Miracles in My Life - J. N. Loughborough

obe overcoat, and ten dollars in money to pay my
share of home expenses in Waukon where my wife
was staying. On my return trip, I walked 26 miles
with a heavy satchel on my back so as to have a
little money left on reaching home.
In early June, I joined Brethren Hart and Everts
with the Wisconsin tent at Mackford. A number of
our people were living there who had come from
Oswego, N.Y., and were anxious for their
neighbors to hear the evidences of their faith. Many
of the neighbors did accept the truth, and among
them Rufus Baker. P. S. Thurston had been one of
our ministers in Canada, but his wife was a
member of another denomination. After two days
of listening and careful study, she took a firm stand
with her husband.
Philander Cady of Poy Sippi was then
constructing a barn in the vicinity. He listened for a
whole Sunday to the messages of the law and the
Sabbath. Rejoicing in the light, he did not wish to
keep it to himself. Near him lived John Matteson, a
Scandinavian minister. They entered into an
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