Miracles in My Life - J. N. Loughborough

mates; one was nearsighted and the other
farsighted, so he had special glasses made for him.
Elder Cornell and I were where we could whisper
occasionally unobserved, and he told me he was
acquainted with all these people and the positions
they took, and that Mrs. White had declared their
positions exactly.
We had no meeting that night. The next
morning we went another three miles to the place
of meeting. The brethren had made ample
provision by seating a large barn, but they had
made no stand for the speakers, so we took a new
wagon box and turned it upside down to serve as a
rostrum. A common light stand was placed on one
end of the box, and chairs were used for seats.
Sister White sat in a rocking chair at the left end of
the rostrum, and I sat next to her with Elder Cornell
on my right. Elder White stood preaching at the far
end. After he had been speaking about ten minutes,
a tall, slim, dark-complexioned woman entered and
sat next to the door, followed by an old gentleman
and a young man who sat down on the front seat
within touch of the stand. I noticed that Mrs. White
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