Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine
On the following I parted with
Elders Taylor and Fielding, who went
to Liverpool, and with Elder Richards,
who tarried in Preston. Elder Turley
and I went to Manchester.
It was the first time I ever visited that
city. I here first met with Elder Wm.
Clayton. As soon as I had an introduc-
tion to him, he informed me that one of
the sisters in that place was possessed of
the devil, and he asked me to go and
cast it out of her, thinking that one of
the Twelve Apostles could do anything
in this line he might wish to.
However, I went with him to the
house where the woman lay, in the hands
of three men, in a terrible rage, and
trying to tear her clothing from her.
I also found quite a number of Saints
present, and some unbelievers, who had
come to see the devil cast out and a
miracle wrought.
If I had acted upon my own judg-
ment I should not have attempted to ad-
minister to her with the company pres-
ent, but as I was a stranger there, and
Brother Clayton presided over the
branch, I joined him in administering to
the woman. But the unbelief of the
wicked present was so great, we could
not cast the devil out of her, and she
raged worse than ever.
I then ordered the room to be cleared,
and when the company left the house,
except the few attending to her, we laid
hands upon her, and I commanded the
devil to come out of her, in the name of
Jesus Christ. The devil left her, and
she was entirely cured and fell asleep.
The next day being the Sabbath, she
came before a large congregation of peo-
ple, and bore testimony to what the
Lord had done for her. We had a large
assemblage through the day and evening,
to whom I preached the gospel.
On Monday morning, the devil, not
being satisfied with being cast out of the
woman, entered into her little child,
which was but a few months old.
