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The roads finally became so bad and
the cold so severe that Nathaniel Thomas
and James Townsend concluded to stop
for the winter. We parted with them on
the , near New Portage,
Ohio.
On the my wife, Phoebe, was attacked with a severe head-
ache, which terminated in brain fever.
She grew more and more distressed daily
as we continued our journey. It was a
terrible ordeal for a woman to travel in
a wagon over rough roads, afflicted as
she was. At the same time our child
was also very sick.
The was a trying
day to my soul. My wife continued to
fail, and in the afternoon, about four
o'clock, she appeared to be struck with
death. I stopped my team, and it
seemed as though she would breath her
last lying in the wagon. Two of the
sisters sat beside her, to see if they could
do anything for her in her last moments.
1 stood upon the ground, in deep af-
fliction, and meditated. I cried unto
the Lord, and prayed that she might live
and not be taken from me. I claimed the
promises the Lord had made unto me
through the prophets and patriarchs, and
soon her spirit revived, and I drove a
short distance to a tavern, and got her
into a room and worked over her and her
babe all night, and prayed to the Lord
to preserve her life.
In the morning the circumstances were
such that I was under the necessity of
removing my wife from the inn, as there
was so much noise and confusion at the
place that she could not endure it. I
carried her out to her bed in the wagon
and drove two miles, when I alighted at
a house and carried my wife and her bed
into it, with a determination to tarry
there until she recovered her health or
or passed away. This was on Sunday
morning, .
After getting my wife and things into
the house and wood provided to keep up
a fire, I employed my time in taking
care of her. It looked as though she had
but a short time to live.
She called me to her bedside in the
evening and said she felt as though a
few moments more would end her exist-
ence in this life. She manifested great
confidence in the cause she had em-
braced, and exhorted me to have confi-
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dence in God, and to keep his com-
mandments.
To all appearances she was dying. I laid hands upon her and prayed for her,
and she soon revived and slept some dur-
ing the night.
found my wife very low.
I spent the day in taking care of her,
and the following day I returned to Eaton to get some things for her. She
seemed to be gradually sinking, and in
the evening the spirit apparently left her
body, and she was dead.
The sisters gathered around her body,
weeping, while I stood looking at her in
sorrow. The spirit and power of God
began to rest upon me until, for the first
time during her sickness, faith filled my
soul, although she lay before me as one
dead.
I had some oil that was consecrated
for my anointing while in Kirtland. I
took it and consecrated it again before
the Lord for anointing the sick. I then
bowed down before the Lord and prayed
for the life of my companion, and I
anointed her body with the oil in the
name of the Lord. I laid my hands
upon her, and in the name of Jesus
Christ I rebuked the power of death and
the destroyer, and commanded the same
to depart from her and the spirit of life
to enter her body.
Her spirit returned to her body, and
from that hour she was made whole; and
we all felt to praise the name of God,
and to trust in Him and keep His com-
mandments.
While this operation was going on
with me (as my wife related afterwards)
her spirit left her body, and she saw it
lying upon the bed, and the sisters weep-
ing. She looked at them and at me,
and upon her babe, and, while gazing
upon this scene, two personages came
into the room, carrying a coffin, and told
her they had come for her body. One
of these messengers told her she might
have her choice—she might go to rest in
the spirit world, or, on one condition she
could have the privilege of returning to
her tabernacle and continuing her labors
upon the earth. The condition was, if
she felt that she could stand by her hus-
band, and with him pass through all the
cares, trials, tribulations and afflictions
of life which he would be called upon to
pass through for the gospel's sake unto
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Column 1
The roads finally became so bad and
the cold so severe that Nathaniel Thomas
and James Townsend concluded to stop
for the winter. We parted with them on
the , near New Portage,
Ohio.
On the my wife,
Phoebe, was attacked with a severe headache, which terminated in brain fever.
She grew more and more distressed daily
as we continued our journey. It was a
terrible ordeal for a woman to travel in
a wagon over rough roads, afflicted as
she was. At the same time our child
was also very sick.
The was a trying
day to my soul. My wife continued to
fail, and in the afternoon, about four
o'clock, she appeared to be struck with
death. I stopped my team, and it
seemed as though she would breath her
last lying in the wagon. Two of the
sisters sat beside her, to see if they could
do anything for her in her last moments.
1 stood upon the ground, in deep affliction, and meditated. I cried unto
the Lord, and prayed that she might live
and not be taken from me. I claimed the
promises the Lord had made unto me
through the prophets and patriarchs, and
soon her spirit revived, and I drove a
short distance to a tavern, and got her
into a room and worked over her and her
babe all night, and prayed to the Lord
to preserve her life.
In the morning the circumstances were
such that I was under the necessity of
removing my wife from the inn, as there
was so much noise and confusion at the
place that she could not endure it. I
carried her out to her bed in the wagon
and drove two miles, when I alighted at
a house and carried my wife and her bed
into it, with a determination to tarry
there until she recovered her health or
or passed away. This was on Sunday
morning, .
After getting my wife and things into
the house and wood provided to keep up
a fire, I employed my time in taking
care of her. It looked as though she had
but a short time to live.
She called me to her bedside in the
evening and said she felt as though a
few moments more would end her existence in this life. She manifested great
confidence in the cause she had embraced, and exhorted me to have confi-
Column 2
dence in God, and to keep his commandments.
To all appearances she was dying. I
laid hands upon her and prayed for her,
and she soon revived and slept some during the night.
found my wife very low.
I spent the day in taking care of her,
and the following day I returned to
Eaton to get some things for her. She
seemed to be gradually sinking, and in
the evening the spirit apparently left her
body, and she was dead.
The sisters gathered around her body,
weeping, while I stood looking at her in
sorrow. The spirit and power of God
began to rest upon me until, for the first
time during her sickness, faith filled my
soul, although she lay before me as one
dead.
I had some oil that was consecrated
for my anointing while in Kirtland. I
took it and consecrated it again before
the Lord for anointing the sick. I then
bowed down before the Lord and prayed
for the life of my companion, and I
anointed her body with the oil in the
name of the Lord. I laid my hands
upon her, and in the name of Jesus
Christ I rebuked the power of death and
the destroyer, and commanded the same
to depart from her and the spirit of life
to enter her body.
Her spirit returned to her body, and
from that hour she was made whole; and
we all felt to praise the name of God,
and to trust in Him and keep His commandments.
While this operation was going on
with me (as my wife related afterwards)
her spirit left her body, and she saw it
lying upon the bed, and the sisters weeping. She looked at them and at me,
and upon her babe, and, while gazing
upon this scene, two personages came
into the room, carrying a coffin, and told
her they had come for her body. One
of these messengers told her she might
have her choice—she might go to rest in
the spirit world, or, on one condition she
could have the privilege of returning to
her tabernacle and continuing her labors
upon the earth. The condition was, if
she felt that she could stand by her husband, and with him pass through all the
cares, trials, tribulations and afflictions
of life which he would be called upon to
pass through for the gospel's sake unto
