The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt: One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Embracing His Life, Ministry, and TravelsPratt, Parley P. (Parley Parker)
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The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt: One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Embracing His Life, Ministry, and Travels
Pratt, Parley P. (Parley Parker)
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Apostles -- Biography; Pratt, Parley P. (Parley Parker), 1807-1857
I laid my hands upon the woman, and said: "In the name of Jesus
Christ, be thou made whole this instant." I then commanded her to
arise and walk. Her husband burst into tears; the people looked
surprised; but the woman arose and walked to the fire, and happened
to take her seat near the ladder, as I had related in the vision
before I saw her. She then clapped her hands for joy, gave a shout
of "Glory to God in the highest," and testified that she was every
whit whole. We invited her to accompany us to the meeting; she
immediately made ready, walked out, helped herself into the wagon,
and rode some two miles over a very rough road. She then got out of
the wagon, and walked with a strong and quick step into the
meeting, where she sat till the discourse was over; when she arose
and testified what the Lord had done for her. She then rode home,
and was baptized in connection with several others, who came
forward and obeyed the fullness of the gospel. We afterwards laid
our hands on them for the gift of the Holy Ghost, when it fell upon
them in great power, insomuch that all in the room felt its power
and influence and glorified God; some spake in tongues, others
prophesied and bore testimony to the truth.
The next evening I went over to Sackett's Harbor in order to
preach; many of the people from Pillar Point, who had witnessed
these things, went with me, and, among others, Mr. Cory with his
wife, who had been so miraculously healed. A great rabble came out
to hear, or rather to disturb the meeting; and among others, some
half dozen clergymen of different orders, who were loud in their
challenges and calls for miracles; "give us a miracle--we want a
miracle--heal the sick--raise the dead, and then we'll believe."
The lying, rage, and confusion excited by these wicked spirits,
broke up the meeting, and I had much ado to get out of the crowd
without being stoned or torn to pieces.
After tarrying a few days in this region, I took leave and
continued my journey as far as Columbia County, east of the Hudson.
I arrived at my Aunt Van Cott's, and found them all well; paid a
visit to my father and mother; gave them money sufficient to enable
them to remove to Kirtland, Ohio, and then commenced my return. I
had started from the frontiers of Missouri and ridden on horseback
fifteen hundred miles.
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