A DAY OF GOD'S POWER WITH THE PROPHET JOSEPH SMITH
—A GREAT NUMBER OF SICK PERSONS HEALED—THE MOB
BECOMES ALARMED—THEY TRY TO INTERFERE WITH
THE HEALING OF THE SICK—THE MOB SENT OUT OF
THE HOUSE—TWIN CHILDREN HEALED.
WHILE I was living in this cabin in the old barracks, we
experienced a day of God's power with the Prophet
Joseph. It was a very sickly time and Joseph had given up
his home in Commerce to the sick, and had a tent pitched in
his door-yard and was living in that himself. The large num-
ber of Saints who had been driven out of Missouri, were
walking into Commerce; but had no homes to go into, and were
living in wagons, in tents, and on the ground. Many, there-
fore, were sick through the exposure they were subjected to.
Brother Joseph had waited on the sick, until he was worn
out and nearly sick himself.
On the morning of the , he arose reflect-
ing upon the situation of the Saints of God in their persecu-
tions and afflictions, and he called upon the Lord in prayer,
and the power of God rested upon him mightily, and as Jesus
healed all the sick around Him in His day, so Joseph, the
Prophet of God, healed all around on this occasion. He
healed all in his house and door-yard, then, in company with Sidney Rigdon and several of the Twelve, he went through
among the sick lying on the bank of the river, and he
commanded them in a loud voice, in the name of Jesus Christ
to come up and be made whole, and they were all healed.
When he healed all that were sick on the east side of the
river, they crossed the Mississippi river in a ferry-boat to the
west side, to Montrose, where we were. The first house they
went into was President Brigham Young's. He was sick on
his bed at the time. The Prophet went into his house and
healed him, and they all came out together. As they were
LEAVES FROM MY JOURNAL.
CHAPTER XIX.
A DAY OF GOD'S POWER WITH THE PROPHET JOSEPH SMITH
—A GREAT NUMBER OF SICK PERSONS HEALED—THE MOB
BECOMES ALARMED—THEY TRY TO INTERFERE WITH
THE HEALING OF THE SICK—THE MOB SENT OUT OF
THE HOUSE—TWIN CHILDREN HEALED.
WHILE I was living in this cabin in the old barracks, we
experienced a day of God's power with the Prophet
Joseph. It was a very sickly time and Joseph had given up
his home in Commerce to the sick, and had a tent pitched in
his door-yard and was living in that himself. The large number of Saints who had been driven out of Missouri, were
walking into Commerce; but had no homes to go into, and were
living in wagons, in tents, and on the ground. Many, therefore, were sick through the exposure they were subjected to.
Brother Joseph had waited on the sick, until he was worn
out and nearly sick himself.
On the morning of the , he arose reflecting upon the situation of the Saints of God in their persecutions and afflictions, and he called upon the Lord in prayer,
and the power of God rested upon him mightily, and as Jesus
healed all the sick around Him in His day, so Joseph, the
Prophet of God, healed all around on this occasion. He
healed all in his house and door-yard, then, in company with
Sidney Rigdon and several of the Twelve, he went through
among the sick lying on the bank of the river, and he
commanded them in a loud voice, in the name of Jesus Christ
to come up and be made whole, and they were all healed.
When he healed all that were sick on the east side of the
river, they crossed the Mississippi river in a ferry-boat to the
west side, to Montrose, where we were. The first house they
went into was President Brigham Young's. He was sick on
his bed at the time. The Prophet went into his house and
healed him, and they all came out together. As they were
