| Show THE POWER OF THE priesthood I 1 received word last may to take so mission to the northern states to be ready and leave salt lake city june I 1 arrived in chicago june and received notification on the to labor in cincinnati ohio under the direction of elder david J davis I 1 arrived in cincinnati on the morning 1 of july 2 1897 and labored in cincinnati four and one half months where I 1 en joyed my labors and made many friends during our conference on november 6 7 and 8 elders lyman and Cow cowley leit of the apostles quorum were with un u and gave us some valuable instructions the saints were very kind to the ba ders at our priesthood meeting november 9 1 I and companion joseph E wilson jr were assigned to labor in zanesville ohio A week later elders ernest F malin from ogden city utah and frederick J wadsworth taylor idaho joined our ranks we are stopping with two families who are members or of the church we have many hwe here earnestly investigating thy precious truths last thursday while out tr acting I 1 met alady a lady very much opposed to us among other things she said if you people have power to heal the sick an aa you claim why dont you heal thin man next door who has been an invalid for twenty nine months he chasn t been on his feet tor for that length of time I 1 said to the person that abw signs followed the believers to day as much as anciently I 1 called on this gentleman matthew oray ray who has been an aa invalid for twenty nine months I 1 asked him if f he had faith faath enough to believe that he could be healed by the power of god vl yes tee said he I 1 told him we would t be there on sunday at 2 p m we called according to appointment less than three minutes after the admin adain i he commenced shaking his whole frame shook he commenced rising up in his chair chaar his wife then threw her arms around him and they both shouted bless the lord the savior has come I 1 know these are the servants of the lord father r mother and a grown daughter were so overjoyed that they wept the man s walked into the kitchen three times for twenty nipe nine months his entire left side had been paralyzed the three persons persona bore testimony that this was the first time their father had walked for twenty nine months this man I 1 receives 72 a month pension his doctors charges axe are 1 per visit and fifty cents prescription they have paid out hundreds of dollars to no pur pose mrs gray says to me my own daughter will not believe me when I 1 tell beaher I 1 her that father has walked three times out into the kitchen and back to his room ten days ago a lady sent for me and my coin companion panion to administer to her i r she was weeping when we entered the f roo room she had been nearly crazy for four days after the administration rn the pains stopped and the lady told me z last baat evening she had no symptoms of a valin pain since I 1 the deseret news is a welcome fultor T EDWARD ED WARD F TURLEY zanesville muskingum ngum county ohio dec 20 1897 |
