Miracles in My Life - J. N. Loughborough

Conference wished us to raise $4,000 for
sustaining the Signs of the Times. The presence of
God came into the meeting, and in a few minutes
time, with no urging, there was pledged $19,414.
We had planned to call that afternoon for a campmeeting
fund of $500, but in the afternoon
meeting we told them that they had pledged so
liberally in the morning, we did not feel free to ask
them to pledge any more. Brother T. M. Chapman
said, "Try us on it, and see if we will not raise a
tent and camp-meeting fund." He started it off with
$50, and in a short time there were pledges of
$1,616. This was the third and largest campmeeting
ever held in California. On the last day,
49 were baptized in Napa Creek which ran by the
side of the camp, among them Knud Brorsen who
became a pioneer worker in Norway.
In 1875, Elder Loughborough married Anna
Driscol, secretary treasurer of the Pacific Press.
The ceremony was performed by Elder James
White.
Wesley Diggins of San Francisco made an
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