DESIGNED FOR THE INSTRUCTION AND
ENCOURAGEMENT OF YOUNG
LATTER-DAY SAINTS
COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY
GEO. C. LAMBERT
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
1914
The assurances received of the beneficial effects of the earliervolumes of the Faith-Promoting Series encourage the hope and beliefthat the present volume may be none the less helpful and appreciated.Narratives of personal experience, especially when they relate topeople familiar to the reader or the community in which he livespossess a peculiar charm to most people, and especially to the young,and may convey helpful lessons more effectually than homilies ortreatises, however carefully written, are apt to. The reason thereforprobably is that in the narrative the moral is applied in realexperience whereas in the treatise or homily the moral is expressed inthe abstract only, and doubt may exist in the mind of the reader as tojust how to apply it in real life.
The hope is entertained that not only may the narratives containedin this volume entertain and at the same time tend to promote faithin those who read them, but that they may also incite others in thecommunity whose lives have been fraught with incidents that wouldbe faith-promoting if published to have the same reduced to writingand supply us therewith for use in the Faith-Promoting Series, orelse furnish us with the facts and allow us to prepare the same forpublication.
G. C. L.
Withered Limb Restored to Use—Sister and Mother InstantlyHealed—Saints Preserved in Cholera Epidemic—Prophetic Advice tothe Briggs Family—Consequences of Failure to Follow it—Voyageto America—The Mother Healed in Answer to Prayer—Satanic ThreatFulfilled in Mother's Death—Sickness and Recovery of Thomas—HisMarriage—Premonition of Death—Death of Father.
Thomas' Responsibility—Journey to Wisconsin—Disappointment—A NewHome Sought—Strenuous Life—Knee Injured—Intense Suffering—Given Upto Die—Stimulating Vision—Birth of a Daughter—Novel Runaway—Remedyfor his Lameness—Sundry Efforts to Earn a Living—Chinch Bugs ThreatenDestruction of Crop—Crop Saved by Inspiration.
Start to Utah—Obstacles in Traveling—Strained FromOver-Lifting—Halted Through Illness—Journey to Utah Abandoned—Go toSpringfield, Illinois—New Occupation—Money Made and Lost—JourneyResumed—Providentially Helped—Unexpected Meeting of Relatives—Workat Outfitting Post—Journey Across the Plains—Arrival in Salt LakeCity.
Locates in Bountiful—Generosity of Neighbors—Recognized Home ShownHim in Dream—Burned Out—Runs a Saw Mill—Death of Wife—ChildTerribly Scalded, Recovers—Brigham Young's Promise—MarriesAgain—Comforting Testimonies.
Unstinted Service—Inspiration—Goes to the Northwestern Statesas a Missionary—Health Fails and he Returns—Shocking Death ofSon David—Limb Amputated—Patriarchal Blessing—Incident in LoganTemple—Trip to England to Obtain Genealogy.
His Life's Mission Found—Extensive Genealogy Obtained—Blessed inHis Wives and Ch