| 513 the house, except three or four Saints who were well satisfied that the power of God would be there in due time to save.
To the surprise of all, the Spirit was given, the blessing pronounced, and in about five minutes all could see the child was much better. The next morning the doctor was sent for, and he pronounced the child was in perfect health. Though weak, it gained strength slowly for a time, then the Saints held a prayer-meeting and the plague was no more. Soon after this a cancer came on my wife's left cheek. The Saints by this time had departed from the narrow path, the Spirit was withdrawn, the branch went down, and I with my family moved to this place. The cancer kept growing larger. I employed a doctor and he took out the one on her cheek, but soon after it made its appearance on the left temple. We began to doctor it, but to no effect. It grew to the size of eleven inches one way and eight and a half the other. We called another doctor, and he said she could not recover, as it was in the blood. I told my wife what he said, and we continued our prayers. That night I had a dream. A messenger appeared to me and told me that if it kept on four days it would reach the brain, but to have all the faith I could. The next morning she asked me what I thought of the case. I told her all, and said I knew that she would stay the four days. She said she did not believe the Lord would take her away from her little children yet. The next morning I dressed the cancer and applied medicine as common, and it spread as usual. After dressing as above, she said something made her feel that we ought to send for the Saints to meet in prayer. That evening all met at her request and bowed around the bed in mighty prayer, and then she told us to take the medicine off, which was done, and to the surprise of some of the Saints as well as our neighbors it stopped its work immediately, and now she is still with us, in fair health, and still improving. It must not be thought that we only prayed once, for the Saints wrestled all that night. In fact it was the subject of our prayers for weeks, insomuch that some could testify that the angels were near us at different times.
In the District Court of Ogden, Utah, January 5, a verdict of guilty was found against Lorenzo Snow for unlawful cohabitation in 1884 and a part of 1883, and he was sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment and fined nine hundred dollars and costs.
January 6 witnessed the beginning of a discussion between Elder J. F. McDowell, and Elder J. D. Pegg of the Seventh-day Adventists, at Boonsboro, Iowa; subject, the Sabbath question. Eight sessions were held.
January 11 at Amboy, Illinois, occurred the death of High Priest Edwin Cadwell. He was born July 7, 1810, at Springfield, Massachusetts, and embraced the gospel faith in 1840, remaining steadfast to the end.
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