"Those present with the old lady did not believe as we do. The gentleman, whose name was Woodruff, said, 'I do not believe in the ordinance of laying on hands for the healing of the sick.' "I told him to remain and see whether God would not keep His promise wherein He said by the mouth of His Apostle James: 'Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the Church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up.' (James 5: 14, 15). "After the ordinance Sister Chalder raised up and said she was better. "Mr. Woodruff said, 'This is my first time to see anything like that.' "He was as white as a corpse. To-day he is a living testimony that she was healed. So did all present say they knew it was the power of God made manifest." Thousands of other miracles have been witnessed by those who have obeyed the Gospel. The blind have received their sight, the dumb have been made to speak, the deaf have had their hearing restored, and the sick have been healed of all manner of diseases. In short, all the promises made by the Savior to the believers have been realized by the Latter-day Saints as fully as they were by the former-day Saints. To these facts there are thousands of living witnesses to-day. Many of those who have witnessed these manifestations of God's goodness, and many others who have received them, {248} have had their testimonies published to the world, and there are many such testimonies on record in the printed literature of the Church. ANCIENT PROPHECIES BEING FULFILLED. Some five months after the organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints the Prophet Joseph Smith received a revelation from the Lord which among other things declared: "And ye are called to bring to pass the gathering of mine elect, for mine elect hear my voice and harden not their hearts; wherefore the decree hath gone forth from the Father, that they shall be gathered in unto one place upon the face of this land, to prepare their hearts and be prepared in all things against the day when tribulation and desolation are sent forth upon the wicked; for the hour is nigh, and the day soon at hand when the earth is ripe: and all the proud, and they that do wickedly, shall be as stubble, and I will burn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts, that wickedness shall not be upon the earth." THE GATHERING OF ISRAEL. The gathering of Israel in the last days is predicted by many of the ancient prophets. Jeremiah records these words of the Lord: "I will take you one of a city and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: and I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding." (Jeremiah 3: 14, 15).