Opposition—Firing of Cannons and Guns to Disturb my Meeting.

CHAPTER XIII.

Meeting with James Townsend—Decide to go to Bangor—Long Journey through Deep Snow—Curious Phenomenon—Refused Lodging at Eight Houses—Entertained by Mr. Teppley—Curious Coincidence—Mr Teppley's Despondence—Arrival at Bangor—Return to the Islands—Adventure with the Tide.

CHAPTER XIV.

Counseled to Gather with the Saints—Remarkable Manifestation—Case of Healing—Efforts of Apostates—Visit from Elders—A Conference—Closing my Labors on the Islands for a Season.

CHAPTER XV.

Return to Scarboro—Journey South—Visit to A. P. Rockwood in Prison—Incidents of Prison Life—Journey to Connecticut—Baptize my Father's Household.

CHAPTER XVI.

Taking Leave of my Old Home—Return to Maine—Birth of my First Child—Appointment to the Apostleship and to a Foreign Mission—Preparations for the Journey to Zion.

CHAPTER XVII.

Start upon out Journey. A Hazardous Undertaking—Sickness—Severe Weather—My wife and Child Stricken—A Trying Experience—My Wife Continues to Fail—Her Spirit Leaves her Body—Restored by the Power of God—Her Spirit's Experience while Separated from the Body—Death of my Brother—Arrival at Rochester—Removal to Quincy.

CHAPTER XVIII.

A Peculiar Revelation—Determination of Enemies to Prevent its Fulfillment—Start to Far West to Fulfill Revelation—Our Arrival There—Hold a Council—Fulfill the Revelation—Corner Stone of the Temple Laid—Ordained to the Apostleship—Leave Far West—Meet the Prophet Joseph—Conference Held—Settle Our Families in Nauvoo.

CHAPTER XIX.

A Day of God's Power with the Prophet Joseph Smith—A Great Number of Sick Persons Healed—The Mob becomes Alarmed—They try to Interfere with the Healing of the Sick—The Mob Sent Out of the House—Twin Children Healed.

CHAPTER XX.

Preparing for our Journey and Mission—The Blessing of the Prophet Joseph upon our Heads, and his Promises unto us—The Power of the Devil manifested to Hinder us in the Performance of our Journey.

CHAPTER XXI.

Leaving my Family—Start Upon my Mission—Our Condition—Elder Taylor the only One not Sick—Reproof from the Prophet—Incidents upon the Journey—Elder Taylor Stricken—I Leave him Sick.

CHAPTER XXII.

Continue my Journey—Leave Elder Taylor in Germantown—Arrival in Cleveland—Take Steamer from There to Buffalo—Delayed by a Storm—Go to Farmington, my Father's Home—Death of my Grandmother—My Uncle Dies—I Preach his Funeral Sermon—Arrive in New York—Sail for Liverpool—Encounter Storms and Rough Weather—Arrive in Liverpool.

CHAPTER XXIII.

Our visit to Preston—Our First Council in England, in 1840—We Take Different Fields of Labor—A Women Possessed of the Devil—Attempt to Cast it Out and Fail—Turn Out the Unbelievers, and then Succeed—The Evil Spirit Enters her Child—Commence Baptizing—The Lord Makes Known His Will to me.

CHAPTER XXIV.

My Journey to Herefordshire—Interview with John Benbow—The Word of the Lord Fulfilled to me—The Greatest Gathering into the Church Known among the Gentiles since its organisation in this Dispensation—A Constable Sent to Arrest me—I Convert and Baptize Him—Two Clerks Sent as Detectives to Hear me Preach, and both Embrace the Truth—Rectors Petition to have out Preaching Prohibited—The Archbishop's Reply—Book of Mormon and Hymn Book Printed—Case of healing.

CHAPTER XXV.

Closing Testimony—Good and Evil Spirits.

CHAPTER XXVI.

How to Obtain Revelation from God—Joseph Smith's Course—Saved from Death by a falling Tree, by Obeying the Voice of the Spirit—A Company of Saints Saved from a Steam-boat Disaster by the Spirit's Warning—Plot to Waylay Elder C. C. Rich and Party Foiled by the same Power.

CHAPTER XXVII.

Result of not Obeying the Voice of the Spirit—Lost in a Snowstorm—Saved, in answer to Prayer—Revelation to Missionaries Necessary—Revelation in the St. George Temple.

CHAPTER XXVIII.

Patriarchal Blessings and their Fulfillment—Predictions in my own Blessing—Gold-dust from California—Taught by an Angel—Struggle with Evil Spirits—Administered to by Angels—What Angels are sent to the Earth for.

LEAVES FROM MY JOURNAL

CHAPTER I.

STRICTNESS OF THE "BLUE LAWS" OF CONNECTICUT—THE OLD PROPHET, MASON—HIS VISION—HIS PROPHECY—HEAR THE GOSPEL, AND EMBRACE IT—VISIT KIRTLAND AND SEE JOSEPH SMITH—A WORK FOR THE OLD PROPHET.

For the benefit of the young Latter-day Saints, for whom the Faith-Promoting Series is especially designed, I will relate some incidents from my experience. I will commence by giving a short account of some events of my childhood and youth.

I spent the first years of my life under the influence of what history has called the "Blue Laws" of Connecticut.

No man, boy, or child of any age was permitted to play, or do any work from sunset Saturday night, until Sunday night. After sunset on Sunday evening, men might work, and boys might jump, shout, and play as much as they pleased.

Our parents were very strict with us on Saturday night, and all day Sunday we had to sit very still and say over the Presbyterian catechism and some passages in the Bible.

The people of Connecticut in those days thought it wicked to believe in any religion, or belong to any church,