A representative of the "Salisbury and Winchester Journal" was told on April 28 by Mr. Alfred E. Edginton, aged 68, of the Friary, Salisbury, that following a dream, in which he saw a clergyman friend beckoning him to a church altar, he recovered his sight on morning of April 26 while standing with arms uplifted in front of the altar of St. Martin's Church. He had been blind since 1922. I have been praying for 16 years for the return of my sight, he Said, and God has answered my prayers, It is a miracle.
Mr, Edginton has been married for 38 years, and has four married children and four grandchildren. Two of his daughters fainted when they heard of his cure.
All his life Mr. Edginton has suffered from poor sight. Since 1922 he has been totally blind in his right eye, and with his left eye has been able to distinguish the form, but not the identity, of a person, For 10 years he has attended regularly the fortnightly social of the local blind, and for 10 years he has walked about the city with the aid of the usual white stick. He is a toymaker, and hopes: to resume work in his workshop adjoining his home.
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