Chapter I: Front Matter

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“BORN OF THE SPIRIT.”

OR

GEMS FROM THE BOOK OF LIFE.

A
MIRACULOUS CONVERSION.

THRILLING
MANIFESTATIONS OF THE ALMIGHTY’S POWER.

_To Save the Sick, Feed the Hungry, and
Clothe the Naked._

OUR GOD IS UNCHANGEABLE.

ARE THE DAYS OF MIRACLES PAST?

ANSWERED BY THE AUTHOR,

REV. ZENAS OSBORNE.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY

ELDER MOSES NATHANIEL DOWNING.

“We use great plainness of speech.”--_Paul._

“And the common people heard Him gladly.”--_Mark._

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y.
JOHN JOHNSON & CO.
1888.

Entered according to the act of
Congress in the year 1888,
BY REV. ZENAS OSBORNE,
In the office of the
Librarian of Congress,
at Washington, D. C.