Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1877 — Power of Prayer. [ARTICLE]

Power of Prayer.

The Baltimore American, speaking of the criminal hanged at Harrisburg, Va., the other day, says: “One singular! thing connected with this murder is worthy of mention. At the funeral of Lawson the officiating minister prayed that ‘ God would blight the trees from the spot where Lawson was assassinated to the murderer’s home,’ and it may sound strange, yet it is true, the trees from where his body was found in the directioh Of Shifflet’s house are all blighted and dying, while all the other trees arpund are perfectly healthy. This story has been in circulation here for some time, believed by a few, but doubted and made fun.of by many. Last Sunday several gentlemen representing city dailies, who had arrived to ‘ do ’ the execution, visited the spot and found it an actual fact.”