CHAPTER II.

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 up Prayer--Am Attacked by a Devil--Curious Actions while thus Afflicted--The Prophet Casts the Devil Out--The Spirit of God Shows Me Glorious Things--This Miracle Witnessed by Many Persons.