into the hands of our enemies against us; ^t^They had
oppressed the poor saints ^& had brought sought to bring distress th upon them^, and had become covenant breakers,
for which they ^will feel the^ wrath of God,^.^ he said, they would become
whited walls.
April 13 1837, I married daughter
of and of , Maine, the ceremony
was performed, at the house of Prest. , by the prophet Joseph was expecting ^had appointed^ to marry us,
but his life was sought by a mob and he had to flee.
15, I received my Patriarchal blessings under the hands
of the Patriarch . My wife having received her
Patriarchal blessings from him previously.
May 5[th], while laboring for , we ^^ wereas
visited with a sudden storm of wind and rain, a vain ^current^ of it passed
south of the in the form of a whirlwind or tornado, which
destroyed and injured several buildings, it clo cros crushed ^one of^ Joseph Young's
buildings and removed the one we were in some 10 feet, but no
person was injured. ¶ I felt impressed to go out upon a mission,
the spirit was upon me & lead me to go to called
, bordering East upon the ^east coast of the^ state of Maine, it was a
country I had never visited, I named my feelings upon the subject
to Elders , and others, they encouraged me to go.
Elder Kimball blessed me and said in the name of the Lord I
should be blessed and prospered on my mission and do a good work;
I made a proposed to to accompany me on
my mission, which he did.
May—31, I left my wife and friends in Kirtland, and
walked to in company with bro. Hale, we were joined by
, & took the steamer Sandusky and arrived in
June 1st, and on the 4th, — walked 36 miles to ,
Oswego Co. N.Y. and called upon my two brothers &
, whom I had not seen for several years; we
visited the churches as far as —called upon
and delivered to him some letters from , ^in^ which were enclosed many ^one^ hundred ^dollar^ bills, which he had
into the hands of our enemies against us; they had
oppressed the poor saints & had brought distress upon them, and had become covenant breakers,
for which they will feel the wrath of God.
.
April 13 1837, I married daughter
of and of , Maine, the ceremony
was performed at the house of Prest. , by the prophet Joseph appointed to marry us,
but his life was sought by a mob and he had to flee.
15, I received my Patriarchal blessing under the hands
of the Patriarch . My wife having received her
Patriarchal blessing previously.
May 5th, while laboring for , was
visited with a sudden storm of wind and rain, a current passed
south of the in the form of a whirlwind or tornado, which
destroyed and injured several buildings, it crushed one of Joseph Young's
buildings and removed the one we were in some 10 feet, but no
person was injured. ¶ I felt impressed to go out upon a mission,
the spirit was upon me & lead me to go to
, it was a
country I had never visited, I named my feelings upon the subject
to Elders , and others, they encouraged me to go.
Elder Kimball blessed me and said in the name of the Lord I
should be blessed and prospered on my mission and do a good work;
I proposed to to accompany me
, which he did.
—31, I left my wife and friends in Kirtland, and
walked to with bro. Hale, we were joined by
, & took the steamer Sandusky and arrived in
June 1st, and on the 4th, — walked 36 miles to ,
Oswego Co. N.Y. and called upon my two brothers &
, whom I had not seen for several years; we
visited the churches as far as —called upon
and delivered to him some letters from , in which were enclosed many one hundred dollar bills, which he had
