Life of Heber C. Kimball, an apostle

The Zion's Camp Expedition--Joseph as a Prophet General--Finding of the Bones of Zelph, the Ancient--Rebellion in the Camp--Joseph Predicts a Scourge--Heber's Failure as a Laund...

Zion's Ship Among the Breakers--"Something New Must be Done to Save the Church."--Heber C. Kimball Appointed to Open the British Mission--Spiritual Things to the Front--Righting...

Farewell to Native Land--"Upon the Wide, Wide Sea"--Heber's Dream of Joseph--A Ship Out of Her Reckoning--A Dying Child Healed--Apostle Hyde Preaches on Board--Arrival at Liverp...

Strangers in a Strange Land--The Elders Led by the Spirit to Preston--"Truth Will Prevail"--The Reverend James Fielding--Wonderful Fulfillment of Heber's Prophecies--A People Pr...

Satan Alarmed--The Powers of Evil Conspire Against the Elders--Chapels and Churches Closed Against Them--The Reverend Mr. Fielding in his Real Colors--The Work Continues to Spre...

The Reverend Mr. Fielding Forbids the Elders to Baptize their Converts--Apostle Kimball's Answer: "They are of Age and Can Act for Themselves"--Premier Gladstone and Secretary E...

The Elders Separate for the Better Prosecution of Their Work--Jennetta Richards--The Preston Branch Organized--Heber Goes to Walkerfold--Another Minister's "Craft in Danger"--Mo...

The Mission of Elias--The Symbolism of the Universe--The Past Preparatory to the Present and Future--The Way Prepared for the Fullness of the Gospel--The "Lesser Lights" of Engl...

The Temperance Reform in Preston--A Work Preparatory to the Gospel--Preaching in the "Cock Pit"--Heber Writes Home an Account of His Mission--The Work in Cumberland--Episode of...

Heber Writes to Willard in Bedford--The Elders Become Licensed Preachers--The "Milk" and "Meat of the Word"--Rapid Spread of the Work--Miracles--Heber's Dream of the Bull and Fi...

The Work of God not Dependent upon Man--Humility a Source of Power--Every Man Chosen and Fitted for his Sphere--Example of Paul the Apostle--Heber "Hits the Rock" in Longton--Th...

Condition of the Church at Home--Pruning off the Dead Branches--A Day of Choosing--Apostates Conspire to Overthrow the Church--Flight of the Prophet from Kirtland--Fall of Olive...

The Elders Sail for Home--A Storm at Sea--How Heber Found Favor with the Steward--Arrival at New York--The "Garrick" again Victorious--Journey to Kirtland--On to Far West--Happy...

The Fall of Far West--Joseph and his Brethren Betrayed to the Enemy--Heber Facing the Traitors--His Fearless Denunciation and Firm Testimony--Atrocities of the Mob--Heber's Prop...

The First Presidency Instruct the Apostles--Brigham Young Chosen President of the Twelve--The Exodus Begun--Heber Tarries in Missouri to Minister to his Imprisoned Brethren--His...

A Word for the Fallen--Only God Knoweth the Wherefore and Why--Orson Hyde's Repentance and Return to the Church--Heber C. Kimball and Hyrum Smith his Champions--Isaac Russell's...

Opening of the Year 1841 in London--Encouraging Success of the Elders--Heber C. Kimball Blesses the Queen of England--The Woolwich Branch Organized--Organization of the London C...

Revelation of Celestial Marriage--Secrecy the Price of Safety-- Joseph Tests Heber and Makes him his Confidant--How Vilate Kimball was Converted--Heber and Vilate give their Dau...

John C. Bennett's Apostasy--Heber and the Twelve sent out to Refute his Slanders--Heber's Famous Sermon: "The Clay in the Hands of the Potter"--Inception of the Relief Society--...

Destination of the Saints--The Call for the Mormon Battalion Heroic Response of the Exiles--Brigham, Heber and Willard as Recruiting Sergeants--Departure of the Battalion--The C...

The Pioneers Cross the Platte--Governor Boggs and the Missourians--Col. Bridger--"A Thousand Dollars for a Bushel of Wheat"--The Pioneers' First Glimpse of the Valley of the Gre...

Heber C. Kimball Chief Justice and Lieutenant-Governor of Deseret--In the Legislature--Laying the Corner Stones of the Salt Lake Temple--Heber's Consecration Prayer--His Prophec...

The Famine of '56--Heber a Second Joseph--A Savior to his People--Vilate a Ministering Angel--A Strange Piece of Counsel--President Kimball's Letters Descriptive of the Famine t...

Some of Heber's Family History--A Patriarchal Household--Names of his Wives and Children--Episode of Abram A. Kimball--Peter, the Child of Promise--Heber at Family Prayers--Davi...

Gems from the Words of Heber--Spirit Rappings--Address at the Funeral of Mary Fielding Smith--Love, Unity and the Courage of the Righteous--Joseph and the Keys of the Kingdom--C...

Obsequies of President Kimball--Tributes and Testimonies of his Brother Apostles--"He was a man of as Much Integrity as Any Man who Ever Lived"--Earth Returns to Earth and the S...

Men like Heber C. Kimball are not accidents. They are emphatically and in the truest sense, children of destiny. If we seek their origin, and would know their truth, we must not...

Meanwhile, the sun of love dawned on his horizon. In one of his rides he chanced to pass, one warm summer day, through the little town of Victor, in the neighboring County of On...

Heber's temperament was religious and poetical. Sociable as he was, and even bubbling over with mirth, at times, his soul was essentially of a solemn cast. He loved solitude, no...

One day in April, of the spring following his visit to Pennsylvania, as he was working in his shop, in the act of forming a vessel on the wheel, Alpheus Gifford entered. This El...

Kirtland, at the time arrived at in our narrative, was the head-quarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The home of the Prophet of God and many of the leadi...

Joseph, Brigham and Heber together in Kirtland! By what strange fatality were these mighty lives thus interwoven? We have seen how Brigham and Heber came together, and how, from...

"And the glory of the Lord shall be there, and the terror of the Lord also shall be there, insomuch that the wicked will not come unto it, and it shall be called Zion.

"Gather up the strength of my house, and go up and redeem Zion!" Such was the burden of God's command to Joseph and his brethren in Kirtland. Such was their interpretation of th...

Here, while the Camp rested on Fishing River, the Lord made further known His will concerning the redemption of Zion. The revelation was given on the 22nd of June, the same day...

The work now engaging, almost exclusively, the attention of the Church in Kirtland, was the building of the Temple. This edifice was begun in June, 1833. The walls were partly r...

The Apostles started on their first mission, May 4th, 1835. They traveled through the eastern states and Upper Canada, preaching, baptizing, setting in order the branches of the...

The Kirtland Temple was dedicated on the 27th of March, 1836. It was yet in an unfinished state, but for some time had been used for meetings and councils of the Priesthood. Fro...

During the absence of Apostle Kimball in the east, a grievous change had come over the Church in Kirtland. The greed of gain, the spirit of speculation was abroad in the land. M...

ZION'S SHIP AMONG THE BREAKERS--"SOMETHING NEW MUST BE DONE TO SAVE THE CHURCH"--HEBER C. KIMBALL APPOINTED TO OPEN THE BRITISH MISSION--SPIRITUAL THINGS TO THE FRONT--RIGHTING...

FAREWELL TO NATIVE LAND--"UPON THE WIDE, WIDE SEA"--HEBER'S DREAM OF JOSEPH--A SHIP OUT OF HER RECKONING--A DYING CHILD HEALED--APOSTLE HYDE PREACHES ON BOARD--ARRIVAL AT LIVERP...

STRANGERS IN A STRANGE LAND--THE ELDERS LED BY THE SPIRIT TO PRESTON--"TRUTH WILL PREVAIL"--THE REVEREND JAMES FIELDING--WONDERFUL FULFILLMENT OF HEBER'S PROPHECIES--A PEOPLE PR...

SATAN ALARMED--THE POWERS OF EVIL CONSPIRE AGAINST THE ELDERS--CHAPELS AND CHURCHES CLOSED AGAINST THEM--THE REVEREND MR. FIELDING IN HIS REAL COLORS--THE WORK CONTINUES TO SPRE...

THE REVEREND MR. FIELDING FORBIDS THE ELDERS TO BAPTIZE THEIR CONVERTS--APOSTLE KIMBALL'S ANSWER: "THEY ARE OF AGE AND CAN ACT FOR THEMSELVES"--PREMIER GLADSTONE AND SECRETARY E...

THE ELDERS SEPARATE FOR THE BETTER PROSECUTION OF THEIR WORK--JENNETTA RICHARDS--THE PRESTON BRANCH ORGANIZED--HEBER GOES TO WALKERFOLD-- ANOTHER MINISTER'S "CRAFT IN DANGER"--M...

THE MISSION OF ELIAS--THE SYMBOLISM OF THE UNIVERSE--THE PAST PREPARATORY TO THE PRESENT AND FUTURE--THE WAY PREPARED FOR THE FULNESS OF THE GOSPEL--THE "LESSER LIGHTS" OF ENGLA...

THE TEMPERANCE REFORM IN PRESTON--A WORK PREPARATORY TO THE GOSPEL--PREACHING IN THE "COCK PIT"--HEBER WRITES HOME AN ACCOUNT OF HIS MISSION--THE WORK IN CUMBERLAND--EPISODE OF...

HEBER WRITES TO WILLARD IN BEDFORD--THE ELDERS BECOME LICENSED PREACHERS--THE "MILK" AND "MEAT OF THE WORD"--RAPID SPREAD OF THE WORK--MIRACLES--HEBER'S DREAM OF THE BULL AND FI...

The test is true in all time. How many in these latter days bear witness, that, until Mormonism came, they had no religion, and desired none, but were instantly converted on fir...

THE WORK OF GOD NOT DEPENDENT UPON MAN--HUMILITY A SOURCE OF POWER--EVERY MAN CHOSEN AND FITTED FOR HIS SPHERE--EXAMPLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE--HEBER "HITS THE ROCK" IN LONGTON--TH...

CONDITION OF THE CHURCH AT HOME--PRUNING OFF THE DEAD BRANCHES--A DAY OF CHOOSING--APOSTATES CONSPIRE TO OVERTHROW THE CHURCH-- FLIGHT OF THE PROPHET FROM KIRTLAND--FALL OF OLIV...

We left Apostles Kimball and Hyde, with their associates in the ministry, visiting the various branches of the mission they had founded, preparatory to taking farewell leave of...

At nine o'clock on the morning of April 9th, Elders Kimball, Hyde and Russell left Preston for Liverpool. Through the kindness of the Saints, many of whom assembled to bid them...

THE ELDERS SAIL FOR HOME--A STORM AT SEA--HOW HEBER FOUND FAVOR WITH THE STEWARD--ARRIVAL AT NEW YORK--THE "GARRICK" AGAIN VICTORIOUS-- JOURNEY TO KIRTLAND--ON TO FAR WEST--HAPP...

The land where Adam dwelt. The site of the Garden of Eden. The place where the Ancient of Days shall sit, and the God of heaven shall again visit His people. As saith the prophe...

The fall and winter of 1838 was one of the darkest periods in Church history. Mobocracy on one hand, and apostasy on the other, dealt the cause of God cruel blows, such as no hu...

THE FALL OF FAR WEST--JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN BETRAYED TO THE ENEMY--HEBER FACING THE TRAITORS--HIS FEARLESS DENUNCIATION AND FIRM TESTIMONY--ATROCITIES OF THE MOB--HEBER's PROP...

The brethren who retained their liberty addressed a memorial to the Missouri Legislature, setting forth the wrongs that the Saints had suffered in that state, and humbly petitio...

THE FIRST PRESIDENCY INSTRUCT THE APOSTLES--BRIGHAM YOUNG CHOSEN PRESIDENT OF THE TWELVE--THE EXODUS BEGUN--HEBER TARRIES IN MISSOURI TO MINISTER TO HIS IMPRISONED BRETHREN--HIS...

A WORD FOR THE FALLEN--ONLY GOO KNOWETH THE WHEREFORE AND WHY--ORSON HYDE'S REPENTANCE AND RETURN TO THE CHURCH--HEBER C. KIMBALL AND HYRUM SMITH HIS CHAMPIONS--ISAAC RUSSELL'S...

Joseph and his brethren were still in the hands of the enemy, but the hour of their deliverance was drawing nigh. They had suffered severely in their confinement from the cruelt...

The scene now changes to Commerce, afterwards named Nauvoo, the famous gathering place of the Saints in Illinois. Situated in a graceful bend on the east bank of the Mississippi...

Twelve months had elapsed since the word of the Lord came for the Apostles to depart and "go over the great waters" to promulgate the Gospel. They had fulfilled the revelation i...

"October 23rd, Brother James Modisett took us in his father's carriage twenty miles, to the house of Brother Addison Pratt. From thence we were carried by Dr. Knight to Pleasant...

Journeying eastward, the Apostles arrived in New York, where they tarried for some time, preaching the Gospel and adding new members to the Church in that city. On the 19th of D...

Pursuant to the appointment of his quorum at the conference, Heber visited the Saints whom he had brought into the Church during his former mission. Elder Willard Richards accom...

The next notable movement determined on by the Apostles was the founding of the London Conference. The men chosen for this work were Heber C. Kimball, Wilford Woodruff and Georg...

The first baptism in London took place on Monday the 31st of August, the day following the events related in the last chapter. It was "Father Corner" who offered himself as a co...

OPENING OF THE YEAR 1841 IN LONDON--ENCOURAGING SUCCESS OF THE ELDERS--HEBER C. KIMBALL BLESSES THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND--THE WOOLWICH BRANCH ORGANIZED--ORGANIZATION OF THE LONDON C...

On his way to Manchester Heber tarried a few days at Bedford, strengthening the Saints in that place, and adding new members to the Church. He also visited Birmingham and there...

On the 20th day of April, 1841, Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Orson Pratt, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, George A. Smith and Willard Richards, with a company of Saints, sail...

REVELATION OF CELESTIAL MARRIAGE--SECRECY THE PRICE OF SAFETY--JOSEPH TESTS HEBER AND MAKES HIM HIS CONFIDANT--HOW VILATE KIMBALL WAS CONVERTED--HEBER AND VILATE GIVE THEIR DAUG...

JOHN C. BENNETT'S APOSTASY--HEBER AND THE TWELVE SENT OUT TO REFUTE HIS SLANDERS--HEBER'S FAMOUS SERMON: "THE CLAY IN THE HANDS OF THE POTTER"--INCEPTION OF THE RELIEF SOCIETY--...

On the 21st of May of the fateful year 1844, Heber C. Kimball left Nauvoo on his last mission to the Gentiles. He accompanied President Brigham Young and other Apostles and Elde...

In the death of its Prophet and Patriarch, the Church had received a stunning blow, but with superhuman vitality it revived from the shock, and rose up in God-like energy to ren...

The work of God was only expedited by the efforts made for its overthrow. The Apostles continued to send out missionaries to the nations, and hurried on the completion of the Te...

A spectacle sublime. An exiled nation, going forth like Israel from Egypt, into the wilderness, there to worship, unmolested, the God of their fathers in His own appointed way;...

DESTINATION OF THE SAINTS--THE CALL FOR THE MORMON BATTALION--HEROIC RESPONSE OF THE EXILES--BRIGHAM, HEBER AND WILLARD AS RECRUITING SERGEANTS--DEPARTURE OF THE BATTALION--THE...

The "Word and Will of the Lord concerning the Camp of Israel in their journeyings to the West," was given through President Brigham Young at Winter Quarters on the 14th of Janua...

About the 1st of May the Pioneers reached Grand Island. Here the prairies swarmed with buffalo, in herds of tens of thousands. A grand hunt was indulged in by the brethren, most...

THE PIONEERS CROSS THE PLATTE--GOVERNOR BOGGS AND THE MISSOURIANS--COL. BRIDGER--"A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A BUSHEL OF WHEAT"--THE PIONEERS' FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE VALLEY OF THE GRE...

Heber and Brigham entered the Valley together, on the ever memorable "Twenty-fourth," the day chosen by the Pioneers to celebrate their advent into the chambers of the mountains...

Another notable change in the eventful career of Heber C. Kimball. The quorum of the First Presidency, which had remained vacant since the death of Joseph, was now reorganized....

Now came a series of trials differing from anything the Saints had yet experienced. Indeed, it seemed as if they were fated to literally "endure all things," and like the Master...

HEBER C. KIMBALL CHIEF JUSTICE AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF DESERET--IN THE LEGISLATURE--LAYING THE CORNER STONES OF THE SALT LAKE TEMPLE--HEBER'S CONSECRATION PRAYER--HIS PROPHEC...

THE FAMINE OF '56--HEBER A SECOND JOSEPH--A SAVIOR TO HIS PEOPLE-- VILATE A MINISTERING ANGEL--A STRANGE PIECE OF COUNSEL--PRESIDENT KIMBALL'S LETTERS, DESCRIPTIVE OF THE FAMINE...

The year 1856 witnessed another calamity, upon the harrowing details of which it would indeed be painful to dwell. It was the year of the famous hand-cart emigration, in which s...

SOME OF HEBER'S FAMILY HISTORY--A PATRIARCHAL HOUSEHOLD--NAMES OF HIS WIVES AND CHILDREN--EPISODE OF ABRAM A. KIMBALL--PETER, THE CHILD OF PROMISE--HEBER AT FAMILY PRAYERS--DAVI...

At this point in our history we deem it proper to introduce a series of anecdotes and reminiscences relating to President Kimball, nearly all of which were contributed, at the a...

GEMS FROM THE WORDS OF HEBER--SPIRIT RAPPINGS--ADDRESS AT THE FUNERAL OF MARY FIELDING SMITH--LOVE, UNITY AND THE COURAGE OF THE RIGHTEOUS --JOSEPH AND THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM--...

As President Kimball advanced in years the tone of his mind seemed to deepen, and often was displayed not only that quaint originality which made him a marked individual through...

On the 22nd of October, 1867, there was gloom in the household of Heber C. Kimball. On that day died Vilate, the partner of his youth, the noble and unselfish sharer of his life...

The words of Heber were indeed prophetic, that he should not be long on earth after the departure of the beloved wife of his youth. The event for which both had earnestly prayed...

OBSEQUIES OF PRESIDENT KIMBALL--TRIBUTES AND TESTIMONIES OF HIS BROTHER APOSTLES--"HE WAS A MAN OF AS MUCH INTEGRITY AS ANY MAN WHO EVER LIVED"--EARTH RETURNS TO EARTH AND THE S...