9. The Good Results of an Honest Confession

10. False Guides Appear in Bethany

11. Out of the Valley of the Shadow

12. The Revival Meeting in Bethany

13. The Babel of Tongues

14. A Model Church Established





CHAPTER ONE

BEGINNING THE SEARCH


It was in the year of 1885 that the railroad was put through the
particular corner of Missouri that marks the scene where the events of
this narrative took place. With the coming of the railroad, there
came an influx of new settlers, who were of various nationalities
and conditions in life. There were Swedes from Malmo, Germans from
Dresden, and Irishmen from Tyrone, all bent on founding a new home in
the new country. Besides these, there were Americans of many kinds and
inclinations. All of these settlers brought with them the particular
brands of religion in which they had been brought up. The Swedes and