A String of Pearls: Second Book of the Faith-Promoting Series. Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-day SaintsVarious
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A String of Pearls: Second Book of the Faith-Promoting Series. Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-day Saints
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On another occasion I lost my team. I was satisfied it had been stolen.
I was in Salt Lake City a short time after the occurrence, and was
speaking to my uncle about my team being lost. He advised me to go to
an old lady close by, and she would tell me where it was by means of
cards. I told him I would do without the cards.
When I returned home my wife and I knelt down and prayed that the
person who took my team might be prevented from taking it out of the
country, and that we might get it again.
The team was taken in the summer, and in the fall of the same year a
man came to me, in my field, and asked me if I knew of any person that
had lost such and such animals, describing my horses. I told him they
belonged to me. He then directed me where I should go to find them.
I thanked him for his information, and asked him how he happened to
come to me, as we were strangers to each other, and my horses were not
branded.
He said he did not know, only that he felt impressed to ask me.
Early next morning I started after my horses. That night I found them
in charge of a man who told me that a person came to him in the summer
time and desired to stop with him over night. The fellow had a band of
horses which his host believed he had stolen. In the morning, as they
were both looking at the horses, he said to the man who brought them
there, "Here are two stray horses; I will take charge of these and get
them to the owner." He accordingly left my two horses and took the rest
of the band with him.
You can see, my young readers, how literally our prayers were answered.
We recovered our horses in good condition, and thanked the Lord.
These, with many other blessings, served to keep us humble and faithful
to our covenants.
Now, the result of our early marriage is this: my family numbers
twenty-four. I am the father of nineteen children, four of whom are
married, and I have seven grand-children, and my present age is
forty-four. I have filled many positions of trust, and I think to the
entire satisfaction of my superiors. I am now a Bishop in Zion, and I
think I have the faith and prayers and confidence of the Saints over
whom I have the honor to preside.
I mention this to show what can be done by being faithful and observing
the counsel of those whose right it is to guide and direct.
CASES OF MIRACULOUS HEALING.
BY G. W. HILL.
GREAT ASSEMBLY OF INDIANS--BAPTIZING THEM--THE SICK INSTANTLY
HEALED--CURIOUS ACTIONS OF INDIANS AFFECTED WITH EVIL SPIRITS--THE OLD
CHIEF'S FAITH--CHILD CURED OF FEVER--THE DEAD REVIVED.
I have witnessed a great deal more of the power of God in my
administration with the Indians then I ever experienced with any other
people. In quite a number of cases I have seen Indians who were sick
healed instantly, when the ordinance for the healing of the sick was
performed in their behalf by the Elders.
I remember several cases of healing that occurred on August 1st, 1875.
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