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An unseen hand carried me on ahead of the car, lightly sliding my feet on

the pavement with my right side ahead, and my left side against the car's

radiator! After having made about half the distance before the car

stopped, something seated me on the bumper of the car, and I put my left

arm around the car's left headlight! Then I said to myself, "Now lady you

can keep on going if that is the best you can do." When she stopped, I

put my feet on the ground and stepped away from the car. Just then I
discovered that the pencil I had in my coat pocket had broken into half a

dozen pieces from the impact, but my ribs were untouched! By that time

the car and I were surrounded with people, and three policemen searching

for the man that got run over. But as they found no one lying on the

street, or pinned under the car, I told them that it was I who had been run

over! They wanted to take me to the hospital, and when I told them that I

was not hurt, I heard one say, "He must be hurt but is too excited and
does not know his condition." Then they made me raise my legs and arms

up and down, several times, after which one shouted, "He is made out of

rubber!" The woman was accused of driving at 30 miles per hour. Then I

walked three blocks to my car, and drove to prayer meeting in Exposition

Park church, where in our season of testimonies I told them of the

accident and the results. We are still living in the days of miracles, you

see. After all these and other experiences, then came the message which we
are now endeavoring to take to the Laodiceans. The enemies of the

message then left nothing unturned in their search for something against

me, rather than to make sure that they were not turning down Truth.

They tried every hook and crook to pin something on me and to stop my

activities, but found nothing and as a rule about 30 members of the

church stayed in my special meetings each Sabbath afternoon. Then came

the time that the elders of the church refused to let us use the church for
our meetings, and they made us all get out. But one of the sisters who was

living in a big house right across from the church offered her place for the

meetings, and there was a great uproar among the people around the

church premises. Some were for us and some were against us. So it was

that the house across from the church was filled that afternoon and many

listened from the outside through the windows. The enemies failed to

break up our meetings, and the victory was ours. Next they forbade us to
attend their church services, and they began to disfellowship those who

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