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

CHAPTER III.

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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--Living on Raw Corn, and Sleeping on the Ground--My First Sermon--Refused Food and Shelter by a Presbyterian Preacher--Wander through Swamps--Entertained by Indians.