Leaves from My Journal: Third Book of the Faith-Promoting Series Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-Day Saints

A PECULIAR REVELATION--DETERMINATION OF ENEMIES TO PREVENT ITS FULFILLMENT--START TO FAR WEST TO FULFILL REVELATION--OUR ARRIVAL THERE--HOLD A COUNCIL--FULFILL REVELATION--CORNE...

MY JOURNEY TO HEREFORDSHIRE--INTERVIEW WITH JOHN BENBOW--THE WORD OF THE LORD FULFILLED TO ME--THE GREATEST GATHERING INTO THE CHURCH KNOWN AMONG THE GENTILES SINCE THE ORGANIZA...

HOW TO OBTAIN REVELATION FROM GOD--JOSEPH SMITH'S COURSE--SAVED FROM DEATH BY A FALLING TREE, BY OBEYING THE VOICE OF THE SPIRIT--A COMPANY OF SAINTS SAVED FROM A STEAMBOAT DISA...

ATTENDING SCHOOL--MARRIAGE--IMPRESSED TO TAKE A MISSION TO FOX ISLANDS--ADVISED TO GO--JOURNEY TO CANADA--CASES OF HEALING--JOURNEY TO CONNECTICUT--MY BIRTHPLACE--MY MOTHER'S GR...

START UPON OUR JOURNEY--A HAZARDOUS UNDERTAKING--SICKNESS---SEVERE WEATHER--MY WIFE CONTINUES TO FAIL--HER SPIRIT LEAVES HER BODY--RESTORED BY THE POWER OF GOD--HER SPIRIT'S EXP...

STUDYING GRAMMAR--MEET ELDER PATTEN--GLORIOUS NEWS--LABOR WITH A. O. SMOOT--TURNED OUT OF A MEETING HOUSE BY A BAPTIST PREACHER--PREACH IN THE OPEN AIR--GOOD RESULT--ADVENTURE O...

On the 28th of April we left the island in an open sail-boat and made our way to Owl's Head, and then walked twenty miles. The following day we walked forty miles and suffered s...

RETURN TO THE MAINLAND--PARTING WITH BROTHER HALE--MY SECOND VISIT TO THE ISLANDS--VISIT TO THE ISLE OF HOLT--A SIGN DEMANDED BY MR. DOUGLASS--A PREDICTION ABOUT HIM--ITS SUBSEQ...

A DAY OF GOD'S POWER WITH THE PROPHET JOSEPH SMITH--A GREAT NUMBER OF SICK PERSONS HEALED--THE MOB BECOMES ALARMED--THEY TRY TO INTERFERE WITH THE HEALING OF THE SICK--THE MOB S...

For the benefit of the young Latter-day Saints, for whom the Faith-Promoting Series is especially designed, I will relate some incidents from my experience. I will commence by g...

MR. NEWTON, THE BAPTIST PREACHER, WRESTLING WITH OUR TESTIMONY--REJECTS IT, AND BEGINS TO OPPOSE--SENDS TO A METHODIST MINISTER TO HELP HIM--MR. DOUGLASS' SPEECH--OUR GREAT SUCC...

MAKE A CANOE--VOYAGE DOWN THE ARKANSAS RIVER--SLEEP IN A DESERTED TAVERN--ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY MILES THROUGH SWAMPS--FORTY MILES A DAY IN MUD KNEE-DEEP--A SUDDEN LAMENESS--LE...

I arrived at Kirtland on the 25th of April, 1834, and for the first time saw the Prophet Joseph Smith. He invited me to his house. I spent about a week with him, and became acqu...

Early upon the morning of the 8th of August, 1839, I arose from my bed of sickness, laid my hands upon the head of my sick wife, Phoebe, and blessed her. I then departed from th...

The town of Vinal Haven includes both North and South Fox Islands, in lat. 44° north, and long. 69° 10' east. The population numbered, at the time of my visit, about 1,800. The...

MEETING WITH JAMES TOWNSEND--DECIDE TO GO TO BANGOR--A LONG JOURNEY THROUGH THE DEEP SNOW--CURIOUS PHENOMENON--REFUSED LODGING AT EIGHT HOUSES--ENTERTAINED BY MR. TEPPLEY--CURIO...

PREPARING FOR OUR JOURNEY AND MISSION--THE BLESSING OF THE PROPHET JOSEPH UPON OUR HEADS, AND HIS PROMISES UNTO US--THE POWER OF THE DEVIL MANIFESTED TO HINDER US UN THE PERFORM...

ADVISED TO REMAIN IN MISSOURI--A DESIRE TO PREACH--PRAY TO THE LORD FOR A MISSION--PRAYER ANSWERED--SENT ON A MISSION TO ARKANSAS--DANGEROUS JOURNEY THROUGH JACKSON COUNTY--LIVI...

Through their persuasion I stayed until Saturday morning, with the Spirit continually prompting me to go home. I then began to feel ashamed to think that I had not obeyed the wh...

Before closing this little book, as a reader for our children, I wish to bear my testimony upon several principles, to the Latter-day Saints, especially to the rising generation...

OUR FIRST VISIT TO PRESTON--OUR FIRST COUNCIL IN ENGLAND, IN 1840--WE TAKE DIFFERENT FIELDS OF LABOR--A WOMAN POSSESSED OF THE DEVIL--ATTEMPT TO CAST IT OUT AND FAIL--TURN OUT T...

A JOURNEY OF SIXTY MILES WITHOUT FOOD--CONFRONTED BY A BEAR--PASS BY UNHARMED--SURROUNDED BY WOLVES--LOST IN DARKNESS--REACH A CABIN--ITS INMATES--NO SUPPER--SLEEP ON THE FLOOR-...

CONTINUE MY JOURNEY--LEAVE ELDER TAYLOR IN GERMANTOWN--ARRIVE IN CLEVELAND--TAKE STEAMER FROM THERE TO BUFFALO--DELAYED BY A STORM--GO TO FARMINGTON, MY FATHER'S HOME--DEATH OF...

On the 4th of April, 1835, I had the happy privilege of meeting Elder Warren Parrish at the house of Brother Frys. He had been preaching in that part of Tennessee, in company wi...

In a revelation (_Doc. and Cov_., sec. 107) the Lord says that "Three years previous to the death of Adam, he called Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch and Methuselah,...

About this time the Lord was manifesting Himself upon the islands in various ways, by dreams, visions, healings, signs and wonders. I will relate one peculiar circumstance of th...

OUR ANXIETY TO MEET A SAINT--JOURNEY TO AKEMAN'S--A DREAM--FIND MR. AKEMAN A RANK APOSTATE--HE RAISES A MOB--THREATENED WITH TAR, FEATHERS, ETC.--I WARN MR. AKEMAN TO REPENT--HE...

Monday, July 2nd, 1838, was the last day and night I spent at my father's home while upon this mission. At the setting of the sun I took the last walk with my sister I ever had...

My Journey to Herefordshire--Interview with John Benbow--The Word of the Lord Fulfilled to me--The Greatest Gathering into the Church Known among the Gentiles since its organisa...

Make a Canoe--Voyage down the Arkansas River--Sleep in a Deserted Tavern--One Hundred and Seventy Miles through Swamps--Forty Miles a Day in Mud Knee-deep--A Sudden Lameness--Le...

How to Obtain Revelation from God--Joseph Smith's Course--Saved from Death by a falling Tree, by Obeying the Voice of the Spirit--A Company of Saints Saved from a Steam-boat Dis...

Advised to Remain in Missouri--A Desire to Preach--Pray to the Lord for a Mission--Prayer Answered--Sent on a Mission to Arkansas--Dangerous Journey through Jackson County--Livi...

Mr. Newton, the Baptist Preacher, Wrestling with out Testimony--Rejects it, and Begins to Oppose--Sends for a Methodist Minister to Help Him--Mr. Douglass' Speech--Our Great Suc...

Our visit to Preston--Our First Council in England, in 1840--We Take Different Fields of Labor--A Women Possessed of the Devil--Attempt to Cast it Out and Fail--Turn Out the Unb...

Continue my Journey--Leave Elder Taylor in Germantown--Arrival in Cleveland--Take Steamer from There to Buffalo--Delayed by a Storm--Go to Farmington, my Father's Home--Death of...

Start upon out Journey. A Hazardous Undertaking--Sickness--Severe Weather--My wife and Child Stricken--A Trying Experience--My Wife Continues to Fail--Her Spirit Leaves her Body...

A Peculiar Revelation--Determination of Enemies to Prevent its Fulfillment--Start to Far West to Fulfill Revelation--Our Arrival There--Hold a Council--Fulfill the Revelation--C...

Studying Grammar--Meet Elder Patten--Glorious News--Labor with A. O. Smoot--Turned out of a Meeting House by a Baptist Preacher--Preach in the Open Air--Good Result--Adventure o...

Our Anxiety to Meet a Saint--Journey to Akeman's--A Dream--Find Mr. Akeman a Rank Apostate--He Raises a Mob--Threatened with Tar, Feathers, etc.--I Warn Mr. Akeman to Repent--He...

A Journey of Sixty Miles without Food--Confronted by a Bear--Pass by Unharmed--Surrounded by Wolves--Lost in Darkness--Reach a Cabin--Its Inmates--No Supper--Sleep on the Floor-...

Return to Mainland--Parting with Brother Hale--My Second Visit to the Islands--Visit to the Isle of Holt--A Sign Demanded by Mr. Douglass--A Prediction about him--It's Subsequen...

A Day of God's Power with the Prophet Joseph Smith--A Great Number of Sick Persons Healed--The Mob becomes Alarmed--They try to Interfere with the Healing of the Sick--The Mob S...

Preparing for our Journey and Mission--The Blessing of the Prophet Joseph upon our Heads, and his Promises unto us--The Power of the Devil manifested to Hinder us in the Perform...

Attending School--Marriage--Impressed to take a Mission to Fox Islands--Advised to go--Journey to Canada--Cases of Healing--Journey to Connecticut--My Birthplace--My Mother's Gr...

Meeting with James Townsend--Decide to go to Bangor--Long Journey through Deep Snow--Curious Phenomenon--Refused Lodging at Eight Houses--Entertained by Mr. Teppley--Curious Coi...