Show it SKETCH it or 0 ago TIP 14 Q F GEORGE ALBERT SMITH ait wit 1 W I 1 oi j i i i i i 1 r sr rip pil lo io 10 1832 I 1 bigia w bakti kaeti 1 zek zeBy eider elder ja seph 2 W vay vak a eid eld and ana c confirmed com cOT 0 n fi firmed ra 14 e 1 by E EM I 1 elly i solomon anthe nt he presence etiny of ot tny iny liny ather and mother and aid dany many 0 mour four n neigh eight burs bors I 1 i at the t ime pt c tat tay Y mi cund nJ wab was exceedingly calm and cl clear ear eat but as I 1 relt felt no from the thelm position of fiands gouffe 6 ehe e he i tempt ei ampt we rne it beeme seemed d as sp arii 4 ibid said baid to tomb tome ane you have the gln sin for you have haie been heen baptised baptized sel sed without a I 1 vlas vias sorely borely tempted temp vedin in this thag way rpaul tho iho irs urB aut I 1 boon overcame and filled with ligh light and peace after young compani com 1 1 1 mencia ap C ing upon in me e tp to ascertain sc er t aln ain aa as they said whether I 1 badiny religion and ju un n less I 1 would submit to imposition without rm entink i ahey they consia considered ered erea m me e a hypocrite I 1 went te biar of tile tite the winten winter of oM 1832 1833 ai all the large jarge boys boya combi combined fied tied to abusi abuse abuse me I 1 was large of my nit kiyage age boys three or four foun yearb years older than myself were af my toy biz siz ei ze e and aped had always b bean e able bie ble j t to 0 handle me with ease I 1 endured their abuse until I 1 could bear beat it no to longer cany aced them by phyl physical cal cai demonstration juit that my sire bire strength pith nith bad wry dry much increased arut arru that iwas I 1 vas able to Ua naster master ster the school after t which I 1 vvan va treated dr with res hect ori the march 1833 my ry fathers attempted to 6 preach in inthe the yellow w schoolhouse school 6 house us tn potsdam village there wele wile were i present a large assembly asa embly including fochi iochi din priests e ts magistrates and lav lawyers ryers but they got up such a riot that he lie fas aas was gas obliged to desist if after ter which an 0 old oid id lady lidy got up jap an and d reproved them sharply for th their el i r disgraceful conduct the leaders inthis disturbance were prof profess essora orsi of t I 1 itt lwi I 1 religion my father bold sold his farm his kis debts and paid several unjust rather rathar than htay stay and deren defex fd d law suits he fitted up two wagon Wt ons swita V a s apan p in of 8 eacle each in one of them he moses bailey baily and family and other his hia own f amily family which consisted of myfit myta her lher anil anti mother my bister sister caroline wh owa s born Vorn jane june my brother john job n alyin lyman an who was wan born nov NOT 0 1828 my iny cousin clarissa lyman andi we were itce accompanied 11 by Norman man D brown browh and aib nin father faar ardd arid d another i mother nother member pf af the church orom from parishville Parish ray llie ville may 1 1833 we started lor tor or kirtland 1 ort ori frid friday the 3 3rd ard rd we arrived at Burrs Mills Water tow n Jeffer jefferson sok sov co and vm 16 huntington Hunting ton to wait wali for elder joseph yoseph I 1 IL 1 iteld emeld and family to ac aci j kompany us t while there my toy father preached t arl gri ite Z twice wice on tt thee is N P siv div wap ursu uran edour oun our 3 journey i f odrey 1 I 1 and antl ampe a on the thee othi ath camped sear ego and pitched our tent forthe fon for the first amb ame durive Ou rive covered wagons wagons created much earlo carlo curiosity sity among the khe people anil and vv wc were fre fie d iffe if we were afraid of 0 the British and to the treweet bome flome boldus we ague aguil in the michigan 0 t I 1 I 1 f 1 3 on the te 1 44 we VV 1 iatA Y fien fier clee creely lk chautauqua co Go gokee new new Kew york and found a brandy 0 and stopped with nilder filder ophe t k s cutler r i ay iy ho iv a s q bid acquaintance acquaint ance os my ruthm moth enid elid ecie ar reX rei first M moel mmel et with elder am asa aba bon song of inot heo C elier elder vm F cahoon we P ed meetings I 1 1 with 1 tUe Vr brethren grethren ethren and fur the 0 first ume time heard beard the tha gift of tongues ve we travelled ted to westfield West fieldy fieldi where there was a branch of my fhy father preached in t e evening J wab was i eo so sleepy sleazy I 1 could not lot keep koep awake iano rono t 0 the wagon but wai wal was so sleepy bat ifould norget in to bed although 0 my ed was wits i made mado ido ide there but fell asleep by the K aona Wb heh neb ere era 0 he of b ro browns ats ets aleu 3 in co consequence ae q e hc e of which he began 0 work stork lo 10 lord lori rd S fo fon for said be he gilf if the work of th the eLord lord he would buld nots not bots suffer u affe r our horses borses to die whence when we are 0 on n bhe uhe wayt oZion j v ir I 1 may yi oth ath we we arri arpi arrived ived at kirt rutland 1 I a nd chairing haying travelled miles we were wera i heartily welcomed vele omed by cousin joseph this was wal was the timed time I 1 had hid ever been seen ea him hin he conducted us I 1 io to his f fathers ith eryk erli I 1 I 1 was engaged inuring the summer and fall qua tua and hauling P rock foi for the kirtland I 1 im I 1 41 attending r masons casono ani and and ceif pelf performing tn ln other duties about its ita walls walis the first two loads loada of rock taken to the temple tempie ground burrd ere aclid irom from sf n a ads quarry by hab hah harvey rey stanley and m myself my father purchased a small farm of about 27 27 acres two miles an anda and a half from the temple and abd finished clearing about 10 acres during the winter erand and s spring i p rin 0 of bf 1834 and planted ii if 11 e I 1 I 1 w with I 1 t h coin coln cornac L C 1 in consequence of the persecution which I 1 ra raged ged a against b adust joseph and the constant threats 1 I 1 to da him violence 1 v it wa wag f olind necessary to keep continual guard to prevent his hil seit being heing 1 a as s during the f falland failand allind winter I 1 took apart a part park of this thib servi service bervice going two miles and a hal hai to guard in oct 1833 my cousin jesse johnson smith mith second son of my abah Asah asahel elc came me tokiro to kirt land accompanied by his brother in law amos B Fj eailler iller they remained during the winter J z wd and yvere ivere v ere baptized I 1 was selected by president joseph smith to accompany him to missouri my father f furnished ar me with a musket generally known as a tween queens II 11 1 s arm I 1 a I 1 pir pair 1 of pantaloons made of bed tit tic ticking ticking king a pair of common cotton shirts a straw hat gloth gioth coat and vest a blanket a pair of new nev boots and ana an extra shirt and pair of pantaloons which my mother packed in a knapsack knaps acl aci madlof apron check on sunday may ath jtb joseph preached to the sai sal saints ants in kirtland under the the shade of the new pew school house which wai wag wab was partially en closed many of those who were tomorta to form forta the dcamp of bf zion being present he impressed impress id upon them the necessity og 0 being humble hu uble exercising arci sing faith and patience and livan living in obedience to the commandments of the almighty and liot not murmur murmur at 1 the dispensations of providence lie he bore testimony of the truth of the work which god had rev revealed paled through him and promised the brethren that if they would all live hie althey as they should before the lord keeping his commandments and not like the children of israel m murmur against the lord anahis and his serl herl servants rants they should all ail bif oaf safely ely return and not riot one of them should fall u upon pon the mission they were about to undertake for if it they were united unite dand and exercised faith pod god would deliver them out of the hands bands of their enem enemies leo but should they like the children of israel forget god and his promises and treat lightly his comm tomm commandments and ments he would visit them in his hia wrath and anti vex them in bib bis is adle adie sore bore displeasure may ath 1834 I 1 started with my brethren in n the company called zions camp I 1 was large 61 of maage my age 0 my eyes eyed which were always very weak were unusually sore I 1 performed th the e journey to missouri and back to kirtland mostly on foot in three months mo about 2000 miles after my return to kirtland I 1 was attacked with the we ague and fever which made me on an invalid il s ring I 1 11 1 W wag was is ordained into the first quorum of seven even F I 1 I 1 ties in kirtland march 1835 by joseph smith sen joseph josp smith mith eith juhls jun and sidney i rigdon i dude june ar 5 I 1 starl started d an n a mission in com company i f pary pany j with lyman smith we ve traveled traveled about thousand mites miles on oti foot without purse or scrip through 1 uge ugh the I 1 eltife eastern rn part 0 ohio hlo hio ithe the western part of oi pinn penn pennsylvania i syi syl ian van 1 ia and new gew Y 0 ik Y had id I 1 abot about I 1 eighty meetings baptized el eight bight ht and preached from house to hoube house conti continually 1 ittiallo illia ittia lly ily returned on the ath of oct v went to school and stu studied grammar amar and history part of the winter lunder ludder the direction of joseph iwas I 1 was confined to myr my room amb by ly in fla fia flam fiam matory r rheumatism which q rendered a me lne nearly helpless for bev gral eral v beeke J I 1 received my endowment inthe arthe kirtland Kir fiand fland temple in the spring of 1836 1 and and thereafter shereaf ie r I 1 went on a mission to the counties n ie guya puya hoga medina wayne richland and knox ohio traveling twelve li undred hundred miles on foot an in july I 1 suffered much from inflammatory riles rheumatism m in m my T wil wll kii knees ees brought dro u g ht oi rt by byan an attempt toworu to work in a harvest field I 1 could walk b but ut little for bix six weeks s 1 lu in the fall I 1 commenced going to bcd balin i tie the the temple tempie 11 a and nd c continued on tin ue d to do s so A 0 i about bout four months c yd id v 11 in the spring bf 1837 joseph sent bent me on a mission to thi the south bouth 1 I 1 preached through portage orta Clum Golum blana biana cairol jarrol anda ands and jenerson cour coun cou ties Ohio and i about eight months in ilithe the counties coun of bf tyler harrison and mononia liela bela in north western vestern iania If mia Nia met me t with much opposition an and 4 from frim exposure while 9 draveling traveling in the mountains wading greeks cf beeks sib alb sleeping coldi colda anci ancl incessant preaching I 1 suffered bred ered from inflammatory dam flam in matory I 1 tir am which aa a again a d confined me for six wee weeks B in the them spring of IM 1 I returned to kirtland haying having traveled two tivo thousand five hundred miles one half on foot the other half on lir horseback and accompanied my V father and f family emily tp to missouri I 1 drove a horse t team eam one thousand miles I 1 preached by the way every sabbath Sabba fh and frequently week days our little camp attracted large congregations we vve s settled et in adamandi ahman daviess Javies 3 county I 1 was ordained a high counselor by Josep josepha josephs hyA hoa direction on thre thle th e of june 1838 1828 I 1 wab was brought before be forea a court falsely accused accuser and bound over for misdemeanor in 1000 bonds without being allowed to introduce rpy my witnesses my life ilfe lif eWas was threatened many times duning during the session cession of the court in the falli faill was sent on a mission to tennessee and kentucky in company with don i carlos smith and returned in the winter we traveled fifteen hundred mil mii miles es one half by water and the ret rest on foot on our way home being pursued bj by the moby mob I 1 I 1 came near perishing with cold as we tr traveled two days and one night hight n gh t without stopping stop ping facing a 4 north west wind audo ando and torm storm don carlos prevented me roe from freezing to death by keeping keeli 1 egme me awake after a nights sleep under the roof of a we e traveled travel a day dai and night we were lost on the prairie and don carlos came near perishing Z with cold I 1 found foundry my father out of doors with frozen feet the result of being 0 driven with his hi family from adam ondi oddi ab ah man by the state authorities of missouri I 1 visited joseph hyrum and others in liber liberty tv 1 jail jall all ali ail in company with ars young and kimball and 4 we e vere ie locked up with them for one lour hour I 1 removed my father and jamily family to quincy abid arid thence to green plains Plain sj distance two wo hundred and fifty miles I 1 went to far west and oi on the morning of the of april 1839 1830 i was ordained one ohe of the twelve apostle apostles s in place of thomas B marsh who had apostatized I 1 returned to illinois the journey jour ney being five hundred bundred miles moved my tather father to assisted in taking care of the th eick nick and laying t hands bands on them un tili was prostrated for several months 1 I 1 accompanied compa nied the quorum of the twelve on a mission to england started sept lit disease had bad impaired my health until dould scarcely walk I 1 suffered much from sickness on the way I 1 sailed from ney new york on the 9 aa h of march and arrived ir i en eni england C l april oth 1840 I 1 started from nauvoo without money and landed in england witha with a sovereign 0 1 I traveled and pre preached a ched in III the counties of ot lancaster land Lant aster astir chester chester stafford hereford Her hereford efort worcester and gloucester and accompanied elders kimball klin Kiin bal bai and woodruff in ih establishing the church lut itt london my aly labors were weri crowned I 1 with success I 1 sailed from liverpool on the of april 1841 and arrived in nauvoo on the ath of july having traveled ou on this miles on the I 1 married bathsheba IV bigler eigler and moved to Zarah emla emia lee lei county iowa near ty my father where ab A ere I 1 built a log house in the winter to Nauvoo b 1 1 Joseph 7 f gave me lot 4 in block I 1 built a frame fralie house 77 16 by 20 and d d drained ed and improved theoland theo tand and made it one of t the 0 in most ost pleasant in tb city myson alyson gel bige albert was waa as boril bortl b july 7 1 1842 jn in the fall of 1842 1 I went 0 on aa a mission ld I 1 0 the principal pla pia places cesin in illinois preaching and allaying the prejudices that had against president Preel dent joseph smith by vy acosta W add and rid J other enemies traveling P four 6 hundred mi miles lemone one hundred on foot and return returned edo edU to nauvoo nov 4 the winter was waa very vert severe ad andi andl I 1 was wa conf confined inid to tiie tile the c house most moat I 1 time with bleeden bleeding at th the lungs u in the summer and fall of 1843 1 I traveled and preached through a the eastern staley staler state stata attending conferences in ohio pern Penn pennsylvania sylvinia ney nevi Jerse jersey yand and massachusetts ad and returned e arn ed to nauvoo having traveled six lix six thousand miles milts in the spring lot lof of 1844 1 traveled tr adv aled twelve hundred miles milea and preached and atie attended ihde confer encee throng through gh illinois I 1 indana and 1 C gan returned rit u i arned to toNa J uly i s while in nauvoo I 1 was constantly attending af tending councils and performing other duties at tedi the tho call of president joseph josep smith I 1 was two years a member of the city council C olli ouli ICil of nauvoo and ia one year an alderman A short time before his death joseph josaph wrape me in and said 1 I you as as I 1 ody 49 ony my llie life and hla hia affection affections 3 were surely reciprocated I |