CHAPTER XII.
DIVINE GUIDANCE AND PROTECTION.
Elder J. H. Peterson, a missionary laboring in Kansas, in 1897, relates some of his experience in traveling without purse and scrip, and shows how the Lord opened up the way for him and his companion and provided for their wants. His narrative is as here given:
"We arrived at Heber about 4:20 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, and called at the post office for mail, but there was none for us. A gentleman asked us if we were not strangers in the town, and we said we were.
"'Don't you want to stay in town over night?' he further inquired.
"'We shall be pleased to, if we can find a place to stay,' was our reply.
"'Well, I'm just the fellow that's got the place,' he continued.
"'But we have no money, we travel without purse or scrip,' we answered.
"He laughed, but told us to go down to his hotel and look around.