Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-16

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10 refuse " enter the house. A physi-
clan that had visited him had gwen
HIM medicine " aid death in It's SION
Work, out the man had only become UNI
conscious and the physician refused "
40 angling turther.
When the woman had told her sad
story Elder Moench assured her that II
| she nau talth, GUu COulu help her, eItner
Dy takng her suffering husband away
from this life or restoring him
10 heath. The poor woman
exclaimed, while her face was sun
| Datned IN tears. 81 40 believe,
/ 10 believe The Elder and the woman
| then knelt BY the bed and Brother
| MOenCh said he feryenuy prayed To tne
LORD. and then laid hands on the SICK
man anu LETT him.
IL was the intention of Brother MOench
[ 10 ASK the Lord 10 take him away be-
| cause, according 10 all outward APP
pearanCes, COnsiQering ms great age ana
/ All Otner circumstances, tnat was the
most natural, out Notwithstanding this,
| ne was impressed very forclDly " bless
/ the sick man with health ana strength
| instead Of praying the LORD " cut his
| days short, as he intended ~ do. For
/ TINS reason he left the house full OF anX-
| Ietyi he could not see how his prayer
/ could be heard.
Brother Moench was absent a week be-
| fore he again paid the poor man visit.
/ Ills feelings can be better understood
| IMAM described when, on his return, he
/ found the old man standing on the lOOr
| with both hands extended to bid him
/ welcome. Brother MOench says he could
hardly believe the testimony Of his
| eyes. When he pressed his hand, the
/ tears flowed from his sunken eyes, as
he stammeringly expressed his graft
| tude for the miracle that had been per-
| formed in his behalf.
As soon as they were able 10 control
/ their feelings and talk about matters
| the woman told him that the same day
| in the afternoon, after the adminlstra-
| ton nad been performed, the man felt
| ms physical strength returning, and
| the following night he rested peaceful
| ly as a child. The following day he
was sitting up in his bed, and a couple
| OF days later he expressed desire to
/ leave the bed, and since then he had
| been about every day. Since that time
| he had been able to perform some work,
/ 10 the great wonder Of all those who
| knew him.
| Gus signs and wonders among the Scan
| dinayian Saints followed those who re-
| manned faithful, after they had taken
| up their abode in Zion one sister
| ChristOpherson OF Lynne, Weber county,
| Utah, relates a remarkable incident as
| follows;
on Sunday morning. the It'll Of June,
! 1874, while we were at breakfast our
| attention was suddenly called 10 some
| bran that,in some ineXplicable manner,
| had been placed by the side Of my hus-
| bands plate. The circumstance inn
/ mediately melted our greatest amaze
| ment. l looked towards the ceiling to
| see II there was a hole through which
| the bran might have fallen down on
| the table, but there was none, and, be-
| sides, We did not have anything OF that
! kind in the house In any place. While
| We both were viewing the mystic sub
stance on the table, which was formed
In nicely rounded cone, my husband
heard a voice softly whispering:
Take care Of your wheat. Shortly
| afterwards an experienced miller visited
US, We told him OF the circumstance.
He examined the bran very closely and
found II to be mixture of wheat,
barley and oats. He also found five
! whole wheat kernels in IL. l have
placed the bran in a tin box, where
keep IL as a great treasure which l
Will not lose for any price. 1 keep IL
as memento Of a miracle undoubted-
! ly performed for a wise purpose, On
several occasions / have tried to form
a cone like the one We first saw. but |
have always failed
when my husband had gone 20
l a 90. 81 1 ,V
10 reveal unto me the purpose Of this
mystic occurrence and the Spirit told
me that II We would take care Of our
wheat. We would never lack bread.
This has been fulfilled, for although We
have seen hard times we have never
lacked the necessaries OF life
When We first came to Utah we were
very poor, We worked hard. on one
occasion / was given some fruit by the
wife Of Brother LOTin Farr, which
preserved and put into a jar. II was
not so very much and although ii was
about all We had 10 eat with our
bread, II lasted the entire winter until
the month Of July, the following sum
mer and during this period we had
many visitors with whom we shared our
scanty supply. This Is one Of the many
instances In which the Lord mracu-
lousy multiplied the provisions Of the
Saints who were faithful 10 Him in the
| days Of priyatlon and sufferngs."
When the circumstances Of the Saints
az that time are considered, such a
miracle as this Is clearly understood TO
be In perfect harmony with the deal
] in@s Of our Eternal Father with His
] children. They needed some special
/ instruction as much as did the Prophet
| Elijah during the famine with which
/ his country was stricken. and the Lord
/ did not leave them without the proper
/ guidance.
Sister Chrlstopherson further relates
that grasshoppers destroyed during
/ three successive years almost their en-
| tire crop. on certain occasion she
| and her husband stood watching the
/ greedy animals destroying the most Of
/ the wheat that was nearly ripe. Al
| last there was only a small square piece
| Of the field left. Then her husband
| knelt down and prayed earnestly 10 the
| Lord 10 preserve this little piece a
| few minutes later the grasshoppers had
| left. His prayers were heard. The
| remnant had been saved
As has been stated, hundreds OF such
Instances could be related. II former
| dispensatlons have been established
| amidst signs and wonders and mighty
works so has this dispensation Of the
/ latter days. They all point 70 the d.
| vine origin OF the Church. They testi-
~ 20 the divinity Of the Gospel, and
the divine authority OF the Prophet and
! his successors. The Lord healed the
sick TO prove His power on earth 10
forgive them their sins. The
power 20 cope with the result Of sin
Us the best proof Of authority 10 remove
the source And that Is the great value
~ miraculous gifts exercised In the
name Of Jesus and with divine author
ity