CHAPTER III.

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 Desires a Sign--A Sign Promised and Fulfilled--Blessings Received in the Kirtland Temple--Words of the Prophet Joseph--Their Fulfilment--An Incident in Missouri--Literal Fulfillment of a Prediction Uttered by Joseph Smith--His Patriotism--Strange Phenomenon--Its Effect.