Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 - A New You Ministry

I now entreated that if I must go and relate what the Lord had shown me, I shouldbe preserved from undue exaltation. Said the angel: “Your prayers are heard and shallbe answered. If this evil that you dread threatens you, the hand of God will be stretchedout to save you; by affliction He will draw you to Himself and preserve your humility.Deliver the message faithfully. Endure unto the end, and you shall eat the fruit of thetree of life and drink of the water of life.”After recovering consciousness of earthly things, I committed myself to the Lord,ready to do His bidding whatever that might be. Providentially, the way opened for meto go with my brother-in-law to my sisters in Poland, thirty miles from my home. Ithere had an opportunity to bear my testimony.For three months my throat and lungs had been so diseased that I could talk butlittle, and that in a low and husky tone. On this occasion I stood up in meeting andcommenced speaking in a whisper. I continued thus for about five minutes, when thesoreness and obstruction left my throat and lungs, my voice became clear and strong,and I spoke with perfect ease and freedom for nearly two hours. When my messagewas ended, my voice was gone until I again stood before the people, when the samesingular restoration was repeated. I felt a constant assurance that I was doing the willof God, and saw marked results attending my efforts.The way providentially opened for me to go to the eastern part of Maine. BrotherWilliam Jordan was going on business to Orrington, accompanied by his sister, andI was urged to go with them. As I had promised the Lord to walk in the path Heopened before me, I dared not refuse. At Orrington I met Elder James White. He wasacquainted with my friends, and was himself engaged in the work of salvation.The Spirit of God attended the message I bore; hearts were made glad in the truth,and the desponding ones were65