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1913-11-21 Page 77
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-77- I can not go unless I am willing to be trampled on, as a dog, etc. I said, "And dear Lester don't thee leave or forsake me, the Lord can abundantly bless every little effort on our part, in obedience to Him." He said, 'He had thought he would not pay my way if I went,' but added, "I am now made willing to do that." This was about eight o'clock in the after-noon. I held Lester by the hand, my eyes closed, in deep searching of heart and keeping quiet, with my spiritual eye to God. Lester spoke up, in the meanwhile and said, "Well Ida, how dost thou feel now?" I answered, "I feel it turning dark for my eyes, and a deathly feeling creep over me; and I feel I shall die within twenty-four hours of I stay at home, and don't go; nothing but death;--and if so, no hope for the soul. The children wept, and pled with me to go, and yet I could not move: only held Lester by the hand. At last it was nine:thirty o'clock, and Lester said, "Well Ida, it is time to get ready if thou goes." We went to work; Pauline and Georgetta had already packed my clothes etc. And got lunch; and medecine ready, and packed: and I knew it not. So Merlin and Lester hitched up; and did all they could to get me off. I wept like a child as I walked out
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-77- I can not go unless I am willing to be trampled on, as a dog, etc. I said, "And dear Lester don't thee leave or forsake me, the Lord can abundantly bless every little effort on our part, in obedience to Him." He said, 'He had thought he would not pay my way if I went,' but added, "I am now made willing to do that." This was about eight o'clock in the after-noon. I held Lester by the hand, my eyes closed, in deep searching of heart and keeping quiet, with my spiritual eye to God. Lester spoke up, in the meanwhile and said, "Well Ida, how dost thou feel now?" I answered, "I feel it turning dark for my eyes, and a deathly feeling creep over me; and I feel I shall die within twenty-four hours of I stay at home, and don't go; nothing but death;--and if so, no hope for the soul. The children wept, and pled with me to go, and yet I could not move: only held Lester by the hand. At last it was nine:thirty o'clock, and Lester said, "Well Ida, it is time to get ready if thou goes." We went to work; Pauline and Georgetta had already packed my clothes etc. And got lunch; and medecine ready, and packed: and I knew it not. So Merlin and Lester hitched up; and did all they could to get me off. I wept like a child as I walked out
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