class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">CHAPTER IX.

Our Lodgings—Wants Supplied by Liberality of Saints—Journey to Liverpool—Contrast Between Arrival and Departure—Return Voyage—Meeting with Elders and Saints at New York—Arrival at Kirtland.

CHAPTER X.

Removal to Missouri—Sickness—Kindness of the Saints at Far West—Build a House, and then Have to Abandon it—Battle of Crooked River—Death and Final Testimony of Apostle David W. Patten—Corner Stone of Temple at Far West Laid—Removal to Illinois.

CHAPTER XI.

Far West Besieged—Joseph Smith and Brethren Betrayed by Apostates—Atrocities of Mob—Conversation with W. E. M'Lellin—Extermination Speech of General Clark.

CHAPTER XII.

Perils of the People—Cheerfulness of the Saints amidst their Troubles—Visit our Brethren in Prison—Apostles Ordained—Mock Distribution of State Appropriation—Letter from Joseph Smith and Brethren in Prison—Indifference of State Officials to our Appeals—Word of the Lord to me.

CHAPTER XIII.

Final Expulsion from Ear West—Destruction of Property—Escape of Joseph Smith and Brethren—Attempt to Visit Parley P. Pratt and Brethren in Prison—Forced to Flee to Escape Mob Violence—Assembly of Apostles and Others on Temple Site According to Revelation—Arrival in Illinois—Word of the Lord Fulfilled.

CHAPTER XIV.

Joyful Meeting with Joseph—First Conference in Illinois—First Visit to Commerce—My Impression Concerning the New Gathering Place—My Recommend—Struggle with Evil Spirits—Joseph Smith's Experience with Evil Spirits—P. P. Pratt's Escape from Prison—Building Houses—Prostrate with Sickness—Remarkable Manifestation of the Gift of Healing.

CHAPTER XV.

Start upon a Mission under Distressing Circumstances—Incidents of the Journey—A Drunken Doctor Gives me a Table-spoonful of Morphine—My Life Saved Through the Prayer of Faith—Brethren Leave me to Proceed to Kirtland—Their Fear that I would Die—I Predict that, I would Recover and Reach Kirtland Before Them.

CHAPTER XVI.

Further Incidents of the Journey—Money Increased by the Power of God—Arrival at Kirtland Ahead of Brethren, in Fulfillment of my Prediction—Services in the Temple—Visit my Old Home and my Relatives—Kind Treatment—Arrival in New York—Joyful Meeting with Brethren.

CHAPTER XVII.

Incidents of Elder Kimball's Mission, as Gleaned from his Letters—Some of his Prophecies Fulfilled—Elder Hyde's Account of the Contest with Evil Spirits—Great Success of the work Throughout England—A Testimonial—Summary of Labors—Return to Nauvoo.

PRESIDENT H. C. KIMBALL'S JOURNAL.

AN ACCOUNT OF HIS MISSION TO ENGLAND AND THE INTRODUCTION OF THE GOSPEL TO THAT LAND.

CHAPTER I.

CALLED TO GO UPON A MISSION TO ENGLAND—APPOINTED TO PRESIDE—THE JOURNEY.

The labors of the Elders of the Church of Latter-day Saints in early days were confined to the United States of America, with the exception of the province of Upper Canada, where a great many persons embraced the gospel of Jesus Christ, and rejoiced in the blessings thereof. The majority of this latter class were originally from Great Britain, and they soon began to manifest a desire that their relatives and friends who were still residing there, might be privileged with hearing the glad tidings of salvation, and be made partakers of those gifts and blessings which are promised in obedience thereto. For the attainment of this object, their prayers were continually ascending to the Lord of sabaoth, that He would prepare the way, and hasten the time when

  "The servants of the Lord
  Soon should take their stand,
  And spread the glorious light of truth—
  Throughout their native land."

Notwithstanding this desire, the way was not open for the Elders until the spring of 1837, when the word of the Lord to the Elders of Israel was, that they might go forth to the distant nations of the earth, that the kingdom might roll forth, so that every heart might be penetrated.

Prior to this, my labors had been confined to my own land, in which I had traveled about six thousand miles, preaching the gospel to the best of my ability, and had the pleasure of baptizing several of my countrymen for the remission of sins, and introducing them into the kingdom which the Lord has set up in these last days.

I had frequently felt a desire to visit the shores of Europe, and believed that the time was fast approaching when I should take leave of my own country and lift up my voice to other nations, warning them of the things which were coming on the earth, and making known to them the great things which the Lord had brought to pass. Yet it never occurred to my mind that I should be one of the first commissioned to preach the everlasting gospel on the shores of Europe, and I can assure my friends I was taken by surprise when I was informed by Brother Hyrum Smith, one of the Presidency of the Church, that I had been designed by the Spirit, and, at a conference of the authorities of the Church which had been held, was appointed to take the charge of a mission to the kingdom of Great Britain.

The idea of being appointed to such an important office and mission was almost more than I could bear up under. I felt my weakness and unworthiness, and was nearly ready to sink under the task which devolved upon me, and I could not help exclaiming: "O Lord I am a man of 'stammering tongue,' and altogether unfit for such a work. How can I go to preach in that land, which is so famed throughout Christendom for light, knowledge and piety, and as the nursery of religion; and to a people whose intelligence is proverbial?"

Again, the idea of leaving my family for so long a time, which a mission to that country must necessarily require—of being separated from my friends whom I loved, and with whom I had enjoyed many blessings and happy seasons—of leaving my native land to sojourn among strangers in a strange land, was almost overwhelming.

However, all these considerations did not deter me from the path of duty. Neither did I confer with flesh and blood; but the moment I understood the will of my Heavenly Father, I felt a determination to go at all hazards, believing that He would support me by His almighty power, and endow me with every qualification I needed.

Although my family were dear to me, and