The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-03-14

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The following account of IN intended
miracle h !slees1 = ss@nn6 JaA1iShed
by D.: Dsanset, On AogmOnism. II ID
both scufioa6 and characteristics. We
have no doubt whatevsr that Ill the
Mormsa mieaolss NJ hass heard about
have beea psrlbrnaed In . similar man
ner. fTAsags of miracles, LIKE the age
ofr chiSalEy. = over. MT impostsn and
i1opositions are on ths incssase. q i r
towards the close Of . iine summers
~, pA,Ast In7daS | u fths Nsstsrn,
OoItes found : respectable looking man
at his gate, WHO requested perniission t6
pass ths night under his root. The hos-
pitable farmer readily complied. The
stranger W. invited iate the hoass, aad
good and substantial suppoe pl0Cea
before hin. eAltse ~ haA taesa, Tn
fArmsr. who appsArsd 70 b . jsvial,
ssAGm-heaftn8, hnnossas AaA WseAal,
AANwd cd nan, passsd several hoon
in pleasant sonveEsaG3oa with his gussk
who seemed 70 b vssy II at 60, hs1A
n body aa1 mind; yet. = II desiron Of
pleading his sn1srtainsr, replied courts-
ous|y and agrseabls to whatsvsr was
~ to him. Finally, he pleaded hAtisus
and nless q an excuse for retiring TO-
rest, and was conducted by the fhrmsr
- n upper chamber, whore be went to
bed About the middle of the night the
farmer and his family weEs awakened
by the most dreadful groans, which,
they Soon asosFtainsd, prosesded ffom
the chamber OF the traveller. On going
to investigate the matter, they found
that the stranger was dreadfully III, sui.
fering the most acute pain, and uttering
the most dolefnl cries, appaSeat,y with
out any consciousness Of what was oc-
curing around him. Everything that
kindness and experience could suggest
- done to relieve the sick man, but all
s0lhrts were In vain; and, to the con-
gnation Of the farmer and his family,
the guest expired In the course Of few
hours. = = s sas .s-a
In the midst Of this trouble and anxi-
ety, At an early hour In the morning,
two travellers came to the gate and re-
quested entertainment. The farmer
told them he would willingly offer them
but that just now his house.
hold was in the greatest confusion, on
account Of the death Of stranger, the
PARTICULARS of which he proceeded to re-
late to them. They appeared to be
much surprised and grieved at the poor
mans calamity, sald politely. reqnssted
to 80 the corpse. This, of
course, the farner readily gs.assA, e~A
them 10 the chamber In which
lay the dead body. They looked at IL
few minutes In silence, and then the
eldest of the pair gravely told the farmer
that they were elders OF the Church OF
Jesus Christ of Lattes-day Saints, and
were empowered By Ged 10 work mira- !
cles, even 70 the extent Of raising the
lead and that they felt quite assured
hey could bring to life the dead man
before them.
The farmerswas, Of course, considers
bly, astonished att the quality and powers |
of the persons who addressed him, and
rather incredulously asked II they were
quite sure they could perform all they
to. "Oh, certainly! not
doubt Of It. The Lord has commission
ID US expressly to work miracles, in
order to prove the truth Of the prophet,
Joseph Smith, and the inspiration Of the
books and doctrines revealed to him.
Send for Ill your neighbors, that In the
presence Of . multitude we may bring
The dead man TO life, and that the Lord
md His church may be glorified Of all
men,"
The farmer, after little consideration,
agreed to let the miracle workers pro-
,eed, and a. they desired, sent his chill
iren to his neighbors, who, attracted by
he expectation Of . miracle, hockcd to
he house In considerable numbers.-
The Aonnonite elders commenced their
fask BY kneeling and praying before the
body, with uplifted hands and eyss, and
With most stentorian lungs. Before they
bod proceeded far with their prayers, .
.uddsn idea struck The farmer who qul-
etly quilted the house for few minutes,
md then refnrnAd Aad >--.>aA-a -.-AA-.-4a-
by the bedside for . fsw minutes, untM
he prayer was finished and the elders
we're ready to perform the miracle
Bsiors they began he respectfully said
10 them that, with their permiaion, he
wished to ask them few questions up
- the subject of their miracle. They
replied that they had no objection. The
IAtmer then asked:
"You arc certain you can bring this
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