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Miracles in My Life - J. N. Loughborough

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for its <strong>in</strong>troduction <strong>in</strong>to that part of the country. In<br />

one of the meet<strong>in</strong>gs he arose and said, "I am<br />

construct<strong>in</strong>g an irrigation canal from K<strong>in</strong>g's River.<br />

I have forty men <strong>in</strong> my employ, but from this time<br />

on that work shall all stop on the Lord's Sabbath."<br />

After camp meet<strong>in</strong>g we moved to Woodland<br />

th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g a dryer climate would be better for my<br />

wife who was then afflicted with tuberculosis.<br />

In 1873, Sister Willis of Santa Rosa had moved<br />

to Oakland and was anxious for someth<strong>in</strong>g to be<br />

done there. Brother Cronkite moved his shoe-shop<br />

to Oakland, and Brother Tay and family accepted<br />

the truth. These persons all requested meet<strong>in</strong>gs for<br />

Oakland, so I held the first meet<strong>in</strong>g there Oct. 25,<br />

26 <strong>in</strong> a hall at 1055 Broadway.<br />

On Nov. 12, Sister L. M. Hall, with two of the<br />

Wall<strong>in</strong>g girls from Colorado, who were to live <strong>in</strong><br />

Elder White's family, came to Santa Rosa and<br />

occupied my house. On Dec. 28, Elder and Mrs.<br />

White arrived from Colorado, and dur<strong>in</strong>g that<br />

w<strong>in</strong>ter labored among the different companies <strong>in</strong><br />

California. At Napa we were rapidly complet<strong>in</strong>g<br />

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