[SAVED BY PROVIDENCE.]
Appointed to take charge of a company of emigrants—Leave London for America—Surrounded by a thick fog—The Captain unable to take observations—The fog lifts—Saved from being dashed upon the rocks—Thank God for our deliverance.
[WARNINGS OF THE SPIRIT.]
Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage—Rush ashore before the boat starts—Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi—Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment—Urged by my friends, I start—Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back—Friends unable to account for my fears—Robbery at the house where I was to have gone—Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.
[ROBERT HAMILTON.]
Challenged to debate by Dr. Waltholl—His discomfiture and defeat—Dr. Scott attempts to retrieve the Campbellite cause, and offers another challenge—Resorts to the whiskey bottle—Elder Hamilton scores him for it.
[HOW SUCCESS IS GAINED.]
Elders to go out two and two—Young missionaries inclined to shirk—Elder Moses Thatcher—His diffidence—The way he was broken in—His success—Elder McAllister—His backwardness in speaking—Forced into it—His testimony—Elder Coray's experience—Promises of the Lord proved true.