Show oliver cowdery and the book of mormon norm on it is a well known fabb that oliver com cowdery dery was ono one of the three witnesses to the divine t authenticity of the book of mortis mon m on it is also a matter matted of his tory that he was out of the 1 church for a period of ten years k r from 1838 till and audit it has been claimed by anti mormon writers and lecturers that oliver powdery cowdery had denied his f mony of the divinity of the book c 7 of mormon Afo emon affidavits have been made and published in eastern papers that ho be had asked to A be relieved reci eved i into n to s some om e ch church as a member that before that 1 church would v him lie he wits was required to make confess ion and denial of his said h motif mony and a short time ago the salt lake tribune contained the statement that lie he joined th the e methodist church the fact is that oliver cowdery never did rh d deny eny his testimony as found on y the f front pa page 6 4 of the book of mormon in the church or butof out of t the h e eh chuich u reli and never aligned belil himself self with the methodist or x any other sectarian ian church in connection with this judge 0 M na nielson of salt lake in op one e of his Ice lectures tures some time a ago cr 0 r related e I 1 a t e da a vory very remarkable experience in the mission field and said in part tn in the year 1884 1 I was traveling rl as a missionary in in minnesota I 1 had most of the eastern part of the state to m myself 3 self 1 I was without purse or scrip P and one night slept in a hay stack next day I 1 came to a i city and wandered up and down the streets I 1 had no money molloy no friends and know where to go I 1 passed a large store called the emporium something like burz 0 ini im I 1 I 1 ws was attracted by it 1 but know why there were ore about 25 teams hitched near the place owned b by y farmers in town on business something om ething told me to go over and see a certa certain in man the street was full of people and I 1 wondered which man then one man seemed to me as big as three ordinary men the spirit it whispered GO over an am t speak to him I 1 hesitated to approach this entire stranger but the same voice c came aime to me a second and alid third time then I 1 went he was a prosperous looking farmer with it a two seated buggy which lie he was rea ready dy to enter and was a prominent man I 1 learned not knowing what else I 1 said I 1 how far are you going ging home where are you L going I 1 have no cert ce rt ian ian place I 1 ELM am from utah you yoo are not a mormon are you lie he asked anxiously yes then thell god bless you lie he replied reaching nm 0 out his arms and dropping the lines get inn into this buggy as fast as you can ashen we get home my wife will rejoice ceas as I 1 rejoice now I 1 will then explain all but you are not a josephite joseph ace are yon no im a real live mormon from utah beaching the home bome he called mother heres areal a real live aliye mormon elder I 1 m afraid I 1 t look very fite as I 1 hal slept in the hay stack the previous IOUs night they rhey took me by the hand and led we mo into tho house I 1 was very hungry ard begged fot for something to eat after my hunger brunyer r was satisfied they called in their sons and daughters and we sat around the able my new found friend then said continued next week |