Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865
On , the following day I signed fifty dollars for
the building of the House of the Lord in Zion. The subscription list
was in the hands of Elder Elisha H. Groves
of Several subsequent days I spent in perusing the outlines
of ancient and modern history by the Rev. Royal Robbins. The
reflective mind is struck with deep sensibility in viewing the
rise & progress, and decline and fall of the nations and Kingdoms
of the earth since the days of Adam. And it is equally important
and interesting to contemplate the day that has already begun
in fulfilment of ancient prophecy when Israel shall be restored
the Kingdom of God established upon the earth and the
covenants made by the Lord unto Abraham Isaac and Jacob
realized by their seed. As I read this book and reflected upon
those things I sensibily felt my calling from the Lord as
his servant to act my part in the fulfilment of his work
and now as one of the first Seventies of Israel to become a
special witness of Jesus Christ to the nations
