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Source: Church History Vol. 2 Chapter 23 Page: 522 (~1841)

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522 The success of the elders this summer was great. Many were uniting with the church in various places, and some notable miracles were done.

Elder Charles Thompson wrote from Batavia, New York, February 2, 1841:-

" . . . During the harvest I introduced the gospel into Batavia village. I preached seven times in the courthouse to attentive audiences composed of many of the first men in the place and others from the country round about. This served to break down much of the prejudice through this country. Since then we have had access to many neighborhoods through this region, and many are believing in almost every direction, and the Lord works with us and confirms the work with signs following them that believe; for they speak with new tongues and interpret them, many sick are healed, and even the deaf are made to hear and the dumb to speak. About two months since I baptized a man by the name of Shamp and wife, now residing in the village of Batavia, who had a daughter about six years old that was deaf and dumb. Since then through the laying on of hands and the anointing with oil in the name of the Lord she has been perfectly restored to hearing, and is beginning to talk. This has caused a great excitement; many come from various towns to see the person upon whom this great miracle has been wrought and to inquire of her parents concerning it, while the enemies of truth are doing their utmost to make people believe that no miracle has been wrought. Some have offered to swear that the child is deaf and dumb still, and others assert that the child began to hear and speak before the Mormons ever saw it. Thus like the false witness that came against Christ, their testimony does not agree together; but the parents of the child (like the parents of him who was blind) testify (and their testimony is backed by many of their neighbors both in the church and out) 'This is our child, and she was both deaf and dumb when we embraced "Mormonism," but now she both hears and speaks.' . . ."-Times and Seasons, vol. 2, p. 349.

May 22 and 23, a conference was held at Kirtland, Ohio. A. W. Babbitt was elected president of that stake, Lester Brooks

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