Scraps of Biography Tenth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series. Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-day Saints

The brethren at Independence did their best to follow the advice given in the governor's letter. They caught one, McCarty, while in the act of breaking in the doors of Gilbert a...

COURT IN JACKSON COUNTY--OFFICERS AWED BY A MOB--ZION'S CAMP--MOB MEETING--"A MAN STABBED"--CAMPBELL'S HORRIBLE FATE--GOD INTERPOSES IN BEHALF OF ZION'S CAMP--THE CHOLERA--I GO...

A CASE OF PALSY HEALED--ITS EFFECT ON THE PEOPLE--MR. BRIDGES UNBELIEF--THE CASE OF WIDOW CADE--SHE IS PARTIALLY CURED BY FAITH--TEMPTS THE LORD AND DIES--I AM CALLED ON A MISSI...

RECEIVES BLESSINGS IN TEMPLE--ASSISTS WITH "KIRTLAND BANK"--STARTS FOR MISSOURI--HIS DAUGHTER DIES--IS ATTACKED BY MOB--NEARLY MURDERED--RETAINED AS A PRISONER--RELEASED--REMOVE...

While peaceful pursuits characterized the doings of the Saints, the mobocratic spirit of our enemies was but slumbering for a short time, and the uneasy, restless spirit of the...

I AM BAPTIZED--FIRST CONFERENCE OF THE CHURCH--REMARKABLE VISIONS--THE PROPHET VISITS THE COLESVILLE BRANCH--HOLDS MEETING--PERSECUTIONS BEGIN--A PRESBYTERIAN PREACHER TRIES TO...

ORDAINED TO THE PRIESTHOOD--INVITED TO PREACH--I MAKE UP A SERMON ON MY WAY--SERMON APPARENTLY A FAILURE TO ME--MY HEARERS SATISFIED WITH IT--ABUSED BY A BAPTIST MINISTER--HE DE...

I GO TO SWITZERLAND--GOD'S POWER MANIFESTED IN MY BEHALF--A PROPHECY FULFILLED--CONDITION OF THE SWISS MISSION--WHERE ELDERS WERE EXPELLED EVIL SPIRITS TAKE POSSESSION--KARL G....

I VISIT JOSEPH AT HARMONY--REVELATION CONCERNING THE SACRAMENT--PERSECUTIONS AT HARMONY--THE BRETHREN VISIT ME--GOD BLINDS THE EYES OF THEIR ENEMIES--THE PROPHET MOVES TO FAYETT...

ACCOUNT OF MY ANCESTORS--MY BIRTH--REMARKABLE VISION--ITS EFFECT UPON THOSE WHO HEARD OF IT--MY FATHER AND GRAND-FATHER BECOME INTERESTED IN READING THE SCRIPTURES--MY GRAND-FAT...

When the Saints were driven from Jackson county, the people of Clay county kindly permitted us an asylum in their midst and many individual acts of kindness might be recorded in...

MY COVENANT WITH THE LORD--MY SISTER DESIRES BAPTISM--MY BROTHERS' THREAT--VISIT OF HYRUM SMITH--MY SISTER BAPTIZED--I BREAK MY COVENANT--MY FATHER'S DREAM--MY BAPTISM--EXHORTAT...

SIDNEY RIGDON'S CONVERSION--THIRD CONFERENCE OF THE CHURCH--THE SAINTS COMMENCE TO GATHER--AN ACCIDENT--MY AUNT'S DREAM--ITS FULFILLMENT--MISSOURI CHOSEN FOR A GATHERING PLACE--...

BIRTH AND PARENTAGE OF ELDER JOHN TANNER--HIMSELF AND TWO CHILDREN ARE BITTEN BY A MAD DOG--THEY ARE HEALED--HE BECOMES WEALTHY--AFFLICTED WITH UNKNOWN DISEASE--PHYSICIANS FAIL...

Again I prepared to leave my home and with my family gather to Commerce, which was the place that had been chosen for the future location of the Saints. Some few families had al...

JOSEPH'S SECOND ARREST--CRUELTY OF HIS GUARD--HIS TRIAL--I, WITH OTHERS, AM CALLED AS A WITNESS--CHAGRIN OF PROSECUTING ATTORNEY--ELOQUENCE OF JOSEPH'S LAWYERS--THE CONSTABLE BE...

The time now passed in our common labors, in building houses, plowing, sowing grain, and all other labors necessary to build up a new country. We were not accustomed to a fronti...

JOSEPH SMITH'S PERSEVERANCE--ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH--JOSEPH SMITH VISITS ME--HIS OWN ACCOUNTS OF HIS VISIT--HE ASKS ME TO PRAY--I REFUSE--I GO TO THE WOODS AND TRY TO OFFER...

MY BIRTH AND PARENTAGE--MY FATHER'S BUSINESS--HE EMPLOYS JOSEPH SMITH, JUN.--CHARACTER OF THIS YOUTH--I START IN BUSINESS FOR MYSELF--MY HEALTH COMPELS ME TO CHANGE OCCUPATION--...

I Go to Switzerland--God's Power Manifested in My Behalf--A Prophecy Fulfilled--Condition of the Swiss Mission--Where Elders were Expelled Evil Spirits Take Possession--Karl G....

Ordained to the Priesthood--Invited to Preach--I Make Up a Sermon on my Way--Sermon Apparently a Failure to Me--My Hearers Satisfied With It--Abused by a Baptist Minister--He De...

Joseph Smith's Perseverance--Organization of the Church--Joseph Smith Visits Me--His Own Account of His Visit--He Asks Me to Pray--I Refuse--I Go to the Woods and Try to Offer u...

Account of My Ancestors--My Birth--Remarkable Vision--Its Effect Upon Those Who Heard of It--My Father and Grand-Father Become Interested in Reading the Scriptures--My Grand-Fat...

My Covenant With the Lord--My Sister Desires Baptism--My Brother's Threat--Visit of Hyrum Smith--My Sister Baptized--I Break My Covenant--My Father's Dream--My Baptism--Exhortat...

Joseph's Second Arrest--Cruelty of His Guard--His Trial--I, with Others, am Called as a witness--Chagrin of Prosecuting Attorney--Eloquence of Joseph's Lawyers--The Constable Be...

A Case of Palsy Healed--Its Effect on the People--Mr. Bridge's Unbelief--The Case of Widow Cade--She is Partially Cured by Faith--Tempts the Lord and Dies--I am Called on a Miss...

Birth and Parentage of Elder John Tanner--Himself and Two Children are Bitten by a Mad Dog--They are Healed--He Becomes Wealthy--Afflicted With Unknown Disease--Physicians Fail...

My Birth and Parentage--My Father's Business--He Employs Joseph Smith, Jun.--Character of this Youth--I Start in Business for Myself--My Health Compels Me to Change Occupation--...

I am Baptized--First Conference of the Church--Remarkable Visions--The Prophet Visits the Colesville Branch--Holds Meeting--Persecution Begins--A Presbyterian Preacher Tries to...

I Visit Joseph at Harmony--Revelation Concerning the Sacrament --Persecutions at Harmony--The Brethren Visit Me--God Blinds the Eyes of Their Enemies--The Prophet Moves to Fayet...

Receives Blessings in Temple--Assists With "Kirtland Bank"--Starts for Missouri--His Daughter Dies--Is Attacked by Mob--Nearly Murdered--Retained as a Prisoner--Released--Remove...

Sidney Rigdon's Conversation--Third Conference of the Church--The Saints Commence to Gather--An Accident--My Aunt's Dream--Its Fulfillment--Missouri Chosen for a Gathering Place...

Court in Jackson County--Officers Awed by a Mob--Zion's Camp--Mob Meeting--"A Man Stabled"--Campbell's Horrible Fate--God Interposes in behalf of Zion's Camp--The Cholera--I Go...