--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Davis, Edward collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 23 number: 11 published: 1920-09 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Davis, Edward, "God’s Priesthood Leads the Way," *Improvement Era* 23, no. 11 (September 1920): 976.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera23011unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera23011unse start_page: 976 end_page: 976 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1920-09) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera23011unse publication_year: 1920 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1920, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # God’s Priesthood Leads the Way A Faith-Promoting Experience By M. Bantista, a Descendant of Father Lehi I have been asked to write a few lines concerning incidents in my life. I was about twenty-two years old when I started investigating spiritual things. At that time, a Methodist minister was interested in my hecoming a member of his church. Other pastors of different denominations had the same desire. One day I took sick, and was seriously ill for six months. In this condition it was my privilege, for the first time, te see one of the elders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. President Ammon M. Tenney, who opened the Mexican mission, came to my bed-side and ex- plained to me the restored gospel. He told me that God's children in ancient days were healed by the divine power, and asked me if 1 would like him to administer to me. I said, "Willingly." When he had done so, I felt as if I were in a new world. Naturally, the spirit of investi- gation took hold of me, and, taking advantage of the interest of the min- isters and the "Mormon" elders, I began to study and continued my search almost day and night, and I had always on hand many questions to ask. I very soon found the con- fusion of the sectarian world about , . . their ideas and creeds. I did enjoy their education their beautiful language, their polished manners, but when they left, I was just as empty in principles as before. On the other hand, when Elder Tenney explained the doctrines ot the everlasting gospel and answered my questions, though in P rl 8 P°k en SP a ^>h, I shed tears of joy and my soul was r!i ?°i ^ full of light. So, through the mercy of my Eternal Father, I was privileged to hear the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, and felt that there was not a more blessed boy on earth, since the Lord sent to me one of his servants who understood the principles of the gospel and knew how to plant such a knowledge in my soul.