Miracles in My Life - J. N. Loughborough

our church and preparing for its dedication on
April 4. The sermon was given by Elder White,
and in the afternoon his wife spoke with great
freedom to a full audience.
The few believers at Walla Walla, Washington
had pled with the General Conference for a
worker. At the Yountville camp-meeting our
people voted to pay the expense of a minister to
Walla Walla if they would permit him to labor two
or three months in California on his way. In
response, Elder I. D. VanHorn and his wife came
to Colorado to accompany the Whites to
California. On Jan. 2, 1874, Elder VanHorn went
with me to Napa where we held meetings over the
weekend, then on to St. Helena and Woodland.
Here I received word of deep interest in Canright's
meetings at Watsonville, but that difficulty with his
throat demanded he have rest and help. He wished
me to come to help him immediately. I was in
Watsonville Jan. 22 to Feb. 2, when I received a
telegram calling me to return at once to Woodland
as my wife's lung trouble was worse. As Elder
Canright had recovered enough to continue, I left
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