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Show 154 LATTER-DAY SAINT you do!',' In missionary labor Bro. above her and offered her something Taylor In a happy manner always to grasp and thereby draw herself up adapted himself to the circumstances to the summit of the rock. What he of the people with whom he labored. held out to her proved to be nothing He would help them plow the corn,work but a straw, and It snapped In two th., In the cotton or tobacco fields,and while moment she caught hold of It. He side by side with the farm laborers he - next offered a stick, but this too proved was equal or superior to them In speed to be useless as It was rotten. Presand endurance; while thus working In ently Elder Taylor,appeared on the top the field he WOll\d preach the gospel to of the cliff. He offered his hand to those , about hlm~ ' _ He had great faith help her up, and she at once gained the 'In administering to \the sick, and many desired footing upon the rock. SUII were healed under his administration. she was not entirely satisfied as to wbo The spirit of prophecy Is enjoyed to a had the truth. Another scene then premarked extent by Elder Taylor, The sented Itself to view. An open , field following occurrences wlll serve to bear spread out before her In whlch apout his statement: When he read the peared all the preachers she prevlouslJ' Inaugural address of President James saw In vision. In a moment they all A. Garfield, a spirit of Inspiration came vanlshe-d from her sight ,a nd dlrectlJ' upon him and be r~mar:..k~d, _ "Some- before her there stood the' two "Morthing wlll happen to that manl" On mon" Elders who had received shelter learning of the ..... assasslnatlon of the under her roof. Upon being asked President, some months later, Elder again by the messenger If she wu Taylor's missionary companion, to satisfied, she replied that she was. Th! whom the prophetic utterance was family was afterwards baptized Into made; recalled the prediction While la- the Church. Some time later Eld~r boring with Elder Bigler, the two ap- Taylor, on leaving the bouse. one very proached a house one evening and ap- clear, bright morning, said to a little plied for entertainment Filled with , girl, belonging to - this same family, the gift of Inspiration Brother Taylor, whom ' he saw In the front yard, "My In - his characterlstlc manner, said, little girl. a storm Is coming here to"We have 'a message for you from day." The child told her parents what heaven; and If you 'wlll entertain us, the Elder had said, and they In their It shall be made known to you by honest confidence ·In the word of Bro. dreams this very night that we are the Taylor, without waiting for further latrue servant. of the Lord." Theywere d.lcatlons of a storm, housed themselve5 Invited In and their wants provided for: ' up and waited for Its approach. Sure That night the father of the house- enough In the afternoon the howlln!l' hold as well as , some of the children tornado came and did considerable had dreams that were satisfying to damage. But the family who believed .. them that the Elders they were enter- In a living Prophet prepared for th~ talnlng were servants of the Lord. Thp. predicted event and escaped all harm. mother , also had a dream or vision While laboring In ' Rochester, Butler ' which was most assuring to her mind county, Kentucky, March 19, 1882. OD that these men were sent of-God. In ' this same mission, he wrote a letter to this dream a heavenly messenger ap- Elder Matthias F. Cowley, who at the peared to her. She had been for some time was also laboring as a missionary time In a quandary about which of {he In St. Louis, Missouri. In this letter religions she was acquainted wlth- was- lie -made this prediction: "I believe 1 the right one ' So she enquired of this speak by the spirit of prophecy wbeD messenger concerning the matter. There- I say, If you are faithful you will ret upon there passed before her all thp. become one of the Twelve Apostles of preacers she, was acquainted with or the Church of Jesus" Christ In all the had ever seen In the neighborhood. world, and by the power of God and the Then the messenger asked If she was eternal Priesthood will become great satisfied with either of them. She re- In wisdom and knowledge. Amen." No plied that she was not. She was next one but the two Elders knew ot thlt carried away In a vision to a steep prophecy until atter Its fulfillment, flf· cliff the top of which she was trying teen years later, when Elder Cowin to reach. One of the sectarian preach- was chosen and ordained an Apostle, ers whom she had before met appeared Another Incident In his caree,r will serTe BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA. to show his Inspirational nature: Whll~ McDonald, and to whom he ha.} th~ addressing a public meeting on th~ privilege ot bearing teKtimony to thl.' principles of the gospel, during his la- tru,t h of the gOllpel. HIli laborll In th~ bors In the Colorado mission. he be- Interest of the colonlell of the Lattercame Impressed that a certain lady who day Saints In Canada have been per' '''as present would accept the ,gospel. slstent and fruitful. By his practical At the close of, the meeting he Inquired preaching and Insplrerl prophesying he of her what she thought of the d~c- has greatly, encouraged the Salnt!l In trines she had heard. The lady ex- that newly-settled' countr)·. and has enpressed herself as being pleased, and deared himself to them by the IntereRt ",Ullng to hear more about the faith he has taken In their IIplrltual as well of the Latter-day Saints. An appolnt- as temporal weJ(are. In 1896 he wa'l ment ,was therefore made for Elder called to open a mission of the Church Taylor to visit her and her husband. In the adjoining Btate of Colorado, The result was that the lady soon at- Elders Herbert A. White, William C. terwards Joined the Church. Upon his Clive. J. H. DOllhard, Horace B. Enllign return from the Southern States, Elder and Fred. C. Graham were allllllrned RII Taylor' was called as a counselor to EI- mlslonarles to tlte llame field, to 811l1lst der Joseph H. Felt, president ot the him In the work. In the latter part Young Men's Mutual Improvement As- of December, 1896, he proceeded to Denaoclatlons of the Salt Lake Stake. In ver, some of hIli fellow-mlslonarles havthis position he laboJ:ed with his char- Ing gone there a few days before. Here aeterlstlc energy and vim. In the spring the brethren ' at once began active laof 1884 he was chosen to fill a vacancy bors, traveling without purse or IIcrlp. In the quorum of the Twelve Apostles, " Their efforts were attended with suebeing ordained an Apostle on Aprll 9th, cess, and ,,'I thin IIlx months lIome fort)'of that year, by his father, who was four persons were baptized. The wurk then President of the Church. Years there 'hss continued to grow anti Jlrevlous to his ordination to this office , spread, and over three hundrl.'d people It bad been predicted that he would have been brought Into the fold In thlll receive this calling. The prediction State alone. The mlsllion now em"'as made by a sister who spoke In braces Colorado,. Wyoming. New MextongueJl In a fast meeting In the Four- Ico and Arizona. Elder Taylor 1'1 IItllI teenth Ward, Salt Lake City. Aftel' president of the mlllllion. HI!! ('all t{> bls, call to the Apostleship much of this work and the IIUcceSIl that would bls time has been devoted to the mln- attend the laborll of the Elderll thl'll! btr)", and he has fulfilled many Im- were foretold through the gift of rortant calls "of a public character tongues before any move wall mnde to -bleh have been made upon him by open up the work In that part of fh~ - those In authority. Once he went to ('ountry. In mnny rc!<peclA ApOl'1I1' Wa~hlngton, D. C., In company with Taylor Is quite unlike the generality or olh~rs and prellented to President el'O- manklnd,:l1I he pOlllleS!leR a comblnater Cleveland an appeal from the Uon of trnlts thnt Is somewhat uncomSaints for their rights. In 1884 he went mono And while these trnltR are whnt (>n a mission to Mexico, and ha,l the might bl.' I-egar,ll'd as pecullarltl .. s.they r~h'lIl.'ge whlh: there of me .. tlng Pre",l- ore neverthele!O<!1 e\'!<lence!l or mOl'nl <!~nt Dlaz. On his return from thill Rtrength nnrl Indepl.'ntlence ot !!Jlh'lt. n~ r.J1!sion he served n term In the Utah wE'lI -ns orlginallll' ot thought nn.1 nc1·,I~lature. Another ml",slon ' given flon. 11(> IR pre-eminently splrltunl. tim was to preach to the people of the minded, ns will be readily perceh'ed Here he pertormed n from whnt hns been related In the forel"Intah Stake. rood work, bringing a lal'ge number going; and his talents, ""hlle not of IL cr p~ople there Into the Church, ami showy, kind, nre such all to fit him a"'akl'nlng to renewed spiritual life ndmlmbly for the public ministry. "" Many Church members who had be- n mls",lonary he Is highly I!ucce!l!<rul. «'m~ ('ohl nnd IndlfCerent. lie has He hns hnllth:ed O\'er two hundred IIn,1 b,l cOII!<ldE'rable bU!llness transactions l1ety now converts to the gO"llel I 9' .·th th t mi ' . ,110 •• • 0 governmen 0 c als of Cnna- or whom acceptell the truth through c!s. ~Y_ whom he Is held In high esteem. his personal ministration. Hnvlng n I:: 1.S, he had an Interview with the wide acquaintance with the Scrll.ture" t~~n Canadian premier, Sir John A. and being Bound In doctrine, as well ~~ |
