Gems of Reminiscence: Seventeenth Book of the Faith Promoting Series, Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-day Saints
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Gems of Reminiscence: Seventeenth Book of the Faith Promoting Series, Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-day Saints
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Missions
Can my college professor tell me any more that there is no God? Can I
doubt His power or the truth of His restored priesthood? Can I afford
to dishonor that sacred priesthood? No, no more than I can say black is
white. Men may try to explain this some other way, but we know better,
and we thank God for every gift and blessing he has given us.
There is the second part of this blessing I want to tell you about.
Mrs. Gledhill had been in good health for nearly three years, and we
became very anxious for the Lord to grant us the second part of His
promised blessing, namely, that additional children should come to our
home. We talked it over and decided that when we went to the temple to
do work for the dead, as it is our custom to do once each year, that we
would have Mrs. Gledhill washed and annointed for this special blessing.
On arriving at the temple we told President Anderson that we had great
faith that the Lord would keep His promise to us, but we were impatient
and wanted to intercede for the Lord to grant us this blessing now.
When the sisters were washing and anointing Mrs. Gledhill, the
spirit of the Lord whispered to her an assurance of our desire, and
at the conclusion of this Holy ordinance she came and told me of
this assurance she had received, and that she knew it was from God.
President Anderson, who was mouth in the prayer that was offered in
her behalf, at the conclusion of this Holy ordinance promised her the
desire of her heart. After working in the temple two or three days for
our dead, we returned home.
In the required time from this temple blessing God gave us an
eleven-pound son, notwithstanding the predictions of the doctors to
the contrary. Our hearts are so full of gratitude that we wish we
could tell the whole world of this modern miracle. On hearing of
Mrs. Gledhill's condition, one of the doctors wrote and asked one to
take her to a hospital to be confined, and suggested that operative
interference might be necessary. But instead of doing this we called in
the Elders at this critical hour, and our baby was born naturally. No
sooner had the birth occurred than I sent word to the doctors, who, by
the way, are very dear friends of mine, and told them of our promised
son.
In conclusion let me bear you my testimony that I know that God lives
and that the divine plan of salvation, called "Mormonism" is the only
plan that will bring genuine happiness and joy to the souls of men; and
that, as far as I have been able to learn, there is no known scientific
fact that does not harmonize with this revealed gospel. The longer I
live, and the more I study, the more virtue I see in our gospel; and
for this testimony I thank God.
T. R. GLEDHILL, M. D.
Richfield, Utah.
Lambert Reminiscence
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