Mission to Illinois when a Boy—Attempt of a Deacon to Put me to Shame—Open my Bible to the Passage Required—Prove our Position Correct from the Scriptures—Befriended by an Infidel—Preachers Assault on the "Frogs"—The "Frog" Replies.
[EARLY EXPERIENCE OF A LATTER-DAY SAINT. ]
Hear the Gospel by Chance—Compunction at Speaking Lightly of the Prophet—Join the Church—A New Suit of Clothes—Opposed by Relatives—My Old Friend, the Bible—A Dream—Required to Renounce "Mormonism" or Leave the House—My Relatives Refuse to Speak to me—They Pawn my Clothes—I Recover Them—Violence Used—My Clothes Torn—My Mother's Death—My Brothers Quarrel, and call upon me to Settle their Difficulties—My Brother Sick—Healed in Answer to my Prayer.
[DISOBEDIENCE TO COUNSEL. ]
Driven from my Property by the Mob—Desire to Return and Recover some of it—Counseled by the Church Authorities not to Go—Persist in Going—Visit a Friendly Family—Amiable Intention of my Debtors—Meet two of Them They Threaten my Life—Despair of Getting Anything and Try to Start Home—Beaten over the Head with a Pole—Barely Escape with my Life—Ashamed to have my Friends Know It—The Lesson I Learned.
[LORENZO DOW YOUNG'S NARRATIVE.]
My Mother's Promise—Chased by Wolves—A Remarkable Dream—Thrown from a Horse—Providentially Saved—Religious Revival—Preachers Try in vain to Convert me—Ridiculed for not Playing at Cards—Read Infidel Works—Their Effect—A Vision.
Marriage—A Vision of Other Worlds—My Reluctance at Returning to a Mortal Existence—A Promise with Conditions—I Exhort Others to Faithfulness.