Miracles in My Life - J. N. Loughborough

was a Sabbath-keeper. By his side sat Mr.
Shelhouse, owner of a large woolen factory, both
leading men in the Republican party. When Mrs.
White told what was coming, they looked at me
and shook their heads. One year from that time
when I spoke in the same church, these two men
sat together again. My subject was spiritual gifts.
In illustration of the gift as manifest by Sister
White, I referred to the vision of Jan. 12, 1861.
This time, these men did not shake their heads, but
instead their faces were in their handkerchiefs, and
they sobbing bitter tears. Alas! One had lost his
only son in the war. The other had lost a son on the
battlefield, and another son was in a Southern
prison. The elder of the Parkville Church later told
me that he knew of six or seven others there who
had lost sons in the war.
During the summer of 1861, Isaac Sanborn and
I held tent meetings in northern Illinois and
southern Wisconsin. Our first meetings were at
Clinton Junction, June 8 to July 7. Under the
circumstances of the national struggle, we felt it
advisable to have on the tent pole a flag of the stars
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