Miracles in My Life - J. N. Loughborough

the First-day Adventists, but supported myself
principally by my own labor. When I accepted the
truth I had about $35 in hand. I still made earnest
efforts to push the window-lock business in which
I had been successful. Now as I went from place to
place with the business, the conviction constantly
pressed upon me to make known to others the
truths I had learned. With all the efforts I put forth,
my business would not prosper. Sometimes my
sales for a week would only pay my fare and hotel
bill. This state of things soon consumed what
money I had saved, leaving me without money to
pay my fare out of Rochester. Finally, about mid-
December, my money was reduced to a silver
three-cent piece.
A cloud seemed to hang over the next Sabbath
meeting I attended. As prayer was offered for the
removal of the cloud, Sister White was taken off in
vision. On relating the vision she had a message for
me: "The reason this cloud hangs over the meeting
is that Brother Loughborough is resisting the
conviction of duty. God wants him to give himself
wholly to the preaching of the message."
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