Latter Day Saints

Early Scenes in Church History Eighth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series

Sickly Condition when Young--Healed According to Elder Patten's Prediction--Labor as a Missionary with Elder Woodruff--Severe Sickness--Healed Under the Administration of my Brethren--A Mission to the Southern States--Removal to Far West--Mission to Missouri and Arkansas--Oppo...

Chapters

21. CHAPTER IV.

JOHN T. EVANS' STATEMENT--A SICK AND HELPLESS WOMAN HEALED ON BEING BAPTIZED--RELAPSE AND DEATH AFTER APOSTASY--SAINTS REQUIRED TO RENOUNCE THEIR RELIGION OR LOSE THEIR SITUATIO...

14. CHAPTER IV.

Rent a Farm--Sickness--Providential Recovery--Inspired to Preach--Removal to Nauvoo--Death of my Wife--Second Marriage--Premonition of Death--Warning from the Prophet--A Dream a...

25. CHAPTER I.

I am the second son of Orotor and Bulah Dibble, and was born June 6th, 1806, at Peru, Pittsfield County, Massachusetts. When I was quite young my father removed to the town of G...

20. CHAPTER III.

ELDER JOHN PARRY'S STATEMENT--HIS BROTHER'S TESTIMONY AND DEATH--HIS SISTER'S REPROOF AND DEATH--EMBRACE THE GOSPEL--HIS SLEEP TROUBLED--A REMEDY AND A LESSON--ORSON SPENCER HEA...

29. CHAPTER IV.

SUCCESSFUL FARMING--SICKNESS--PROVIDENTIAL RECOVERY--INSPIRED TO PREACH--REMOVAL TO NAUVOO--DEATH OF MY WIFE--SECOND MARRIAGE--PREMONITION OF DEATH--WARNING FROM THE PROPHET--A...

19. CHAPTER II.

ELDER ELIAS MORRIS FALLS WITH A SCAFFOLD A DISTANCE OF THIRTY FEET WITHOUT BEING HURT--GIFT OF HEALING POSSESSED BY ELDER ABEL EVANS--A WOMAN HEALED WHO HAD HER FACE EATEN AWAY...

24. CHAPTER VII.

In February, 1856, Elder William J. Smith, who was on a mission in England, was appointed by the Presidency of the Church in that land to preside over the Warwickshire conferenc...

26. CHAPTER II.

REMOVAL TO MISSOURI--THE SAINTS' GUNS PURCHASED FOR MOBOCRATS BY A SECTARIAN PREACHER--ATTACK OF THE MOB ON THE WHITMER SETTLEMENT--THE WRITER SHOT--SUBSEQUENT EXPOSURE AND SUFF...

23. CHAPTER VI.

THOMAS D. GILES' EXPERIENCE--HIS HEAD CRUSHED AND SPLIT OPEN BY A TON OF COAL FALLING UPON IT--HEALED BY THE POWER OF GOD--A DEAF AND DUMB MAN RECEIVES HIS HEARING AND SPEECH ON...

17. CHAPTER III.

ALMOST LOST IN THE ATLANTIC--NARROWLY ESCAPE THE "SALUDA" DISASTER--NEARLY DEAD WITH THE CHOLERA--HEALED IN ANSWER TO PRAYER--BLOWN UP WITH A KEG OF POWDER--A SICK WOMAN HEALED-...

22. CHAPTER V.

JUDGMENT UPON OPPOSERS--TWO MEN KILLED BY THEIR HORSES--HORRIBLE DEATH OF ANOTHER--EIGHT PREACHERS GO DOWN AFTER OPPOSING ELDER EVANS--A MAN SAVED FROM BLEEDING TO DEATH BY THE...

18. CHAPTER I.

ELDER HALLIDAY APPLIED TO FOR HELP BY A SISTER WHOSE SON IS DYING--NOT ABLE TO GO, HE GAVE THE LADY HIS HANDKERCHIEF AND PROMISES HER THE CHILD SHALL LIVE--THE CHILD REVIVES FRO...

15. CHAPTER I.

SICKLY CONDITION WHEN YOUNG--HEALED ACCORDING TO ELDER PATTEN'S PREDICTION--LABOR AS A MISSIONARY WITH ELDER WOODRUFF--SEVERE SICKNESS--HEALED UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF MY BRE...

16. CHAPTER II.

MARRIED WHILE A PRISONER OF WAR--PROPERTY CONFISCATED--REMOVAL TO QUINCY--FIRST HARD WORK--REMOVAL TO MONTROSE--MISSION TO TENNESSEE-SHOT AT--CAMP, MY CHAMPION--A LAWYER AND HIS...

28. CHAPTER III.

MILITIA ORGANIZED AT FAR WEST--LIBERTY POLE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING--GENERAL ATCHISON DEFENDS THE PROPHET IN A LAWSUIT--ATCHISON REMOVED FROM OFFICE FOR BEING FRIENDLY TO THE SAINTS...

4. CHAPTER I.

Elder Halliday Applied to for Help By a Sister whose Son is Dying--Not Able to go, he Gives the Lady his Handkerchief and Promised her the Child Shall Live--The Child Revives fr...

27. scene I cannot describe. While viewing the city the buildings appeared

Whether this was a city that has been or is to be I cannot tell. It extended as far north as Adam-ondi-Ahman, a distance of about twenty-eight miles. Whatever is revealed to us...

7. CHAPTER IV.

John T. Evans' Statement--A Sick and Helpless Woman Healed on Being Baptized--Relapse and Death after Apostasy--Saints Required to Renounce their Religion or Lose their Situatio...

8. CHAPTER V.

Judgment Upon Opposers--Two Men Killed by their Horses--Horrible Death of Another--Eight Preachers go Down After Opposing Elder Evans--A Man Saved from Bleeding to Death by the...

5. CHAPTER II.

Elder Elias Morris Falls with a Scaffold a Distance of Thirty Feet Without Being Hurt--Gift of Healing Possessed by Elder Abel Evans--A Woman Healed who had Her Face Eaten Away...

1. CHAPTER I.

Sickly Condition when Young--Healed According to Elder Patten's Prediction--Labor as a Missionary with Elder Woodruff--Severe Sickness--Healed Under the Administration of my Bre...

2. CHAPTER II.

Married while a Prisoner of War--Property Confiscated--Removal to Quincy--First Hard Work--Removal to Montrose--Mission to Tennessee--Shot at--Camp, my Champion--A Lawyer and hi...

3. CHAPTER III.

Almost Lost in the Atlantic--Narrowly Escape the _Saluda_ Disaster--Nearly Dead with the Cholera--Healed in Answer to Prayer--Blown up with a Keg of Powder--A Sick Woman Healed-...

10. CHAPTER VII.

6. CHAPTER III.

Elder John Parry's Statement--His Brother's Testimony and Death--His Sister's Reproof and Death--Embrace the Gospel--His Sleep Troubled--A Remedy and Lesson--Orson Spencer Heale...

13. CHAPTER III.

Militia Organized at Far West--Liberty Pole Struck by Lightning--General Atchison Defends the Prophet in a Lawsuit--Atchison Removed from Office for being Friendly to the Saints...

9. CHAPTER VI.

Thomas D. Giles' Experience--His Head Crushed and Split Open by a Ton of Coal Falling Upon It--Healed by the Power of God--A Deaf and Dumb Man Receives His Hearing and Speech on...

12. CHAPTER II.

Removal to Missouri--The Saints' Guns Purchased for Mobocrats by a Sectarian Preacher--Attack of the Mob on the Whitmer Settlement--The Writer Shot--Subsequent Exposure and Suff...

11. CHAPTER I.