John Black's Healing and Baptism

“Writing from Paisley, Scotland, Brother William Service relates an incident which recently occurred in the branch of the Church at that place. In the latter part of November, Mr. John Black and wife became interested in the Gospel. The husband was an invalid; he had been given up by the doctors, and for three months had not been able to go downstairs. He was visited by the Elders, received their testimony, and desired baptism before he should pass from mortality. As he was not in a physical condition to go to a place where the ordinance could be administered, the members of the Paisley branch united their faith in beseeching the Lord to strengthen him for that purpose, and observed Saturday, December 5, as a fastday. The prayers of the Saints were answered, so that on the date named Mr. Black felt better than he had done for a long time, and he and his wife went and were baptized. The following Wednesday evening he was enabled to attend the branch meeting. On Sunday, December 13, eight days after his baptism, he passed quietly away. — Millennial Star 54:1”