"In the spring of 1883, at age 17, I had a severe attack of typhoid fever. During a period that I was delirious, I had what I consider a dream. It seemed that .I was walking leisurely along a lonesome road having no particular object in view. Fin¬ally I came up quite close to the end of a high stone wall. On the right of the wall, the road looked smooth and the sky was clear and bright as far as I could see. On the left, the road looked fairly good for quite a way, but in the far distance, the sky was dark and dreary, and looked very dismal. At the end of the wall sat a man at a desk with some kind of a record book before him. As I approached, he looked up and asked if I felt worthy of taking the right hand road. I hardly felt worthy of doing so, and I did not feel that I should take the dreary road to the left. While meditating a short time over the past I realized that I had not lived up to all of the requirements the Lord has made of us. I decided to go back on the road Ihad come, and I tried to prepare myself so that when I came that way again, I could feel worthy of taking the right road. The first I remember in coming out of this spell was Father and my cousin, Amos Stone, turning the corner at the bottom of the stairs as they carried me to a room below where I would be more comfortable and could be better cared for. From then on, I began to regain my health. As soon as I got strong enough, I began reading the Book of Mormon and I will never forget the joy that came into my soul as I continued reading. I did, indeed, receive a testimony of the divinity of that record of Gods hand dealings with Lehi and his descendants of which the Book of Mormon is a record."
(Miles L jones raised Grandpa Mike after his mom died.)
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