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Show 135 answered is one of the outstanding testimonies of my life." Of course, we had the Elders come in and administer to him, but Grant did not improve. Papa went to the bishop, Billy Parker, and asked him to come personally and administer to Grant. "I feel that if you do Grant will be healed, " Papa said. "That is not the correct way to look at it, John, " said the bishop. "It is not I, but God, who heals the sick. Anybody who holds the Priesthood can administer to Grant. " Papa accepted his explanation and the inferred rebuke, had other elders come in, but Grant didn't improve. In fact, his condition became more and more critical as day followed day. The doctors tried everything, came to see him every day. I wanted to stay home from school, as each day when I left I was afraid I would not see my little brother alive again. Mama said one more person around might be bad for him, so I went, full of sorrow. His face was so swollen his eyes were purple slits, his face -straight across his nose, where usually his nose was prominent. His fingers and toes were black up to the joints and knuckles, so swollen that they stuck straight out. He was an ugly purple and yellow, blotched all over his body. The neighbors came every day and clustered around the gate, tiptoed in to see if they could do anything to help. There seemed nothing to do but pray, and prayer didn't seem to be helping. The doctors gave |
