Army Sent to Utah—Missionaries Called Home—Large Number Assembled at Florence—Dangers of Trip—Council to Decide Upon Course of Action—Fortunate Fog—Providential Storm.
Apostates Met—The Chaplain Separates From the Company to Meet some Apostates—An Adventurous Trip—Discharged Government Teamsters Indignant at "Mormons"—Plot to Steal the Chaplain's Horse—Advice to the Apostates to Look to Their Own Safety—Mr. Stout's Compassion for the Hatchet-faced Missourian—How His Confidence was Rewarded—Meet Captain Hatch—News of Buchanan's Amnesty Proclamation—Evade the Army and Reach the Valley in Safety.
HELP FROM THE LORD
By C.
MISSION IN 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—PREACHER'S ASSAULT ON THE "FROGS"—THE "FROG" REPLIES.
In the year 1845, I was appointed on a mission from Nauvoo, to labor about Cass County, Illinois, in company with Theodore Curtis.
After traveling together we concluded to separate, and I continued alone, preaching wherever an opportunity presented itself.
One evening I was approaching a little town called Virginia, foot-sore and weary, having been frequently denied food.