ving as best she could, but that she had all this time had a
longing for the fulness of the blessing, such as Jake Benton testified
to, and she arose right in the public meeting and declared herself a
seeker for just such a blessing. This set Mount Olivet church all in a
storm. Deacon Gramps was furious. He said Jake Benton had a legion of
devils and that Grandma Gray was bewitched.

But when Grandma Gray took her stand for full salvation, the cause for
which Mount Olivet stood suffered a mighty blow. Nolan Gray, a son with
whom Grandma Gray had made her home for years, had been a stanch member
of the church since he was a child. In fact, he had always said he had
grown up in the church. Nolan Gray was a very upright man of undoubted
integrity, and he stood for high moral ideals, but under the type of
preaching to which he was accustomed he had never experienced a change
of heart. When he saw what a change had come over his mother, he refused
to be comforted with his religious profession. Jake Benton was a tenant
on Gray's farm, and from daily contact with Benton, Mr. Gray was
convinced beyond a doubt that Benton's religion was real. One night at a
prayer meeting held at Jake Benton's humble home, Mr. Gray became so
convicted that resistance was impossible. He fully surrendered himself
to Jesus and obtained an experience that was marvelous even in the eyes
of Grandma Gray.

The news of Gray's conversion spread like fire on a dry prairie. He was
a heavy contributor to the finances of Mount Olivet. On this account it
became a matter of conjecture as to whether or not he would be
excommunicated. However, Mr. Gray relieved all minds of any anxiety when
on the following week he quietly withdrew his membership from the
church.

The day following the night of Nolan Gray's conversion there occurred an
incident that meant much to Jake Benton, as well as to Deacon Gramps.
Benton was walking along the road that led around the fence from his own
home to the large, white house occupied by Nolan Gray and his family. He
was on his way to milk Mr. Gray's cow. He commonly went through the
field on such occasions, as it was much the shorter route, but on this
particular morning he had a mysterious disposition to take the long
route around the road. When he had reached a point about a quarter of a
mile from his home, to his astonishment he met Deacon Gramps,
accompanied by Gramps' hired hand. He saw at once that the Deacon was in
a mos