Show I 82 on IF REPORT l C Ce nee of wen wena a II ending J a n oJ A A M 1 ll I II 0 ft I Ir I 1 t rat nt 6 G I I I Jt 1 r rent re t 6 rf ire 39 1 I Inn J an nn lemper clow elow the nc n t C dally dailY me l e i of ot lh ThU T 33 98 S of I I ls Is Ism B 1 z I I I I in m since L ch Is n In nl AMM MM r In in III i v I AMM MM r in III i v I lency r st Bt 02 Inch 6 C P M f i iSalt Salt Lake I i wa wn rc ih h made 1 Friday I 1 r lo 10 a depress i l while pr i ier Yet ver er tho the tholon i inon non lon Pre Pi hern hum Ne NOI Neof f 1 L of ot the tho lowe ref A CASE OF FAITH HEALING Weans re of ot MS 4 In rs It la laIn I 4 In lon and th UI A ble Incident of Early Church it U History Section D of or nit nil Euler Who Vho Tito Tha n II tH 61 2 P t to 10 O 1111 lIt In lit the or of 1 1 1 i 1 Utah I Jn In n fl 1 letter lette dated April H It Oliver II n Huntington Sr re to related roo toe the th following Incident Not long ago I listened very ekl kl ee e t r lar narrative front from Elder Uriah Urlah 15 I 1 Cur Curtin Curt Curtis his lila lUther father Gardner t tin concerning Curtis which 1 t think will bo be Interesting to t the readers of ot tho tha Deseret News find arid worthy of ot a place In Iii Church MM hIs tory ut leant It will show nn an unusual I Interest and nn devotion to the work of ot otI God which perhaps thu th young of ot tho thOI I present generation g can hardly compre comprehend corn pre pret t I hend because they the cannot tully fully under undera I Bland the conditions and ad nl difficulties I at and environments of ot the In the tho a I U if early days da s of ot the Church of ot Christ ChristI from I After Alter the expulsion of ot thu th Saints Jackson county Mo In tho the Lord Lordi revolution to Joseph Smith Ills i H gave a n Prophet requiring him to gather a 11 cere certain i thin tain number or not less than a n i certain 11 1 number of ot Ills His Elders to go up to the theland theland theland Y Y land of at Zion or Jackson county count for tor n a certain purpose starting from Kirt Wrt Kirtland land Ohio For this purpose ot of gathering all ull the thu they y male of at the thu Church possible to the number required word was wan sent ent i abroad to all nil the tho organizations of ot tIle the Ihei Church and arni scattered s members ns as well I t i that the Prophet with his little band of or followers follower would start from at ata ata a 0 certain date Gardener Curtis lived about forty I five miles nilles east casl of ot Cincinnati Ohio and u n long ways from Crom lie He wanted to be one of ot the volunteers called for tor forto forto to tD achieve chleo results to be ba seen in future for the establishment of oC Goda great grent and marvelous worl Ho lie could reach St bt Louis by steamboat ns as easily and MI quicker than he could walk to and If It he ho could hit the time just rIght to 11 find flail a n steamboat going up UI the Mis Missouri De Dc river he would be b on an the cerise conse consecrated t crated land as ns soon lIoon us ItS the Prophet and andS S 0 his chosen band of ot disciples In those early days clays of ot frontier life 11 te teIn In the western borders of civilization i there were svere no regular steamboat lines running up the wild Missouri river country an af now for tor boats went when i they could obtain loading of ot supplies for tor government t forts torta or military posts L and for tor fur tur trading posts posU far tar up the I 0 O great river among the wild tribes of ot Indians j f Brother Curtis did not find fin a n boat I I going up the river as ns ho he hoped so BO ho he I BRI BR I E started out on foot toot fearing he would I by waiting loose the golden opportunity iy Ly of at contributing his hla services to top i 1 accomplish the purposes of ot Jehovah p rn tn as nH I In sending Ills His Elders Ehlers on foot toot 1000 miles for tor fori Elder Curtis Cur lis exerted every over nerve and i the distil muscle to bo be there In time to meet his Lowe Lawo 10 wf a aid brethren and soon soan became very lame lanio lameul id ul I d I rr ga and sore traveling on foot he had hall sev several several several eral hundred hun rell miles to walk and must ph hot loose time ty U t He lie POOH became BO so lame lamo that he be felt prospect he must give up and lay layover over a time going art arti o 0 for tor recuperation Then came to hIs hla hl mind mimI that promise of ot the Lord LON that If It any are arc sick the thel i The wj w nil shall all send seu for tor the Elders of ot the tim Church I Manti BC s etc ete He lie was the only Elder Eider ho knew 1 I Is the tue In Inive hV of ot In that country anti and why not exercise ive ve 0 the Lr that right and claim the promise of ot the they iy y IP next nex tf f U Savior by laying hands upon himself hoots N He tie eat sat down by IJ the side of ot the road roady It If there WOK wn any road and laid his hie two twoie iy 1 y and 1 teach leaCh hands hande upon ripen his two legs Ilg and prayed pra ed an as asty ie 11 he would have hac done for tor one ot ol 1 his hla ty will children or brethren He lIe was Willi healed Instantly nOd and went vent on 11 ammo his way wa rejoicing without any lame lameness lames s ed by b ness until lie he reached tho the place of tIes lIes glen given t tm But Dut O 0 sad sail sickening thought m in by Sa Ba Sad his heart and HOU almost len left him d also when he found that the camp of Zion Ion IonI i would his brethren the Prophet had bath been there and all had hall returned rt home as w find recorded I In till the Doctrine and Cov Cow Covenants Commer All his toll toil expense and set suf sufferings r I wheels crInge were vere nothing compared to 10 the th esterday elerda loss of ot being with and sharing In the tho ther ne no ran li Ii lif experiences of ot his brethren f r f down downs throw He lie turned turnell his face homeward and s traveled alone without any associate lurt kurt lu In tl tI t i the many hundred miles back to the lii he be 1 1 n nen place of ot starting A short time before en tomo tom his death Elder Gardner Curtis related e C I Candy Candi i this Incident In his lifes experiences Idress s 8 S to his family tamil here In where be Pres Pru he lived many years previous to his resident death Let Iet history credit him ns as n a IL F member of ot Camp lImp It would l do him Justice and confer conter honor upon 1 I t Ills hIs bl posterity VI v MIU |