| Show A GOSPEL TESTIMONY Experiences of One Who Trusted In and Obeyed the Lords Commands I ClaudUHe Patrick Co Va I Aug I InTo In-To tho Editor I For some time 1 have ben thinking of writing you a fen lines to tell you how the Lord has blessed a few of Ills children 0hay hero In the mountains of Patrick I desire to bear my testimony testi-mony that I hose been blessed In man saya I had never seen II Mormon until un-til the 3rd of November 1896 rider James II Cllbba I and Ills companion Charles f flanker came to my house 6ri Ihenidrhmgor the Ird and dellv rod their message They spoke of Irrachlt the iter try In lie purity i turn that moment the thought came 10 mc this Is t really a new Ooopcl I treated them kindly II WOllld not 10 olhr1I nom their appearance and e0ct became very much Inter opted dealrlllR to know the principles of the Gospel they were preaching t had heard a good many different kinds of socalled preachers and begun be-gun to think there could not be eo many says 10 heaven The hider soon left my house with the promo 10 come back III a tw day They cam and held several meeting at my house during which time they gave me all the Information l they could for the time I soon became be-came eatlxtlcd that this was the true Gospel The Aiders visited us two or three times during this month My daughterinlaw also became satisfied and we decided to be baptized I on the 2nd of November very cold day but we had reached the point that we were willing to do anything that was required to gain salvation and In order or-der to enjoy the blessing that were promised the baptized believer I was fifty years oM two days previous to being baptized I had been a member or > the Methodist lunch for many years trying to live as a Christian tho best I knew I ian say truthfully that I have had moro real enjoyment since I was baptized bap-tized than ever before I will now tell of some of the beatings In my family by the power of Uod manlfesteii through Ills worthy servants Eider IIIhh and rider llawkes My I little granddaughter had been very sick fort several do for-t 1s there was 110 doctor near we kept thinking perhaps rha would soon be better The Filler came and by the request of the par enl of the child they administered to hr It woo Only n fw 1110m1l10 afire cards that the child got d01n from It I mmma arms and called for slime thing to cI the first oho had palled fur In several days She went out to play and was never ell 1 k In that may any mole I hat n severe pall In my hd for to day and olllTrd very much They admlnlt1 10 me and se all knelt In prayer The poll loft my head before rllng from our knee And never returned t will odd It row more horde though I do not hlh to henry you I have had a lame Am for many years At times I could nt lino II al all It had been very bad for Revere I dale When the Illders I came again to Pee us They administered to the gain and my arm NOOII got well and I he ued II ever Place Jut 118 hell as the other I fool like Iralln 01 u1 long no I live 1 for what lie line door for mo t shall ever remember with loc and gratllude the 11111 Mho fir1 brought the glad tidings to lilt t fl an II were like it hrnml Pno fried front the burning 6 ILItNOlt lIum |
