Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-10
The Prayer, Of ra,,h.


10 the Ed,.osi
That the Comforter or Holy Shirt.
IL potent factor among the Elders
" 80 plainly evident that tho most
obtuae must recogr ~ the assistance be.
Ing rendered the Elders Ia their trn
olr. | have asked those who entertain
cur Elders ON many occasions whether
or no an Influence " peace and 10y
dld not accompany them when In their
homes. and the answer has always
been In the affirmative. Thoy often
add that even their Hour barrel and
smoke house seem ~ be ropienlshed by
q visit of the Elders of the Church OF
jcHuH Christ.
On one occasion We were stayine
with MIR isinh Beard u iuka. Missis.
Hippi, an ardent friend % fthc Elders.
Who told me he was sure tho Lord had
blessed him for his kindnoHa 10 our
people. one day be- was killing hogs
aud a conservative estimate was made
by him and his aHaIHnnta ns 10 their
probable weight. They advised him,
however. that now he should try and
save II and not feed II all 90 the Mor.
mons. we being there nt tho time ON
weighing the product he was delighted
60 md an Increase Of 90 pounds In The
estimate made and he insists that his
entertaining the Mormons was the
cause or the additional weight.
one day Elder Peter Nelson and 1
were IN the city Of Huntsvillc. Ala
about dusk without friend or even
nm acquaintance and not cent In our
possession to provide place 10 70.
main an night This being quite a
nopulous city. we had no good oppor-
tunlty OF repairing 90 the woods for
evening dovotiunH. 20 thought 90 try
ana get entertainment nfat. we tried
two hotels and fuiled. when we con.
cludod an appeal TO the Lord was noe.
effHary. but how 60 do 10 was the oues.
ton. We finally decided a. make our
appeal ON the public street, 80 ntepninr
out from the side walk 20 a hitchlnr
ihil We removed Our hats, offered
icfvcnt appeal. I being mouth. after
when we visited another hotel. tho best
N town, and were Immediately given
me bcst they had, gratis. We are con.
Ninced this was "a direct answer 20
our prayer. even though the cIreurn.
stances did not have all the propitiou.
conditions that We would have liked.
ON another occasion early In Novefn.
Der, we visited good old HouI-.a
Methodirt-who had. In the past. given
u cordial welcome. and whom We
Know would accord ua a home greet.
Ing again after our weary walk OF
twenty-onc miles through a binding
rain We had counted on enjoying |
the pleasant IRE In the ld-faahloned |
fireplace ana her dear motherly ao- |
licitude which she was wont 10 shower
but what was our sorrow 60 hear a |
faint response 90 our knock and 10 fnd |
good Sister liutledge In bed aick-too |
weak To scarcely shake hands /
Even though Il was night we protest. |
ed wish 90 proceed but this.
she would not hear Oh. saying, her nus
band could cook some corn bread for
W. ana manage somehow" 20 we
proceeded 20 arrange for the night.
suggested 90 Elder Nielsen that
We s;ep outside and pray Tor
her. This we ala. standing
out ny the gate In drlzzllng rain, The
nlght dark. but not too dark 20 restrain
our fervency and the Lord TO answer
our prayers. What was our delight TO
come IN and IND our hostess getting
ip 10 prepare ~ some supper, the nrst
liiemp, for three days. She said she
felt better and had concluded TO try
wen II she was weak. After prcpar-
NIX US bounteous supper she retired
igaln The next morning she was IN
bright ana early TO get our breakfast,
lrElnE US on our departure 10 remem-
, ,er nom IN our prayers. She was not
'ofnlHhnt OF our prayers In her be.
ialf, except perchanoc by the Influence
hat she was free TO tell her friends.
Ne carried with ua. Brother and Sister
Wien Rutledge Of luka are among our
ieat friends and no enemies dare as.
AL us In their presence
one night we were staying with n
W. Newton Ross Of Jaclnto. Mlss
whose wife II member OF our Church
Sister Ross was feeling very sick.
'aln In her chest. which became worse
Ifter we had all retired. We heard her
husband urging her 10 get the Elder
q administer 10 her, but she dcmurred
linking Il may soon pass on. Hear,
ne their remarks. we suggested thai
Ter husband apply some consecrated
VI, which We furnished. TO the place OF
He did 20. while my com.
'anlon and ! poured out our utmost
alth In It's efficacy for relief, While
hua engaged we heard a relieved cine
Ilhtlon, "oh, I'm better now" and sls.
or Ross then rested comfortably until
morning, when she had severe re-.
ewal OF the pain. for which we admin. I
stored 10 her In the regular way. en-.
Dying q rich manifestation OF the heai.
ne power Of faith, she being per-
relieved
Yours very truly.
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