Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-12-29
ONE CHRISTMAS GIFT, ANYHOW.
The Ledger's Christmas Present from Mrs.
Martha Show.

to myself and our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ, l pen you the following:
He says to keep ourselves unspotted
from the world. When we moved to
Mexico last May, being broken up
and left, as it were, with nothing,
l set about to 60 to work for some
one, to assist my husband to get in
again in financial matters,
and at the same time was not able
in body to do my duty at home. Not
being clothed with this perfect faith
and love I was not able TO discern
what the Lord has, through his spirit,
revealed to me. have for II years
been the servant to man, hence my
bodily Affections together with the
vile medicine called calome!, quinine
and all such belonging to the mineral
kingdom. and had it not been for
my naturally strong body and great
energy l would have been upon the
bed of atlliction long before this. l
was truly SO ignorant that l did not
know my body was afflicted and not
sound until l was saved-thought
my constitution was only broken
down because of several hard spells
of sickness. But since the Lord has
80 wonderfully blessed me with this
truly saving hope L have found q
better way than coming to an un-
timely end. In the past six weeks l
have broken down, not being able to
do scarcely anything. l asked the
Lord to reveal to me my atilictions-
what to do and where to 90 that 1
might be healed and made sound in
body again, SO Monday morning l
started out to find physician, and
having heard of Sister koontz, but
not knowing anything of her theory
of medicine one way or the other,
but it seemed to me l was sorely
pressed to go there, which l did,
ana found her to be a lady of more
than ordinary intelligence, fully un-
derstanding her business and practic-
ing theory of medicine fully in ac-
ordance with the Lord and Savior.
The vegetable kingdom was intended
to heal man of bodily atflctlons, and
not mineral, for that all sensible peo-
pie know to be forciDle (not natural
assistanD. Nature Is powerful OF
itself, and onl v needs an assistant tC
throw Off, or wear away, desires OF
which the human family is heir to,
and, if mineral does not kill at once
it leaves the body wreck, subject tc
every puff of evil wind, and, finally
brings them down (unless by some
means the Savior steps in to theil
relief to an untimely grave-and
too often, a suicidal grave. o, why
has the human family become 81
hasty! l finG Sister Koontz to be :
justified lady and desires greatly t.
he sanctified; and / am Just prayin!
that she may 'ere long find rest ant
Il perfect peace which passeth all un
derstanding. | do feel that she vii
then stir up some of these minera
doctors to 2 realization of their dut,
to man. as we'll as to God. Who i
our ncighbor? The Lord says ''thos
who administer to our real necessi
ties" Yet charity commences a
home. You speak of praying preach
ers. Who are our praying preach
ers? Those who feed the flock Ono
scatter them), and warn sinners t
repentance. Paul says to ''preacI
the Gospel not without wisdom O
words lest the Cross of Christ shoul,
be made of none effect" For th
preaching of the Cross is to them tha
perish toolishness, but unto us whic
are saved, it is the power Of God
And again the Scripture says we car
not call Him Lord but by the Hol
Ghost. l say those who don't pre-
fess to have the Holy Ghost give
unto them, have no business in th
pulpit. And again they should hav
clean hands and clean heart, pur
fed and washed, and every VIII
whole. l tell you there must be
pure fountain, or else they will mo:
assuredly pervert the ways of tll
Lord. Christ went away that /
might send the Comforter, and til;
we might have him more abundantly
and we will not find Him in the ma,
ner in which Bro. Wheat seems t
think we would in philosophical maj
ner. Christ says He has chosen II
foolish things of this world to co,
found the wise and bring nought, et'
The same Holy Ghost is given un1
us that was given unto the Apostl,
and others, or the gifts and calling
of God are without repentance. {
present yourselves living sacrific
wholly and acceptable to God, 1
your reasonable service. Then conn
In the finishing power, and you al
made every whit whole. You cann'
present yourself to God a living sa
ritice while dead In sins; so he
again, you see, comes i'll the seeor
, work of grace in the heart. No
are ye clean through the words
, have spoken unto you, and ye are II
friends if you do whatsoever l con
, mand you, and these things l cor
mand you that ye love one aonthe
He that says He loveth me and kee
eth not my commandments, hath 1