Truth Stranger Than Fiction

Excerpt from Truth Stranger Than Fiction

The same day a miner was found dead in his cabin, who from all appearances had taken his own life. Two days later I attended the double funeral of these men. Such was my introduction to the Wild West. After seeing so much ungodliness on every hand, I would have despaired of being able to live a Chris tian life in such a place, had it not been that I firmly believed the promises of God, who had said that He would never leave nor forsake me, and that His grace would be sufficient.

Sabbath desecration was another marked feature of early Western life, almost every one, without exception, seemed to be defiant of God's word and law. People took all kinds of liberties, simply because there was no power to restrain them.

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