At Solicitation of Saints in Utah, Engages in Genealogical Research While Serving as a Missionary—Takes a Special Mission for Such Work—Impression That He Was Receiving Help from the Spirit World—Search for Williams' Genealogies—A Sign and a Mutual Impression—Valuable Data Obtained form a Stranger, Who Was Evidently inspired—Research of Chamberlain Family Record Helped by a Stranger Who Was Also Evidently Inspired to Do So—Valuable Records Providentially Found in Unexpected Place.
[WARNED BY THE SPIRIT.]
Chauncey W. West Sent on a Mission to Asia—Dreams of the Wreck of a Vessel Upon Which He had Engaged Passage—Left the Ship, and Afterwards Learned From the Grew of the Vessel Being Wrecked Just as He Had Dreamed that it Would be—While Awaiting Another Opportunity to Ship to California was Prompted to Vacate a House Where He and Companion Elder Were Staying—House Immediately Afterwards Crushed by Large Stone Rolling Down From Side of Mountain.
Elder James Lawson Inspired to Quit a Steamboat on Which he was a Passenger—Jumped on a Flatboat—A Few moments later the Steamboat Sank, and most of the Passengers were Drowned.
Comforting Assurance Experienced by A. O. Smoot During a Storm at Sea—His Narrow Escape from being a Victim of the Saluda Disaster—His Account of the Explosion.
Series of Escapes Experienced by President Woodruff Through Heeding the Spirit's Warnings—Instance of Failing to do so.