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to the ferry to Return to Nauvoo. A Gentile
came to him & asked him if He would not
go out into the country some two miles & heal
a pair of Twinn chldren about 3 months old both
of which were vary sick. He said I cannot go but
I will send a man, who will do just as well. He
Turned The prophet Turned to me & said you go
with this man & teach him & his Houshold the princples
of faith in Christ then lay your hands upon
the Chldren & heal them in the name of the Lord
At the same time handing me a silk Bandanna
red Hankerchief & said wipe their faces with that
Handkerchief & they shall get well ^and as long as you will keep
this Handkerchief it shall ever remain as a league between you & me^ then the prophet returned
home & I went & done as I was Comma[nded] & the
children were healed. The deeds of this day showed me more
of the power of God in healing of the sick than I ever
before saw in the Church & kingdom of God in any day
of my life. I still keep the Handkerchief in memory of
the prophet Joseph