EW-U-AR-SUOO-EH..-.8UR ••••sr Of S1MH6TH TIMES COMES 10 It PYINC7 f'ElItSON ,J~T MfORE OEI\Ttt.
Now.now, Virginia!
You must stay
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down!
Nurse! Yov are-
standing on the
track of a f(lstcoming express
lliAT
SOME-
1...I must tell the doctor!
train~--GET OUT
OF GOD'.5 WAY H!
Mary, help me
sit UP ~
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6utsomeof ttte It~ God!' Word! Atthat moment fetAr hM It CtU1Hot ~iI! I 5he was heAled! 10UGhed her! 5he still believe, evert The PtArlAi'/si6 WtAS be9an to hernorif I ~ see ~one. ! t-r_hage-';':;";:;"';!~__ ~ll\it! I believe it I ~~I!?S:;:AiI~2?ll~~ lIur5e5
'C~..cZ.:I --.
Now,
I'," 90il19
to walk!
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Fried hatttburCJer, Well, 1 know what S4t1erkr~ut, And tomorrows sermO" pot~toes--fried will be Dbout!-in pork greA'Se ! A~d you're going She ate eey bite! to qitJe i'J-i.-1 ~----
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)\] WhQteVQr we htA'ie,I guess! The t1ex1 tnor"ing Vir4in\a walked to church! A 18pOUnd sketeton in __
-"'IT"""'I
bOrrowed clothes!
For the first time
5l1e told the story that ha5 HOW in~Piredthe faith ofthou~s to receive healing!
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There was a
-Iwould've mther
division.
seen 'IOU here to: day in your coffin and heard 'lour fimeral than to heat you pretlching
&ut our church
doetn', believe in
'" Divit\e Healinq!
Divine Healinq-which is not e= recognised ~ bY our ~\~J
church! If *
There are none r ,~ •....• so blind a~1ko5e
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who will
I
not see!
"'-"~.:&...&-~~~ ~ EYE WITNESSES. 16 ;JESUSHI~ *5AII>,"T~U6H THIS IS A TRUE ACJ:.OfJtlfOF WHA1HAPPENEPAMP~F'EO ONE~D COME lACK ~ THE P£AP WT WILLlHEY NOT &fLlEVE."'(Wke ''':31.) This miracle began Hjalmer Wtl~ offerlA revival of faith ed more. pay and
throughout Northern California. Within 3 weeks Virginia ~ dointa aU her own housework and makinq sick call!.. In 2. ItIOnth$ she was out in full-time ChristiAn service. It
wa!> 0. mir,we healinq!
0.
bi9C3er church ...
you ~e~e
It, HJedmer!
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Hjealmer resigned. I'm sorry,but I
jus can't do that. )
He mu&t have a better one for you !
We've
mat1'j
invitA-
tions to 40 and tell
our testimony.
... on one condition. Th£lt'10U stop preachin9 about
"faith healit19 ~a~ you call it.
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Hjalmer and Virginia soon after she was healed. (R & L)
(Below) Virginia and her youngest son, David, out in fulltime evan~elistic service. (1927)
ANYTHING WONDERfUL CAUSE
JESUS
CAN HAPPE lSHER,~
After Hjalmer resigned his pastorate, he and Virginia' launched out into fulltime evangelistic service together! Virginia soon became a very popular inspirational speaker, telling what God had done for her and what He could for others! "Many mighty miracles were done at the hands of the Apostles" under her ministry! Tens of thousands were saved and healed and helped, and hundreds went into fulltime ministry for the Lordt and many went to mission fields abroad. Their influence stil I carries on today! Virginia Brandt became what many consider to be the greatest woman evangelist of her time!--Author, lecturer, poetess, dramatist, and World-traveller of broad experience, she pioneered a great radio ministry and over the years reached millions with ~er show "Meditation Moments", which was broadcast over one of the earliest radio stations â&#x20AC;˘ . Her ministry continued for almost exactly 50 years. In 1966 HJalmer went to be with the Lord. Virginia continued to serve the Lord until the age of 82 when she passed away peacefu11y to h~r eternal and glorlous reward. Their bodies are buri~d.slde by Slde on a ~reen hillside overlooking the sea and awaltlng the Resurrection. Hallelujah! 24..