[RECALLED BY ELDER HEBER J. GRANT.]
Excerpts from Discourse Delivered in the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, April 26,1914—Methodist Episcopal Minister Converted to Mormonism—Goes to England as a Mormon Missionary—Calls Upon His Former Minister—His Undignified Reception—Anti "Mormon" Assertion Disproved by Facts—A Minister's Confession—Puzzling Questions Propounded to Ministers, Unanswered—Attitude of Latter-Day Saints Thereon—Unseen Evidence of Power—A Prediction by the Gift of Tongues that was Literally Fulfilled—Truth Only Strengthened by Attempts to Overthrow it—Karl G. Maeser's Conversion—His Pledge and its Fulfillment—Ben Butler's Advice.
[A BUSY LIFE]
Anson Call's Birth and Character—Investigated "Mormonism" to Disprove it, and Became Converted—Impediment in His Speech Cured When Administered to—An Anti-"Mormon" Missourian—Buy Farms in Caldwell County—The Prophet Visits Missouri—Advises Abandonment of Homes—Mob Tries to Prevent their Removal—Flee by Night—Adam-Ondi-Ahman and Far West Besieged.
Suffering from Gold Weather—Anson Visits Elk Horn—Captured and Ill-Treated by a Mob—Treats the Mob to Whiskey, and Escapes—Tiresome Journey to Far West—Visits His Farm Contrary to Counsel—Finds his Property in Possession of Mobocrats, who Assault Him—Apostates Try to Use Anson to Discredit the Prophet—Anson's Fidelity.
Removal to Illinois—A Perilous Journey—Overtaken by the Prophet While Escaping from Missouri Prison—Anson and Wife Visit in Ohio—Locate in Macedonia—Remove to Nauvoo—Mission to Ohio—Prophet's Vision and Prediction as to Saints Locating in West—Judge Thomas' Advice—Service as a Delegate.