Latter Day Saints
Called on a Mission--Start for my Field of Labor--Difficulties on the Way--Travelling in Deep Snow--Reach the Platte River--Procure a New Outfit--Exposed to the Cholera--Attacked by the Plague--My Recovery--Arrival at Albany, N.Y.--Take Passage on a Steamer for New York City--...
PROGRESS IN LEARNING TO SPEAK GERMAN--COMMUNICATION FROM THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR--NOTIFIED TO LEAVE ZURICH--GO TO SCHAFFHAUSEN--THE FALLS OF THE RHINE--UNABLE TO OBTAIN PERMISSIO...
24. CHAPTER III.A CHAT WITH A CATHOLIC--CHASED BY DOGS--AN IRISHMAN'S DESIGN TO MURDER ME--REMARKABLE ESCAPE--ADVENTURE WITH A WILD BULL--"HAS HE GOT YOU?"--MY RELEASE FROM MY MISSION--INCIDENT...
18. CHAPTER III.About this time I received letters from several of the brethren in other parts the mission, from which I learned that we in Zurich were not the only ones who were being persecut...
15. CHAPTER III.AN AMUSING EPISODE--OBTAIN THE KEYS OF A CHURCH--NOTIFY THE PEOPLE THAT A MEETING WILL BE HELD IN IT--A GOOD TURN-OUT--MY COMPANION PREACHES WHILE I, DISGUISED AS A POLICE, GUAR...
23. CHAPTER II.MALIGNED BY SECTARIAN PRIESTS--INVITATION TO PREACH AT A DISTANT TOWN--MEANS PROVIDED BY A MYSTERIOUS PERSONAGE--BRANCH OF THE CHURCH ORGANIZED--APPLY TO THE AUTHORITIES OF THE...
14. CHAPTER II.SET SAIL FROM NEW YORK--ARRIVE IN LIVERPOOL--SENT TO LABOR AS A TRAVELING ELDER--PRAYERS ANSWERED--CALLED TO PRESIDE OVER A CONFERENCE--BLESSED ABUNDANTLY WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT--...
20. CHAPTER I.I was born September 3, 1814, in the town of Putnam, Washington Co., State of New York. I lived with my parents until upwards of fourteen years of age, and, being the eldest of...
13. CHAPTER I.CALLED ON A MISSION--START FOR MY FIELD OF LABOR--DIFFICULTIES ON THE WAY--TRAVELING IN DEEP SNOW--REACH THE PLATTE RIVER--PROCURE A NEW OUTFIT--EXPOSED TO THE CHOLERA--ATTACKED...
17. CHAPTER II.On October the 4th I left Geneva with Elder Mayer for our field of labor. We sailed about thirty miles on the lake and then had a short, pleasant walk to Lausanne. This place ha...
16. CHAPTER I.In presenting a sketch of missionary experience as reading matter for the young people of modern Israel, I am aware that they may have read many such before; but there is so muc...
22. CHAPTER I.CALLED TO AUSTRALIA--MY IGNORANCE--PRES. H. C. KIMBALL'S PROPHECY CONCERNING ME--ARRIVE IN SYDNEY--ADVENTURE WITH A DOG--GO TO CAMDEN WITH A FELLOW-MISSIONARY--SOUGHT FOR BY A D...
21. CHAPTER II.On the 21st of September I arrived in England, and was appointed by Apostle Orson Pratt, who presided over the mission, to travel among all the conferences of the mission with a...
3. CHAPTER III.An Amusing Episode--Obtain the Keys of a Church--Notify the People That a Meeting Will be Held in it--A Good Turn Out--My Companion Preaches while I, Disguised as a Police, Guar...
7. CHAPTER IV.Progress in Learning to Speak German--Communication From the British Ambassador--Notified to Leave Zurich--Go to Schaffhausen--The Falls of the Rhine--Unable to Obtain Permissio...
12. CHAPTER III.A Chat With a Catholic--Chased by Dogs--An Irishman's Design to Murder me--Remarkable Escape--Adventure with a Wild Bull--"Has he got You?"--My Release from my Mission--Incident...
2. CHAPTER II.Set Sail from New York--Arrive in Liverpool--Sent to Labor as a Travelling Elder--Prayers Answered--Called to Preside Over a Conference--Blessed Abundantly with the Holy Spirit-...
11. CHAPTER II.Maligned by Sectarian Priests--Invitation to Preach at a Distant Town--Means Provided by a Mysterious Personage--Branch of the Church Organized--Apply to the Authorities of the...
1. CHAPTER I.Called on a Mission--Start for my Field of Labor--Difficulties on the Way--Travelling in Deep Snow--Reach the Platte River--Procure a New Outfit--Exposed to the Cholera--Attacke...
10. CHAPTER I.Called to Australia--My Ignorance--Pres. H. C. Kimball's Prophecy Concerning me--Arrive in Sidney--Adventure with a Dog--Go to Camden with a Fellow-Missionary--Sought for by a D...
4. CHAPTER I.8. CHAPTER I.5. CHAPTER II.9. CHAPTER II.6. CHAPTER III.