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Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 - A New You Ministry

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This dream gave me some encouragement. I had confidence in Bro<strong>the</strong>r Matteson.Be<strong>for</strong>e I saw him with my natural eyes, his case was shown me in vision, in contrastwith that of F of Wisconsin. The latter was utterly unworthy to bear <strong>the</strong> name ofChristian, much more to be a messenger; but Bro<strong>the</strong>r Matteson was shown me as onewho possessed humility, and who, if he maintained his consecration, would be qualifiedto point souls to <strong>the</strong> Lamb of God. Bro<strong>the</strong>r Matteson had no knowledge of my trials ofmind. Not a line had ever passed between us, and <strong>the</strong> dream coming when and fromwhom it did, looked to me like <strong>the</strong> hand of God reached <strong>for</strong>th to help me.We had <strong>the</strong> care of building with hired money, which caused perplexity. We keptup our appointments and labored extremely hard all through <strong>the</strong> hot wea<strong>the</strong>r. For wantof means we went into <strong>the</strong> field toge<strong>the</strong>r, hoeing, and cutting and raking hay. I took<strong>the</strong> <strong>for</strong>k and built <strong>the</strong> stack, while my husband, with his feeble arms, pitched <strong>the</strong> hay tome. I took <strong>the</strong> brush and painted <strong>the</strong> inside of much of our house. In <strong>the</strong>se things weboth wearied ourselves too much. Finally I suddenly failed and could do no more. Forseveral mornings I fainted, and my husband had to attend <strong>the</strong> Greenbush grove meetingwithout me.Our old, hard-riding carriage had been well-nigh killing us and our team. Longjourneyings with it, <strong>the</strong> labor of meetings, home cares and labors, were too much <strong>for</strong>us, and I feared that my work was done. My husband tried to encourage me andurged me to start out again to fill our appointments at Orange, Greenbush, and Ithaca.Finally I resolved to start, and, if I was no worse, continue <strong>the</strong> journey. I rode tenmiles kneeling in <strong>the</strong> carriage on a cushion and leaning my head upon ano<strong>the</strong>r in myhusband’s lap. He drove and supported me. The next morning I was some better anddecided to go on. God helped us to speak in power to <strong>the</strong> people at Orange, and aglorious work was done <strong>for</strong> backsliders and sinners. At Greenbush I had freedom andstrength given me.599

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