The Watchtower Society and John and Morton Edgar - A2Z.org

how as "Aunt ~mli." These t\vo carncst follo\\rrs ofthe Lord xrcrc nsml of Him to hctp break cloit-n anv prejudiceand inditfercncc which tho cloctor may lravc-had.It nw in tlrc autumn of 1809 that John bcg;~n ;i thomuz!~investigation of the "ncxv beliefs.'' Sliortly :tlLcr n tittlecoavcntion at \vlrich Irc and Iris wifc w-ere prcscnt, tlleyhired us to spcnd an evening tvith them, Iwforc lirotl~ersliemery and Houston left tlre city for thcir liomcrs ; anclas they gave us liberty to invite as mrrtly as me plc;~sc-tiof the brethren and enquiring friends, their large dmivir\groam was well filled. We bad a most deliglitftrl timedi-scussing the various pints of the -Truth and explainingcertain difficult questions. I saw that the Lorcl's blessingwas certainly with us, and towards the closc 1 \vhisprrccito my brother that, even as in days of old the housc \vllicltheld the Ark of the Covcaznt received eartlilp blcssings.so now those who entertained the Lord's nlcsseapcrs tvoultlsurely receive spiritual blessings, and that he and Grace~hould therefore be elShortly aftcr this Ire~?&tlrcriog, Jdln was callrd toa consultation in tlre far North of Scutkt~rd. As tlre jotlrncywas to be loog. he thought it an exccllcnt opportunity 10read the book \i.liich \vc liad so often earnestly urged himto study-" Tlrc Divine Plan of the Ages." That day ottravel was the most momentous in I& life. His mind ha('now become receptive to the Truth, and he read on, boutafter hour, as anc cnnpt. Tlre train sto~wdat the variou?.stations on tllc routr, and tbc pqscngers came and wentas usual ; but so engrossed was he in his reading, he wasoblivious of all else. He afterwards said that at onestation several rough-speaking youtlts entered the conlpartment,and for a time he heard their voices ; but very .soon his book again absorbed his attention, and by andby he found himself alone, with no recollection as to ~Ikrnor where his fellow-trrrxrellers llird left. He was amuscJat his own concentration of thought.