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tricate cases and he settled matters so that they 

 would stay settled. After passing through one- 

 of the most trying ordeals at one of his district 

 quarterly meetings, although he had been labor- 

 ing hard until about midnight Saturday night 

 and the society had been shaken to its very 

 centre, on Sabbath morning, after the love-feast, 

 he quietly arose, announced his text from Romans 

 12:22, and proceeded to deliver one of his charac- 

 teristic sermons showing clearly the principle of 

 righteousness that demands nonconformity to 

 the world. Although the subject was foreign to 

 the trouble that existed there at that time, yet 

 the power of God was so wonderfully manifest 

 and the preaching so supernatual that it eclipsed 

 all the trouble, dispersed every cloud, melted the 

 audience to tears, and the powers of darkness gave- 

 way. Justice, righteousness and holiness tri- 

 umphed, every saint took his place, and the work 

 moved on." An elder remarked at the close of 

 that service, "If that boy keeps his health, he 

 will soon occupy the highest position of the 

 church. No bishop could handle that subject, 

 better than it was handled •this morning." As 

 district elder he succeeded in giving character to 

 the work and since his decease the work has gone 

 steadily forward." 



Brother Tobey also writes, "During the last 

 seven, and especially during the last two, years of 



