Comments on: Without Purse or Scrip in Texas: 26 January – 6 February 1901 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2012/07/01/without-purse-or-scrip-in-texas-26-january-6-february-1901/ Where our past is never very long ago Sat, 18 May 2013 21:23:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Douglas Hudson http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2012/07/01/without-purse-or-scrip-in-texas-26-january-6-february-1901/comment-page-1/#comment-238960 Douglas Hudson Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:44:27 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=16409#comment-238960 This series is fascinating. The idea of actually preaching “without purse or scrip” seems so foreign to the present day. And yet they found room and board impressively often.

Are there any groups that still proselytize this way?

]]> By: J. Stapley http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2012/07/01/without-purse-or-scrip-in-texas-26-january-6-february-1901/comment-page-1/#comment-238389 J. Stapley Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:28:47 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=16409#comment-238389 After he found out that we were Mormons he and his wife were in another room consulting together. When he came in he said that he was sorry but he didn’t believe that he could keep us.

This is interesting. I wonder if they commonly asked to say before making it clear they were Mormon.

Okay, this made my day:

She said she was in Globe, Arizona once and very sick and a Mormon woman cured her and she had great faith in it.

]]> By: The Other Clark http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2012/07/01/without-purse-or-scrip-in-texas-26-january-6-february-1901/comment-page-1/#comment-238385 The Other Clark Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:58:19 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=16409#comment-238385 So did I miss whether or not he gave the sick woman a blessing?

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