CONTENTS:
[MY EXPERIENCE IN ENGLAND.]
Called on a Mission—Start for my Field of Labor—Difficulties on the Way—Travelling in Deep Snow—Reach the Platte River—Procure a New Outfit—Exposed to the Cholera—Attacked by the Plague—My Recovery—Arrival at Albany, N.Y.—Take Passage on a Steamer for New York City—Incidents on the Way.
Set Sail from New York—Arrive in Liverpool—Sent to Labor as a Travelling Elder—Prayers Answered—Called to Preside Over a Conference—Blessed Abundantly with the Holy Spirit—Procure a Hall to Preach in—Mobbed—Effects of my Preaching—Treated with Courtesy—Organize a Branch of the Church in the Town where I was Mobbed—Make Another Appointment to Preach in a Different Town—Send for Help—Speakers Interrupted—Audience Quieted by me Singing a Comic Song—Prejudice Allayed—a Lesson Learned.
An Amusing Episode—Obtain the Keys of a Church—Notify the People That a Meeting Will be Held in it—A Good Turn Out—My Companion Preaches while I, Disguised as a Police, Guard the Door—Excitement Aroused—Controversy With a Minister—An Anti-"Mormon" Meeting Held—I Attend—Reply to the Ministers' Attempts to Expose "Mormonism"—My Escape from the Building—Saved by an Infidel—Prosperity of the Work—Remarkable Healings—A Prediction Uttered and Fulfilled—My Return Home—Contrast Between the Condition of the Saints now and that of Thirty Years Ago.
[MY SWISS MISSION.]
Manner in which the Gospel is Preached—My Labors in England—Called to Switzerland—Join my Companion and Take Passage to France—Proceed to Switzerland—Meet Elders in Geneva—Our Fields of Labor Assigned us.
Arrival in Berne—Its Principal Objects of Interest—Go to Weiningen, Where I Remain to Study German—Sketch From my Journal—Hunted by Mobs—Interviewed by the Mayor.
Letter from Elder Secrist—Ordered to Zurich—Arrested and Imprisoned in a Filthy Dungeon—Taken to Better Quarters—Released.
Progress in Learning to Speak German—Communication From the British Ambassador—Notified to Leave Zurich—Go to Schaffhausen—The Falls of the Rhine—Unable to Obtain Permission to Remain in the Canton—Seek Another Place of Retreat—Lodge with a Family of Saints—Difficulty in Keeping Secluded—Called to Geneva—Return to England.
[THE FAITH OF THE ZUNIS.]
Traditions of the Zunis—Three Children Healed—Administer to 406 Indians who were Attacked with the Small-Pox, Most of Whom Recover—Opposed by a Presbyterian Minister and Others—Fate of my Opposer's.
[SKETCH OF A WELL-SPENT LIFE.]
My Birth and Childhood—Embrace the Gospel—a Vision—Gather with the Saints at Kirtland—Zion's Camp—Manifestations in the Temple—The Saints Driven from Missouri—The Prophet and Patriarch Martyred—Our Journey Westward—Sent on a Mission.
Arrival in England—Appointed to the Glasgow Conference—My Experience There—Released—Start Home—a Storm at Sea—Case of Miraculous Healing—Arrival in the Valley.
[THE LORD'S BLESSINGS.]
Called to Australia—My Ignorance—Pres. H. C. Kimball's Prophecy Concerning me—Arrive in Sidney—Adventure with a Dog—Go to Camden with a Fellow-Missionary—Sought for by a Drunken Mob—God Blinds their Eyes and we Escape—At Picton we Preach in the Court-House—The Writing on the Wall—Our Success.
Maligned by Sectarian Priests—Invitation to Preach at a Distant Town—Means Provided by a Mysterious Personage—Branch of the Church Organized—Apply to the Authorities of the Colony for, and Receive, License and Protection as Ministers of the Gospel—Arrested—My Companion's Defense—Honorably Released—Go to Windsor—Unable to Obtain Lodgings—Directed by a Stranger—Kindly Treated—An Attempt to Poison me—My Companion Shot at by a Ruffian.
A Chat With a Catholic—Chased by Dogs—An Irishman's Design to Murder me—Remarkable Escape—Adventure with a Wild Bull—"Has he got You?"—My Release from my Mission—Incidents of the Home Journey—A Prophecy and its Fulfillment—A Visit to a Sick Lady—Conclusion.
[RESULTS OF DISOBEDIENCE.]
How our Missionaries are Suspected—Children Lost—Supposed Case of Kidnapping—Myself and Companion are accused—The Dead Bodies are Found—Disobedience Brings its own Reward.