Latter Day Saints
James S. Brown's Experience Previous to Being Sent as a Missionary to the Society Islands--Remarkable Predictions by Presidents Brigham Young and Willard Richards--Perilous Journey to California--Tragic Fate of Most of the Company--Arrival in San Francisco--Landing in Tahiti--...
SENT ON A MISSION--STRICKEN WITH CHILLS AND FEVER--PRESIDENT OF MISSION PROFFERS TO RELEASE HIM--UNWILLING TO BE RELEASED--INSTANTLY HEALED WHEN ADMINISTERED TO--TWIN BOYS HEALE...
41. CHAPTER IV.President Wilford Woodruff, who was specially susceptible to spiritual impressions and guidance, has related many instances of the Spirit prompting him to do or refrain from doi...
37. CHAPTER III.While on a voyage from Shields to Plymouth he was stricken with rheumatic pains in his legs, that rendered him helpless; in fact, his pain was so excruciating that morphine had...
44. CHAPTER III.REMOVAL TO ILLINOIS--A PERILOUS JOURNEY--OVERTAKEN BY THE PROPHET WHILE ESCAPING FROM MISSOURI PRISON--ANSON AND WIFE VISIT IN OHIO--LOCATE IN MACEDONIA--REMOVE TO NAUVOO--MISSI...
36. CHAPTER II.In April, 1867, he found employment as an ordinary seaman on a German mail boat, sailing between Bremer Haven and New York, his compensation being $6.00 per month. He fared so m...
46. CHAPTER V.The winter of 1845 and 1846 was chiefly spent by Anson in the work of making wagons and otherwise preparing for the journey westward. He received his blessings in the Temple on...
43. CHAPTER II.SUFFERING FROM COLD WEATHER--ANSON VISITS ELK HORN--CAPTURED AND ILL-TREATED BY A MOB--TREATS THE MOB TO WHISKEY, AND ESCAPES--TIRESOME JOURNEY TO FAR WEST--VISITS HIS FARM CONT...
42. CHAPTER I.ANSON CALL'S BIRTH AND CHARACTER--INVESTIGATED "MORMONISM" TO DISPROVE IT, AND BECAME CONVERTED--IMPEDIMENT IN HIS SPEECH CURED WHEN ADMINISTERED TO--AN ANTI-"MORMON" MISSOURIAN...
27. CHAPTER III.LAND AMONG CANNIBALS--DENOUNCED AS THE AMERICAN PLANT--HIS DESTRUCTION DEMANDED--SENTENCED TO BE ROASTED AND EATEN--FIRE PREPARED--HIS DEFIANCE OF THE RABID HOST--EFFECT UPON TH...
45. CHAPTER IV.The brethren protested strongly against the Prophet surrendering himself to be taken to Carthage, as they believed the officers would rather take his life than protect it. In va...
47. CHAPTER VI.In the fall of 1854, Anson's ability as a colonizer was again called into requisition. He opened a large farm in Box Elder County at a place since known as Call's Fort, one of t...
35. CHAPTER I.E. R. S. SCHNELLE'S BELIEF IN A PROVIDENCE OVER HIS LIFE--BIRTH AND SUCCESSION OF ACCIDENTS--GOES TO SEA AS CABIN BOY--CRUEL TREATMENT--PUMPING SUGAR AND WATER--SHIP CRUSHED AGA...
25. CHAPTER I.JAMES S. BROWN'S EXPERIENCE PREVIOUS TO BEING SENT AS A MISSIONARY TO THE SOCIETY ISLANDS--REMARKABLE PREDICTION BY PRESIDENTS BRIGHAM YOUNG AND WILLARD RICHARDS--PERILOUS JOURN...
30. CHAPTER III.FARMING ON SHARES--A NEW VOCATION--FUTURE HOME SHOWN IN VISION--HOME RECOGNIZED WHEN FIRST SEEN IN UTAH--REPUTATION GAINED AS A FAITHFUL AND THOROUGH WORKER--PROVIDENTIAL FULFIL...
33. CHAPTER VI.Brother Parkin recalls some incidents of his childhood, that tend especially to illustrate the character of his father, and the effect of the Gospel in shaping the lives of indi...
26. CHAPTER II.CATHOLIC PRIESTS JEALOUS OF HIS SUCCESS--ARRESTED ON A TRUMPED-UP CHARGE--TRIED BEFORE GOVERNOR'S AID-DE-CAMP--FRIGHTFUL SCENE AMONG A SCHOOL OF WHALES--FARCE OF A TRIAL BEFORE...
32. CHAPTER V.While farming has been Brother Parkin's regular vocation since coming to Utah, he has found it necessary to supplement it occasionally with other work to provide for his large f...
48. CHAPTER I.Brother Jedediah M. Brown, of South Bountiful, is a man of great faith. He feels that he has inherited the gift of faith, for he does not remember the time when he did not posse...
28. CHAPTER I.Brother Wm. J. Parkin, of South Bountiful, tells this story of how the Lord can and will open up the way for those who have faith to fulfill their promises and accomplish their...
40. CHAPTER III.The blowing up of the steamboat "Saluda" has often been mentioned as the only really serious catastrophe, resulting in loss of life to a company of migrating Saints in this age...
34. CHAPTER VII.Some years after Father Parkin migrated to Utah he rode to Salt Lake City one day with his son William, who was bringing a load of carrots to sell. As they rode along the street...
38. CHAPTER I.CHAUNCEY W. WEST SENT ON A MISSION TO ASIA--DREAMS OF THE WRECK OF A VESSEL UPON WHICH HE HAD ENGAGED PASSAGE--LEFT THE SHIP, AND AFTERWARDS LEARNED FROM THE CREW OF THE VESSEL...
29. CHAPTER II.Brother Parkin had not been married more than two or three years when a season of partial drouth occurred, and his potatoes, which he had counted upon as being his profitable cr...
31. CHAPTER IV.Many things have occurred in Brother Parkin's life to indicate that there has been a special providence over him--that his life has been preserved almost miraculously--leaving t...
39. CHAPTER II.ELDER JAMES LAWSON INSPIRED TO QUIT A STEAMBOAT ON WHICH HE WAS A PASSENGER--JUMPED ON A FLATBOAT--A FEW MOMENTS LATER THE STEAMBOAT SANK, AND MOST OF THE PASSENGERS WERE DROWNED.
24. CHAPTER II.Sent on a Mission--Stricken with Chills and Fever--President of Mission Proffers to Release Him--Unwilling to be Released--Instantly Healed when Administered to--Twin Boys Heale...
17. CHAPTER IV.Excerpts from Discourse Delivered in the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, April 26,1914--Methodist Episcopal Minister Converted to Mormonism--Goes to England as a Mormon Missionary--...
13. CHAPTER III.At Solicitation of Saints in Utah, Engages in Genealogical Research While Serving as a Missionary--Takes a Special Mission for Such Work--Impression That He Was Receiving Help f...
14. CHAPTER I.Chauncey W. West Sent on a Mission to Asia--Dreams of the Wreck of a Vessel Upon Which He had Engaged Passage--Left the Ship, and Afterwards Learned From the Grew of the Vessel...
1. CHAPTER I.James S. Brown's Experience Previous to Being Sent as a Missionary to the Society Islands--Remarkable Predictions by Presidents Brigham Young and Willard Richards--Perilous Jour...
23. CHAPTER VI.2. CHAPTER II.Catholic Priests Jealous of his Success--Arrested on a Trumped-up Charge--Tried Before Governor's Aid-de-Camp--Frightful Scene Among a School of Whales--Farce of a Trial before...
19. CHAPTER II.Suffering from Gold Weather--Anson Visits Elk Horn--Captured and Ill-Treated by a Mob--Treats the Mob to Whiskey, and Escapes--Tiresome Journey to Far West--Visits His Farm Cont...
18. CHAPTER I.Anson Call's Birth and Character--Investigated "Mormonism" to Disprove it, and Became Converted--Impediment in His Speech Cured When Administered to--An Anti-"Mormon" Missourian...
3. CHAPTER III.Land Among Cannibals--Denounced as the American Plant--His Destruction Demanded--Sentenced to be Roasted and Eaten--Fire Prepared--His Defiance of the Rabid Host--Effect Upon th...
20. CHAPTER III.Removal to Illinois--A Perilous Journey--Overtaken by the Prophet While Escaping from Missouri Prison--Anson and Wife Visit in Ohio--Locate in Macedonia--Remove to Nauvoo--Missi...
11. CHAPTER I.E. R. S. Schnelle's Belief in a Providence Over His Life--Birth and Succession of Accidents--Goes to Sea as Cabin Boy--Gruel Treatment--Pumping Sugar and Water--Ship Crushed Aga...
6. CHAPTER III.Farming on Shares--A New Vocation--Future Home Shown in Vision--Home Recognized When First Seen in Utah--Reputation Gained as a Faithful and Thorough Worker--Providential Fulfil...
15. CHAPTER II.Elder James Lawson Inspired to Quit a Steamboat on Which he was a Passenger--Jumped on a Flatboat--A Few moments later the Steamboat Sank, and most of the Passengers were Drowned.
21. CHAPTER IV.22. CHAPTER V.8. CHAPTER V.16. CHAPTER III.12. CHAPTER II.9. CHAPTER VI.5. CHAPTER II.7. CHAPTER IV.4. CHAPTER I.10. CHAPTER VII.